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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
BY EDMUND G. MONK

The Nations embattled "old
pros" recently Joined forces in
Washington to attack o problem
faced by many thousands Of mid
dle-aged and elderly professional
men and notwithstanding a job
in an era in which the accent is
on youth.
Based on an idea successfully
begun in New England in the late
'30S, the National Conference of
40 Plus Clubs a month ago COM
pleted organization here.
The conference, comprising six
clubs in as many large cities, OPP
crates out of Offices established
some months ago by the 40 Plus of
Washington Club. The conference
handles national strategy while the
locals" seek suitable jobs for
Washington area members.
Henry Carter, Alexandria lawyer,
national chairman and general
counsel Of the conference, outlined
its four-point program:
. To enlarge employment oppor-
tunities for professional men and
executives over 40 years Of age.
. To gather job information and
transmit it to member groups.
. To serve as a central contact
point with governmental agencies,
public and private corporations.
associations and foundations and
newspapers and other communica-
tons media.
. To convince the public and en-
ployers Of the value Of mature
experience. knowledge and judge
ment.
Mr.. Carter. So, Yale graduate
and Army colonel during World
War II. was an early member Of the
group and has since Joined an Alex
andria and Washington law firm.
But he has remained in the thick Of
the 40 Plus fight.
An Economic Woste'
1T seems to me an absolute eco
nomic waste" he said, ito discard
or rebuff men whose academic and
practical training is reaching its
peak value, just because they are
over an arbitrary-age limit.
There is vast reservoir Of men
between the ages Of 40 and 10
who are healthily active and men,
tally keen. A great many of these,
through no fault Of their own, are
seeing their services go begging. 1t
is the aim Of 40 Plus Clubs to make
these men svaishls to ths en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
MARYLAND
Republicans Also Find
Harmony Hard to Keep

trict or Representative James
Devereux from the End to oppose
him.
The Governor, of course, failed
in this effort and Senator Butler
easily won denomination over the
opposition of two unknowns.
Gov. McKeldin is now support
ing Senator Buffers reelection,
and has made a couple of speeches
in his behalf. 1t is felt that he will
take an even more active part in
the Senator's campaign as the
November 6 election nears since
national Republican leaders re-
portedly have told him to put per.
sonal differences aside because the
Republicans need this Senate seat.
Powerful compoiener
If the Governor takes the stump
for Senator Butler, particularly in
Baltimore City, where Mr.. Nickel
din is very popular. it could make a
big difference. There is talk now
that the large Negro vote in Balti-
more might 60 Republican this cleo
ton anyway and a push from the
Governor would cinch it.
Senator Beall, for his part, is
doing all he can to quiet reports
that he and Mr.. Butler haven't been
able to work together during the
last three and half years.
Senator Beall has accepted the
Craftsmanship of the Republican
Campaign Committee for the State.
And if the full weight of his con-
siderable support in his native
Western Maryland is behind Sem
ator Butler. the Republicans can
almost count on carrying that area.
But there are persistent reports
that, despite Senator Beall's dis
play of unity. many Of his lieuten-
ants are not at all anxious for Sem
ator Butler to be reelected.
They know that a combination
Of an Eisenhower victory and a
Butler defeat would make Senator
Beall the senior Senator with con-
troll of whatever patronage the Re-
publican administration had to deal
out to Maryland.
Senator BeaIl, on the other hand.
may need Senator Buffers help two
years from now when and If Gov.
McKeldin decides to try to take his
Senate seat away from him. Nickel
din supporters have suggested that
Senator Beall run for Governor in
order to avert primary clash be-
tween these two stalwarts, but the
Senator would rather stay where
he Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
Think Of That! Politicians Have Rights, Too

