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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
BY MRS. FRANK COLBY

Let's take a true or false test
today. Below are 20 statements.
Read each carefully. then circle
ct" or 81" whichever you believe
to be correct. The answers are
given below: but no fair peeking
until you have completed the
test.
/. 1t is incorrect to end a
sentence with proposition
IT F.
2. Daniel Webster wrote the
first American dictionary
IT F.
S. Exotic" means CLAM
orous. 1T F.
A. Amateur" is a French
word meaning clover. ct F.
5. USSR stands for Omitted
States of Soviet Russia. 1T F.
6. Thailand and Siam are
allies.-(T F.
Z. Suit" and suite" are diff
ferent forms of the same word
ct F.
8. Wiener" means "a native
of Vienna."-(T F.
9. Lingerie" means literally
silk underwear.'1(T F.
10. A creole" is a person OF
white and Negro parentage.-
IT F.
II. English is a language Of
Germanic origin.-CT F.
IL. The correct title Of 9
minister is "Referend" Jones
IT F.
10. Autopsy" means ito see
for oneself."-(T F.
IA. The Canary Islands were
named for dogs.-(T F.
is. A native of Mexico is g
North American.-(T F.
16. Salon" and saloon" have
no connection.-(T F.
II. Wrought" is the past
tense of work. Ct F.
10. Meteor" means "a whirl-
wind. ct F.
10. French is an older Ian
guage than Latin.-tT F.
20. "Memento" means "sou-
venir. 1T F.
| Answers
/. False. End-of sentence
proposition has the approval Of
highest authorities.
2. False. Daniel w. was the
statesman. Noah wrote the die
tionary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
oAKY poAKs
BOY AND GIRL
Answers to Our Presidents

Carl SchurZ was born near
Cologne, Germany, March 2,
1929.
2-Congress passed a special
act, March 2, 1858. to authorize
William Rufus King of Alabama
to take the oath of office in
Cuba. King was elected Vice
President with President Frank
lin Pierce. (Thanks, Ruth NJ
3-President Franklin D.
Roosevelt on March 2, 1884.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
First submitted by: Linda Edwards. Combes. Texas
RICHARD RABBIT. CARROT EATER

Nearly likes rabbits with their pink big hoppy
soft fur They make cuddly the home
The place where they not welcome however in the
There rabbits make short work of the vegetables which
they love Then they swiftly away.
this pet Richard Rabbit his special carrot patch
and doesn't bother any other
picture paste cereal box cardboard GU
carefully fold back the basket the
stand Insert Tab in the slot below the basket
fold it back. Then it will stay in place.
separate behind the rabbits right shoulder
fasten with brass fastener or bent pin
lift the basket his mouth
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TOMORROW: The Owl That Turns His Head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Adenouer-Pineou Difference on Change
In Moscow Seen Illustrating Uncertainty

Two eminent foreign visitors
within a week have dramatized
the confusion and uncertainty
over foreign policy which is re-
Elected in the administrations
troubles with Congress on the
new foreign aid bill.
Chancellor Adenauer, head
Of the West German govern
ment, and Christian Pineau,
the French Foreign Minister,
have beamed Numerically OPP
posite appeals to the American
people over the heads Of the
E is n no wer administration.
Both spoke to large press con-
ferences and answered ques-
tons.
The German Chancellor in
sisted that Soviet policy has
not essentially changed. that a
dictator is still a dictator
whether he is one man or
three. He thought the West
should not alter it's direction
until more solid proof of the
Soviet intentions is available.
UNDERSTANDABLE, he pleaded
that the unification of Ger
many should be a prerequisite
for any concessions to Moscow.
Frances Pineau was equally
categorical He said it would
be an "exaggeration" to wait
until Germany is united be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

