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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

There was nothing earth
shaking in the Khrushchev
speech before the Supreme So
Wet. the rubber stamp parlia-
ment Of the USSR. However,
1t served to tell the perennial
optimists in this country that
the leopard has not and will
not change his spots.
BY his attacks on "West-
ern colonialism" and "Ameri-
can imperialism" Comrade
Khrushchev served notice once
more that the Soviet Union
stands ready to help all those
who work for the overthrow
Of free society. This "Ameri-
can imperialism" Is repre-
sented. by the more than $50
billion this country has spent
in the last 10 years in restor-
ing the economies Of the war
ravaged countries all over the
world.
II some policy advisers in
the White House and the
State Department maintained
any illusions, after the failure
Of the foreign ministers con-
ference at Geneva, that we can
do business with the Reds, the
Khrushchev speech should dis
pei them.
There Is an unpalatable par
allel between our present po-
sition vis-a-vis the USSR and
that Of Britain toward Hitler's
Germany between 1896 and
the outbreak of the last war.
Britain was then still a rich
and powerful empire. 1t had
muscles" but its leaders con-
sldered it bad taste to fiex
them. Because the British
people--like our own-were so
peace-loving, their govern
ment, and especially that of
Neville Chamberlain, did It's
utmost to appease Hitler's die
tatorship.
The British Prime Minister
was not then the ridiculed
umbrella carrier" he was after
he had faxed to prevent Hitler
from plunging the world into
war. He devoutly believed in
peace in our time. From avail
able documents published after
the end of the war it is clear
that in his search for peace
he became convinced that the
Nazi militant dictatorship was
only a passing phase in the
life Of the Germans and that
if he could cajole the Fuehrer
the world might be spared the
catastrophe of a second world
SOIl1llCb.
In his desperate endeavors
to prevent major bloodshed,
Chamberlain overlooked the
warnings of the so-called
"jingoists" such as Winston
Churchill who diagnosed cor
rectly naziism, as he diagnosed
communism, not as an ordi-
nary political abscess but as a
malignant growth which re-
quired q major operation to
save the body polite Of the
world.
Chamberlain. a good Chris
tan. turned the other cheek
every time he was slapped by
Hitler. When the German
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Red Arms Stepup Seen
Despite Budget Cuts

American officials believe tina,
the Soviet Union will step ur
arms production next year even
though the Soviet defense budget
appears. at first glance, to be
shrinking.
The Soviet budget for calendar
1856 calls for an expenditure OF
1925 billion rubles for defense
This is 8.6 per cent below the
defense budget for his year.
Moscow. in announcing the
lower figure. sought to imply that
the Soviet was reducing its de-
Tense effort. The opposite may
be true.
Prices Reduced
The Soviet governments I'M
challenged control of its budget
and economy make this possible.
It reduced wholesale prices in
July l. This. presumably, applies
to most Of the materials that 60
into weapons. So the ruble cost
of arms has gone down. Nobody
on this side Of the Iron Curtain
knows how much.
The Soviet didn't announce
how much wholesale prices have
been cut. The figure may be
between 5 and 10 per cent. II
this is so. the SO per cent drop
in ruble expenditures for defense
still leaves the Soviet military
potential growing.
American officials believe the
Soviet now has its latest air
craft and other modern weapons
in production.
Because the government can
charge itself almost anything it
pleases for q bomber which the
manufacturers, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Forecosting Business Picture for 81
Is at Best a Dubious Adventure

