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Evening star., 1955-11-05
Trumon-Byrnes Feud

The bitter clash between Harry Iru-
man and James r. Byrnes is not the sort
of thing one holds up as model for the
Younger generation. For what this clash
presents Is the lamentable spectacle OF
former President and his Secretary OF
State belaboring each other with Ian
guage which stops just this side Of the
short and ugly word.
Mr.. Truman started 1t in his memoirs
He told OF telephone call from Mr..
Byrnes in 1914, In which the latter asked
Mr. Truman to nominate him for the vice
presidency. Mr. Byrnes, according to Mr..
Truman, said President Roosevelt had de-
cided on the South Carolinian as his run
ming mate, and on that basis Mr.. Truman
agreed to make the nominating speech.
Mr.. Truman went on to say that ne
learned later that Mr.. Roosevelt had
picked him for the vice presidency. and
that Postmaster General Frank Walker
had been instructed to notify Mr.. Byrnes
Of the decision. II believe, therefore,
Mr.. Truman wrote, that Byrnes knew
that the President had named me at the
time he called me In Independence and
asked me to nominate him at the conven-
tion."
Mr.. Truman could hardly have made
a blunter attack on Mr.. Byrnes' integrity.
And he did 1t apparently without trying to
md out whether Mr.. Walker had deliy-
cred the Roosevelt message to Mr.. Byrnes
at the time OF the latter's phone call.
Mr.. Byrnes' reply is a nat denial OF
the Truman charge, plus an argument IN
support of 1t.
There is nothing to document Mr..
Byrnes' version, but logic Is on his side.
For If he had asked MIR. Truman to NOM
mate him, knowing that the President
already had picked Mr.. Truman, and II
Mr.. Truman had made the nominating
speech, the fraud surely would have been
exposed. It Just doesn't make sense that
man As astute as Mr.. Byrnes would have
deliberately walked into such trap.
ms argurnent In support Of his denial
Is faulty, however. Mr.. Byrnes asks how
Mr.. Truman, believing him TO have been
guilty OF deceit, could possibly have asked
him to become Secretary of State. But
Mr.. Truman wrote that he did not learn
ultA ldtcE VI titC AtUooaSO :" "AAtSAe tsAAs
Walker took to Mr.. Byrnes. He did not
say how much later, but one has TO as
sumo that 1t was after Mr.. Byrnes ap-
pointment as Secretary Of State, and
probably after the break between the two.
There is more Of the same in the ex-
change between the two men. and i cam
not be said with certainty that the one Is
right and the other wrong. On balance,
however, the chances are that Mr. Tru-
man, who was clearly inaccurate In his
memoir comments on the Henry Wallace
incident, Is wrong again Ia the attack on
Mr.. Byrnes. It is difficult to see how such
an egregious boner could have been
made, but 1t is certain that both versions
cannot be correct. And logic Is on the
side of Mr. Byrnes.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
One Step Nearer

There should be no serious conflict
between the Smithsonian Institutions s.
plans for splendid new Air Museum and
the plans advanced by Webb and Knapp
for the redevelopment OF Southwest
Washington. II such conflict presents
itself. earnest men working sincerely for
the further development and beautifica-
ton Of this great Capital City can be
counted on TO remove it.
There is some conflict at this stage.
A site proposed by the Smithsonian for
the Air Museum lies smack across the
proposed South Mall-extending south
from Independence avenue along the
hne Of Tenth street to the river. The
Mall Is basic feature Of the plan to
4oren up Southwest Washington IN its
redevelopment.
The distinguished regents OF the
Smithsonian are to be commended for
their willingness to consider an alternate
site, provided 1t meets the requirements
and is offered with the fun backing Of
the National Capital Planning Comnis-
sion and the Commission or Fine Arts.
Aspecial committee Of the planning COM
mission, selected at Fridays meeting. VIII
now study the alternate site and make
Its recommended at the commissions
December meeting.
Such study Is necessary, for the
new suggested site lying south Of Inde-
pendence avenue between Fourth and
Sixth streets S.W.--is bisected dag
onally by Maryland avenue. disability Of
a. a2k
Evening star., 1955-11-05

