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Evening star., 1955-06-19
MARYLAND
Querulous Democrats
Prepare for Primaries

Clarence w. Miles, Balti-
more lawyer who shot to
prominence recently as presi-
dent Of the Baltimore Orioles
baseball team.
Also being discussed as pos
sible Democratic candidates
for the Senate next year are
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro of
Baltimore; former Gov. w.
Preston Lane. jr.. q Hagers-
town newspaper publisher and
a director of Fairchild Aircraft
Corp, and DR.. H. C. Byrd,
president emeritus of the Uni
versity of Maryland. who was
defeated for Governor by Re-
publican Theodore r. Nc
Keldin last November and who
is now returning to public ac-
tivity after q long winter ILL
ness.
All Organization Men
1t is improbable that either
Mr.. Perlman. Mr.. Miles, Mr..
TydingS or the three other
gentlemen being discussed
would run against each other.
They all are more or less iden-
titled with the organization
wing Of the party that has
given 1t whatever direction it
has had in the past two dec
AIDES.
But one of them probably
would take on Mr.. Mahoney If
that became necessary.
, It is much too early to say
which one would be likely to
get the organization nod for
this difficult task, but Mr..
Perlman would seem to have
the early inside track. Al
though he for many years has
been a be hind d = t h e scene
power in the party. he has the
advantage of being a fresh
personality as far as the elec-
torate is concerned. His liberal
views. his supporters contend.
would 60 over well in some
urban areas where voters have
preferred Republicans to con-
servative Democrats in recent
elections.
Mr.. Tydings, who is said to
be anxious to ayenge his 1850
defeat by Senator Butler in
what a congressional commit
tee later called a "back-alley
campaign" still has great re-
spect in the party. but not
nearly enough to get a NOM
ination simply by asking for it.
Mr.. Miles has been a party
regular for 80 years, but he
irked some Of the professionals
in 1852 when he came out in
support Of Republican Dwight
D. Eisenhower for the presi-
dency. Since then he has
taken a leading part In Dem
ocratic campaigns and activi-
ties.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
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and President Eisenhower
stressed their determination
not to consider such q possi-
bility in the round Of negotia-
tions about to begin. That
means the West will have to
stick to its old but still valid
formula of free elections for
all Germany in the coming
negotiations with the Com
munists.
Disarmament compoisn
To counteract the public ap-
peal of the anticipated Rus
sian offer of unification-for-
naturalization, DR.. Adenauer
has now launched a campaign
for controlled disarmament. "
In a truly disarmed world, de-
fensive blocs would be un-
necessary. The Germans ap-
parently are much more opti-
mistic than Americans about
effective control. A-bombs and
H-bombs are easy to hide. Dis
armament might not be feasi-
Bile even with complete access
to all Soviet territory.
AS a sort of compromise be-
tween Kremlin- advocated neu-
tralization and Western
backed disarmament, diplo-
mats on both sides of the Iron
Curtain kept limiting last week
that some kind Of guaranteed
security plan for all Europe
might be devised. The United
States has acknowledged for
some time now that Soviet
Russia is entitled to assurance
that the West will not attack
her unless provoked. One
method mentioned would be
a pan-European non-aggres-
sion pact.
Last week Britain's new
foreign secretary, Harold Mac
milan, took this same line:
1.-THE Russians will always
find us ready to take account
Of their legitimate require
ments and to give them the
security which is their due.
but we are equally determined
to secure satisfaction for our
own needs"
Snubs for Eost Germany
The foreign ministers Of the
Big Three also discussed what
apparently was a sharp alter
alton in the Kremlin's ap-
proach to the German prob
lem. Moscow bigwigs had sud-
denly become openly con-
temptuous Of the East German
regime. Some admitted the
obvious: That the Commu-
nists could not win a free elec-
tion in a united Germany.
East German officials also
were kept in the dark about
Moscow's invitation to Chan
cellor Adenauer.
From Germany came word
that both British and Ameri-
can observers thought the
Kremlin might now be willing
to permit reunif1cation of Ger
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Who's Got Broins?