ing on the time honored theory
that politicos are expected to have
thick hides, don't go as far as Wis
consin. But number Of States in
GLIDING Alabama, Florida, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Missouri and
New York have ruled in recent
years that candidates who take too
many liberties in their allegations
about rivals can be slapped with
libel or SANDER suits.
This doesn't mean that every
political candidate who refers to
his opponent as crook" "robber"
or retarded incompetent" is apt to
find himself in the same legal hot
water as an ordinary mortal who
says such things publicly about his
neighbor.
Over the years an interesting
body Of political law has grown up
to the effect that politicians. par
ticularly during campaign periods,
have qualified privilege" to cuff
each other around verbally without
mourning too much liability.
Admittedly, this area Of law is a
mite vague. Practices which might
pass in one place as ordinary poll
tics" are condemned in another as
degenerate undertaking"
LeooI Minds at Work
For what it is worth. though, here
is the way the legal mind works in
regard to the liability Of political
campaigners.
First Premise: The reputation and
qualifications of a candidate for
political Office are matters of great
public concern. So any pertinent
comments "the boys" may come up
with ought to have some degree of
privilege and immunity from legal
attack.
Second Premise: This privilege
should not extend to matters which
have no connection with the candi-
dates fitness for Office.
Obviously. a big gray question
mark hovers ghostlike over this
rationale. Which matters pertain
to ones fitness for office and which
to his private life?
If man is alleged to beat his
wife. is this a proper matter for
political display? What if he is
suspected of being a Rock n Roll
fanatic? What if he is thought to
be in debt and a tax delinquent?
Suppose he is reputed to hate chill
dren or is accused of being an
agnostic? How much capital are
his opponents entitled to make out
of all this?
Legally speaking, the answer will
vary State to State. Practically
speaking-well. you can decide.
In any event, it should be noted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30

(USN, retired. Of Falls Church, Va.
assiduously thumbing a card index.
I'VE do the jobs assigned" he
replied when he was asked If he
hadn't been used to having a brisk
yoemen bluejacket ready for such
jobs.
Admiral Richie commanded an
amphibious assault unit during the
world war operations at Sicily.
He is an Annapolis graduate who
left the Navy in 1920 to pursue q
banking career. He went back in
the Navy in 1899 and retired in
1947, at that time on duty with the
Office of the Secretary Of the Navy.
Since then he has held assignments
for ECA and for the State Depart
ment abroad. He is now a 40 Plus
active member.
A trim, energetic, sixty-ish man,
Admiral Richie wants an executive
job with some national organiza-
ton.
National officers located here In
clude Robert Pell, Harvard grad
uate with a long State Department
background, secretary treasurer.
and Caleb Shipley, with University
Of Michigan and Yale degrees. as
sistant national secretary treasurer.
both Of Washington.
Clubs in Other Cities
Member clubs now include those
here. in Buffalo, Chicago, Los An
geles, New York and Philadelphia.
The National Conferences hopes
soon to bring the pioneer New Eng
land club into the fold.
The washington club was organ
lied in late 1852. with Edgerton
Merrill, of Alexandria. Va. as the
moving spirit. An economic special
list with the National Production
Authority, he found himself jobIess.
when that agency folded IN 1852.
Having heard Of the movement in
New England. he made q trip UP
there, learned how the program
operated, and came back to form
the Washington group.
Since its official charter January
/, 1858, the Washington club has
processed 258 professional men or
executives. Of whom 200 have found
permanent, rernunerative Jobs.
Thirty-eight were on the active"
(unemployed) lists at the last avail
able count.
Members include engineers, econ
omists. technical specialists Of all
sorts, teachers and professors Of
many categories, sales executives
the gamut Of professional and lex
IecutiVe" life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
By GENE GOODWIN

