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Smyrna times., 1956-12-13
Toys On Display at Fire House


An invitation has been extend
ed to the public to visit the dis
play of renovated toys which will
be delivered to children of this
area on Christmas Eve. The dis
play has been arranged at the
fire house and may be seen at
any time starting Dec. Is through
Saturday, Dec. %. The commit
tee for the project will welcome
visitors. 1t includes Reynolds
Bradley, chairman, Russell Biggs,
James Rogers, Wilson FAIRIES,
John Morris, Calvin Foxwell, and
David Mills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-21
Reuther Says
Benson Leads
HateCampaign

DENVER. Mar. 81 (R.-Walter
P. Reuther, vice president of the
AFL-CIO, accused Secretary Of
Agriculture Benson last night Of
conducting a Campaign of
hatred" to turn various groups
Of American people against each
other"
Mr.. Reuther called for rigid
farm support prices and full
investigation" of prices farmers
have to pay.
In a speech at the biennial
convention of the National
Farmers Union, Mr.. Reuther
also:
Denied that labor political
activities are dictated by a
handful of labor BOSSES"
Charged that political parties
cannot buy equal time on radio
and television.
Declared the farm problem
can't be solved through fear Of
abundance"
Farmers Can't Wait
Mr.. Reuther told the more
than 1000 NIL delegates at the
convention that labor supports
farm programs because I'VE
know that American farmers
cannot solve their problems with
out us and we cannot solve our
problems without them"
He said industrial workers
have been affected directly by
the slump in farm income. And
pointed to $4,000 unemployed
auto workers in the Detroit area
as an example.
He said that while new-car
sales were up in the Nation as a.
whole. they were down last year
in States where farm populations
are large. He said the same is
true of farm implement sales.
I'm other words" said Mr.
Reuther, when farm income de-
clined by IA per cent, the pro-
duction of farm machinery went
down II per cent, tractor ship
ments went down SO per cent and
the employment of production
workers in the farm equipment
industry went down 10 per cent"
Raps Farm Program
He described the Republican
administrations approach to the
farm problem as Intellectual. He
said Mr.. Benson's legislative
program will not raise farm
prices Significantly for at least
four years"
How long does Mr.. Benson
think farmers can wait" he
asked. How long does the ad-
ministration think we industrial
urban workers can wait for the
farmer to get a fair break"
He charged Mr.. Benson, in
stead of seeking a solution, has
tried to turn consumers against
farmers; farmers against labor,
and some farmers against other
farmers.
He declared the newly merged
ALL and CLIO is welded to no
political party and will Judge |
candidates on where they stand
on the issues"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-21

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is. beginning this year. Under
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added, fishing in the areas in
volved can be carried out only
with special permits issued by
the U. s. S. r. Ministry Of Fish
Industry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-21

the Sea Of Okhptsk. the western
part Of the Bering Sea and part
of the North Pacific.
Described as a conservation
measure, the rstrictions will ap-
lply to Soviet citizens and for
Ieign fishermen. They will be en-
forced during the spawning sea-
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Soviet Will Restrict
|SuImon Fishermen

LONDON, Mar. 81 (P.-MoS-
COW radio said today the Soviet
Union will enforce sharp re-
strictions on salmon fishing in
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Evening star., 1956-08-21
DORIS FLEEsON
Sharp Democratic Attacks Seen Prompting
Earlier Jump into Convention Limelight

SAN FRANCISCO. = Pres
ident Eisenhower is mad at
the. Democrats for their sharp
attacks on him at Chicago.
He is not too happy about the
emphasis here on the losing
fight against Vice President
Nixon and the vaudeville as
poets of the g. o. P. conven-
ton program.
He wants to start a brisk
counter-attack on the opposi-
ton, and he thinks it's better
for his own party if he moves
into the limelight quickly.
This is the background
White House aides give for the
Presidents decision to come
here a day early and "see
friends" They positively deny
that he will offer the conven-
ton any "list" of Vice Presi-
dents who would suit him.
It is clear that unless the
President acts boldly to stop
Nixon, that movement is dead.
A curious alliance of Thomas
E. Dewey and the Taft Repub-
licans-mutual pet hates-has
the votes to renominate Nixon
against anything short Of an
Eisen hover panzer drive
against the Vice President.
That alliance has interest
ing possibilities for the future.
should fate and the November
election propel Nixon into the
Evening star., 1956-08-21
DAVID LAWRENCE
Stevenson Gives Aid to G. O.P.