fore taking steps to exploit
the apparent Soviet change
in tactics. When a French
man cries "exaggeration" he is
using what, to the French. is
about the most strongly con-
demnatory word in their vivid
language.
Pineau argued for a more
flexible policy regarding Rus
STA, free trade and more COM
munications, including a
stepped-up exchange of
visitors.
Caught in this crossflre di-
rected at United States policy
by two Of its important allies,
Secretary of State Dulles has
Soothingly equivocated. He
finds merit in both, he implies,
and he is sure that it can all
be worked out. It is really too
early to tell. he keeps saying.
OF course. Dulles is not kid
ding either Adenauer or
Pineau or the members of
Congress who give the lead on
foreign policy in the House
and Senate. They know that
his kind words are a cover for
the lack of a fresh point of
view and creative ideas here
about how to meet the flexible
and succeeding Soviet line.
The Congress is not going to
give Dulles another foreign
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
DORIS FLEEsoN
Confusion in Foreign Policy

aid bill bigger than the last
two. Such measures were de-
yised to counterfeit the Stain
policies, and they succeeded.
But influential Senators and
Representative Richards,
House Foreign Affairs chair
man, see no point in bigger
sums for outworn tactics.
The latest Capitol grape
vine is that if the White
House persists in trying to
restore the deep House cut, or
even the less substantial SEN
ate compromise, it might find
the bill cut even more on the
Senate floor. So far, most Of
the real opponents Of foreign
aid have not had a chance at
1t.
What both Senate leaders
would like to do is to arrive
at a compromise for which
adequate support can be lined
up before it even hits the
floor. The last thing they want
is hot debate.
The record indicates that
Secretary Dulles would be
more inclined toward Ade-
nauer's point Of view and that
the President would give
weight to Pineau. Actual
moves have reflected the gen.
eral temporizing. For exam
pie, Air Force Chief Of STAFF
Twining was allowed to &C
cept an invitation to visit Mos
cow but the Joint Chiefs of
STAFF were not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Republicans Seen Uneasy Over Lack
OF Substitute for Eisenhower

than they deserved in their
Vice President who turned out,
after a period of uncertainty
and timidity. to be quite a man
in his own right. as Harry Tru-
man will be quite a man in
history.
Will Republicans be lucky
in their dilemma? 1t differs
considerably. For one thing.
it is more complicated.
This is because it does not
concern the President alone.
Republicans are just coming
to realize that they must take
into account the possibility
that the President may not be
their candidate. even though
they have unanswered him al
most into the position of a
captive to circumstances over
which he has little control be-
cause he failed to exercise con-
troll when it could have been
effective. that is, after his
heart attack. He has let the
situation get almost beyond
him.
His withdrawal is, however,
still a possibility.
But there is something else
that is not in the realm of
possibility. or even probability,
but a reality which thought
full Republicans now know
they must reckon with. This
is that the Presidents current
illness, which will be in the
public consciousness right up
to the convention and perhaps
even up to the election, is
certain to diminish the Presi-
dents vote If he does decide
to run. Soundings here and
there confirm that many peo-
pie are unhappy over the
prospect Of a President about
whose physical ability to carry
on the job there is doubt. 1t
is to the Presidents credit that
he has insisted that the public
be informed continually and
fully about his illnesses; but
1t is the information flowing
from that very frankness that
is certain to be a handicap If
he runs for reelection.
This magnifies another issue
in the form of a political
parsonage, meaning Vice Pres
ident Nixon.
If the President is bound
TO lose some votes on account
Of his health. does the party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
DAVID LAWRENCE
Attacking an AiIing President

partisan thinking Of q wish
full nature.
The best refutation Of the
theory that the American elec-
torate win not elect a man with
a physical handicap is the way
the people reacted toward
Franklin Roosevelt. Does any
body who is an admirer of
Roosevelt really believe that, If
his ardent supporters through
OF the country had known in
November. 1914. that Roose-
welt was not a well man, they
would have refused to elect
him and would have voted for
Dewey? Did the people know
whether an obscure Senator
from Missouri who had been
nominated for Vice President
would make a good President?
It will be said in reply that,
OF course. there was a war on
then. But today there's a
crisis almost as important to
the world-the maneuvers of
the "cold war" and the threat
of World War III.
The electorate naturally
will discuss q candidates
health whenever the opposi-
ton party spokesman bring
it up. But looking back
to 1914 and assuming that
the Republicans had had
the bad manners and bad
taste being exhibited today by
the Democrats, few persons
who have studied the trends
in presidential elections will
agree that this would have
elected Thomas E. Dewey.
Restraint is better in the
long run than smear cam
paigns which violate the Ma
TONS sense Of decency. At
tempts to picture Eisenhower
as a hopeless invalid or to
imply that he isn't carrying on
the duties Of his Office because
he doesn't do everything the
partisanS want him to do are
bound in the end to lose votes
for their sponsors. The Ameri-
can people react to wrong tao
tics because they have an
innate belief in fair play.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
THOMAS |. STOKES
On Politics and Alternatives