While disSensions among DEM
ocrats in Maryland have gotten
most of the spotlight. the Republic
cans are not without their prob
lens in keeping party ranks
closed.
Specifically, the Free State
COP. is finding it an awful strain
to maintain facade of sweetness
and light toward Senator Butler.
During his six years in WASH
ington. Senator Butler has at one
time or another aroused the
enmity of no lesser lights than
Gov. McKeldin and his Capitol
Hill colleagues. most particularly
including Senator j. Glenn Beall
and Representative Edward T.
Miller.
Basically, Senator Buffers dis
agreements with the other Repub-
lican leaders mentioned stem from
his conservatism.
Although he now boasts of being
q member of President Eisen-
hower's team. Senator Buffers
conservative philosophy has led
him to oppose the administration
on such basic matters as the
Bricker amendment Che was for
it, and the censure Of Senator
Mccarthy The was against it,.
Senator Beall. incidentally, voted
Just the opposite from Senator
Butler on both those key measures.
Across the Fence
Gov. McKeldin. who has long
been identified with the liberal wing
of the Republican Party nationally,
often has found himself on the
other side of the fence from Senator
Butler.
Never more dramatically perhaps
than during the 1852 Republican
National Convention, when Gov.
McKeldin tried to pull the Maryland
delegation behind President Eisen-
hover and Senator Butler attempted
to commit Maryland to the late
Senator Taft of Ohio.
On the crucial vote, Gov. Nc
Keldin and Is delegates were for
President Eisenhower Senator
Butler and 7 delegates we're for
Mr.. Taft. Four of the Taft voters
eventually switched to the Eisen-
hover bandwagon. One OF the
four who didn't was Senator Butler.
Last winter. when time came for
nsaflnw - gFnrR6 fnr
nomination in the Republican
primary. it was understood that
Gov. McKeldin tired TO get Repre-
sentatiV Miller from the 1sti dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30

ton and was elected council chair
man-temporarily.
Then one of the town electors
sued to void the election, claiming
that the things the politician had
said were false and that he knew
they were false when he said them.
Result: The elector won his case
and the politician got bounced out
of Office
Does this sound like a political
fairy tale?
1t happened just last year in
Wisconsin when the State Supreme
Court ruled that deliberate false
statements made by one candidate
about another might be cause for
removing the vilifying party from
office in the event he won the
election.
The moral for the thousands of
1856 candidates would seem to lie
in the ACCESSIBILITY of not relying too
much on the maxim: "All's fair in
love, war and politics" It amt
necessarily so. In this Era of Sensi-
tive Egos even politicians appear to
be getting squeamish about their
rights" And, sure enough, the
law says they do have some.
Most places, apparently operat-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

Once upon a time there was an
aggressive politician who very
much wanted to income member
of the town council. So he ran for
Office. And as he ran he said some
pretty harsh things about his OPP
ponent. For instance, he said that:
. His opponent was a man of
questionable character as evidenced
by the fact that he was consider
ably in arrears in his alimony pay
ments;
. The real reason his opponent
wanted Office was because he was in
league with some slickers from a
nearby big city who were plotting
to absorb, exploit and obliterate
the independent little town.
Well. the aggressive politician
who said these things won the cleo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30

include character analyses and
ability to perform" ratings. Goal
of most members is q job in the
$1,000 to $4,000 bracket.
Must Have Eorned $500
The Washington clubs other
operations also serve as a general
guide to those in other cities. Each
member, who must have at one time
worked for a minimum OF $500
a year. must put in two full days
work a week in the Office or on
assignment in "the field" seeking
employment data or serving on
committees investigating character
and qualification claims Of APP
plicants for membership.
These operations provide the in
formation for the monthly bulletin,
for the dossiers. and for the other
records and files. Dues of "a a
month for active" (unemployed)
members, plus $40 initiation fee,
pay office rent, phone bills and the
like. AL Observation-Disclosures, mes
senger, filing, phone answering
is done by members.
A glimpse at activity In the
Eighteenth street Office found
Rear Admiral Oliver H. Richie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
QUIZ ANSWERS

1. (a) Indiana. He was Senator
from that State 1934-40; (b) Presi-
dent Truman in 1949.
2. A total of 122 appointments
have been made to the Court, with
some persons named more than
once. But only 80 have actually
been confirmed and served.
3. In the order of their appoint
ment, the others are Justices Hugo
L. Black, Stanley F. Reed. Felix
Frankfurter, William o. Douglas.
Harold H. Burton, Tom c. Clark.
Earl Warren Chief Justice) and
John M. Harlan.
4. (a) 1854; tb) unanimous: (c)
Chief Justice Warren.
5. False. The Constitution left all
details of organizing the Court to
Congress. The number Of members
has varied from i've to the present
nine
8. CD 1880. that Of James J.
Parker. North Carolina Republican
nominated by President Hoover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
VIRGINIA
Is ST Year of the Triple Skinnin'?