tached individuals and that
the corresponding figure was
lib million when the Demo-
Gratis were in power in 1850.
Nor did he mention that there
are in America today a record
total Of % million families with
incomes above $1,000 a year.
The Democratic nominee did
concede, nevertheless, that
'this is the age of abundance"
and argued that "the quality
of living" could be improved
now that the terrible, grind
ing anxieties of daily bread. of
clothing and shelter, are disap-
pearing." That's quite an ad-
mission for a candidate to
make who earlier in the speech
had made as his major point
against the Republicans the as
sertion that everyone is not
prosperous"
But what did Stevenson
mean when he said in his
speech: "Once we were not
ashamed in this country to be
idealists"? Not content with
that cryptic statement, Steven
son went on to say:
"Once we were proud to con-
fess that an American is
man who wants peace and be-
lieves in a better future and
loves his fellow man. We must
reclaim these great Christian
and humane ideas. We must
dare to say again that the
American cause is the cause of
all mankind"
Haven't President Eisen-
hover and a host of Govern
ment officials uttered this
thought time and again in the
last three years or more? May
be the key to what's running
through Stevenson's mind is
to be found in another sentence
in his speech, when he ex-
claims:
There doesn't appear to be
much ardor in America just
now for anything" For that
reason, he suggests that "it's
time to elect a Democratic ad-
ministration and a Democratic
Congress"
Stevenson may have put his
finger on the biggest political
fact looming up in this cam
paign-the apathy of the
voters. Their lack of ardor may
mean that there is economic
contentment in the Nation
and. on the whole, satisfaction
with things as they are. Maybe
the Republicans will be stimu-
lated to indulge in a little of
the ardor of yeSteryears and
dust off some old slogans which
the Democrats used so effec-
lively: "Yop never had it so
good-Don't rock the boat
It's not the time for change"
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Evening star., 1956-08-21
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

SAN FRANCISCO
Republicans The parliamentaran
has ruled that there method nominating both
President and Vice President.
They had to carry delegate out of the Republican
platform committee. He tainted dead away with surprise
being struck by idea
Now they've got gooe-necked student lamp with two
bulbs-so the student study with both heads.
One newsman hospitalized for injuries at the Re-
publican convention While rushing of Sassen
conference, bumped himself rushing into
Republican Chairman Hall the vice presidential
is wide open-anybody out of it who wants to-
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw parties
Harold Stassen claims his anti-Nixon campaign already
is so victorious OF the held thus
one of them declined to nominate Nixon
Evening star., 1956-08-21
Eisenhower Plans Counter-Attock

capable Of courthouse rough
and-tumble which alone can
build a party. Yet they resist
advice to let the South go in
favor of wholehearted mi
nority appeal in the pivotal
States.
The Presidents motives, as
described here, make sense to
those who have long observed
him in political action.
Mr.. Eisenhower has shown a
remarkable talent for sensing
when the Democrats have got
hold of a good issue or climate
Of opinion and then moving
halfway to meet them. He is
never rigid or doctrinaire. To
him, steamroller is a bad word.
He can be expected to real
ize that the Democrats had
good luck at Chicago in Great
ing a sporting atmosphere of
a fair fight and clean victory
He also can be expected to
vince at the dispatches from
here which are about evenly
divided between straig h t
stories about the vice presi-
Dental situation and quips
about open decisions, secretly
arrived at.
The President also is sensi-
tive to criticism from what
ever source. Adlai Stevenson
and others gave him a taste of
things to come at Chicago IN
a manner for which the Demo.
Gratis in Congress did little to
prepare him. A desire to fight
back forthwith would be in
keeping with his past reactions.
Evening star., 1956-08-21
TH0MAs l. STOKES
Uneosiness Behind G. O.P. Scenes

