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Evening star., 1955-11-21

Western governments are
now appraising the effects and
results Of the failure Of the
Geneva Conference, but the
Soviets have no such head
aches.
The men in the Kremlin are
now busily engaged In three
tasks: Nibbling away at the
Western alliances wherever
possible; strengthening by per-
sonal ties the Soviet hold on
the so-called neutral ma
tions in Asia; and becoming
merchants of death by proyid-
ing from their large obsole-
scent stocks arms for Arab and
other countries to permit the
outbreak Of ."local wars"
Little attention was paid In
the United States to the re-
cent six-day visit Of Norway's
Prime Minister Gerhardsen to
Moscow, where he was given
the customary "red : carpet"
treatment.
Solid economic, cultural and
scientific relations were for
mally established as q result
of that visit. The Norwegian
premier also received the
promise that Comrades Bulea-
min and Khrushchev would re-
turn the call next spring after
they pay q state visit to Queen
Elizabeth of Britain.
These friendly manifesto
tions have, Of course, no bear
ing on the overall policies OF
the Western coalition. But
what has q great impact is the
agreement announced in the
official communique signed by
Bulganin and Gerhardsen. 1t
stated that "the Norwegian
government viii not grant
bases on Norwegian territory
to foreign armed forces until
Norway Is subjected to an at
tack or threat Of an attack"
In plain English, this means
that the NATO will be de-
prived Of air bases in Norway
unless the USSR actually at
tacks that country. The words
threat Of an attack" are
meaningless these days. An
aggression will be preceded in
this age of supersonic planes
by an air attack. BY the time
it occurs it will be too late,
particularly for q small ma
tion, to offer bases to allies
for defensive action.
But the significance Of the
Soviet : Norwegian agreement
rests In the fact that Norway
is a member of the NATo
which provides that an attack
against any members Of that
pact must be considered as an
aggression against all members
In that area.
Hence. each signatory agrees
to offer It's forces and bases
for actions designed to repel
aggression. Norway Is thus in
fact, though not in form. re-
neging on its signature.
Supposing that the USSR
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Norway Stroyinq from NATO?

what may happen to her II she
becomes involved in q conflict
between the giants = Nor
ways neutrality during the
early days Of the last war left
her at Hitler's mercy. She
has now barely recovered from
the wounds inflicted by the
Nazi occupation.
Incidentally, it was interest
ing to note that in the formal
speech made by Mr.. Gerhard
sen In Moscow, he thanked
Russia effusively for having
liberated his country, This
was news to the State DEPART
ment and probably to the Brit
ish Foreign Office.
The Norwegian-Soviet agree
ment cannot be considered by
us as q formal notice Of Nor
ways withdrawal from NATo.
But it indicates definitely a
successful nibbling at that
coalition by the Soyiets.
The Norwegian people still
remember with anxiety the fu-
tile efforts Of France and Brit
ain in 1910 to save them from
the Nazi invasion. The expe-
dition is still fresh in their
memory. They recall that Hit
Ter justified his invasion OF
Norway by explaining that
otherwise his enemies would
have occupied that country.
This is obviously something
the Oslo government does not
want repeated, now that an in
ternational realignment has
taken place, with Germany be-
coming an ally of the free
world and the USSR a foe.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Adlai speaks to the Nation The oratory was
exciting One codge hammered the table hard he ratified
the waand got knocked out by falling picture Of William
Jennings Bryan
Republican Gov Hall Of Kansas says he isn't running
President fact special trip to New York so
people could watch him not running.
Democrats at Chicago honor Mr. Stevenson Mr. Hartman
Kefauyer the Big Three Of the SO campaign The
ticket is expected to be stevenson Kefauyewith Mr.
Hartman left holding the money bags
They're working on new automatic Tv set that tunes
itself You don't to watch It,
American history. 1856 brand Teacher: "Who the
battle Geysburg?" Pupil Nobody is yet but my dad
says It won't be Nixon"
Democratic Chairman Butler denies Kefauvers charge
that favoring Mr. Butler absolutely im
partial doesn't which ticket Mr. Kefauver doesn't
Treasury Secretary Humphrey outlines fve-pont pro-
gram to program Now If Agriculture Secretary
will figure out to balance the budget wen be AL
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Chicago Table Hopping and Hondshoking
Did Not Hurt Him With Party Leaders

