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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
Plot to Get
Name as Park

The newly named James Mon
roe Park, which separates Twen-
tieth street from PENNSYLVANIA
avenue at I street NV. will be
formally dedicated tomorrow at
2 pm.
Louis L. Ray. president of the
Arts Club of Washington. will
give the dedication address and
L. Morris Leisenring, club
member and chairman of the
District Architectural Registra-
zion Board, will give a brief
speech on the parks history.
The movement to name this
small triangular plot was mi
tiated by members of. the Arts
Club. whose headquarters are
just across Twentieth street in
Monroe House, once the home of
the fifth President of the United
States.
Also present for the ceremony
will be John A. Remon. acting
chairman of the National Capt.
tai Planning Commission. and
Merel S. Sager, chief landscape
architect. National Park Service.
Seven members of the Air
Force Band string section will
provide music for the dedication.
The ceremony will take place in
the midst of an outdoor art ex-
hibition in the park-part of the
May Art Fair being presented by
the Arts Club tomorrow and
Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24

Former French Premier
Pierre Mendes-France is about
ready to pull the rug from I'M
der his colleague, Prime Min
lister Guy Mollet. in the hope
of assuming once more the
premiership and settling" the
Algerian rebellion IN the same
manner he has settled the
Indo- China problem-by aban-
donment.
1t is recalled that only two
years ago it was MendeS-
France who was instrumental
in overthrowing the then
conservative minded Premier
Georges Bidault, who refused
to surrender China. Men
des-France took Office and an
nounced that if he could not
end the war in that area of
the Far East within two weeks,
he would resign. The stage had
been set earlier, however, at
Geneva with the Moscow and
Peiping representatives, for
Mendes-France to accept what
actually amounted to an un-
conditional surrender. This act
of the prime minister of one
of the key members of NATO
bolstered, UNNECESSARILY the
Chinese Communist prestige
throughout Asia at the expense,
not only of France. but also
the other Western nations
Secretary of State Dulles.
who realized the repercusSions
of that surrender, refused to
have anything to, do with it
and returned to the United
States. The Soviet Union did
not want us to be spared the
humiliation. 1t manipulated
cleverly through diplomatic
channels to have America rep
resented unofficially at the &C.
neva surrender. Dulles was
forced into sending his then
Undersecretary of State, Gen.
Walter Bedell Smith, to attend
the signature of what he then
described as a shameful docu-
ment.
History is repeating itself
fast. This time, however, the
stakes are much higher than
the loss of a Far Eastern colony.
1t is the question of losing
Algeria, actually a part of
France itself. This means not
only the loss of an important
granary but also of an i'm
portant link with equatorial
Africa, an area inhabited by
some so million people and
possessing untold undeveloped
wealth.
Mendes France Is not a
Communist but a modern-style
liberal" who believes implicitly
in coexistence and in peace
at any price with the Soviet
bloc (including Communist
China). He is likely to find this
time in Paris and in the prov
inces an atmosphere different
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
Circumyenting the Constitution

gress, acting within its con-
stitutional powers, has the final
say on policy issues. If it acts
unwisely. the electorate can
make a change"
But when the Supreme Court
endows Congress with greater
power than the Constitution
bestows and euphemistically
calls it just a policy the
electorate can't change their
Supreme Court. Unless, there
fore, the court whose judges
now concede that they are in
t1uenced by the pressures of
popular opinion, takes heed of
public criticism, certain consti-
tutional rights will be lost for
the period that an unwise or
irresponsible court holds Office.
One would have to be blind
to history, says Justice Doug
las. ito assert that trade union
ism did not enhance and
strengthen the right to work.
This is a frank avowal of
the concept of expediency-
the Machiavelltan doctrine
that the end jlistifies the
means. Other justices - the
men who made the Supreme
Count The respected institution
it mas been for r1ecades - cid
not fall victim to political
expediency. They expounded
the Constitution in accord
ance with legal and not politi-
cal concepts and never allowed
Congress to grant permissive
power to private economic
groups to take away minority
rights. 1t was in May, 1895.
when a unanimous court
h e a ded by Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes knocked
out the expediency argument
by declaring: Extraordinary
conditions do not create or en-
large constitutional power"
And the same court could
properly have added that a
change in political or socio-
logical conditions or in the
tides of public opinion does
not change the Constitution of
the United States unless Con-
gress by a two-thirds vote of
both houses and three-fourths
of the States of the Union say
so in approving ain amendment
to the Constitution itself.
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His attitude will make it
extremely difficult to develop
defense and foreign affairs as
issues in the campaign. The
country is accustomed to look
to the White House for leader
ship in these fields. So long as
the President is not excited it
probably will not be.
1t is known that the Presi-
dent received callers during
the past week who indicated
no doubt tactfully but still
unmistakably-that there is a
lot to get intense about in
recent developments.
The scientific and technical
officers of the services are the
ones who are taking strong
positions in the new outbreak
OF Pentagon feuding. 1t is not.
as some past tugs of war
there have been, a mere con-
test over the division of the
defense dollar. 1t is a fight
over forms of attack and de-
Tense in a rapidly changing
situation in which the Rus
slams have proved their own
technical excellence.
The alwayS-aggressive Air
Force is setting the pace. AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
Protest by People Talked of If Ex-Premier
Returns and Gives Up frances Algeria
CONSTANTINE BROWN