in the 1852 campaign. he said,
significantly:
That crusade began in Chi
cago four years ago. Some
might feel that the crusade
belongs to US, as members of
the Republican Party. This is
not the case. Instead, our
party is only the instrument
that gave it voice-and form
and opportunity"
We have no better weather.
vane Of the anxiety that
Seethes under the surface of
this convention than the
activity Of the Vice President,
himself the cause Of most Of
it.
He dashes hither and yon,
fitting from one group to an
other, on a mission not only to
appease the dubious and win
friends, but to try to dispel the
picture Of him presented by
one speaker after another at
last weeks Democratic con-
vention.
We are being told quietly
here that Nixon is going to be
q changed man henceforth. We
are hearing about the new
Nixon" as he will be unveiled
in the campaign.
1t Is plain that he is in the
process. Of washing out his
mouth with soap for all the
ISLANDERS he delivered against
the Democrats in 1852 and
l954--or so we might Judge
from his description Of Demo-
Gratis at last weeks conven-
ton as loyal Americans" He
got that OF in q talk at q
breakfast given by Gov. Chris
tian Herter Of Massachusetts,.
Loyal Americansi" That Is,
indeed. q concession.
But IL probably comes too
An.
Evening star., 1956-08-21

storm and high wind when we
did not feel too happy"
A small wooden cabin covered
with a tarpaulin was the voy-
Iagers' only shelter. a small sail
all they had to help out in the
Gulf stream.
1T was not too unpleasant,
except in the worst of gales"
Mr.. Vanackere reported. But
we have done what we set out
to do, which was to allow the
Gulf Stream to carry us across
the Atlantic using the minimum
of sail"
Food supplies gave out a
month ago and I'VE practically
lived on fish. which we speared
or caught with lines" Mr.. Beau
dot said, touching his gaunt
cheeks.
For drinking We had rain wa
ter-and there was never any
shortage of that" he added.
Evening star., 1956-08-21

presidency. It is secure for the
present.
The better Republican poll
ticians have vetoed suggestions
for a staged "open race" for
the vice presidency. "The
American people can spot a
phony," said National Com
mitteeman Darby from Kan
sas. "Who would they be kid
ding?"
The G.. o. p. made one i'm
portant political decision in an
otherwise dull day when it
framed a compromise civil
rights plank only slightly
stronger than that Of the
Democrats.
Many Northern Republicans
had argued for an all-out civil
rights declaration. affording
massive help to a drive to win
the big States by attracting
their minorities. But Southern
Republicans appealed to the
White House and word came
that a compromise was to be
effected.
Since Democrats are conf
dent they will win all the
South next fall-and most OBJ
servers agree-they will regard
this as a break for them
nationally.
Republicans have not done
the hard spade work there to
develop q real organization,
Evening star., 1956-08-21
CONSTANTINE BROWN
London Frank With u. S. on Suez

overall British attitude, which
is supported by the French. It
denotes a return to a national
policy which could be summed
up in the words: Lets all
work for the good of the
world but be mindful first Of
the actual interests Of our own
nation"
The prospects of an immedi-
ate British-French military in
tervention are more remote
now than when Col. Nasser
took over the Suez Canal ad.
ministration. But this does not
mean that If a solution fully
acceptable to the British and
French is not found there will
not be military intervention
soon after November 6.
Both our allies are convinced
that the drastic action they
are still contemplating would
not spark a third world war:
neither would any atomic mis-
siles be needed. 1t would be
a conventional undertaking
with infantry, tanks and only
tactical air support, if neces-
sary. They regard the Arab
solidarity as flimsy. The Arabs
do not want to fight for Mas
ser and the Suez Canal reve-
nues which he wants to grab
for his own schemes. They
give, so the British and French
declare, only lip service to the
Egyptian dictator. whom they
dlstrust because of his ambi-
tions to become the ruler Of
an Arab confederation.
London and Paris are en-
phatic in telling us that q
continued International adj
ministration of the Suez Canal
will help not only the nations
with vital interests in the
waterway, but also Egypt. But
their acceptance of a solution
as envisaged by Nasser would
mean that France eventually
would become another Switzer-
land on the world stage while
Britain would rank with Spain.
another former empire" And
surely, they admonish us, this
cannot be in the best inter-
ests of America or world peace
for which we are striving so
hard.
Evening star., 1956-08-21