has peered out occasionally In
the famous wit. He has been
curbing his uuips on advice Of
supporters but. as and when
the fervor of campaigning
seizes him. he can be expected
to break out again.
After all, Abraham Lincoln
is his conscious model Of a
President as Andrew jackson
was the model Of Harry Tru-
man, and Lincoln's humor is
an immortal feature Of that
martyred Presidents story.
The only Hyinz former DEM
ocratic President remains q
problem to the Stevenson
camp. One and all were ex-
quisitely polite to Mr.. Truman
here, but they are aware that
he has reservations about Mr..
Stevenson which may from
time to time find expression
embarrassing to them.
Mr.. Truman's inSistence that
he is neutral" about candi-
dates is in one sense tactical
and designed to force Mr..
Stevenson to wage an aggres-
siye campaign. The fact re-
mains that the two men are
temperamentally not In tune
and their relationship will
never be completely relaxed.
Another development Of the
smoke-filled rooms here was
q fresh spate Of talk about .
Evening star., 1955-11-21
DORIS FLEEsON

ii. CHICAGO. Democratic
! leaders leave Chicago with q
strong impression that Adlai
Stevenson win be their nonii-
\ nee for President In 1856. His
hard task win be to sustain
/: and fortify this mood for the
next nine months.
~ Undercurrents Of doubt
sdabout his candidacy remain
and they are not confined to
any one region Of the country.
gffhey do not openly appear be-
cause as yet they have no
focus In the forna Of an alter
native candidate.
These doubts center chiefly
ION his status as q divorced
person and the fact that he
has once been beaten in the
: presidential race. Also, he re-
mains somewhat too special
ized an individual for some Of
the professionals.
n The past week has reassured
them about his determination
sto win. Some of his intellec-
f4ual admirers were panied to
eobserVe their hero table-hop-
ping and handshaking all over
1.-THE place in the best county
chairman manner, but 1t did
not hurt him with the party
operators who scarcely knew
him In 1852.
~ Actually there Is q streak Of
ham In Mr.. Stevenson which
Evening star., 1955-11-21
By MARY McGRORY

II Adlai Stevenson realizes his
ambition to become the 1856
Democratic nominee, he will go
into the presidential campaign
with his homework done.
Although the spotlight is di-
rected this time on the practical
politicians in his corner, the fact
is that a hardy band Of in
telIectuals have been quietly
beating their brains out for him
for the last three years.
This so-called Finletter Group
has modified some OF the best
minds in the party and set them
TO work boning up on the issues
Of the day. Little has been said
about the group. They have not
publicized their activities OF
their membership list which
supposedly contains the names
Of many q double-yolked egg
head.
The idea for such q brain
trust came from Adlai Steven
son. who has often expressed the
view that Q candidate, whoever
he Is. should know as much as
possible about what he is talking
about. Mr.. Stevenson sometimes
felt the need of more informa-
ton when preparing his 1852
speeches.
AS titular leader of the party,
he suggested to Thomas K. Fin
letter. a scholarly liberal lawyer,
who had served as Secretary Of
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Democratic Broin Trust
Prepares for Campaign

Of the Air Force under President
Truman from 1850 to 1858. that
a permanent reserve Of Demo-
cratic brainpower be organized.
Both were aware that the party's
candidate this year would not
have access 10 the storehouse OF
Government information which
can always be topped by the
party in. the White House.
Practically the morning after
the Democratic defeat, Mr.. Fin
letter. acting on suggestions Of
Mr.. Stevenson and some ideas
of his own, began recruiting tall
ent from among professors Of
such universities as Harvard,
Yale and Pennsylvania. among
former Democratic of1iceholders
of an academic turn Of mind,
and from among experts in vart-
Gus fields.
Professional politicians were
not invited to the deliberations
on the grounds that III you are
looking for political solutions,
you make political judgments. .
What the group wanted to do
was TO make available to the
candidate. whoever he might be,
the best thinking on certain is
sues.
Their approach was phflosoph-
ical rather than what they call
'programmatic" in that they
sought to define the broad prin-
ciples underlying a problem
rather than its specific details.
For its first year. the group
met about once a month in Mr..
Finletter,s Manhattan apart
ment. About IA Of the fiuctuat-
ing membership of about 10
would gather for what turned
out to be a combination Of SEMI
mar, bull-session and editorial
conference.
At each meeting. a topic was
assigned to a known expert, who
as discussion leader. was ex-
|pected to present a comprehen-
sive survey. Those known to
hold dissenting opinions or to be
particularly versed in certain
phases OF the problem were
assigned to be ready with presen-
tation of their views. The dis
cussion leader would read his
paper; the dissenters would have
their say. Then everyone would
join in a general discussion. The
Evening star., 1955-11-21
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Dynomics of German Economy