from that of 1854. There is a
definite revival of national
ism in the country. Moreover
the average Frenchman. while
still reluctant to spend moneys
on ornaments or serve in the
armed forces for the sake of
America or the NATO." is not
adverse to fighting for Algeria,
which is much closer to him
than Indo-China was. There
are more than one million
Frenchmen in that North
African province. Nobody
wants to abandon them. These
are not only merchants, spec
ulators or exploiters as they
were in Indo- China. but farm
erS who have been there for
several generations. Algeria is
not a colony but a part and
parcel of the fatherland.
Hence Mr.. Mendes- France
will have more trouble than he
may be bargaining for if he
wants to pull another Gene
va" The French people don't
want to give up what they
consider their land" This is
illustrated in the fact that,
while there were loud cries of
anger whenever more troops
had to be sent to Indo-China,
there is practically no opposi-
ton to the transfer of troops
from the metropolitan area
and Germany to Algeria.
The efforts of the Commu-
nists headed by Duclos to
cause popular demonstrations
against killing French boys
for the sake of the capitalists
colonialistS" failed lamentably.
So did the old shibboleth that
French youngsters were sent
to die in Algeria to render mil
itary and air bases safe for
American "warmongers." The
fact that we have none there
may have had something to do
with this unsuccessful Com
muniSt propaganda.
On the other hand there has
been a good deal of talk in
Paris and in the main pro-
vincial cities of France that if
any government decided to
give up that portion of France
there would be barbados
in the streets. The growing
nationalist-minded opposition
seems determined to fight it
out, no longer by parliament
tary methods such as the Gus
tomary overthrow of the gov
eminent, but by revolutionary
means. Some of the nationalist
leaders say they have the
regular army and the tough
"garde mobile" military
police on their side.
The French are sick at
heart with their totally in
competent governments. The
love for communism and it's
Moscow Mecca" has become
only skin deep. The offensive
manner in which Comrade
Khrushchev turned down
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~
Doris FLEEsON
Blunts Sharp Edges of Rivalry Over Arms
And Pessimism on World Situation

8 President Eisenhower's tai
Yent for blurring the sharp
edges of controversy was dis
played strikingly at his press
conference yesterday.
The President said the Keen
rivalry among the armed serv-
tees was a good thing SO long
sas his own final decisions are
carried out Loyalty.
4 He conceded that there had
been "slippage" in this coun-
'try's international position but
'said we were making some
progress even though it was
slow and sometimes dlsap-
spointing.
The Soviet arms cut. he
thought. would be fine. pro-
vided We got proof it IS the
real thing.
The President concluded
that there is too much pes
simiSm about the world today
: and that Russian moves should
be watched hopefully and
carefully. There can be no
doubt that this is the express
sion of the Eisenhower philos-
.ophy about his own job of
being President during these
troubled times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
IHuwuiiun Cruters
Still Show Life