dare to risk losing more on
account Of Nixon being on the
ticket? The dubious condition
OF the Presidents health will
make the Nixon issue much
more important than it was
before the Presidents abdomi-
nal malady required an opera
ton.
In this Nixon problem, too.
Republican Party leaders failed
to provide an alternative. Some
high-placed Republicans, you
may recall. did question the
wisdom Of his denomination
after the Presidents heart at
tack. For a time. you also will
remember, the President de-
clined to commit himself until
finally. when he said it was
up to Nixon, the latter rushed
down to the White House at
the first opportunity and said
yes. please. he would like the
Job again. So the talk of drop
ping Nixon ended. Now there
seems no way out of it-he
seems fixed.
Likewise, party leaders en-
HANGED the chances of the
Vice President to step I'D into
the top place on the ticket
himself If the President steps
aside. by refusing to prepare
for alternatives for the presi-
dental nomination. He is in
the most accessible standby
position
In fact, you might say that
today Richard M. Nixon is
more satisfactorily situated
than anyone in his party. no
matter what comes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Treatment of Eisenhower by Democrats
Contested to Restraint on Roosevelt

lie life-as Governor Of New
York and as a candidate for
the presidency and while he
was in the White House dur
ing a period Of more than IL
years-no appreciable number
of the American people ever
knew Of the physical disability
of the man they elected four
times. Some newsmen here
abouts were told in 1914 about
the comment Of an eminent
Boston physician that a pa
ralysis such as Roosevelt had
suffered would cut down his
life expectancy. But they
didn't write the story.
Was this a mistake on the
part of the press and its
photographers? Not at all. 1t
was good taste and decency.
1t was a respect for the high
Office Of President. The only
question that was germane
then and that is germane now
is whether a President is
mentally capable. A man with
the type Of heart attack
Eisenhower has had doesn't
suffer any injury to his mind
and neither does anyone
with his experience with ileitis.
Then why is so much promi-
nence given to the speculation
by one or two doctors that the
illness might recur, when the
doctors handling the case say
they believe it will not recur?
Why is there so much empha-
sis on the alleged damage of
the stomach ailment expressed
by Democratic politicians and
their henchmen who keep on
thinking up every day new an
giles for skepticism?
The theory usually heard in
defense of such tactics is that
the American people are en-
titled to all the facts about
their President. They certain
ly are, but the implication
that. when once they know
the facts, they will not vote to
re-elect Eisenhower is just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Soviet Egyptian Accord on Suez

