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Evening star., 1955-05-10
Tennessee's Appealing, Vigorous Governor
Could Be Threat to Kefouver PIons

the convention and be in a
position to deal it for the vice
presidential nomination.
Harry Truman is for Adlai
Stevenson for the Democratic
nomination but. above all. he
is against Estes Kefauver. Mr..
Stevenson also has been kind
about Governor Clement and,
as a result of his attitude and
that of Mr.. Truman, there has
been talk of a Stevenson
Clement ticket for 1856. a
North-South, blue-and-gray,
hands-across-the- -MaSon-Dix-
on-line affair like the Steven
-Sparkman ticket in 1852.
This does not mean, of
course, that anything like that
will happen. At most any
nominating convention where
the choice is fairly open, you
can always find a dozen or so
gentlemen who have been in
f1ated for one purpose or an
other to the point where they
firmly believe they have the
nod for second place on the
ticket, only to see the mantle
tossed to someone else at the
last minute. But, for the time
being, a Clement-for-Vice
President boom accommodates
the anti-Kefauver drive nicely.
There is one way for Sem
ator Kefauver to kill off the
Clement threat. That is to do
just what he did in 1920
out and enter State President
ial primaries all over the coun-
try and build himself up into
such a figure nationally that
the Tennessee delegation will
have to support him. That's
exactly what he is planning to
do. -Four years ago the then
Governor of Tennessee, Cor
don Browning. had his eyes on
the vice presidential nomina-
tion-even as Frank Clement
does now. But. when the con-
vention came around, the Sem
ator and not ne was in con-
troll. and he made the nomi-
mating speech fol- Estes Ke-
fauver for the presidential
nomination, which the latter
lost, you will recall, to Adlai
Stevenson.
Which brings up complica-
ton developing for Adlai
Stevenson because OF the diff
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Who's Top in Soviet Russia?

are growing up inside Soviet
Russia about tension in the
atomic world.
At the same time; the So
Wet officials are known not to
be in any mood to make i'm
portant concessions. They
have been accumulating trump
cards such as their 10-year
refusal to sign a peace treaty
with Austria and the imprison-
ment of Americans and the
nationals of other countries
held for many years. plus the
resort to such unlawful meas
ures as the blockade by ex-
cessive taxation of trucks going
from West Germany to Ber-
lin.
The Soviet strategists are
hammering away through their
stooges in foreign countries
with a propaganda that holds
out to Germans the hope of
reunification if they will aban-
don the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and agree to a
neutral status as between the
East and the West. Inside
Germany there is some SYM
pathy with the idea, and two
former Nazis high up in the
diplomatic service of the West
German government are busily
engaged in stratagems looking
toward an eventual detach-
ment Of Germany from the
West.
The maneuvers behind the
scenes do not augur we'll for a
four-power conference that
can mean anything but a de-
feat for the West. The Rus
slams are behaving as Hitler
did. They think they have the
democracies on the run, and
they are pressing the advan-
tage as they see defeatism de-
veloping under the guise of a
so-called peace" conference.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Early Big Four Conferences Seen
Needed to Reflect Eden's Party

The Labor leaders. and par
ticularly the Bevanites whose
influence in that party is in
creasing, are on record as not
only favoring neutralism but
also as preferring a close re-
lationship with the worlds
Communists. A Conservative
defeat, it is argued. would af-
feet America automatically
more than any other event in
the last turbulent decade.
A meeting at the summit,
say our British Conservative
friends. need not commit this
country to anything. If the
Reds show goodwill and a real
desire to end the cold war,
we'll and good. The whole
world would benefit and Pres
ident Eisenhower's niche in
history would be assured for
ever.
If the Reds proved them
selves as truculent and de-
ceiving as in the past. the
world would not be worse of.
Quite the contrary. say the
British, the new proofs of the
Communists bad faith would
draw the free nations closer
together and end the neutral
iSt movements. A conference
failure would not make the
threats of war any greater
than they are now.
Secretary Dulles reported all
these facts to the White House.
After his experiences at in
ternational conferences. Mr..
Dulles has become super eau
tious. He realizes that the
problems of our allies in the
Far East are completely diff
ferent from ours. He ,remem-
bers his painful adventures in
Berlin last year when the Big
Three gathered to discuss only
the German problem and the
Austrian peace treaty with
Soviet Foreign Minister Molo-
tov and ended by yielding to
his proddings to take up the
Indo-C China problem. A few
Evening star., 1955-05-10