Mr.. Erhard's policy is TO
stave on wage increases by
keeping prices stable and even
bringing them down. In this
he has enjoyed exceptional
cooperation from the indus
trial managers who have every
reason for wanting his policy
to work.
There Is not the same pres
sure as in Britain by consurl-
ers. Since the first wave Of buy
ing. natural in a country where
hundreds Of thousands Of fam
lies had lost all or nearly all
Of everything they had, buy
ing is prudent and relatively
little Of 1t Is on the INSTALL
rnent basis.
Germany Is still rapidly ex-
panding its foreign markets. It
has q reputation for punctual
delivery Of goods at firm prices.
Twenty years ago the Ger
man people underwent an In
fiation which completely wiped
out the mark. This is remem-
bered, or passed on as a legend
to those too young to have
suffered 1t.
The dynamics Of the Ger
man situation are different
from the British. But Or.
Erhard's fight to keep wages
and prices in balance In an
expanding economy has been
tried before--for instance. In
Sweden--and has not sue
ceeded in the long run. No
country so far has managed,
for any length Of time, to in
fiuence wage and price deyel-
opments without much more
manipulation than DR.. Erhard
TO date has had to use.
Both industrialists and labor
in Germany have had the
moral and personal incentive
TO cooperate in rebuilding q
frightfully devastated country
Ito get its wheels rolling. and
to put a roof over each FAM
ily's head, food In their stom-
Evening star., 1955-11-21
DORIS FLEEsoN
Streak OF Ham in Steyenson's Wit

Stevenson -Kefauver ticket. Its
origins are In the grass roots.
Many State leaders report
that there are Kefauver peo-
pie and Kefauver sentiment at
home they would like to APP
pease. They say yes. Mr.. Ste
venson would win In Q test Of
strength, but why have 1T?
They would like to be able to
assure the Senator's friends
that he Is sure Of strong con-
sideration for Vice President.
The third openly available
candidate, Gov. Hartman Of
New York. remained In the
background at Chicago until
after the big dinner Saturday
night. His speech there was
largely q hymn Of praise for
party leaders.
That Gov. Hartman In
tensely wants to be President
cannot be doubted. He seems
to realize. however, that his
New York leaders. including
Tammany's DeSapio. timed
their recent efforts badly. Mr..
Harriman's best chance Is to
inherit the Stevenson strength
should Mr.. Stevenson fail. and
he cannot therefore safely an
tagonize the Stevenson follow
ing.
But Gov. Hartman agrees
with Mr.. Truman that q strong
offensive against the Eisen-
hover administration is called
for and he viii set that pace
next summer In the Ncrth-
west.
Evening star., 1955-11-21

as4 HELSINKI.-The dynamics
of the Germany economy are
not those Of the British.
81 There is, / think, an illusion
I'm the United States that West
Germany has q free" econo-
my. Like that OF every other
advanced large country. West
{ Germany has a managed econ-
omyone very much niaIi-
slAged, indeed, by the minister
ffof economics. Ludwig Erhard,
whose roly-poly body and face
with its extraordinarily tiny
nose sunk In fat cheeks sug-
aigest at first sight an easy
> going nature which Is illusory.
: & DR.. Erhard put through. per-
shaps, the most drastic currency
reform Ia history. It hit many
people terribly hard. # the
federal republic had had q
Jefferson It might have caused
the uproar evoked BY Alexan-
sder Hamilton when he created
the American dollar ana sal-
.--vaged the credit Of the new
sirepublic. greatly to the advan-
sitage Of both the Government
snand Of the monied classes
si whom he wished to enlist on
! the side Of the new state.
sli Mr.. Erhard's policy has been
ITO rebuild the capital structure
.lof defeated Germany, direct
investment into productive In
dustry, and thus furnish the
shasis for reconstruction. He
4fhas done 1t with carrots in
stead Of sticks, but the policy
has been extremely methods
zeal.
&, In q democratic republic and
lin the Goth century he had to
/ accompany incentives to cap
: ital with great social benefits.
; About 10 million fueitives
from the territories lost by
Germany had to be absorbed,
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Drastic Currency Reform Aids Nation;
Foreign Markets Rapidly Developed