Britain to build the Aswan
dam was regarded as the
brainchild Of Eisenhower. The
shrewd Arabs. who know bet
ter than any other peoples in
the world how to bargain,
were ready to take advantage
of what they believed would
be an inevitable competition
between the Reds and the
leaders of the Western nations
and exploit it fully.
Things look less rosy now.
The present visit of Foreign
Minister Shepilov to Cairo is
reliably reported to have re-
suited in a secret agreement
between the USSR and Egypt
whereby the Soviet Union has
obtained a foothold on the
Suez Canal.
The Soviet's present military
(not diplomatic or propa-
ganda1 policy is to deny the
United States-and whatever
allies we may have in the case
of a showdown - air bases
which could be used for re-
taliation. Moscow expects that
before long. thanks to its close
relations with Egypt, our bases
in Morocco and even in Libya
may be closed or rendered
untenable from the security
point of view. But the re-
liably reported secret agree
ment, which the Egyptian
government unquestionably will
deny at this time, gives the
SovietS an unexpected and
highly important victory well
worth the upward of 81 billion
it is promising the Cairo gov
eminent.
This victory cannot be
attributed as far as logical
Americans are concerned to
President Eisenhower's illness,
since the Governments actions
in international affairs are
continuous and not affected by
his being now incapacitated.
But to Arabs who believe firm
ly in personalities at the head
of governments it obviously
can be so attributed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
POTOMAC FEVER.
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Outside doctors clash with kes physicians extent
OF his Illness Around Republican headquarters this cassed
as one OF those radiation hazardshe doctors fallout
Senator George of Georgia backs Adlai Stevenson for
dent It looks though the were fixing to put all
their baskets in egghead.
WSdom That quality possessed by people who have out
grown their prejudices-and learned to share yours
Expected opening of the keynote address Republican
National Convention Fellow diagnostcans ;"
Engands Oxford University makes Harry doctor
OF laws From hen be referred to formally as Dr.
Give En- Hell.
This swimming pool may be bad for the country
ANY girl can catch husband train floor but
now many girls ever marry the boys who them in swimming
suits?
An Eisenhower teammate resigns after charges of over
drinking You can't blame Republican ofcals-surrounded as
they are by hangove the Truman administration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

During the war days. our
friends and foes abroad con-
sidered the personality of
President Roosevelt as rep
resenting the views and aspi-
rations of all the American
people.
Similarly in these days of
"cool" war all foreign coun-
tries regard President Eisen-
hover as the embodiment of
America. Hence it is natural
that his state of health should
: have far more impact on the
policies Of our allies and
might-be-enemies than that
Of any other head of state or
political man in the world.
The reports received in
Washington by our diplomatic
and other representatives, par
ticularly in Europe, indicate
that the pessimistic reports
printed in the foreign press
about the Presidents health
and his chances to remain an
effective Chief Executive in
the future are causing politi-
clans to urge their govern
ments to reappraise the in
ternational situation.
Editorials publis he'd in
France, Switzerland, Germany,
and other Western European
countries point out that the
policies of the NATO coun-
tries and their well-wishers
were geared not on the Re-
publican concept of foreign
relations but on that of Pres
ident Eisenhower. His ire
mendous personality. say some
of these editorials, has been
able to rally around his views
the heterogeneous groups not
only in the American Congress
but also among the masses in
the isolationist Middle West"
Thus, in the minds of the
people outside the United
States. it is the powerful per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
Senate oK's Building
IOf Merchant Vessel
By the Associated Press

The Senate has passed a bill
authorizing the Maritime Ad-
ministration to construct a
l0.9Oo-ton. lS-knot merchant
ship Of the Clipper class, de-
signed for fast and economical
mass construction in an emer-
gency.
The legislation. which now
goes to the House, also author
ICES the commission to convert,
outfit and test one Of the Liberty
ships Of the reserve feet to per-
init continuation Of experiments
with new types Of propulsion.
The aim is to find a formula for
stepping up their speed for use
in case Of emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

When Presidential Secretary
James Hagerty said he wasn't
going to engage in a debate
with newsmen on what some
doctors have been quoted in
the press as saying about the
Presidents illness because, as
he points out, they don't know
this particular case, it was, of
course, q common-sense deci-
sion.
There is a certain puzzle
ment. however. as to why there
are such persistent attempts
in the press to try to knock
down what the Presidents
physicians have said.
It's a strange contrast to the
way the press behaved from
the time Franklin d. Roose-
welt became a candidate for
the presidency in 1882 till the
day he died in April, 1945. Not
a single movie newsreel and
not a single news photograph
that this correspondent ever
saw or heard about told the
people that the President Of
the United States actually
couldn't walk, that special
ramps had to be built at the
White House and the Capitol,
that he couldn't stand when
greeting foreign visitors, or
that he never stood up at a
single press conference. When
he campaigned, his entrances
to and exits from meeting
places were carefully screened.
None of the news dispatches
OF the Presidents Inaugural
ton on January 20. 1945,
moreover, reported that
Roosevelt had to be lifted up
by members Of his family and
supported while he took the
oath of Office and read the
inaugural address from the
White House balcony. There
was no adverse comment on
why he didn't go to the Cap
itol for the occasion.
Throughout Roosevelt'S pub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21
BROWN
Shepilov and N0sser Reported Agreeing
On Red Use of Sea and Air Bases