Mr.. Green: I will say this /
viii limit 1t to this, thst I be-
heve II he had not nut the
letter out, ! would not have
been defeated a trsasursF.
Evening star., 1955-06-19

Mr.. Green: It will come Il
you, If you stay around.
y II
Who's a Democrat?
Mr.. Pickett: BY the way
Mr.. Macpherson. was youi
wife ever employed in Mr.,
Green's office.
Mr.. Lewis: I object to thit.
Judge Bazile: Why do ySu
object to that?
Mr.. Lewis: Certainly, I aliy
object to it because it Is 30
ing back into a campaign of
several years ago when Ar.
Green was, in fact, q RepuAli-
can, when he ran as a Re-
publican nominee and knSws
1t. when he was working
closely with the Republicans.
He has not been doing 1t
since, and I do not deny she
worked there q short while,
but what bearing on this case
does it have?
Judge Bazile: ] do not know
-. I suppose all the Repabli-
cans were thick as peas IA a
pod until they broke up.
MIR. Lewis: That is exactly
correct I can call Mr..
Green and ask him about the
whole lot Of Democrats Ehat
were assisting him whens he
fell out with the Republicans.
Judge BaziIe: I have no
doubt when he comes badS to
the fold he will be welcome.
MIR. Pickett: If your honor
please, he is back.
MIR. Lewis: Back whereS
MIR. Pickett: Back where he
started from.
MIR. Lewis: You mean the
Democratic Party? II
Mr.. Pickett: Yes, sir.,I
Judge Bazile: From the
standpoint of the Democrats?
Mr.. Lewis: There are some
in Arlington that might dis
pute that. h
MIR. MACPHERSON: I.would
like to answer the question.
Judge Bazile: It does not
make any difference about
whether your wife worked in
the office or not. Il
y u y 4
Who's q Seconds
Mr.. Lewis: Do you remem-
Evening star., 1955-06-19
BY GENE GOODWIN

=
Maryland's quarrelsome
Democrats seem headed for
another one Of those knock
down-and-drag-out primaries
that have made the two-party
system a permanent fixture in
the Free State.
At last count, the Democrats
still had about a 2-to-1 regis
tration majority over the Re-
publicans and no less than
seven aspirants repeatedly
ready to run for the Senate
seat held by Republican John
Marshall Butler.
The primary is next May z.
That's still almost II months
away, but ii months is not
too much time for the Demo-
Gratis, If they are to get their
house in order and avoid the
near disastrous primary battles
that have plagued them in
recent elections.
George P. Mahoney, the
wealthy Baltimore paving con-
tractor whose persistent as
piration for high public office
has been the chief cause Of
Democratic primary woes. is
apparently donning his battle
toys again.
Mr.. Mahoney is reported to
be resumings his handshaking
tours Of Baltimore City, where
his popularity makes him a
power to contend with despite
his rejection by Maryland
voters as a whole in three
campaigns. He lost the guber-
Material primary after bruis-
ing campaigns in 1850 and
1854. He won the Democratic
senatorial nomination in 1852,
but lost the general election to
Republican Senator j. Glenn
Beall.
Unacceptable to Organization
II Mr.. Mahoney decides to
make another try for Senator
q Democratic primary contest
is virtually assured. He still is
as unacceptable to organiza-
ton Democrats today as he
was in 1850, 1852 and last
year. They will put someone
up against him.
That someone" at this
writing could be one of these
three big-name Democrats,
who are said to be eying Mr..
Buffers chair:
MilIard E. Tydings, Hartford
County and Washington law
yer, who represented Maryland
in the Senate for "a years
until his defeat In 1850 by
Senator Butler.
Philip b. Perlman, United
States Solicitor General dur
ing the Truman administra-
ton and a leader among lib
eral Democrats.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
For East

All hands wore kid gloves
when Mr.. Krishna Menon met
with President Eisenhower
here last week. The Americans
listened politely and atten.
lively, If not eagerly. The In-
dian envoy left his sharp
tongue and usually acrid dis.
position In New Delhi.
But neither side breathed q
word about the substance Of
their conversations. One obvi-
GUS topic was American
prisoners held by Red China.
MIR. Krishna Menon told news
men he couldn't talk about IL
because 'in the Orient any
thing printed is taken as gos.
pei truth" He didn't want to
give Peiping the idea 1t was
being stampeded.
Defense Secretary Charles
E. Wilson. acting perhaps with
some knowle dge Of the
Krishna Menon Eisenhower
talks, commented in midweek
on Americans who chose to
stay in Red China after the
Korean war. He said that they
could come home II they
wanted, but would have to face
the consequences, probably
trial for desertion.
Yesterday Peiping released
three Of the turncoat Amer
leans and two Belgians. They
couldn't get used to the low
standard Of living, or to living
away from their loved ones,
according to Red Chinese
sources.
All 81 Americans who chose
communism instead Of coming
home after their stays In Red
prison camps already have
been dishonorably discharged
from the Army. Two who did
a double switch-flrst to COM
munism and then away from
it-got long prison sentences
when they returned.
There was no word on the
IL American flyers Jailed on
spy" charges, or on some 40
odd other Americans detained
in Communist China.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Who's the Kremiin1