and taken care Of until they
were.
Vast amounts Of non-pro-
ductive investment. such as
housing, had to be made from
public or private sources.
Mr.. Erhard devised ingeni-
Gus carrots In the form Of tax
benefits to encourage rlon-pro-
ductive industries such as
pleasure enterprises to put
their profits into more useful
and necessary things.
West Germany like Great
Britain. is q welfare state. So
cial benefits, actually. consume
a somewhat larger part of the
national income than In Great
Britain. But the production
index has never stopped rising.
1t is 2l0 per cent Of 1885 and
rose in August and September
Of this year by ~ per cent.
Every able-bodied German
is employed. The 10 million
displaced persons who immedi-
ately after the war swelled the
population by a NTH and
seemed impossible to absorb
have actually been a Godsend.
Otherwise there would have
been serious labor shortage.
Some German economists
think that West Germany is
overspending. But so far no
serious results have shown up.
The federal German republic
has three advantages so far
over Great Britain. Produc-
ton is higher and more EN-
cient--thanks to allied dis
mantling which has, by re-
placement, given Germany
the most modern plants in
Europe.
Labor Is not diverted to
armed services, and there has
been no heavy pressure for
higher wages from the trade
unions.
Evening star., 1955-11-21
Moscow Cannot Afford to Ignore
Effective Points in Dulles Speech

three Western powers stood
steadfastly against that kind
Of q performance. In doing so,
they showed their confidence
in their own strength and in
the steadfastness Of their own
people. Thereby. this con-
ference may have improved
the prospects for real agree
ments In the future"
Translating that language
into political realities in the
United States, this is how it
might have read:
Don't be misled, Mr.. Molo-
toy. The Democrats In our
country are not forcing US
into o. peace-at-any-price
position. Neither Stevenson,
nor Hartman, nor Kefauyer
is going TO attack the Repub-
licans and blame them for
failure at Geneva. If they did.
our public opinion would not
support them. Our political
parties are united as never
before in seeking a real peace
in Europe. and you are block
ing it. You can't stand on that
position very long, so you must
come to an agreement with
us"
AS for Britain and France.
Mr.. Dulles cannot undertake
to speak for them. but their
foreign ministers also might
have said privately the same
thing-that the opposition
parties in their respective
countries aren't going to make
political capital out Of q so
called failure" at Geneva.
Perhaps the Soviets had to
try out their tactics at the sec
ond Geneva conference before
really getting down to business
in q third Geneva conference.
So 1t is Of transcendent inn
portance that. in the United
States. Great Britain and
France. interpreters Of the first
and second Geneva conferences
do not play into Soviet hands
by trying to blame Messrs.
Dulles. Macmillan and Pinay
for an alleged failure. !" In
fact. it Is q time to congratu-
late them for their steadfast-
ness and their ability to per-
ceive the Soviet game and re-
sist 1t.
There Is nothing new In the
points made by Mr.. Dulles ex-
cept the significant way in
which he restates them i'm
mediately after an important
conference with the Russians.
The world has been told now
Evening star., 1955-11-21
DAVID LAWRENCE

; The -four power confer
ence" Is. in effect, stu going
on. The address by Secretary
sof State John Foster Dulles
! delivered on his return here
. Friday after 1t was approved
and authorized by President
Eisenhower lis an integral
part Of the current negotia-
tions. The words spoken now
could become the basis for q
! four power agreement in a few
: months.
There Is no rule In diplomacy
which says negotiations must
be carried on only by foreign
ministers in personal confer
ences. In fact. o direct appeal
TO the public opinion of the
world, usually characterized as
H"the propaganda battle" is In
some respects more powerful
than what is said In face-to-
face conversations.
Every word of the Dulles
speech has been examined al
ready in Moscow and win be
re-examined many times by
the Soviet rulers and their ex-
perts. It will be studied TO ar
rive ct q decision as to how
far the points made are likely
ITO swing favorable opinion. not
only on this side Of the iron
: curtain but on the other side
as well. The Soviet government
: therefore, cannot afford to ig-
more the effective points made
b by Secretary Dulles.
50 There is. indeed, some rea-
: son to believe that the Soviet
government went to the sec
lend Geneva conference under
a complete misapprehenston
(which now, fortunately, has
been dispelled. The Kremlin
Nthought the smiles at the first
Geneva conference meant that
!; the West was willing to make
xpeace at any price and that
sthe Western Allies would not
stick together. In q sense. the
second Geneva conference was
O testing -out of the solidarity
a OF the allies and the extent
to which their foreign min
listers would be willing to go
to get an agreement on vital
Issues. The key paragraph in
the Dulles address was the
following:
"It would have been easy to
make some apparent agree
Y inents with the Soviet Union
-but they would have been
without real content. They
would have given an illusion
gof q meeting Of minds, where
none In fact existed. The
a
Evening star., 1955-11-21