sonality at the head Of the
Government which appears
the decisive factor in our
policies and not its democratic
constitutional processes.
The German press, which
had built up among its read
ers expectations that Chancel-
lor Adenauer's visit to Wash
ington would bring forth some
dramatic results concerning
the unif1cation Of the two
Germanys, probably reflects
best this European frame Of
mind. 1t points out that be-
cause of President Eisen-
hower's illness the Chancellor's
visit to America was a definite
flop. Because of the Chief
Executives disability, it says,
the carefully prepared confer
enceS at the White House to
be followed by a spectacular
official communique reassert-
ing Americas determination to
reunite Germany were not
held. The short conversation
at the Presidents bedside was
nothing more than a courtesy
extended to the Chancellor to
enable him to say that. he did
see the President of the United
States personally even if he
had to receive him "in his
dressing gown"
But the reverberations of
Eisenhower's illness are re.
ported to have been felt par
ticularly in the most sensitive
area of the Vests defenses-
in Egypt and the Middle East,
where persons" and not
government" count. 1t is true
that the Egyptian government
has played footsie with the
USSR and its satellites and
allies for more than a year.
There was still some hesita-
ton, however, on the part of
Premier Nasser to go all the
way to the Red side. The offer
late last year of America and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-21

The uneasiness in the Re.
publican high command is only
covered up, not removed, by
pretending that the Presidents
second serious illness makes no
difference whatever in the
party's 1856 campaign and
election outlook.
Party leaders are aware they
are bereft of an alternative If
their plans go awry, and alter
natives are just about as essen
tial in politics as they have
always been with President
Eisenhower in his whole mill
tary career from West Point
to the armistice in Europe in
1945. A military mans train
ing constantly drives into him
the necessity for alternatives.
This came out in President
EisenhoWer's warning to Re-
publican leaders at Denver last
September, shortly before his
heart attack. He told them
bluntly that there can be no
such thing as the indispensable
man. in politics, and reminded
them there are plenty of men
in the party available for the
top post-in other words, al
ternateS.
: But they insisted on making
all their plans around him.
They come to this crisis--and
, that is what 1t is recognized
now to be--two months ahead
of their national convention in
San Francisco and four and
a half months before election,
without ain alternative plan.
They are depending upon their
luck which. 1t is true. up to
now has been good.
Into so great an image has
the President been built that.
alongside him. most other fig
ures in the party look like
pygmies. At this late date it
would be hard to build up a
substitute, even If it were pos
sible to pick one. with all the
conflicting ambitions, both of
individuals and factions, that
would boil up once the Presi-
dent were eliminated from the
picture.
The same thing happened
with the Democrats ultimately
in the case Of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, and so they pushed
an aging and Ill man onto the
stage for just one more GO
round. which he could not
survive. Democrats were luckier
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20

Deputy Administrator Frank j.
Mestrell will speak at 10 am:
Community Facilities Commits
sioner John c. Hazeltine at 2
pm, and Urban Renewal Com
missioner James w. sFollin at
4p.m.
Mai. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
Director Of Selective Service, viii
address Selective Service System
employees at 2::30 pm.
Miss Marjorie Rank, associate
director Of the National Confer
ence of Christians and Jews,
Washington Region, will address
a meeting of the National Coun-
Gil of Jewish Women at l pm.
in the Montgomery Jewish
Center.
DR.. Shane Mccarthy, of the
Catholic University faculty. will
speak at an assembly of Ran
dali Junior High School at
2 pm.
Music of All Faiths" a pro-
gram in observance of Brother
hood Week and Jewish Music
Month, will be held at 8 pm. in
Gray's Hill Chapel. Fort Belvoir.