HONOLULU, May "a (P).-
Belcmng smoke and ashes from
an apparent undersea volcanic
eruption 40 miles from here,
midway between Oahu and
Kauai Islands in the Kauai
Channel, appear to be evidence
the volcanoes of the North
Hawaii chain still are poten-
TALLY active.
DR.. Gordon A. Macdonald,
noted Hawaiian volcanologist,
said he doesn't think the appar-
ent eruptions noted by planes
the last two days will shift to
either of the heavily populated
islands.
But, he added, such eruptions
could take place.
Volcanologists had long con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
THOMAS L. STOKES
Image Over Florida: Eisenhower

resentment than an outsider
much more. for example, than
President Eisenhower in this
case.
There is some speculation
here as to whether this psy-
chology, translated into the
strictly Southern family, may
have its effect on the Kefau-
ver-StevenSon contest here.
Senator Kefauver is South
erner. Will some strong pro-
segregation voters take it out
on him because of his support
OF the Supreme Court decision.
by voting for Stevenson. who
is from Illinois and whose at
titude, therefore, is to be ex-
pected?
There are intimations that
some voters react that way. 1t
is such intangible and impon-
derable factors in this polyglot
State-and there are others
which make even experts here
cautious about trying to fore
cast the outcome next Tues
day. This is true despite the
preponderance of what may be
regarded as expert opinion that
leans toward Stevenson to win
the primary. But nobody is
bold about such a prediction.
Likewise, it is the uncer-
tainty, as we'll as the apathy
previously noted. which has
prodded both Senator Ke-
fauver and Stevenson to such
intense activity here, such
frantic chasing about to see
every voter possible. to talk to
him and to shake his hand.
1t explains why even Ste
venson now frankly asks
people to vote for him, both
when he sees them personally
and when he concludes a
formal speech. That is. of
course, nothing new for the
Tennessee Senator.
Typical was a scene in city
hall at Coral Gables where
Senator Kefauver stopped on
his way up this east coast.
Spying a young lady operat-
ing the telephone switchboard
on his way out of the building
after a visit with the mayor
and city commission, the
Senator leaned over the en-
closure behind which she sat,
stuck out his big paw. told her
he was Estes Kefauver and
added in his familiar drawl:
Now you call up every
body in town and tell them to
vote for me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
DAVID LAWRENCE

The most unspectacular nd
yet the most sensational news
happening of our times is the
manner in which the 48 State
governments are being deprived
of their rights by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
q The latest decision. rendered
this week, takes away from the
States their power to regulate
employment relations. 1t takes
away from the worker his free
dom of association and freedom
of expression as an individual
his civil rights-and puts them
at the mercy of an intolerant
majority in Congress. He must
Join a union or be deprived of
a job with the railroads.
Minority rights. which from the
foundation of the Republic
have been safeguarded by the
Constitution, now are to be
vested in a political majority
in Congress.
81 Justice Frankfurter, who
wrote an opinion concurring in
the decision, makes no bones
sabout it-he virtually acknowl-
edges that the Supreme Court
is political body which
changes its views with the
%hims of popular opinion, and
he lauds this as a virtue.
In discussing the 60-year
history of the fight for anc
against compulsory unioniza-
ton, Justice Frankfurter re-
views the criticisms against
early court decisions and traces
the various opinions handed
down, Then he says:
THE change in the courts
understanding of industrial
problems. certainly as they af-
feet railroads, in their bearing
upon the country's commerce
and all that thereby hangs, to
no small degree reflected the
changed attitude of the rail-
roads toward the role of labor
unions in the discharge of the
functions of the railroads. AS
striking evidence as any of this
Important shift in opinion is
the fact that the Railway
Labor Act of 1926 came on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
Court Decision UNFOLDING Rail Unions
Seen DeprWinq States of Rights

statute books through agree
ment between the railroads
and the railroad unions on the
need for such legislation"
Here is a confession that the
Supreme Court nowadays
doesn't consider what the Con-
stitution says but what private
interests, powerful in politics.
may agree upon as between
themselves. The famous code
authority" provision of the
National Recovery Act, which
permitted agreements to be
made between management
and labor, was struck down by
a unanimous opinion of the
Supreme Court in 1885 pre-
cisely because the nine justices
believed the public interest
was greater under the Con-
stitution than any agreement
made between private interests
such as labor and manage
ment. even though Congress
sanctioned those agreements.
Justice Frankfurter feels
that if employers in an in
dustry get together with labor
unions to form a job monopoly
and decide to deprive anyone
OF a job unless he belongs to a
union, this is a worthy objec-
tive. He hints that he would
uphold the constitutionality of
a law on that particular pro-
vision if it came before him.
But he claims for the record,
OF course, that the Supreme
Court put to one side" such
situations in the case decided
this week.
Actually. it was before the
court, but the nine justices
chose technical grounds for
shutting their eyes to the issue
altogether. 1t is plain to see
the handwriting on the wall
minority rights are vanishing,
and whatever law Congress de-
cides to enact hereafter to reg
ulate employment relations will
become the supreme law of
the land in the eyes of the
present court.
In writing the main opinion,
Justice Douglas. in behalf of
the other justices, says: Con
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
Presidents Popularity Constant Factor
AS Stevenson and Kefouver Campaign