the men high up in the Soviet
regime. 1t is not certain. for
instance, that Marshal Bull
ganin or Mr.. Khrushchev rep
resent the summit" The truth
is that there never has been
any election in which the free
choice of the people of Soviet
Russia could be made known.
Hence, three Democratic gov
ernments duly elected in Brit
ain. France and the United
States are asked to send their
chief executives to negotiate
with an unknown quantity.
1t is unfortunate that SO
many people have overlooked
this basic weakness and are
crying out for a conference
with the Soviets lat the sum-
nit" without realizing that
merely to wish for peace does
not bring peace and that a
four-power conference is not a
magic device that can bring
understanding where there has
been none before. The oppor-
tunities both "at the summit"
and at levels very near the
summit have been numerous
ever since 1945.
The pressure which neverthe-
less has been exerted on every
side to persuade American Of
f1cials to urge President Eisen-
hover to agree to come to a
four-power conference is inde-
scribable. 1t seems to be
mounting constantly, and, of
course, it is exactly what the
Communists want and need.
The best information avail
able here is that the Soviet
regime desires something to
bolster its prestige internally
and to remove the worries that
Evening star., 1955-05-10
DORIS FLEEsON
States Rights VS.. Polio Vaccine

not however fight for that view
which is understandable.
The States Rights point Of
view is paramount in this
administration and there often
seems to be no real under
standing that it is not enough
to espouSe national goal, that
the ways and means to achieve
it require action. The lesser
bureaucrats of course take
their tone from the top.
For example, the President
has said no child will 60 with
out polio vaccine and the
Federal Government will take
over the supply if necessary.
But neither he nor anyone else
has asked Congress for money
or legislation.
This is not the first time that
Senators have raised the ques-
ton of whether Mrs. Hobby.
a woman OF immense charm
and proved business ability, is
not miscast in her Cabinet
post. 1t is almost an article of
faith with most men that all
women are deeply and emo
tionally concerned with the
problems which come under
HEW jurisdiction but in the
words Of the song. it amt
necessarily so. Mrs. Hobby is a
cool conservative by conviction.
who moves cautiously in areas
of social policy which arouse
the crusader instincts in her
critics.
The disadvantage to the
President is that Mrs. Hobby
does not perceive and so cannot
impart to him what is i'm
portant to the forces in the
Nation which brought about
the establishment of her de-
partment and watch its career
with special interest.
Evening star., 1955-05-10

1t is difficult to refuse a good
friend a personal favor. This
sums up the situation on the
meeting "at the summit" in
Europe this summer.
British Prime Minister Eden
and his Conservative party are
going before the electorate this
month. And they are running
scared. To help his party Sir
Anthony used every diplo-
matte device to get President
Eisenhower to a Big Four Con-
ference. His efforts apparently
were successful.
Despite the dramatic recov-
cry made by Great Britain in
the last four years under the
Tory regime, the Laborites are
showing much more strength
than was anticipated. Sir An
thony needs a spectacular dip
lomatic victory to assure his
party's return to Office. And he
regards a Big Four conference
at the top as the best means
for that purpose.
British Foreign Secretary
Macmillan broached the sub
ject dear to the heart of the
Conservative leadership almost
as soon as he met Secretary of
State Dulles in Paris on Sum-
day. He contended that the
lessening of tension in the Far
East through the "modestly en-
couraging" attitude of the Chi
nese, Communists and the So
Wet agreement to give Austria
her independence should prove
to Mr.. Eisenhower that the
Communists are willing to talk
peace.
Mr. Macmillan also report
edly said that there is moth
ing America can lose by sitting
down at a top-level conference,
even if the recent Communist
demonstrations are only empty
gestures. .
BY agreeing to a Big Four
meeting America would help
considerably the chances of
the Conservative to return to
power with a sizable majority.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Tories Sought Eisenhower Help

