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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
THOMAS L. STOKES
The Saga of Moderation

aroused because of the origin
Of n1oderation-to wit, Senator
johnson and the South. Obvi-
ously Mr.. Truman was not con-
cerned about Adlai Stevenson's
moderation remarks, because
afterwards he said the Steven
son speech was the finest New
Deal speech he ever had heard.
But both Gov. Hartman and
Gov. Williams hoped on the
moderation theme and angled
their shots at Adlai Stevenson,
though in his own speech to
the Democratic rally at Chi
cago Gov. Hartman had given
high praise to Senator john
son who had worked up the
moderation gadget in the first
place.
A bit mixed up? Yes, a bit.
It's like a fellow who steps
into q group, lets drop some
thing that starts an argument,
and then slips quietly away
while two Of those left behind
60 after a third. Senator john
son has long been out OF sight
around the corner. Cows. Har-
riman and Williams are poking
Adlai Stevenson. And a crowd
of Republicans has gathered
to enjoy the fight. The air is
filled with you moderate So
and-so."
Only Democrats could get
into such a brawI about mod
Grafton.
Somebody must be running
for President-or something.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Frances Revolving Government
System Can't Continue for Long

first. following the overthrow
Of the Capet dynasty, was ter
minated with the emergence
Of Napoleon, the first man on
the white horse. The second
was terminated by his distant
relative, Napoleon III; the
third was ended after the
crushing defeat Of France at
the hands Of Hitler, and the
present one does not give any
indication that 1t may last
as long as its predecessors, ex-
cept for the fact that SO far
no real leader has put in
an appearance. Gen. Charles
de Gaulle was regarded as a
possibility immediately after
Frances liberation In 1914.
But subsequent events proved
him so unskiIled a leader that
he became thoroughly dis
credited after a short time in
Office.
There has been some more
talk recently about Marshal
Juin's having what 1t takes to
become Frances savior. JUN
is a very good officer: he is an,
enlightened patriot and enjoys
the confidence Of the bulk of
the French officers corps. He
is believed by those who know
him intimately to have ideas
to that effect" But whether
he has sufficient prestige in
the country and whether the
French Army has the ability
to Offset the inevitable general
strike and rebellion on the part
Of organized Communists in
the event he wants to take
over power are different mat
tiers. t..-etf a
There Is no question that
the French people by and large
are pretty well disguised with
the tiresorne antics OF their
politicians. to whom they apply
the cynical saying. THE more
things change the more they
are the same" The French
peasantry-an important fac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
DAVID LAWRENCE
Choices on Foreign Policy

the Republicans more than to
thresh out these inconsistent
positions in a political battle
against q party that belittles its
own government, attempts to
needle it into war while treat
ing Communists and their
sympathizers in this country as
heroic examples Of dissent"
The United States has inf
nitely more resources and more
industrial strength than Soviet
Russia. The United States has
morality on its side. and In the
long run this counts with
peoples everywhere, including
those behind the Iron Curtain.
America is able also to cut
of the shipment of strategic
goods to Communist countries
and to persuade her allies to do
likewise.
America is in a position to
use her moral influence to
build unity in Europe and to
strengthen the Western alli-
ance. It isn't the Russians who
can defeat American objec.
tives. The danger lies in
American disunity and SUBJ
mission to fifth column" tao
tics which are nowadays so
often aided by well-intentioned
persons who keep calling for
softer treatment of the Com
munists.,
Financial aid is logical for
America TO give to countries
which can provide military
help in a crisis. but not to
areas where illiteracy and
totalitarian tribesmen rule mil
lions Of helpless natives. II the
Moscow government wants to
undertake that burden, the So
viets will find themselves
stretching their meager re-
sources thinly over the Asian
continent only to provoke
trouble back home where big
sacrifices would be required to
sustain such expensive pro-
grams.
Time and patience and
moral courage and a careful
outstanding Of economic re-
sources can win the "cold war"
for the West and thereby bring
freedom to the hundreds Of
millions Of oppressed peoples
living today under the despot-
ism Of the Soviet regime.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
When Johnson First Used the Word,
Liberal Democrats Grew Suspicious