vor of such a conflict but some
times local wars grow into big
wars before they can be
stopped.
Who says American prosper
ity can continue If war
breaks out and controls are
imposed on the national econ
omy? War "prosperity"-be
ter called "inflation"-comes in
due time but not at the begin
ming, and it is In the interval
that there would be danger
for the party in Office If war
came in 1856.
So far as the domestic econ
omy is concerned. even in the
absence of war, the chances
Of recession are related to
oyerproduction. overbuying and
overestimates of the buy
ing capacity Of the people.
Already automobiles are not
moving as rapidly on the sales
side as the manufacturers
would like to see. But this does
not necessarily mean a mega
tive trend. 1t could mean a
highly profitable year for the
motor industry without APP
preaching the record of 1855.
Everything is relative when
peak figures are not equaled.
In America, unless each year
beats the preceding year. it's
supposed to be bad news.
Early in 1866 they were saying
the year would be the second
best in history. and Adlai
Stevenson said that wasn't
good enough-he didn't like
second best"
1t turns out that 1855 is
about the best yet in many
lines of business, and the
Nation would be in very good
shape, indeed, If every year in
the next decade came close to
the 1855 figures.
Unquestionably at any given
time there is a momentum
which carries beyond a cur
rent period. The fast-moving
pace of 1855. of course. will
continue well into 1856. The
cautious prophets, however. are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Whoopine Cranes
Arrive at Refuge

AUSTwELL, Tex, Dec. 80 Up.
ALI but one Of the adult
whooping cranes in the worlds
last flock have arrived at the
Arkansas National Wildlife Ref
Iuge for the Winter. The missing
whooper is considered lost for
good, Refuge Director Julian
Howard said.
Twenty-eight whoopers re-
turned to the Gulf Coast this
fall from the Great Slave Lake
Region Of Northern Canada.
Twenty Of the birds are adults.
and eight were born in the last
year. The colony numbered only
ri last winter.
Eighteen of the birds are on
the 47.000-acre refuge proper.
Seven, including one young. are
ION neighboring Matagorda
Island, and three have settled
for the first time on Mustang
Island farther to the south.
Mustang is an extension Of
Padre Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

RESIDENT who's that fellow there swinging
golf club?" Key West old timer: "oh that's some fellow
from Washington who is pinch hitting for Harry Truman"
Red Boss Khshchev tears into Secretary of State Dulles
but lets Ike of The Reds have adopted the Democratic
ought to hang for 1t.
Commerce Secretary Weeks 1855
business Republican recipe for prosperity The longer you mark
time, the more new pairs of shoes you gotta buy.
Stevenson forces headquarters Washington STRAIT
egistS will try to figure out to keep Adlas in the
the days when he isn't getting beat in primary
by Kefauver.
Secret White House report Key West Lovely weather
Ike doing fine But please send his heavy sweater Tepea
ture expected to drop with arrival Of Sherman Adams
Democratic Senator OMahoney says the may inves
tgate the Ford Motor stock sale New Democratic slogan III
it's made in Detroit. you drive it. Wen subpoena it."
Gov. Lausche. running for the Senate in Ohio. is the
Democrats flood tide candidate speech, Lausche
weep two buckets full-and down all the issues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
SIow-Storting Session Expected

torial investigations into in
ternal security, into appoint
ments, into Dixon-Yates. Hear
ings on a new farm program
will be speeded up and receive
unusual attention.
Another great debate con-
ceivably could be spanked by
the proposals Of the Justice
Department for legislation to
tighten the Presidents work
load. Justice officials assert
these will be purely techni-
cal and routine and will not
involve important delegations
Of authority. They will still be
scanned closely and suspi-
ciously by the power-co conscious
Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Khrushchev's Talk Weiqhed

they could not penetrate. The
situation in the Near and Mid
ole East involving vitality inn
portant Arab states that in
the past were our reliable and
devoted friends Is a blatant
example Of what dilly-dallying
diplomacy can do.
The Russians, like the Nazis,
are chipping at the founda.
tons of free society. The diff
ference Is that the impulsiye
Hitler did not have the pa
thence to bide his time and
rushed headlong into q dis
astrous war. The men in the
Kremlin have waged wars by
proxy and may continue to do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Leaders See No Need of About Fight
Since Capitalism Is Doomed Anyhow