MIR. Lewis: Mr.. Green, did I
understand you correctly to
state that you felt that the
real cause Of your loss Of the
election as treasurer was the
publication of this letter?
MIR. Green: s. I would say
that had more to do with it
than anything else. When
they finished counting that
night I had 10 precincts out
of the 20, and I lost by 140
votes because the Kremlin
down there had voted unani-
mously against me.
Mr.. Lewis: Who is the Krem-
lin?
Mr.. Green: The Kremlin is
one of the big department
[apartment?] developments,
you know. Judge, where they
come in there with their satch-
els, and the first thing they
do is pay q poll tax and vote.
and the next thing they do,
they want a bond issue and
raise taxes. and by the time
the bond issue comes around,
they go to New York or Texas
and leave us with the bill to
pay =.
MIR. Lewis: Would you in
clude in this KreEnlin category,
which you admitted votsd
against you en- bloc. the ne.
publicans. the organized Re
pubiicans up theref :. You
know that we did not have
anything to dc. with this Krem-
lin that yeu are talking about7
Mr.. Green: You are kind Of
like ralleyrand. He served all
kings and all masters and
when he died. he was blessed
by the Pope and the king held
his hand
MIR. Lewis: / have not
reached that burying stage ut
the end Jet.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
MCLEAN IS A.
BUT NOT w. O. L.

Hector Mclean, who con-
ducts the District" column
regularly in these pages,
thought q few days in the
hammock at home would be
in order. The editors agreed.
So, for this week only, no
column by Mr.. Mclean.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
REVIEW or THE WEEK

many-i.e. loss Of East Ger.
many 70 cornmunism--if they
could extract sufacient conees.
sions from the West.
Chancellor Adenauer has
decided not to complicate the
Big Four talks by going to
Moscow before the meetings ut
the summit in July. He said
detailed preparations would
have to be made first. Two
things he reportedly wants
settled are:
. There must be no question
OF his government recognizing
East Germany.
Q Moscow must promise In
advance to release German
prisoners of war and civilians
now held In Russian slave
labor camps.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
VIRGINIA.
By ALEX r. PRESTON

Eve have not previously
read a court procedure like 1t.
We hope we shall not have to
do so again"
So spoke Virginia's Supreme
Court last week after having
reviewed and reversed q lower
court decision in which Arling-
tons former treasurer, John
Locke Green, had won a $500
Judgment against the incum-
bent Republican treasurer.
Colin c. MACPHERSON.
ut was far removed from
the order and dignity that
should attend the judicial proc
ess in its effort to find the
truth and establish justice"
The comic-opera trial has
never before been reported in
detail. It was presided over
by Judge Leon Bazile, author
of q number Of controversial
opinions.
The trial was held in Han
over County a year ago last
month. This was the same
county-and the same court
in which Judge Bazile recently
raked the United States Su-
preme Court over the Goals in
the course Of invalidating a
county school bond issue.
Shot through with politics
from beginning to end, testi-
mony centered on Mr.. Green's
efforts to regain possession of
q letter which Mr.. Macpherson
had published with certain
deletions, In their 1851 cam
paign against each other. The
Supreme Court agreed Mr..
Green should get his letter
back but reversed the $500
award. -...
Evidence ranged far and
wide into political conditions
In Arlington County +. ." the
court said.
This column win not at
tempt to specify why the Su-
preme Court was so caustic.
We can only guess. Here are
excerpts from the trial in
Judge Bazile's court.
Evening star., 1955-06-23
For a Rainy Day

To reply to Lily A. Savory's
letter of June l8, it is obvious
that Hopeful Annuitant" t"
made too small salary to be
able to buy private insurance,
or even to contribute to the
very fine civil service voluntary
plan.
But she contributed 6 per
cent of her salary to Govern
ment insurance, for that is
what the civil service retire
ment fund is-a huge group
insurance plan made up of the
employees money. The Federal
Government has made us con-
tribute to this fund for several
years.
The Federal employe does
not expect "the Government
to shoulder his responsible
ties" He merely wants a fair
return on his investment, dis
tributed in a democratic way.
This is not a matter for
civil service. but for congress
sional action. No one suggests
that workers receive annuities
out of proportion to their earn
ings, but that all groups receive
the same treatment.
Government Employe.
Evening star., 1955-06-23
Fiscal Responsibility