months later the French sur
rendered to the Communists
at Geneva.
These past experiences lead
Mr.. Dulles to suspect that at
the Big Four meeting this
summer the Russians will
try to ram the Chinese Com
munists down our throats.
And since Britain and France
are more sympathetic with the
Communist view than with
ours on Far Eastern problems.
Mr.. Eisenhower might be
placed in the unpleasant posi-
ton of holding out alone
against establishing the
Chinese Reds as the dom
mating power in Asia.
Mr.. Dulles and his advisers
have no doubt that the So
Wet price for a make believe
lessening of tension in Europe
will be the surrender of For
moSa and the seating of the
Peiping regime in the United
Nations.
If the British government Is
thinking in terms of announc-
ing a meeting "at the summit"
for domestic political reasons,
the Republican high command
must think not only in terms
of national security but also
in political terms for 1856.
The Republicans might have
difficulties in answering their
opponents on what happened
to their resolve not to allow
the aggressors to shoot their
way into the U. N. and to their
policy of firmness and respect
for international agreements
such as the mutual defense
treaty with Nationalist China.
Despite the pitfalls which
Mr.. Eisenhower might encoun-
ter at a top-level meeting,
a number of his personal ad-
visers urged him to con-
slider seriously the British plea.
Attending such a meeting, they
said, would strengthen Amer
ica's position as a world leader.
Also, they believe, it would put
an end to the Communist prop
aganda that we are not sincere
when we say we want a relax
alton of world tension.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
1t paid and poid, end
it's still poying!"
soys EllZABETH HALL

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Evening star., 1955-05-10
THOMAS L. STOKES
Clement May Be Young Hopeful

ferent position he finds himself
in now. This was spelled out
by National Democratic Chair
man Paul Butler who said at
Kansas City, after the Tru-
man birthday celebration. that
the 1856 convention will not
draft a candidate as the 1852
convention drafted Mr.. Stew
enson, but that "he is going
to have to declare himself a
candidate and be active in the
campaign for il"
The only way you can trans
late that active" is that Mr..
Stevenson should enter the
primaries next spring. That is
what Senator Kefauver is go
ing to do. Mr.. Stevenson then
would find himself pitted
against the Tennessee Senator
in the primaries. The Senator,
you will recall, ran most hand
somely in State after State in
1852, including New Hamp-
shire. the first, where he piled
up surprisingly a margin
against President Truman. The
latter did not like the expert
ence. though he already had
announced publicly that he
would not run again. His name
was kept on the ballot, how
ever.
Adlai Stevenson had no pri-
mary tests in 1862, but emerged
suddenly at the convention as
the nominee. 1t would be hard
for him, if he intends to seek
denomination, to stay out of
the primaries in view of the
Kefauver challenge. If he does
plan to enter the primaries. he
must make up his mind early
next year at the latest so that
his name can be filed.
Getting back to Governor
Clement. he attracted the at
tention of party LEADERS first
last fall at the National Com
mittee meeting and party
gatheri ng at indianapolis,
some of whom said. after his
speech there. that this was a
young man who could be a
match for Vice President Nixon
and it might be expedient to
put him on the ticket for that
purpose. So he is sort of
double-bsrreled insurance.. or
potentially so. in the strategy
plans OF some elements in the
Democratic Party at this early
date.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
DORIS FLEEsON
Mrs. Hobby's Attitude on SoIk Program
Seems to Have Brought Confusion

The Eisenhower admins
tration applied the States
Rights policy to polio vaccine
until the safety factor entered
the picture. At that point, the
national interest was so over
whelming and so obvious, Sur
geon General Scheele, head Of
the United States Public
Health Service, moved in with
his strong recommendation"
that all vaccinations be sus-
pended for the time being.
The delay is responsibly de-
scribed as only temporary. DR..
Scheele himself has again pro-
claimed his faith in the vaccine
as safe and effective. The i'm
plication is that only one
laboratory made a mistake
but now all will be checked.
The safety moves are some
thing about which there is no
dispute. But once they are out
of the way the Senate Labor
and Public Welfare Commit
tee will again turn its atten-
ton to the manner in which
Secretary Hobby of Health,
Education and Welfare met
the challenge of the new weap-
on against Gripping disease.
The committee is still wait
ing for a report they were
promised she would make to
the President last week end.
describing the whole situation.
The promise was given in her
name by the Surgeon General
and Assistant HEW Secretary
Roswell B. Perkins.
The committee at the time
Evening star., 1955-05-10