An amazing reversal from
the panic which gripped the
Republican Party. immediately
after the news Of President
Eisenhower's heart attack. is
well under way. The first re-
action was that "all is lost for
1956-without Eisenhower q
Democratic President is sure
to be elected" Today, Repub-
Iican National Chairman Leon
ard w. Hall is roaming the
country, telling Republicans.
Democrats and independents
the story Of the accomplish
ments under President Eisen-
hover and 9 Republican adj
ministration. It's quite a story.
Further, 1t is calculated to In
Spire confidence, where Demo-
cratic preachments have been
on the gloomy side.
The story. as told by Chair
man Hall, is that the Repub-
lican Party has had a rebirth
in the spirit and tradition Of
Abraham Lincoln. 1t is at its
strongest in IS years. 1t has be-
come the party of progress,
conservatively dynamic, with
a deep faith in the individual.
The Democratic Party. on the
other hand, has become the
party OF Big Government, with
inevitable RECOMMENDATION.
Belief in People
Pointing out that under the
present Republican admins
tration, the American people
are more prosperous than ever
before, with more production
and more employment at
higher wages, Mr.. Hall tells
audiences: Dwight D. Eisen-
hover and his Republican team
have a fundamental belief in
people. We believe that the
great mass Of American people
have the knowledge and abil-
ity and the ingenuity to solve
the problems that confront us.
The Democrats regiment peo-
pie because they feel the Gov
ernment-not the people them
selves-has the answers to all
our problems"
What Chairman Hall is seek
ing to do is to convince Re-
publicans. and all other voters.
that the Republican ticket in
l956--running with a candi-
date who stands four square
with Eisenhower and on the
record Of the Eisenhower adj
ministration--not only has q
chance to win. but viii win.
The reasons he gives for his
confidence are appealing. First,
the Nation is at peace. Second.
the country has the most pow
erful defense in its history
and in the world. Third, the
country has a booming econ
omy-which is necessary for
peace and national security.
Fourth, the Republicans are
returning government to the
people - they have replaced
controls and RECOMMENDATION
and the trend toward social
ism with an incentive eeon-
Evening star., 1955-11-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES (. TRAcEWELL

Is there . grammarian in
the house?
Probably not.
Grammarians have been
fading out for the past so
years, as the American people
have developed a freer and
more distinctive English OF
their own.
1t is based solidly on the best
that the race has been able to
evolve. but it does not place
so much emphasis on the split
inflnitiye, and the like.
After all, what language
seeks to do is convey thought,
from one to another.
Sometimes the most vulgar
talk win do this to q nicely.
but that viii not mean that it
is good.
A fine distinction must be
made between the too vulgar
and the too pedantic. or ul-
tra-grammatical.
The genius of our language
calls for nearness to the coll
loquial. This means as a cul-
tivated person talks. rather
than writes.
II any one wants to see q
fine flow Of prose on the strict
grammatical scale, he should
turn to Gibbons Decline and
Fall Of the Roman Empire.
Here he finds prose at a uni
form level. excellent, correct
and boresome.
No one talks that way. Even
the great historian, In his
daily table talk, did not speak
at such q level, we may feel
sure.
1t Just wouldn't have been
human.
k&*
Humanity, in a word, is
what America seeks today.
We see ON all sides of US
the inhumanity Of the ma
chine.
Attenuation now rears its
ugly head to threaten thou
sands of persons with loss Of
Jobs.
Everywhere are evidences Of
bureaucratic control, including
tax officials on all levels who
seem to have forgotten hui
manity.
A bureau is q sort of ma
chine, with a gobbledygook
lingo all its own. Any one
who has ever read Govern
ment reports and papers
knows that this is just the
way one Of the marvellous new
electrical machines would write
If 1t could write.
The American people, to get
away from this sort Of thing.
have said goodbye to gram
marians in their daily life.
There is no writing institu-
ton that has one on its staff.
If one creeps in, by hook or
crook, he is commonly re-
garded as an old bore who
puts unwanted and unneces-
sary messages on the bulletin
board from time to time.
~ ~
How does one replace him.
then?
The answer is. by much read
ing.
The weli-read man comes to
the fore.
There u no substitute for
him.
He may not be able to give
you the grammar Of the thing,
Evening star., 1955-11-05