fights among Democrats, in
the interest Of peace, harmony.
moderation, etc.
While this all has a certain
logic, Democrats from the
liberal or progressive wing of
the party began to sniff sus-
piciously. They habitually slls-
pect Southerners bearing gifts
Of sweet phrases softly spoken.
Some thought that the curve"
in the moderation" pitch
might be to get Democrats in
such a kindly, jolly spirit
toward each other that Sena-
tor Johnson could sneak
through the natural gas bill
being demanded by Texas oil
tycoons who play Democrats
and Republicans of against
each other with campaign fund
lures.
And, in truth, when Senator
Johnson announced his legis-
lative program for the next
session Of Congress the other
day. sure enough, there tucked
in among all sorts Of other
bills was the nifty-the natural
gas bill. To go on with our
In time we got Adlai Steven
sons announcement that he
would seek denomination
sticking his neck right out, all
alone, as the first avowed
candidate. In turn followed
his speech to the assembled
Democrats at Chicago, and.
sure enough. he paid lip serv-
ice to moderation as the spirit
of the times but warned it
couldn't mean mediocrity or
stagnation. Senator Kefauver
also made a speech. In the
text he also had something
about moderation. but when
he got up to speak he left that
out. Instead, he said he agreed
with President Truman, who
had preceded him, that the
Democratic Party must be q
liberal and progressive party
to win next year.
Mr.. Truman had also stressed
that thesis in private confer
ences at Chicago with Messrs.
Stevenson, Truman. Kefauver
and Gov. Williams. The ex-
Presidents suspicious had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

The Republican committee meets Chicago These leaders
that there's only party the country really wanand
only in the party who they'll trust to prove it.
Harry Truman says Republicans ruined the country"
YEAH we're rushing down Hill fast city folks can't stop
to washand there's nothing than riding down hill in
dirty 1856 model car
Adai Stevenson says the Government can't build public
housing n the middle of the road No, SIR That's the spot
Adlai has picked out to fold his tent
Admirers give Ike fancy tractor with shortwave radio
Now he get the latest prices while plowngand beat
the other farmers into town to pawn the tractor
Tammany Boss Sapio says New York viii place Gov
Hartman in nomination for President Going to place him.
huh? In that let's buy place ticket Harrimanand
win ticket on Stevenson. III
Political leaders keep foreign policy Of the Sc
campaign Both Republicans and Democrats willing to let
Russia share little credit for the opposition party plumbers
British Prime Minister Eden says perhaps the United States
and Russia should quit testing Hbombs YEAH that both
sides bombs to settle anybodys hash let's consider
the question: Who likes hash anyway?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
Colon Reported
Proposed for ice
BY the Associated Press

Senator Dirksen. Republican.
Of Illinois, is reported to have
asked President Eisenhower to
name Samuel Leonard Golan. .
Chicago lawyer, to succeed Hugh
w. Cross on the Interstate Conn
merce Commission.
A highly placed source, declin-s
ing to be quoted by name, said
Senator Dirksen has submitted
the request in a letter to the
White House.
Mr.. Cross resigned last week
on the heels Of a Senate investi-
CATION of his possible role In the
negotiation of q contract be- :
tween Western railroad COM
panies and Chicago busline
operator.
He said accusations against
him in connection with the con- ,
tract were "baseless" but that
"the mere tendency Of such
charges irnpairs my further
service on the commission. :"
MIR. Golan, a Republican, now :
lis a member Of the United :
States-Canadian Boundary Com :
mission. He is q member of the
Chicago law Arm of Golan &
Golan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
Courses Of Action Becoming Clear
As Voters Take Justified Interest

Europe in exchange for "let-
ting America alone" But such
voices are few. and their
champions, though vocal, have
not been persuasive. peace at
any price" is not popular ex-
cept among those who still are
duped by the Soviet strategy
Of terror.
Course No. 3, which might
well be described rs the truly
American course, calls for
firmness. patience, and inde-
pendence and q devotion TO
moral principle instead Of q
craven policy Of constant con-
cessions to expediency. This
course means building up the
Nations armament to keep
pace with any rival. It means
keeping the armed services In
a state Of alertness and readi-
ness to ward OF sudden attack.
1t means also a willingness to
stand on principle and wait
out the other sides tactics
without flinching. It means q
sensible program Of economic
and military aid on q concern
trated basis.
This involves q selection Of
areas in which it would be
worth while to have allies and
to give military aid. It doesn't
near the spending Of billions
for the sake Of spending. 1t
doesn't mean covering the
earth with American dollars,
since the people Of the United
States couldn't afford such a
policy even If it were helpful in
buying support in backward
areas of the world.
But, basically, the choice
America will have to make is
between moral force and eco
nomic force, on the one hand.
and military force on the other.
Misguided Democrats, who
seem to enjoy blaming the
United States for Soviet ag-
erosion, present a paradox.
Thus, they favor measures that
are soft on the problem Of
Communist inflltration inside
Am er lea. Conversely, they
favor-or try to make people
believe they favor-a tough
course in dealing with the
Kremlin. Nothing could help
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
Man on the White Horse Needed?