BY restoring the full $40 million Fed
eral payment to the District budget, the
Senate Appropriations Committee has
shown fiscal responsibility of sort that
was sadly lacking on the House side. The
House committee had made 81 million
cut in the Federal obligation on the illog-
ical ground that the District Government
had been guilty of fiscal Irresponsible
ity" in revenue planning. The House
went along with its committee, thus
repudiating its earlier agreement to have
the Federal Government bear proper
tionate share of the extra cost of the
public works program.
The Senate committee, after long
and careful study, reached the conclu-
sion that the District has been doing its
part in the budget-balancing program
and that the Federal Government has
no cause to back down on its cost-sharing
agreement. The committee also restored
most of the cuts which the House had
made in an already pared-down budget.
The Senate, as a matter of good faith,
should adopt its committees wise rec
concentrations and the House, in turn,
should concur. Otherwise District finances
will be left in an intolerably chaotic
condition.
Evening star., 1955-06-23
Off to New EnqIond

After having spanned the continent
to deliver his fine address to the United
Nations at San Francisco, President
Eisenhower has now spanned it once
more to visit New England. He will be
up there Cor should one say he will be
"down East" THEREBY for five days of
speaking and fishing, and political dag
Notwithstanding in mind 1956-can be
counted upon to view the junket with
a great deal of interest. Indeed, they
may even write weighty speculative
pieces about its significance as either (D
an indication that he will run again or
(2) an indication that he will not.
But perhaps there is an altogether
simple and nonpolitical explanation for
the trip. Mr.. Eisenhower, for example,
may be visiting New England merely
because he has soft spot in his heart
for 1t in view of the way all six of its
States voted for him in 1952-the first
such triumph for Republican presi-
Dental candidate in Is years. Or it may
be that he Just wants to relax, between
speeches, in that summer vacationland-
an excellent place in which to refresh
himself for next months arduous sum-
NIT meeting at Geneva. Anyhow, may
the fish bite for him!
Evening star., 1955-06-23
Same Old Story

Mr.. Molotov was not wearing his
cowboy hat when he addressed the
United Nations yesterday.
Instead, the Molotov who spoke to
hopefully listening world was the Molotov
of old-the cheerleSS official spokesman
repeating the barren words of the Krem-
Inns familiar propaganda peace line.
According to the Soviet Foreign
Minister, the West, meaning primarily
the United States has no reason to put
off a settlement of the atomic weapons
problem, no reason to refuse to agree to
complete renunciation of the use of
atomic and hydrogen weapons. Reiterat-
ing the proposals put forward by Moscow
on May 10, Mr.. Molotov said the world
can have peace if the West, again mean
ing primarily the United States, will give
up foreign military bases, agree to with
drawal of Big Four troops from Germany,
abandon the alliances built up by the
West in Europe and elsewhere through
out the world, lift trade restrictions,
recognize Peiping'S claim to Formosa
and admit Red China to the U. N. In
short, Mr. Molotov says Russia will talk
peace with an essentially disarmed, dis
organized and disunited West. Mean
while, the Communist bloc, dominating
one-third of the worlds people, would
remain intact and powerful.
This is discouraging position which
Mr.. Molotov has taken-a position which
casts shadow across the era of good
feeling" and which mocks the fair words
uttered by Premier Bulganin in Moscow
two days ago. If it represents the Krem-
Inns final position, the Big Four meeting
at Geneva will come to nothing. For the
United States, in exchange for Russian
promises, is not going to scrap the
atomic arsenal which, with its deterrent
influence, such as it is, offers our one
hope of security in the current state of
world relations.
Still, the conference should go on.
If Russia is prepared to make any sig
nif1cant concessions, one would hardly
expect Mr.. Molotov to reveal them at
San Francisco. If the Kremlin has some
thing to offer, it will be disclosed only
after hard and protracted negotiations.
The only way to find out is to sit down
with Russia and negotiate. To refuse to
do this would almost surely be to plunge
headlong down the road to a final,
cataclySnnic war
Evening star., 1955-06-23
Bridqe Compromise