but he writes correctly. with q
greater freedom.
He knows, because his ear
tells him so.
Did anyone think that the
thousands Of capable men and
women engaged in the writing
phase of American life runs
to a grammar every time they
want to write?
Maybe they should, at times.
Yes. perhaps they should.
But they simply don't. be-
cause they don't have to.
They are like the little girl
out our way. who, ordered by
her older sister to get her nap,
replied. II don't have to do it,
and I don't want to do it, and
] amt gonna do it," g
Maybe she was not too gram
I1atical. but she put over her
point, and it stuck. At the.
majestic age Of 8 years, one
no longer takes an afternoon
nap.
America has grown UP. so
that it can mostly dispense
with the need Of grammarians,
except now and then.
In doing so, it may make a
few mistakes, but these are
easily corrected, and usually
make little difference, anyway.
The assiduous reader Of his
Bible. his Shakespeare, his
great writer's of varying de-
grees. has a sure anchor to
windward; he knows the
sounds of words, and makes up
a few himself, every so often,
If he feels that they convey his
thought better than the old
grammatical standards,
The spirit is more than the
life. and this holds good with
words. too. You don't write
down to people, you don't write
up to them, you write with
them. just as you talk with
them.
That's America.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Reviews Keneipp Case

Il Is true that District Traf-
fic Director George Keneipp
has legally been cleared Of q
technical charge Of reckless
driving growing out Of an in
cident IN which the car he was
driving skidded on q Virginia
road. But Is it true that Mr..
Keneipp was in no way to
blame for what happened to
the car Of another motorist
who also was involved? / think
not.
According to the newspaper
account. Mr.. Keneipp, in at
tempting to pass q string Of
cars on a two-way, two-lane
highway. skidded when he came
abreast Of the leading car Of
the string. When his car came
to rest it was crosswise the
left-hand lane. The driver OF
the leading car chose to drive
OF the road and In doing so
risked his own life. Obviously,
II Mr.. Keneipp had not decided
to take a chance and pass the
string. or II his car had not
skidded. no accident would
have occurred
/ do not know Mr.. Keneipp,
but I have no reason to doubt
that he is an experienced and
careful driver. I can sympa-
thize also with his desire to
maintain unmarried his per-
feet driving record. In at
tempting to pass this string Of
cars he did what most other
drivers would have done had
they been Just as anxious to
get somewhere in q hurry. Mr..
Keneipp Is entitled TO no more
consideration than that ac-
corded any other motorist.
Many q notorist, In vir-
ginia and elsewhere. has
been convicted Of reckless
driving on charges no more
substantial than those placed
against Mr.. Keneipp. and the
conviction has stuck.
Harvey n. Hewitt.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
An Adnirer

Being new to this area. 1
was anxious to find q paper
with editorial policies with
which ! was in sympathy. I
believe I have found such 4
paper In The Evening Star. /
admire your down-to-earth,
practical, conservative, middle
of-the-road policies.
! also favor your advertise
nnent selection. It Is added
proof that a journalistic ven-
ture can be successful with
out catering to the alcoholic
beverage industry.
John 3. Wilson.
Frederick, Md.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
The Haynes Case

The Haynes case is another
example Of justice confused
by the insanity issue.
Lawyers who are so ready
to use the insanity plea for
q defense do not seem to
realize that they may. in time,
outsmart themselves out Of
business. II this practice con-
tinues, sane" Or insane"
may be substituted for gull
ty" or mot guilty." and in
stead Of courts. laws. juries
and lawyers we may have
s1perclinics where the FAC
cused" win receive Judgment
and treatment from men in
white coats.
This possibility should cause
defense attorneys and the
general public to shudder. be-
cause 1t is easier TO get out
Of prison than it is to get out
Of most mental institutions.
Living conditions in many OF
them are not as good as in
the average prison, and some
Of the treatments have been
carried over from medieval
times.
The term insanity" has
been banded about 10 such
an extent that the courts, the
public and psyciliatry itself
all seem unable to determine
Just what 1t is. This was
apparent in the Haynes case
(and the pattern seems to be
the same in all these cases.,
where two reputable psychia-
trists, one from District Gen.
eral Hospital and one from st.
Elizabeths, could not agree as
to whether Mrs. Haynes was
sane or insane. II they could
not agree In her case, one
wonders about the thousands
OF cases they are holding ON
the basis Of insanity" in the
two institutions where they
oficiate. One also wonders
what kind Of psychiatric treat
mlent Mrs. Haynes win receive
at st. Elizabeths for her un-
determined mental condition.
Meanwhile. for the sake OF
justice, the welfare Of their
clients and their own bread
and butter. lawyers should 90
slow on those insanity pleas.
r. /. G,
i
! wish to defend st. Eliz-
abeths Hospital from the in
accurate stories describing Mrs.
Haynes as hearing screams,
living IN fright. and dreading
becoming insane il she stays
there penned up the required
30 days.
st. Elizabeths is no snake pit.
The institution comprises q
small city of clean, roomy.
bright buildings where unfor-
tllnates who are a menace to
others can be protected from
themselves as well as from
others like themselves.
] am a volunteer worker At
st. EliZabeths. AS q cornbi-
nation rnother-confessor and
ward helper. ! have never
heard any screams nor heard
OF any nlistreatment Of pa
tients.
Dorothy Myers.
H&4
! believe any fair-minded
legal mind would concede the
Haynes verdict was rendered
on sympathy for q woman
wronged.
But are we q Nation gov
erned by laws or are we going
back to the law Of the jungle.
might makes right?
I am not trying to justify
the husbands conduct.
There are thousands Of
philandering husbands. Does
the court intend to justify
the taking Of q human life
for this reason? If 50. ] feel
We may soon cease to be d
Nation governed by law or
order.
DeInier G. Wright.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-04-16
The Great Moment