been told repeatedly that
America was preparing an ag-
gressive war, and also that
all the wisdom, strength and
power in Russia were incorpo-
rated in the Great Stain. it
was logical for the people to
fear Now it's comingi"
In Leningrad with its West
ern exposure) apprehension
was particularly acute. When
nothing happened there was
intense relief, certainly among
the people and probably in
the hierarchy. The more con-
ciliatory Tor formally polite)
attitude that subsequently de-
veloped toward America may
have reflected in part the
recognition of the leaders
that one should not cry
wolf" too often.
Soviet leaders do not en-
ploy the phrase cold war"
except to denounce it. which
is smart of them. Neither
cold" nor war" are attrac-
tive words. Our State Depart
ment really needs a depart
ment of semantics. The Rus
slams speak of peaceful but
competitive coexistence, which
makes international politics
sound like a harmless but
exhilarating sports event. But
its object is to weaken the
Soviet's competitors by diplo-
macy. And in this trade is
now beginning to assume an
increasingly important role.
The new economic policy of
the Soviets in Asia and the
Middle East is a formidable
weapon ecause, unfortu-
nately, it is often better suited
to the realities Of economically
backward countries than Is
our own. Trade not aid" was
a slogan coined by our own
allies.
The trade deal with Egypt
is illustrative. The Soviets are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
Absence of President Will Rob
Opening Week of Its Sparkle

are rated outsiders by politi-
clans and the various polls.
Even in the face of sugges-
tions that the President may
not after all run and that Ad-
lai Stevenson, now so far out
in front for the Democratic
nomination, may falter. Sena-
tors rarely make the lists of
possible dark horses. The Vice
President, the Chief Justice.
members of the Eisenhower
staff and Governors all do
much better.
This is In striking contrast
to the interval between 1948
and 1852 when the late Sena-
tor Taft, an aggressive candi-
date for the Republican presi-
dental nomination, was the
actual leader of his party and
its ST. ewtlest fighter against
the Truman administration.
This situation might have been
duplicated-or at least the at
tempt made-by Senate DEM
ocratic Leader johnson had
not he too had a heart attack.
JohnSon's situation leaves
the so-called Democratic CEN
ter which he has done so much
to form and strengthen with
out a candidate. Tentative
stabs in the direction Of Gov.
Lausche of Ohio have lost
momentum since Lausche said
he would run for the Senate
against the Republican incum-
bent, George Benuer. Senator
Russell of Georgia, who is
amply qualified, has disavowed
any interest in national pre-
ferment and no other South
erner quite fits the speciflca-
tions.
The present news vacuum
will be filled in part by sena-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

listed rubie expenditures for de-
tense are not necessarily sig
nificant.
Anyway, the budget includes
large. unexplained sums which
could be diverted to the military.
Analysts See Trend
Although the Communist fig
ures are not exact enough to
prove much. American analysts
think they can see the broad
trend Of the Soviet's fiscal af-
fairs.
The 1866 budget-just like the
1885 budget-emphasizes devel-
opment of heavy industry.
New investment In light in
dustry-mostly for the manu-
facture of consumer items-has
been cut back to 1858 levels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

This is the season of pre-
diction on things unpredict-
able.
The paradox arises because
the conomic situation of
America is interviewer with
economic factors throughout
the world, where the arbitrary
actionsof governments rather
than the initiative of individ-
uals can mold the course of
trade.
Today the United States is
bolstering the economy of the
entire world with billions of
dollars. variously described as
military aid" or economic
aid" but adding up to the
same thing-a support which
If suddenly withdrawn can
shatter the worlds equilibrium
as quickly as the Austrian
bank failure did in 1929.
The American Government
is better prepared today to
help the nations to withstand
Shock-better able to help by
timely intervention because the
factors of direct aid by loan or
grant are better manipulated.
But the uncertainty is by no
means removed.
The prophets in the eco
nomic field say a good year
lies ahead. What they mean is
that if current trends continue,
all will be well. But who says
they will continue? What could
suddenly interrupt them?
The wear 1856 Is a year Of
political struggle. 1t is the
objective of the Democrats to
depreciate and disparage what
the Republicans have done. The
Republicans, on the other
hand, must boast of their
achievementS-of peace and
prosperity"
Who says that both peace
and prosperity will continue?
The Russian and Red Chinese
imperialists can abruptly de-
eide to have a flare-up over
Formosa that could mean a
third world war. Each side
would profess not to be in IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Does Russia Anticipate War?