Skull practice for the 1855
Democratic convention is bus
lily underway. Some of the
plays being discussed will
never get out of the locker
room. This may be true Of one
of the most intriguing, which,
however, is Illuminating be-
cause it involves some big
party figures.
You may recall that cou-
pie of weeks ago former PreSi-
dent Truman travelled over to
Tennessee, to town named
Cosby. as honor guest at the
festival of the ramp, which
seems to be a spring plant
that partakes of both the onion
and garlic. In an interview
there. he had some kind words
to say about Tennessee's young
Governor, Frank G.. Clement,
who has worked his way into
the public eye nationally by a
politically felicitous .combina-
tion of the Southern camp
meeting evangelist and cracker
barrel philosopher. All this in
a trim. clear-cut boyish mode
that has caused him to be de-
scribed as "a political Billy
Graham"
Harry Truman wasn't just
being hospitable because he
was a guest in Tennessee,
though what he said was the
routine patter for that, some
thing to the effect that Ten
nessee's chief executive was
the type Of young Governor
who will help to keep this Ma
tion great and keep it in the
Democratic tradition.
That was all very nice-but
what this is all about is a play
to build up the young governor
as Vice Presidential candi-
date prospect to try to stop
Senator Estes Kefauver, who
is out again to seek the Dem
ocratic Presidential nominal
ton.
AS you know-and as Mr..
Truman is we'll aware-the
candidates for President and
Vice President can not come
from the same State, and both
the ambitious gentlemen are
from Tennessee. The aim would
be to build up the governor 10
the point where he would con-
troll his States delegation to
Evening star., 1955-05-10

was debating what moves 1t
could make to clear up the
general confusion. Before it
were bills calling for Federal
control. But it was felt by the
experienced legislators that
such bills would require public
hearings and even if they
moved ahead with unusual
speed. no smooth Federal ad-
ministration could be achieved
short of weeks.
They were about to resolve
their uncertainties with a
"quickie" bill giving the Pres
ident power to take command
of the situation. DR.. Scheele
and Mr.. Perkins protested
that Mrs. Hobby would work
it out with him and asked for
delay pending her report
which the committee could
study.
Senators familiar with Mrs.
Hobby's devotion to States
Rights and her general cool
ness toward Federal health
programs were skeptical, but
they consented to wait. They
believe, in cold fact, that it
will now be difficult to retrieve
a situation on which, in their
view, Mrs. Hobby should have
been working for months prior
to the announcement of the
successful vaccine.
1t is understood that at the
start DR.. Scheele tentatively
suggested the advantages of
Federal administration since
the vaccine is in short supply
and it is imperative that no
region or group should be
Disseminated against. He did
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Doubt Cast on Use Of Big 4 Talks
If West Doesn't Know Real Boss
DAVID LAWRENCE