We come to the great moment in the drama of
modern medicine. We know, at long last, that the
Salk vaccine for poomyets is sufficiently effective
to warrant its continued We glad. We are
grateful.
Thanks to the genius of DR. Jonas R. Sak of the
University of Pittsburgh and to the millions of Ameri
who contributed their dimes and dollars to the
National Foundation for Infante Paralysis all have
reason to believe that children may be spared the
crppling crueltieS of polio.
In our own lifetime, we dare hope, the iron
lung will have become relic of the unmourned past
and no will dread polio any more than he cur
rently breads smallpox diphtheria and the other fright
full diseases which have been similarly conquered by
vaccines
The historians of the distant tomorrow may say
that the victory polio greater achievement
than the splitting of the atom and the production of
the hydrogen bomb Certainly it is far better, and in
fnitey desirable to save the life of even one
stricken child than to wipe out an entire city in a
flash of man-made lightning.
The above Editorial appeared in the Boston Daily
Record of Wednesday April IS just after the great
news was released at Ann Arbor Michigan Everyone is
given their due thanks as well they might but
would like to just add, THANK GOD
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William C. Husbands, chair
man, Joseph Benn, Lester
Benn, Commissioner Victor G.
Bynae, Everton johnson, Or
mie and Cedric Jordan, Err
nest S. Headley, Lincoln
Kinds, Allan Vaughan, VIM
field Lucas, secretary; Mrs.
John Bynoe, Mrs. Joseph Benin
and others.
Saturday, April Is - Ar
rive at Logan Airport HOO
1880 am. Proceed to Shera-
ton Plaza Hotel. Luncheon
rendered by City of Boston,
Sheraton Plaza Hotel at IL
noon. Press conference, Sher-
atom Plaza Hotel 800 pm.
Sunday, Apri! II = Attend
services at st. Cyprian's Epis-
copal Church, 1900 am. Mass
meeting at Union Methodist
Church at $3.50 pm. Recep-
ton at Business Mems club
Massachusetts Avenue, 7:3C
pm.
Monday, April 10 - Greet
ings by the Mayor at Cit!
Continued On Page Four
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GOV. HERTER
IN TRIBUTE TO
WALTER White

Governor Herter stated,
executive secretary of the Ma
The death of Walter White.
tional Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, came upon the eve of the
experimentation of MANY of
the enlightened causes which
he championed in a lifetime
OF courageous and decisive ac-
ton.
Mr.. White, as much as anv
man, built a bridge of racial
understanding in a manner
which now serves as a con-
slant inspiration to other per-
sons of goodwill.
Il regret that he didn't live
70 see his noble dreams fuIIv
realized. That they will be rea-
llzed I am confident"
introduced by Councillor
Gabriel Piemonte the follow
ing resolutions were adopted
by the City Council:
RESOLVED: That the Citv
Council of Boston in meeting
assembled, hereby expresses
its deep regret at the death
Of Walter White, who during
his life, with distinction and
credit, was one of this coun-
try's gratest champions of
Justice and real democracy
for all men.
RESOLVED: That the City
Council of Boston in meeting
assembled hereby expresses its
deep regret at the sudden
death of Elliot Freeman who
as a columnist and metropoli-
tan distributor of the CAIRO"
American Newspapers was an
ardent champion of Boston
and fair play for all of its ci-
items.
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7 OpHIar Businessman
ReneWs Hub Pursuits