tor In Frances political life
is conservative by instinct and
tradition. 1t has been voting
since the war, however. for q
large measure Of the Commu-
mist electoral lists. not because
it believes In communism but
to show its disgust for the
other political groups.
What the future holds for
our ally nobody can quite fore
see yet. But one thing seems
certain: the present system Of
revolving governments with
the same political faces sue
ceeding each other every few
months cannot continue for
long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01
Gu Program to Mark
MurshulI's Birthday

The 200th birthday Of John
Marshall, the most famous Chief
Justice of the United States,
will be celebrated at Catholic
University at 8 pm. tomorrow
In Mcmahon Hall.
The Rev. DR.. Charles Mccoy
Of the schools department of
politics will discuss Mr.. Marshall
as q philosopher. Sister Marie
Carolyn Kinkhamer Of the his
tory department will speak on his
influence as a historian. and Prof.
Arthur j. Keeffe will review the
Chief Justice as an administra-
tor and statesman.
DR.. Vernon x. Miller. dean Of
the law school, will act as mod
orator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01

Defeatism and appeasement.
with their tragic indifference
to morality and idealism. may
well have run their course In
the debate over American for
eign policy.
For the choice between the
alternative courses Of action
now Is becoming clear as the
voters in both political parties
are taking a well-justified In
terest in what the United
States should do In its relation
to the rest of the world.
Course Nos /, which implies
that the United States must
fight a war with Soviet Russia
and her satellites and seek to
secure detectives by military
power. has been rejected by
the thoughtful elements Of
both parties. There are, Of
course. reckless and irrespon-
sible spokesman on the Demo-
cratic side who have mischie-
vously miSrepresented Ameri-
can policy-as, for example. by
insisting that the administra-
ton was pledged to ''liberate"
the satellites by force. This
never has been an American
policy or promise. Military
force is unnecessary because
moral force, properly applied.
will accomplish the liberation
Of the captive peoples in dne
time.
Course No. 2. which amounts
to appeasement and surrender.
has also been rejected by the
responsible leaders of the two
parties. There are, to be sure,
insidious influences seeking to
compromise" or to make
IDEALS" with Soviet Russia.
and much of the advocacy Of
this view comes from those
shortsighted Europeans who
still think it is possible to
deal" with evil governments
and INSCRIPTIONS leaders. Oc-
casionally some Americans, in
GLIDING a few big business men
who think isolationism is less
expensive taxwise for them,
are in favor Of going on Bonded
knees to the Russians and
offering them control Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-01

Even for an of season.
Democrats have got a heap Of
mileage out of one word
moderation" Much more, In
fact, than President Eisen-
hover and Republicans a few
months back got out Of mod
crate progressive" or progress
sive moderate" before they
Just chucked the whole thing
and got around to something
called dynamic conservatism"
Gov. Averell Hartman Of
New York chastised "modera-
ton" clear across the country
to Portland, Greg, while Gov.
Mennen Williams Of Michigan
whipped it around the bush
from Lansing. Mich, to Den
yer, Colo, and back across
country to Washington.
The saga OF moderation" Is
interesting. Let's explore 1t.
It all began in mid-O october
when Senator Lyndon johnson
Of Texas, Democratic floor
leader. was beginning to get
active and restless mentally
after his regeneration from
heart attack and naturally
turned his mind to politics.
which Is his life. In an inter-
view with a couple of news
paper friends from Washing
ton he suggested that the
South ought to use its infiu-
ence at next years Democratic
convention to make the Demo-
cratic Party into the image Of
moderation, with a moderate
platform and a moderate can
didate.
If you know Senator John
son, it is easy to get the pitch,
though you always have TO
watch out for the nuances
known in baseball as curves.
He had come to the conclu-
sion that the Eisenhower
moderation" course Is popu-
lar with the country and that
therefore the Democratic
Party also ought to adopt o
similar course in its campaign
to try to recapture the White
House next year. His whole
objective as Senate party
leader last session was to
avoid attacks on the popular
President and likewise to avoid
Evening star., 1955-07-30
THEY'VE CONE A LONG WAY
Red Sox I rallied Griffs
As Recently as June 6