constantly improving tn cir
weapons and replacing even
quite modern ones with bet
ter models. They therefore
have a surplus within the
Communist industrial area)
of even Jet planes. to get rid
Of. But they are not other
wise plagued by overproduc-
ton. They are buyers. They
get around such problems as
conyertibility of currency by
straight barter deals. Since
the state has a foreign trade
monopoly no private interests
need be considered. In Egypt'S
case. they sell weapons for
cotton. Egypt's chief export
crop which she has great diff
ficulty in selling elsewhere.
Russia attaches to this deal
no political conditions what
ever. She doesn't demand or
suggest a military alliance.
But the deal automatically es-
tablishes a new political con-
dition simply by detaching
Egypt from dependence on the
West.
With Egypt within her
rights as a sovereign state to
buy and sell where and on
what terms she pleases there
is not a single legal ground
for western interference.
Nor is there a convincing
moral ground in a world that
is armed to the teeth--as
Egypt certainly has not been.
So all our leaders can do is
to deplore and interpret the
deal as a threat to the peace
in the strained Middle East
ern situation.
But it is not a threat to the
peace Of the Soviet Union or
Of the United States or any
great power. Nor can the
United States be acquitted Of
having pursued policies that
were bound to create or con-
tribute to the tensions. Nor
does all the deploring and de-
nouncing do anything except
make Egypt and her Arab as
sociates madden at US than
thev alreadv were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30
DORIS FLEEsON

The new congressional ses-
sion is expected to get off to
a slow start. Members will be
at first in the same position
the press has been in for some
time-unable to get at the
President either as individual
or in mass.
The Presidents dLcision,
prompted by his DR., Icors, not
to read his state-ot -t'e-UniOn
message in person will rob the
opening week of its sparkle.
With clerks droning that doc
ument, the lawmakers are not
likely even to remain in their
seats and their spontaneous
reactions which were often so
Illuminating will be lost.
Nor are there many sur
prlses in the wind The Eisen-
hover program, as described
by members of the cabinet,
moves 1orward in contrast
with the recent past but the
new ground is all thoroughly
familiar. Even If it we're less
familiar, the uncertainty about
the Presidents health would
inhibit Comment at this point.
To an unusual extent, Sem
ators on both sides of the aisle
are more or less isolated from
the political currents which
are now most interesting to
people generally, that is, presl-
Dental politics.
Neither a Republican nor a
Democratic Senator has a
leading position in the great
race which will generate so
much emotion and action in
1856. Two are announced con-
tenders--G. o. P. Senate Lead
er Knowland and Senator Ke-
fauver. Democrat-but both
,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-30

A question repeatedly asked
me since my return from Mos
COW is: Does Russia anticipate
war?
The official attitude is that
the Soviets do not want war
but will accept it if it is waged
against them, and that 1t will
prove more disastrous to the
West than to the Communist
world. One does not hear the
view expressed there, as it is
here. that a thermonuclear
war would be the end of civili-
cation on this planet. But it
would certainly, in the Russian
view. mean the end Of the cap
italist system.
However, Soviet leaders be-
lieve as an article of immu-
table faith that the capitalist
system Is doomed anyhow and
that communism need not
wage war on its own behalf
to achieve that outcome.
The Soviet Union is pro-
tected in the West for the first
time in Russian history by
solid bloc of politically and
militarily integrated alliances
from the Baltic to the Black
Sea. Her eastern frontiers are
protected by China, and al
though riffs are potential
there, they can still be riffs
within the family.
Soviet leaders are not so
naive as to think that the West
is contemplating head-on
aggression upon so huge a
power bloc with SO dispersed
a population and industry. II
the West had ever contem-
plated a preventive war" it
would certainly have struck
when Stain died.
Russia was leaderless, and
the people "a note of intelli-
gence / picked UP in Russia)
In q near-panic. For, having
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Evening star., 1955-11-22
Putting U. S. Plane
In Film Angers British