Objections by the Commission of
Fine Arts to the Constitution Avenue
Bridge site are based on sounder grounds
than those which led to abandonment
of the originally recommended E street
site. The E street site, while it meant
the crossing of the Roosevelt Memorial
Island, would have avoided the proximity
of this new bridge to the Memorial Bridge
and the Lincoln Memorial Like so many
other compromises, however, the agree
ment now reached on the Constitution
avenue site required that somebody had
to give. 1t is unfortunate that it was
the Fine Arts Commission that has been
overridden.
There are, it is true, collateral ad-
vantages to the Constitution avenue site,
two of them being that new highway
construction on the District side should
do away with some of the hideous tenn
porary buildings along the route of Con-
stitution avenue, and that much of the
bridge traffic will be diverted from the
White House. 1t remains, however, that
bridge along the line of street, cross
ing the Roosevelt Island, would have
benefited rather than injured a public
park which, as memorial to a great
President, now has a rather dubious
future.
After so many years of disagreement
over where to build this river crossing,
one may hope that its necessity as
public facility will be generally accepted,
and that the actual design and building
of the bridge will proceed without i'm
pairment of the immediate surroundings.
After all, bridge can be made beau
tiful reminder of the genius and the
aspirations of our people.
Evening star., 1955-06-23
Alien Viewpoint

Russia has never gone in
to any country without find
ing enough fifth columnists
on hand to rise up and over
power the citizens proper, thus
obviating the necessity of
Russia's doing any real fight
ing to take over the particu-
lar country.
At the rate foreigners have
been coming into this country
and being admitted as citizens,
Russia would find ample help
should she ever come over.
There have been times rec
emily when as many as 1000
denizens from across the wa
ters have been given the oath
of allegiance in one day, in
one court. If the truth were
known this oath means moth
ing to most of them.
This country is following in
the footsteps of the old Ro-
man Empire, but we will never
last one-third as long as that
empire.
b. b. Bell
Evening star., 1955-06-23
SIoWness at Bonn

Despite their overwhelming ratif1ca-
tion of the Paris accords on arming West
Germany as sovereign member of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the
Bundestag and Bundesrat (the lower and
upper houses Of the Bonn Parliament)
are now dragging their feet on legisla-
tion needed to recruit young men for
service in the projected free German
army. Their attitude, which is based
largely on technicalities, does not mean
that they are opposed to such recruit
ment in principle, but they apparently
want to defer action on the matter at
this time. AS result, in thus making
haste slowly, they threaten to Illustrate
Chancellor Adenauers hope for an
affirmative vote prior to next months
Big Four summit" meeting.
Although the seriousness of this situ-
alton can be exaggerated, there can be
no question that DR.. Adenauer is right
in pressing for the earliest possible enact
ment of an enlistment law. In the best
of circumstances, three or four years Of
vigorous effort will be required to COM
plete West Germany's build-up as an
armed member of NATO, and any delay
in starting the job is therefore to be de-
plored as something that i'll serves the
security of the free Germans and the
Atlantic community as a whole. The
legislators at Bonn should feel sense
of urgency in that respect Their slow
motion approach to the problem is at
once risky and unrealistic, the more so
in view of how Red-controlled East Ger
many has undertaken to expand its
Peoples Police" which is already
relatively formidable military force.
Evening star., 1955-06-23
Points With Pride

John Logan's recent letter to
The Star specifically designates
Mount Carmel. Pa, as being
/. dominated by so-called "one-
room school shacks."
I was born and reared in
Mount Carmel and have never
seen a so-called "one-room
school shack" in that i'm
mediate locality.
For the faithful readers of
The Star I would like to pass
on this correct information:
For a town whose population
at present is approximately
$4,000 there are eight grade
schools, two high schools and
one junior high school. The
aforementioned buildings are
all three or four story struc-
lures, which eliminates them
from being classified as "one-
room school shacks."
Joseph J. Breskiewicz
Evening star., 1955-06-23
Polluted Potomac

The members Of the Pali-
sades Citizens Association wish
to bring to the attention of
readers of The Star the con-
ditions that exist in their
beautiful Potomac River.
At this season of the year,
when beach, lake and river
bathing are being enjoyed in
our own and in other coun-
tries, we, the residents of the
Capital Of the United States.
may not swim in our own filthy
waters.
The joys of sailing and Ash
ing are quenched by the Of
fense to our nostrils. Sewage,
silt and all kinds of rubbish
float and sink in what could
be one of the loveliest recrea-
ton areas in the world.
It has been said that the
people get what they want. Is
this what we Washingtonians
want? If it is not, cry aloud.
organizations and individuals
and join us Of the Palisades
Citizens Association and de-
mand a clean Potomac.
Mrs. Arleen Hays,
Chairman, Potomac Pollu-
ton Committee, Pali-
sades Citizens Association.