At 374 Mass. ave-, Boston, in
one of his own buildings, the
well known A. E. Roberts, real
estate dealer, has added to
his activities a furniture SELL
ing and furniture moving,
under the name of the Back
Bay Furniture and Appliance
Co. and the Back Bay Furni-
ture Moving Co.
Using his time slogan
B-4 Renting, Buying or Sell
ing Property C A. E. Roberts,
Real Estate; Mortgages ar
ranged, 374 Has. Ave, co g.
5O61.
Roberts, widely known as
one of the Hubs most pro-
greSsive and successful bust
nessmen, in 1949 sold out his
business in Boston and retired
to his form in Reading with
his wife Adrienne and son,
James. The family spends
summers at their former
Continued On Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-04-16

SOUTHERNERS COLD
TO EXPERIMENTATION

WASHINGTON - Southern
states have made no sincere
attempt to advance construc-
tive plans to the U. S. Supreme
Court as to how the May IT
decision outlawing segrega-
ton in public schools should
be supplemented, lawyers for
NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund advised the
court this week.
Except for Florida and the
Attorney General of the
United States, no plan was
submitted to the court as to
how desegregation of the
claSSroomS can best be &C
compliShed. Instead, the states
affected by the decision have
been generous with theories
and predictions of how and
why indignation of the schools
cannot be accomplished, and
have advanced ingenious ar
guments on why desegrega-
ton should not be undertaken
at all.
This was indicated in the
brief led today with the Su-
Continued On Page Four
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ALPHAS HERE
FOR 3-DAY MEET

The Eastern Regional Con-
vention of the Alpha Phi Al
pha Fraternity, Inc. was held
in Boston AprN and II
at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel
Copley Square, as guests OF
Epsilon Gamma and Sigma
chapters of the fraternity. DR..
]. Rupert Picott, Eastern Re-
gional Vice President of Rich
mond, Va. called the conven-
ton to order to discuss the
theme, alpha Meets the Chal-
lenge of Changing Concepts"
Through workshops led by
George o. Walker, President
of Sigma Chapter, Boston;
Walter M. Booker, immediate
past Eastern Vice President
of Washington, D. c., and
Hon. Myles A. Paige of New
York, recommendations and
resolutions were promulgated.
Newark, N. ]. was selected as
the place for the 1855 regional
convention.
Social events included a
Meet Your Date" party in
the State Suite of the Shera-
ton Plaza, a Breakfast given
by Mayor John B. Hynes to
the officers and committee
which ewaS presided over by
Continued On Page Four
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MUSIC FESTIVAL
DATE NEARING

Songs of the eminent con-
temporary composer, Clarence
Cameron White, will be fea-
tured in the forthcoming Mu-
sic Festival at New England
Mutual Hall, April 25. Bertha
Bailey is the soloiSt. Another
highlight Of the Festival will
be the unwilling of a Sketch
of Roland Hayes and the hon
orng of ten Bostonians cited
for achievements in 1854.
Other artists on the program
are Irving Hunter, Tenor;
Elwyn Adams, Violinist and
Psuedora Cunningham and Irv-
ing Hunter will perform the
Concerto No. 3 for two pianos
by Beethoven. This affair is
free to the public. Benjamin
H. Cunningham III is general
chairman.
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"Any man more right than
his neighbOrs, constitutes a
majority of one"
Henry ThOreau
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The Hon. Grantley H. Ad-
ans, prime minister of Bar
bados, B.W.I, and the Hon.
DR.. Cummins, member of the
Barbados House of Assembly,
arrive in Boston today for a
visit.
They will be rendered a lun-
cheon today by the City of
Boston, with Mayor John B.
Tynes, host.
A mass meeting at Union
Methodist Church tomorrow,
Sunday, $3.50 pm. will hear
an addres by Prime Minister
Adams.
Plans for Monday, April 10
include a visit to Goevrnor
Herter at the State House and
a tour of Harvard University
and other points Of interest
The chorus Of Adele Evans
of West Medford will sing a
the mass meeting at Uniol
Methodist Church, Sunday af
ternoon, following the address
by Prime Minister Adams. TIL
reception committee include
the Barbados Mutual Societ