"nearly jumped out Of my seat"
when he saw the American YER.
sion.
"This excellent British film
made with scrupulous at.
tention to historic detail i.
has been grossly distorted in
Hollywood, particularly by the
introduction Of 4 Flying For.
tress into the raid sequence"
Swingler said.
The Moehne and Eder dams
at the headwaters Of the Roer
River were wrecked on May
Is, 1943, by British hombers
using a variation of the skip
bombing technique devised by
the United States Navy for use
against Japanese shipping.
Evening star., 1955-11-22

fascinating mind-reading act. In
dress. the Sebastians could not
be more elegant. including
matching. monogrammed velvet
capes Of ankle-length. Under
meath they could not be more
commonplace humans. she a
cockney with her accent intact:
he q Czecn and heir to genera
tions of vaudeville ham.
That they should be forced to
fall back upon the act to save
their necks is infinitely perilous.
That they should be able to make
it work is comedy as ridiculous as
only the Lunts could make it.
The miscellaneous Czechs who
harass the Sebastians with
threats of torture and death are
rather a stock lot of carricatures,
more amusing in spite Of that
than most of us have been
taught to believe of the types.
They are played most effec-
lively by Ben Astar as the sus-
picious military police head;
Evening star., 1955-11-22

Great Sebastians" can do with
the glitter of names and the
prestige of their various owners.
AS melodramatic comedies go. it
is on the thin side, a slight jest
which subjects its stars to an old
acid test they have never failed
to pass.
This, Of course, is q chronic
critical complaint against Lunt
vehicles which carries with it
the weight of the paper it is
written on, but it somehow
solaces its authors with the sense
Of having kept the record
straight.
"The Great Sebastians." at
least presents the Lunts in re-
freshingly different roles. raffish
characters which echo those
they played in Idiots Delight" +"
These are a couple Of low
grade vaudevillians. a mind
reading team whose elevation to
the Lunts' level is an extrava-
gantly funny idea. The Sebas-
tians are a pair the stars can
play with the stars notorious
zest for the absurd. but with one
reservation.
This Is to be found in the fact
that the incident upon which
Evening star., 1955-11-22

LONDON, Nov. ls M-Parlia
ment roared its disapproval to.
day Of Hollywood,s "shameful''
insertion Of q United States
plane in q movie about 4 IL.
year-old British air raid, and
the Government said it may
protest the incident.
The Commons cheere6 when
Laborite Stephen Swingler de-
nounced American 'doctoring'
Of the film c'The Dam
Busters") concerning the all
British attack that wrecked
Germany's Roer dams.
The tempest-in-a.turret was
touched off by an actor (Rich-
ard Todd who appeared in the
British-made movie. He said he
Evening star., 1955-11-22
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage
National-.The Great Sebas-
tons: $3.50 pm.
Shubert - Antonio and His
Spanish Balleta $3.50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - MY Sister Eli
leen";; lis, 800. 5:25. 7:30 anc
o:55 pm.
Capitol--"The Tender Trap;
il:I5 am, 1:20, 3:25. 5:35. Tao
and $3.50 pm.
Colony - Tempest in the
Flesh; $50. $40 and $50 pm
Columbia-"Lady Godiya";; II
am, 12:40, 2::25, Ais. sos. 7:55
and $50 pm.
Dupont-"The Sheep Has Five
Legs; l:25, $3.50. 5:35. TAO and
9:40 pm.
Keith's - Guys and Dolls"
$50 am, IL. 2::3o. sos. 1880 and
1910 pm.
Little-"The Garden OF Eden;
lis, 2:45, AIS, $40, 7:l0, 8:4C
and 1905 pan.
MacArthur-"C Cocktails in the
Kitchen: Sis. 8 and $50 pm
MetropOlitan-"My Sister Eli
leen";; 11:15 am, 1:20. $3.50, 5:35
7:45 and $50 pm.
Ontario - "The Red Shoes;
1880, 4:10, $50 and $50 pm.
Palace--"The View Prom Pom
pey's Head: 11:25 am, l:30
3:35, $40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Playhouse - The Africa n
Lion: II am, 12:45. 2:40, 4:30
6:25. 8:15 and 1910 pm.
Plaza-"You Can't Cheat an
Honest Man; /, $40. 5:25, 7:3C
and 9:45 pm.
Trans-Lux ~ THE Desperate
Hours; 11:15 am. l:20, $3.50
$40. 7:50 and 10 pm.
Warner-"Ci "Cinerama Holiday"
$3.50 pm.