raise a windfall collection Of $4S
million.
The same red flares were seen on
the horizon at the recent session
when the Governor advanced his
funds-withholding plan.
Not to be overlooked is the very
important fact that Virginia must
elect a new Governor in 1857. A
Governor can not serve two sue
cessive terms under the States
constitution.
And, of more immediate concern
to the 100 members of the House of
Delegates, all of their own seats
must be filled next year. Estate
Senators. elected for four-year
terms. will not be chosen in 1879
Two legislators who seemed to be
very much amused at the apparent
political quagmire into which the
Democratic organization may be
sinking, were State Senator Ted
Dalton Of Radford, and Delegate
Robert Whitehead of Nelson
County. Both loom as the major
threats to the organization in next
years gubernatorial races.
Mr.. Whitehead, leader Of the
anti-organization faction within the
Democratic Party. opposed the
Governors ds-withholding pro-
gram. Mr.. Dalton is the Republican
who came within a hairs breath of
defeating Gov. Stanley in 1853. He
got As per cent of the total vote.
He also bitterly opposed the funds
Withholding idea.
It is hard to see how either could
fail to take advantage of the politi-
cal chaos that Virginia Democrats
appear to have become involved in.
See Deliberate Plan
Some organization critics believe
the Stanley forces are setting out
deliberately to keep the voters
stirred up over the racial issue
until after next years guber-
material campaign.
After the election, the critics
a. . ~ Vic GC1AOCAdOlC ICkuldI6 lCCl
that they'll have four years TO
straighten things out and do what
we should have done in the first
place at the special school session
In any case. it's safe assumption
that when the primary campaigns
get under way next spring, a lot
of taxpayers who didn't think much
about the accelerated collection
program last winter are going to
be conscious of it in a tender spot
the hip pocket where the wallet is
kept.
And If. as outlined legislatively,
the State withholds any taxpayers
money from locality that is forced
to integrate or the State closes
schools against the will Of the
people there, there1l not only be
triple skinnin'" but "scalpin'" as
well in the Old Dominion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30

ley forces in control of the Legis-
lature are out to skin" some of
the taxpayers third time.
At the recent special school
segregation session" of the General
Assembly, Gov. SANKEY'S program
was put through intact. A key part
of his plan is to withhold State
school operating funds from any
locality that integrates its class
rooms.
Not only is Virginia going to coll
lect taxes on two full years income
twice in a space of six months, but
it's going to deny return of those
funds to any locality that might be
forced to comply with a Federal
court indignation order.
If that isn't triple skinnin',"
what is?
All kinds of political danger flags
were hoiSted earlier this year when
the administration put through its
tax acceleration plan, designed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
4O-PIus Men Bond Together for Job Search

ployers to their mutual advantage.
Club members pointed out that
Secretary Of Labor James p.
Mitchell has announced that a
group Of Labor Department experts
have concluded a study which
strongly urged employers to re-
wise hiring policies regarding older
workers. Also, they say, the Secre-
taries of Labor. Commerce and
Health. Education and Welfare
have named top departmental ex-
perts to serve on the national 40
Plus groups advisory council.
Work with the Federal Govern
ment is only a part of the confer
ence's operating scheme. With in
formation accumulated from the To-
cal clubs and data gathered here
1t plans to keep all types of en-
ployers constantly supplied with
up-to-date briefing on the individ-
ual members.
For instance, the Washington
unit sends out each month a
printed bulletin to 900 private and
government employing agencies. 1t
briefs the qualifications Of members
available for employment. Upon
call. the local" unit will produce
a dosSier on each member. These
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30