great many traditional Demo-
Gratis that President Eisen-
hover got his. votes in 1852
and from whom he still draws
support today. And from them
he again will get many votes
next November - some claim
enough to carry the State
once more, though this is hot
~ disputed by State Demo-
cratic leaders.
Soundings here and there
disclose a fondness for the
Eisenhower image and what it
has come to connote with
many people. here as else
where-peace and good times
and that has nothing to do
with the Republican Party.
1t is a personal thing. In
this boom State. people want
no rocking of the boat, and
for a good many this means
no change in the pilot in the
White House.
The President still sits aloof,
above his party and above
partisanship, with so many
folks.
Most puzzling is how he gets
little or no blame in the tur-
MOL that RACES here as in
other Southern States over
public school indignation,
though the Eisenhower admin
istration, through its Attorney
General. championed it sue
cessfully before the Supreme
Court,
Resentful Southerners, for
the most part, seek scapegoats
elsewhere-Chief Justice Earl
Warren and the Supreme
Court as a body, Attorney
General Herbert Brownell, jr.,
the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored
People and, of course. dear old
Harry Truman, a Democrat
who championed civil rights
though he was out of Office
when the school segregation
decision came down. Truman
always makes a handy whip
ping boy - for disgruntled
Democrats as we'll as all Re-
publicans.
Harry Truman is in the
Democratic family and, there
fore, is held the greater apos-
tate, like the member of any
family who may differ or quar-
rel with the rest Of the family.
thereby provoking much more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -
In their hectic pursuit up and
down and across this State for
votes in the presidential pri-
mary next Tuesday, Estes Ke-
fauver and Adlai Stevenson
continually have been aware
Of hard fact. in the form of
a smiling image, that may
concern one or the other in
November and certainly will
concern the Democratic Party
This is ike" and the con-
tinued popularity of the Presi-
dent in Florida. which he car
ried against Stevenson in 1852.
That means mostly his con-
tinued popularity with Demo-
Gratis. For to carry this State,
1t takes a heap of Democratic
votes.
- While Florida is different in
some respects from other
Southern States because of the
migration of so many yam
KEGS" yet it is enough like the
rest of the South in political
habits to serve as a symbol and
to confirm polls that show
President Eisenhower still is
strong all over the South.
~ You will be able to read no
sign of the Presidents popu-
larity here in the Republican
presidential primary, which
also is next Tuesday, for there
are only 162,409 registered
Republican voters in Florida
who are eligible to participate
in that party's presidential
primary. No cross-overs are
permitted by Florida's presi-
Dental primary law.
Republicans are concen-
'trated chiefly in Pinellas
County, in which st. Peters
burg is situated, and in Miami,
Fort Lauderdale and Palm
Beach, with scattered pockets
elsewhere. Registered Repub-
licans constitute only ll.2 per
cent of the total State regis
-tration of l.447.274.
- A great host of Republicans
are masked and invisible on
the books, registering them
selves as Democrats so they
can vote for State officers in
Democratic primaries. which
are the decisive local elections
here.
1t is from these and from a
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sidered the Honolulu (northern)
end of the Hawaii chain vol
canically dead. Then last Au-
gust two undersea eruptions
were reported north of Kauai.
The third indication that vol
canic action in the area is not
dead has been reported by seven
planes in the last two days. AS
a result, DR.. Macdonald warned
Northern Hawaii can no longer
be classed as dead but rather
as potentially active and there
is a possibility even Diamond
Head might come to life again.
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To Honor SocioIooist

DR.. Eva J. Ross, head of the
department of sociology at
Trinity College, will be granted
an honorary degree of doctor of
letters by the st. Bonaventure
University of Olean, N. Y. on
June 3.
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