The Suez Canal conference
in London is in some respects
like our political conventions
where television shows only
the results Of private deals and
compromises behind the scenes
but does not give the viewers
the real picture. Only report
ers who can find out what
give and = take agreements
have been reached between
the politicians have the real
story.
In London there are "open"
sessions without, however, the
bands, singers and parades Of
Chicago and San Francisco)
to discuss the arbitrary deci-
sion of President Nasser to
take over the administration,
and the revenue, of the Suez
canal Co. The principal actor,
Col. Nasser. is not physically
present. But the Indian and
Soviet representatives present
the Egyptian case more effec-.
lively than he could. This is
understandable, since the
latest elected" dictator is a
mere puppet who dances, to
Moscow's tune. The script was
written by MessrS. Shepilov,
Tito and Nehru.
The results of the multi
nation conference may be
much like political platform
at home: Full of good inten-
tions and glowing promises
but unlikely to be put into
practice.
Secretary of State Dulles is
attempting to play the diff
cult role of impartial 60
between although he realizes
that in the end we could not
divorce ourselves from our
British and French allies. He
is doing his utmost to prevent
any kind of violent outbreak
between now and next Novem-
ber. 1t might be bad for the
Republican Party, whose slo-
gan is Peace. Prosperity and
Progress" to have the country
involved even morally in a
Evening star., 1956-08-21
Hodge Begins Serving
12-to-l5-Yeor Sentence

and dark tie. and in exchange
received a set of khaki overaYS
Today he received conventional
prison clothes-blue denim trou.
sers and striped shirts.
His thick, wavy brown hail
was chopped down to 1-inct
length and he was fingerprinted
photographed and given hi.
prison number.
Hodge surrendered $125.73, {
Catholic prayer book and 9
Sacred Heart medal. He tolC
newSmen he received the re.
Iligious articles from nuns at st
Johns Hospital, Springfield
where he was confined under
guard pending his sentencing.
Reaching Prayer Book
I'm not a Catholic" he said
but I've been reading the pray,
er book"
Hodges sentencing in Spring.
field yesterday by Judge Smith
was his second in five days. Or
August is Hodge received a 20.
year sentence from U. S. Dis.
trict Judge John p. Barnes il
Chicago after entering a guilt,
plea to mishandling 1912, 900 il
federally insured bank funds.
Ten years of the Federal sen.
tence will be eliminated if HI
makes full restitution to tn,
State. Hodge already has turned
over to the State assets valued
at about 81 million.
The Federal sentence is to rur
concurrently with the State
term.
Evening star., 1956-08-21

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 81.
The Republicans have been
expecting that Adlai Steven
sons academic type of cam
paigning would be an involun-
tary help to them as in 1852
but they didn't anticipate
he would furnish them so soon
with a number of statements
palpably vulnerable from a
political viewpoint.
Stevenson is, of course, ca
pable of making much better
speeches than he delivered at
Chicago and Of coming to grips
with issues more directly and
with less of the distractions Of
the ''high brow style which
caused so many politicians in
his own party to remark that
he talks "over the head Of his
: audiences"
Unfortunately, the Demo-
cratic presidential nominee in
his speech of acceptance
started out by knocking his
own country mistake IN
politics. Most voters at the
grass roots level don't like to
hear any American of promi-
nence, especially a candidate
for the presidency, saying that
the prestige" of the United
States abroad has probably
never been lower" Nor do
many of them think it is
either patriotic or helpful for
such a spokesman to say that
I'VE are losing the cold war"
as if an intangible such as
prestige" or the variations of
Communist behavior in the
world can be measured OF
the thermometer of a political
party seeking to get back into
power.
Yet the newly chosen Demo-
cratic nominee declared that
I'VE must move rapidly to re-
pair the ravages of the past
four years to Americas re-
pute and influence abroad"
But how?
Will it be done by war. or by
saber rafting and bluster, or
by appeasement, and. if not,
then by what method can the
INSCRIPTIONS men in the
Kremlin be made to stop their
insidious infiltration into the
governments of the free world.
including those of the "uncom-
mitted" nations? Grants of
money and bigger and bigger
foreign aid programs have not
done it so far, as Yugoslavia or
India or Indonesia or Egypt
might be cited to prove.
Just four years ago, more
Evening star., 1956-08-21
British Consider Canal Crisis More Vital
To West Than Berlin AirIft or Korea