none on off Jim Burning. The
Red Sox got rid Of the Tigers
rookie in the fifth with three
runs on three singles. two walks,
two errors and a wild pitch, and
added one more in the eight.
Nixon allowed four hits, gave
no walks, and only two runners
reached second.
Yanks Have Hard Time
Against Kansas City the
Yankees had their troubles until
Ipinch-hitter Joe Collins singled
Mickey Mantle home in the
eighth. The New Yorker
weren't able to do much with
Vic Raschi, a former teammate
who gave way to a pinch-hitter
in the eighth. The Yanks won
out in the bottom half of the
inning against Tom German,
another former teammate.
Whitley Ford, who pitched all
the way for the Yankees, helped
his own cause with his FIRST
major league homer in the
seventh inning. This broke
Ia IL tie, but Country Slaugh-
ter, who batted for Raschi,
squared things again with q
home run Of his own.
Mike Garcia pitched a four
hitter for the Indians in Balti-
more. The issue never was in
doubt after Cleveland scored
twice in the second. Vic Wertz
See BASEBALL, Page Ali
Evening star., 1955-07-30
Big Ring Venture Dropped
By New Orleans Promoter
NEW ORLEANS. july 3O (Rl

NEW ORLEANS, July 80 (P)
-Blaise D'Antoni, millionaire
sportsman, tolled the count ovel
his Louisiana Boxing Enter
|prises, Inc. today. his dream OF
making New Orleans a world
boxing center knocked out by
poor box Office and charges o1
racket inf1ltration.
The dynamic, 81 = year old
one-time amateur boxer said he
would recommend to stock
holders and bondsmen August
that the group disband Novem-
ber / after meeting contractual
obligations to Willie Pastrano
New Orleans light-heavyweight
D'Antoni's sudden announce
ment to end the venture came
last night following attacks by
Aaron Kohn, crime investigator,
and Guy Banister, assistant
police superintendent. Both
Kohn and Banister questioned
some Of D'Antoni's associations
particularly those with Frank
Costello, the gambling king, and
Frankie Carlo. boxing figure.
II don't have to play the role
of target for yelled insults and
uncalled for criticism" the
wealthy shipping magnate said
When our contracted fights
have been staged, we're through
II put lots of sincere effort
and enthusiasm into may at
tempt to put boxing on the
highest scale here and natural
ly, when they were scoffing and
Evening star., 1955-07-30

ball for less than I can make
outside" he went on. II have a
contract which takes effect the
January l after I quit baseball
However, I want to play another
year because there's a chance
the pension benefits will be in
creased next year and I would
be foolish If I didn't stay on for
the sake of my family.
"But I wouldn't stay if I had
to take a cut to do it. Still, I
can see how the club might not
think I'm worth it. You have
to be realistic.
"As for now everything's 60
ing well. I have played as much
as / have been able to- hate
sitting on the bench. ! think
I'm ready to go back now that
my knee is better.
"But this afternoon Aston
told e he didn't want me to go
back in right away. He said as
long as the other players were
doing a good job and we had a
big lead there was no sense TAX
ing chances"
Evening star., 1955-07-30
WORLD RECORD FOR THREE MILES
RECLAIMED BY CHRIS CHATAWAY

LONDON, July 80 Q.-Chris Chataway Of Britain broke
the worlds record for three miles with magnificent clock
ing of 1922 today He set the Brtsh-G German
meet at White City Stadium before $4,000 spectators
The listed world record of 13264 was established by
Vladimir KMc of Russia at Prague on October 23 1854
The red-headed Chataway, four-minute miller, thus
reganed the world mark which Kuc had taken away from
him week after their memorable duel White City
the Moscow London meet last October Chataway
clocke d13:27.2 at that meet.
Today Chataway reached the mile in 426 and the two
miles in 1896 He sped the last lap in 81 seconds.
Although he had kept quiet this planned
on the three-me record which Chataway wanted badly
He received valiant support effort from Brtain
Derek Ibbotson, who helped set fast pace.
Chataway ran the last half-me his with wildly
cheering crowd seemingly knowing he had the
within his grasp.
Evening star., 1955-07-30
Ry the Associated Press