gresham named Sweeney got mad
at q syndicated columnist who &C
cused him Of wire pulling to keep
a would-be Judge out Of office.
Sweeney sued the columnist and the
papers printing the story. but this
time the court said that since the
false accusation did not impugn
Sweeney as a CongresSman--i.e. in
regard to his office-there was no
libel.
More recently in Connecticut, a
political candidate lambasted his
incumbent opponent for policies
alleged to be driving businesses out
Of town. The candidate named one
firm specifically as being on the
verge of selling out for this reason.
He was promptly sued by the firm
which said the charge was false and
that it had caused much unfavor-
able publicity. The judge took the
politician of the hook. however, by
saying that his qualified privilege"
Of comment during a campaign ex-
tended to third parties as well as
political opposition-so long as the
speaker believed what he said.
In short. the latest legal develop
ment amounts to an affirmation of
the good faith" doctrine.
Here are three simple rules which
lawyers think will contribute to the
conscience-clear slumber Of any
currently active politician.
. Limit all statements Of fact to
matters directly within personal
knowledge.
. Further limit such statements to
matters bearing precisely on fitness
for Office.
. Label all differences and opinions
as such; do not call them facts.
'Adhererence to these rules might
make things little dull, but they
would almost certainly alleviate a
certain amount Of judicial migraine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
TWELVE YEARS LATER
Financial Experts Express Doubts
Regarding Monetary Funds Value

When asked to comment on the
monetary fund, he said:
I'm a strong supporter of both
the bank and fund. Their annual
meetings bring together representa-
tives of so many nations to speak
frankly of their economic problems.
The annual meetings alone make
the bank and fund well worth
WHILE"
Cites Grave Doubts
A Congressman who played key
role in putting the United States
into the fund and bank was much
less enthusiastic. "Of the record, /
have great doubts about the fund"
he said, "but I'm not sure I'm in
formed enough. Maybe If / were
better informed my doubts could be
dispelled."
An eminent European delegate to
the annual meeting. a man who has
been in on the fund since the start,
commented: II think they should
give the money back! Who wants
to borrow from the fund? Look at
how little they are lending. WASH
ington is the wrong site for the
fund. 1t is being run by the United
States"
A member Of the Breton Woods
delegation Of one Of the countries
most concerned with the drafting
OF the fund observed: in terms
OF the expectations Of the great ma
jority of the British and United
States delegations in 1874, the
fund has been a most crushing
failure. 1t would be hard to find
words for it. At the Savannah
Conference in 1916 the Americans,
jubilant over the success of the
propaganda campaign in selling
Breton Woods to the country, were
wondering how to use the $25 mil
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business area Of Washington. But
it is not thinking about whether
as on the Congress street express
way in Chicago special right Of
way should be provided for high
speed trains run by the city transit
system.
And no city agency is debating
whether the whole quarter billion
dollar program might be COM
pletely unnecessary if the city
would ban downtown parking
thus keeping private autos out Of
the downtown area, avoiding the
multi-million-dolla expense Of new
bridges over the Potomac River
and ending demands for Govern
ment spending to finance more
downtown parking areas.
During the visit of the Swedish
delegation there was even flareup
Of the city'S bus-streetcar contro-
versy, from those who recalled that
during World War IFS gasoline and
rubber rationing, the District was
praised for having both buses and
StreetcarS.
One Public Utilities Commission
staffer. dedicated to the proposition
that buses are cheaper than street.
cars. started to sell the doctrine to
the Swedes. He stopped when the
Swedes. reacting coldly, explained
that imported gasoline retailed for
about so cents a gallon in Sweden
and was far more expensive than
the water-generated electric power
produced by government-ow
plants. Furthermore, that they run
rapid transit cars over extensive,
privately owned rights of way.
At least. perhaps, the Swedes
learned what not to do. It might
even be well for the District to send
a delegation to Sweden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-30
BY ALEX R. PRESTON

Next year might go down in Vir-
ginia history as 1.-THE Year of the
Triple Skinnin."
1t was a Republican member of
the General Assembly who said
early this year that the States ac-
CELEBRATED income tax plan would
label 1857 as "the year of the double
skinnin'."
State Senator Roy Wolfe, jr., of
Gate City, comes from bear-hunt-
ing country and was speaking in
the colorful vernacular of South
west Virginia.
Two Yeors' Toxes Due
What he was referring to was the
fact that after income taxes are
paid on December S, the State is
going to collect a second full years
taxes by May /, 1857.
1t now looks like the Byrd-Stan-