shooting war before the ballot
ing is over.
We must give the British
credit for having been open
with us, behind the scenes.
Foreign Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd expressed his and his
governments sentim e n t S
frankly when he told his
American opposite number
that Britain places greater
significance on the Suez Canal
crisis than on the Berlin
blockade or even the Korean
war. Britain and France have
the capabilities to deal quickly
with Nasser should that neces-
sity arise. They do not need
our physical assistance but
must have, for the sake of
their own public opinion,
Americas moral backing.
Lloyd reminded Dulles that
when the Korean affair broke
Britain stood by us 100 per
cent, although the British
government, he says. had re-
ceived only "a hours fore
warning from Washington
about the drastic measures
President Truman had decided
on. A question of principle
was posed then as now and
Britain went along in support
of the principles-against her
best material interests.
Moreover, says Foreign Min
lister Lloyd with the concur
renee of the British general
staff, while the Korean milf
tary measures did definitely
provide the ingredients of
third world war. the Suez
Canal situation does not. The
USSR is not willing-as it was
shown in Korea-to fight for
any third party. 1t uses small
nations to provoke crises with
the expectation that the West
would further lose face because
of its fear of a Soviet inter-
vention.
These thoughts. which were
faithfully relayed to Washing
ton, show a remarkable
change since 1851 in the
Evening star., 1956-08-21
Earlier Statements of Democratic Nominee
Seen as Politically Vulnerable


over, Gen. Eisenhower and
John Foster Dulles were
speaking in the tampa align
about the need for ''liberating"
the satellite countries from
Communist enslavement, but
the word liberation" was
promptly seized upon by Ste
venson himself and by former
Secretary of State Acheson as
forecasting a war of liberia
ton" Now the Democratic
nominee, apparently aware of
the voting power of various
groups of AT cican citizens of
ancestral OF in in the coun-
tries of Eastern Europe, says:
I'VE must help other peo-
Piles out of Communist or
colonial servitude along the
hard road to freedom"
But how-by force or by the
peaceful methods of diplomacy,
which are today the theme of
the Eisenhower-Dulles poll
cies? This question is likely
to be asked again and again
in the coming campaign.
There was another passage.
however, which will later on
rise to plague Stevenson more.
He said the Republicans are
planning to merchandise"
their candidates "by shows,
slogans and the art of ad-
vertising." and that this is
1.-The ultimate indignity to
the democratic process" But
since when has advertis-
ing, as a dramatic means
of getting attention and an
economical means of COM
municating with masses of
people through the press, the
radio and television, suddenly
become an "indignity to the
democratic process?
It's the same old cliche
which the "eggheads' in the
Stevenson camp have inserted
in the speeches of various DEM
ocratic Party spokesmen for a
long time, little realizing that
during the campaign of 1856
the Democratic National Com
mittee and it's auxiliary COM
mittees also would have to use
advertising, prepared by adver-
tising men, in order to reach
the many millions of voters not
reachable by personal canvass
or by ringing doorbells.
The Stevenson speech la
ments the fact that there are
still $50 million Americans"
in families with incomes un-
der $4,000 year. He didn't
say that this represents only
8.3 million families and unat-