| Red Sox Manager Mike Hig-
lgins might well have June 6.
1885, circled in black on his cal
endar. That was the day his BoS-
ton club dropped to sixth place
in the. American League, 141a
games out of first place and.
worse, a game behind the Sen
ators.
Watching the Senators, who
Ialong with the Athletics and ORR
oles, were supposed to have the
bottom reaches Of the league all
to themselves, climb ahead of
him, probably made Higgins
think of throwing in the sponge.
But little by little, the Red Sox
soon began the long haul into a
Icontending position and now they
are only three games back of the
flrst-place White Sox and two
behind the third-place Indians.
Even when things were darkest,
Higgins stuck with his club. He
didn't platoon. He permitted the
players to snap out of their
|slumps without fear of losing
their jobs. And Ted Williams
wasn't the only inspiration.
Pitchers Clicking. Too
Billy Goodman has been hitting
at nearly a 400 clip. Billy Klaus,
No. 2 man in the batting order,
has been getting on base. Jackie
Jensen. tied for the runs-batted-
in lead in the league. has driven
in 36 in the last six weeks.
The pitchers have been COM
ing through, too. Willard Nixon
won his fourth straight last
might, blanking Detroit, SO.
The victory didn't enable the
Red Sox to gain any ground in
the hectic pennant race because
the first-place White Sox
whipped Washington, So; the
Isecond-place Yankees edged
Kansas City. 30. and the third
place Indians dubbed Balti-
more, I'll.
Meanwhile. the Dodgers con-
tinued their runaway in the
National League, defeating the
Cardinals, 5-4. The second
place Braves halted the Giants,
So; the Phillies dumped the
Cubs, Ga, and the Redlegs bat
tered the Pirates, 1876, with
Smoky Burgess hitting three
home runs and batting in nine
runs, three short of the major
league record.
At Boston, Williams provided
Nixon with all the runs he
needed in the first inning, when
he slapped his 18th homer with
Evening star., 1955-07-30
Italy Grabs Lead of 20
Over Sweden in CUP PIoy

Hartwig against Bob Bedard anc
Don Fontana in an effort tc
sew up the best-of five tie.
If the Aussies win the doubles
the remaining two singles
matches tomorrow would be
meaningless.
The Aussies are heavily IA
vored to trounce both the Cana
dians and Japan. II they get
past both they then must meet
with the European Zone winner
Italy or Sweden-in the inter-
zone final before gaining to right
to challenge the United States
The Aussies had to go only
one extra set to gain their 20
lead over the Canadians. Ken
Rosewall, top Aussie player
stopped Bedard, 60, ,6-1, 46
60, and Hartwig downed Lorne
Main, 6-3, 6-3s 60.
Evening star., 1955-07-30
Steve Barber HurIs
|One-Hitter to Win
For Cissel-Suxon

Lefthander Steve Barber r
pitched a one-hitter at the visit
ing Concord IN. c. Post No. 81
yesterday at Griffith Stadium as
Cissel-Saxon Post of Silver
Spring won an American Legion
preliminary to the Senator's
White Sox game, 8-3.
Barber struck OUT eight and
walked seven, two of the latter
coming in the top Of the sixth
inning when Concord got its
only hit. Sheriff. Garmon
slammed a triple to the base of
the rightfield wall to knock in
two runs and later scored him
self.
Evening star., 1955-07-30
jackie Robinson Talks of '56
Says He Won't Take Puy Cut

ST. LOUIS. July 80 (P.-Ths
dollar sign will tell whether
Jackie Robinson plays another
season with the Brooklyn Dodg.
ers, because he won't take 9
salary cut in 1856.
That was made plain today BY
Robinson, who has starred al
four positions since the Dodgers
brought him up from Montreal
in 1947. Jackie, who has beer
benched recently with a bad
knee, emphasized he had nc
arguments with the Brooklyn
front office.
II have no grievances with the
club" he said, land I've just had
a talk with Manager Walt Aston
We're all Strengthened out there
"As for next year, I want to
play. If my knee holds up,
am sure I can play. But now
can see how I'll be a problem to
the Brooklyn club and they may
not be willing to pay my full
salary"
It is reported Robinson gets
$35 900 a year.
II can't see any sense playing