achs, clothes on their backs.
and furniture In their rooms.
To do SO, industries have
been willing to take big risks
and workers to put their backs
into overtime without thinking
much about how benefits were
distributed. Now they are be-
ginning to do so, and the FIRST
break is in the metallurgical
industries. whose workers are
making wage demands and
threatening to strike IL they
are not met.
1t may not be serious, but it
is a symptom. Some econo-
rnists and industrialists are
worried. Many who agree in
general with the policy differ
on important details about
how money is used. But most
seem to be confident.
Evening star., 1955-11-21


prevailing opinions would then
be incorporated into the paper.
The paper. hammered into
shape, would then be sent to
Chicago for Mr.. Steyenson's pc
rusal and for incorporation into
ID file known as The Book to
members of the group.
Another Democratic presiden-
tial hopeful. Gov. Averill Harri-
man OF New York, who Is known
as "a beaver for information, :"
was q regular conner to the meet
Iings. which generally began
about 2 In the afternoon and
ran as late as midnight or be-
yond. Gov. Stevenson came when
he could.
Last year, Mr.. Finletter de-
cided that Mr.. Stevenson should
come more often. and subsequent
meeting, some Of them in Chi
.cago, we're arranged TO meet his
convenience.
The Finletter Group has now,
been integrated into the Steven
son team as the research arm Of
the campaign effort. With John
Brademus as executive secretary.
1t has an ofiice In the Stevenson
headquarters at 244 South La
Sale street, Chicago.
Already in. "The Book" are
papers on such problems as the
following: Power. agriculture
tthree meetings were held on
this subject). labor. iva. nat
Iural resources, expanding econ
omy. general status Of domestic
economy. Bill Of Rights. immi-
grafton, single : interest state,
roads, social security, Dixon
Yates, mental health, old age.
Universal Military Training,
Atoms for Peace, automation.
civil defense, antitrust, small
business.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-31
OAR

Continued from Page u
brought before the April meeting
of the chapter by Mines. Frank
P. Wilcox, Lewis Bowman and
Dalrymple, the nominating COM
mittec.
3. Mrs. John r. Arnold, Regent,
is attending the Golden Jubilee
Conference of the State Society
which is now meeting in Balti-
more. Also present are Mrs.
Jarnagin, Mrs. Roger ]. White
ford, and Mrs. Wilcox and Miss
Belt as alternates.
4. The group, meeting at the
home of Mrs. Wilcox, heard a
talk on American youth by Mrs.
Willard Edwards. Assistant hos
tesses were Mines. Ivan briggs,
George Moreay, and Mason Lem
ing. Mrs. Edwards invited the
group to inspect text books used
in the County schools and urged
them to attend Board of Educa-
ton meetings and inform Board
members of their views.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-31
Robust March Winds Bring Virus
Ailments TO Many in TrVinbrO0k

Because Mrs. Daniel Durham.
recently retired president of
Homemakers Club III, served
that club in a manner that won
her the respect and love of all
who worked with her, mention
must be made, although a bit
belatedly, of the handsome set of
rhinestone jewelry presented to
her by Mrs. Carl Burrows, pres
ent head of the group, at a short
ceremony preceding the Home
makers Clubs joint meeting on
Mar. 10.
AS first president of Club III,
Mrs. Durham in two years or
ganized the group into one of
the County's finest clubs. When
her stint as president was fin
ished, she continued to spark the
recently concluded Red Cross
first aid course which graduated
IA members who were given
frontpage recognition in the
SENTINEL last week.
Il
Twinbrook school is flying a
new flag this week thanks to
fourth grader Robert Donnehau-
er, who donated the flag to the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-31
BY MRS. DONALD ii. MELLON
GARDEN 4-88O7

Who says March goes out like
a lamb? No lamb, this bitter cold
week that has nipped our buds
and made the biggest news of
the week the fierce virus bugs
that have been laying low our
good populace.
A sad, weak voice of expert
ence is here to state that the
NH doctor-nurSe team, who in
vestigate the various ailments ac-
companied by fever that have af-
flicted the families in Twinbrook
who volunteered for flu vaccine
experiments last fall, come bust
ling in your door, pleasantly eff
ficient, politely inquisitive, and
firmly insistent that the poor,
-fever-racked patient go through
the necessary examination, end
ing up with a sample of the most
gosh-awful potion innocently
labeled beef BROTH"
The brightest spot in the whole
program is the hope that this
research will help to eliminate
some of these nasty little fugi-
tives from Pandora's box.