PARIS, May 10.-They keep
talking here about a four
power conference "at the sum-
nit" But, it may be asked,
Where is the summit. Or who
Is the summit in Soviet Rus
sia?"
For the conversation at the
sessions of the Foreign Minis
ters is aimed at satisfying the
British and French desire to
have some kind of conference
with the Communists. While
nobody knows exactly what
can be accomplished. if any,
thing. the pressure from pub
lie opinion seems to be that
some sort of talks should be
held. The latest suggestion be-
ing banded about is that it
isn't necessary to have an
agenda or program or nSt OF
items to discuss, and it isn't
necessary to make binding de-
cisions, either.
Among the American officials
here there is a disposition to
ask questions such as, Who
is the summit in Soviet Rus
sia?" All the information avail
able from Moscow is that no.
body has really taken Stalin's
place and that sort of COM
mittee government exists in
the Kremlin. 1t is uncertain.
therefore what good there is in
talking to someone who can
not commit anyone else to the
agreements he might make or
the viewpoints he might ex-
press.
President Eisenhower re-
ferred in a recent press con-
ference to the doubt that ex-
lists in the American govern
ment concerning the status Of
Evening star., 1955-05-10
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Nu Prime Minister of Burma. will visit Washington
month NUS visit will permit the shortest international
history be signed the Treasury I o UNu"
es officials confer with 1500 Republican in Wash
ington These Eisenhower fellows not be the wset
in the world, but they're the bravest
Democrats things in awful shape. No matter
what corrective they Congress- they can't
seem to stop this Republican prosperity
The per pay postal workers
It's measure41 cent less than the
voted themselves
Sewel Avery resigns chairman of Montgomery Ward
Avery that lost all faith
pubcans when insisted capturing Washington
of burning it.
The Senate approves James Conant the first ambas
sador to West Germany. Senators glad Mr. Conant
gentleman scholar gentleman he won't take oense
when they investigate him for being scholar.
Evening star., 1955-05-10

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Evening star., 1955-05-10
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Evening star., 1955-11-27
DATELINE PARIS
By BRENDA HELSER
Nine. CotY's Death Embodied
A National FEELING of Guilt

thing you can say about
woman is that she looks like
a cook.
M. Coty is a stunning fell
low who looks much younger
than he is; that was said to
make up for a lot. Then a
simmer Nine. Coty blossomed
forth dressed by Dior.
AS more people got a first
hand chance to know her
sweet graciousness. word went
around that she was Of such
gentle disposition glamour was
ridiculous in comparison.
Now that she's gone, heads
hang in shame; they nod that
perhaps Nine. La Presidente
died for France.
Routine Too Strenuous
One hears in the streets.
"They tried to turn her into
a movie star! All those diets
and messages and steam baths
are fine for a girl of 90. but
that's too strenuous for a lady
of her age! Poor thing, stand
ing and receiving for hours
=. late nights she wasn't
used IN
No, she wasn't used to any
Evening star., 1955-11-27

Her younger son. l4-year-old
Jean-Paul, has passed every
flying test and every exam and
could get his license tomorrow
if he were old enough.
A lovely 8-year-old orphan
girl of Breton fisherfolk par
ents is being alternately wor-
shipped and doubted in France
today. Acclaimed by some as
q genius, others are suspicious
that Minou Drouet's poems
and poetic phrases are COM
posed by her foster mother. In
any case, someone in the
house is pretty talented.
The little girl who plays with
her cat and dog because dolls
are dead" is supposed to have
written: II saw an immense
beast with green hair. The
beast had two fine curly ears,
but teacher. who is always
near-sighted insisted they
were apple trees"
+ \
Although no one would sug-
gest that perfume is a neces-
sity of life many famous doors
of Haute Couture can stay
open only because of that side
of the business. Designing
may be a couturier's first love,
but he retires on the perfume
profits. The market is a gold
mine but hard to crack. The
right perfume is even harder
to find.
Sterile, in the Avenue de
lOpera. has found the one he's
been looking for. AS a jeweler,
not dress designer, he thinks
of it as a jewel and swears it's
"as incorruptible as a dia-
See HELSER ON Page D-l3
Evening star., 1955-11-27

PARIS, Nov. 26.-No trivial
wave Of remorse swept France
at news Of the death of Nine.
Rene Coty. Instead, it en-
bodied a national feeling of
guilt. Two years ago her huS-
band became President of the
French Republic. She was cat
apulted into the role of First
Lady of the Land of the
Femme Fatale. This she most
definitely was not.
Pictures taken at the time
of her marriage in 1907 show
a girl of remarkable beauty
and grace; but it passed. APP
parently, she and her husband
regretted the dying bloom not
at all. It was known that he
adored her, that their family
adored her, and she them. Her
whole generous heart was in
homemaking. OH what jokes
were bleated over election pic
lures of the new Presidente
impulsively hugging her con-
cierge. Pictures of her. elbow
high in pastry dough. brought
no end of snide cracks, for in
France the most withering