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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
Voters Ran Scared?

AS a citizen Of the District,
] don't have a vote. But / do
have a voice, and I raised my
voice and gave my money fer
Stevenson. In my opinion
there is no substitute for
brains.
Naturally. l was very sad
when he didn't win I have
been licking my wounds. /
have read and reread Adlai's
speech conceding the siection.
He said, among other things:
There is a radiance and glory
in the darkness, could We hut
see. and VIC have only 10 look
to see" cannot see as yet.
But one thought consoles me.
He got more than "a million
votes. More than "a million
did not hop to the poles like
rabbits (the scared-rabbit
yotel and vote for the 'ins"
because they were afraid TO
risk a change in a crisis.
More than "a million souls
we're brave enough 70 vote
without fear. They were will
ing TO let the chips fail where
they may. We can at least be
thankful that there are some
unafraid ones in America. I'm
proud 70 say that Adlai re-
eeived no rabbit votes.
Laura X. Pollock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
'Hungory's Ordeal

The editorial entitled Hun
gary's Ordeal" was superb. I'm
sure it expressed the sympathy
felt by many Americans. How
does an average citizen like me
make his feelings known? The
thousands who participated in
demonstrations in New York,
Cleveland and Washington in
sympathy with Hungary no
doubt are discouraged. Realiz-
ing the necessity for a law
against such demonstrations,
one nevertheless wonders how
else TO achieve immediate help
for Hungary. The Soviets in
Hungary have stopped Care"
and the Red Cross assistance.
Maybe, with our freedom Of
the press, a few jealous editors
can make themselves heard.
The Soviet Communists have
almost succeeded in smother
ing the revolt Of the Hungarian
people. The great flame Of
freedom has been reduced 70 a
smoldering FIRE. II is not sur
prising TO anyone that they
have been able to stifie them.
Their armies, weapons. ETC..
are perhaps equal II not SUI
perior TO Americas. Having
been occupied by the Commu-
nists for 50 long. the Hun
garianS have no military
power" Of their own. Instead
OF military power. their weapon
"a loye--love Of God and free
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

Aside from the lighting, the canal is
INSTRUCTED now by no fewer than is
Sunken ships and the remains of one steel
bridge In addition, the Suez Canal Com
pany has announced from its headquar-
tiers in Paris that most of its salvage and
maintenance equipment has been sunk
or sabotaged during the past fortnight.
While military engineers might under
take the job, when the way is clear, the
heavy and specialized equipment needed
may not readily be available.
The vital Importance of Middle East
oil to free Europe never has been
underestimated in the Western capitals.
Presumably, Britain and France were
gambling on quick seizure and reopen
ing of the canal as their best chance for
assuring the required supplies. They
appear a long way today from winning
the gamble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

dom. The battle in Hungary is
not for material things in an
other land. They aren't fight
ing for the oil resources in an
other country, or a waterway
on another continent. Their
battle is a more important enc.
However. it appears, at this
time, that since there are more
material things to be gained
IN the Egyptian crisis. the
United Nations would rather
get involved over that,
Do the Hungarians still have
faith in us? Perhaps they have
decided by now that The prem
ises and encouragement gwen
them over Voice OF America"
in recent years mean nothing.
Russia's use Of false prom
ises" has been widely pllbii-
cized. What Of our promiSas?
Viye La Freedom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
Stadium Progress

The movement for construction In
Washington of large stadium is gaining
momentum in most encouraging way.
1t is gratifying to know that committee
Of the National Capital Planning Com
mission has narrowed its search for
suitable site down to two locations, both
of which have had supporters in the past
and one of which will be designated in
bill being prepared by Representative
Harris of Arkansas, member of the
House District Committee. Mr.. Harris
interest in the stadium proposal should
be helpful in securing favorable congress
sional action on necessary legislation.
Several members of the Stadium
Commission created by Congress sat with
the Planning Commission in discussion
of the committees recommendations,
which related to proposed sites near the
Armory and at the National Training
School. The Armory location, adjoining
East Capitol street, long has been favored
by the Planning Commission for sta
dunn. The school land, on Bladensburg
road originally was advocated by the Dis
trict Highway Department. AS the COM
mittee pointed out, both sites are well
served by main highways and both, with
minor exceptions, already are owned by
the Federal Government.
While details of size, design, financ-
ing and the like are still to be decided,
the planning committee said that the
Training School land could accommodate
stadium large enough to seat 100000
persons. The East Capitol site, on the
other hand, would take care of $4,000
spectators-and the Harris bill would
limit the capacity to the lower figure.
Since the cost would go up substantially
with increased capacity, care should be
taken to avoid inflated size and cost.
Too grandiose plans of the former Bilbo
Commission led to collapse of earlier
plans for stadium.
We hope the next Congress will have
all the data needed to adopt legislation
authorizing a practicable, adequate sta
dium project of self-liquidating type.
Such sports arena is needed to assure
Washington'S future as big league city
for professional baseball and football.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

The sheer size of the Eisen-
hover victory leaves no room
for alibis, excuses, explana-
tons or extenuation. There
is no place for accusations Of
corruption, fraud or mistakes
in campaign tactics. No al
legation as to the use of money,
the failure of the people to
vote. or the wickedness Of the
weather could be made. Lit
orally there was nothing to
do save accept the result with
ostensible good temper and
wan smiles.
That is what Mr.. Stevenson
and his running mate, Sena-
tor Kefauver, did-or, at least
tried to do. They assumed an
attitude Of good sportsman
ship" and when they finally
reached the point of "conced-
ing" each of them made a
speech reeking with nobility
and self Righteousness. No one
particularly wants to rub the
noses Of these two crushingly
beaten men in the dirt. New
ertheless. in view of the unctu-
Gus insistence upon the good"
fight. which they made and the
sanctity of their cause" it
seems proper to call attention
to a few of the words in which
they climaxed their campaign.
Anything to Get Votes
For example, there was Mr..
Stevenson's drama tically
staged declaration in his final
campaign utterance in Boston
to the effect that he was firm
ly convinced, If elected, the
President would die before the
end of his term. This. he
said, meant we would have
Richard M. Nixon in the
White House, and from that
idea he "recoiled." This was
quite the most blunt and
shocking reference to the
Presidents health during the
whole campaign. Had it come
from his friend, Chairman
Paul Butler, or from Mr.. Ke-
fauver, or from one of the
coarser labor bosses close to
him, it would have been
generally regarded as in typi-
cally bad taste and extremely
low-level politics though not
surprising. But, coming from
Mr.. Stevenson himself, it
genuinely disguised a good
many persons. For Mr.. Ste
venson is supposed to be a
man of background and breed
ing-in brief, a gentleman.
This remark was well calcu-
lated to nullify that idea. 1t
seemed the sort of thing only
a desperate candidate willing
to do anything to gain votes
would do. Certainly, it did Mr..
Stevenson no good-quite the
contrary.
One would think this would
be something he would regret
about the good" fight he
made-that and the unfounded
charge that the Eisenhower
administration had appeased
the late dictator of the Argen-
tine, Peron. with q 500 million
loan. arranged through the
Presidents brother, DR.. Milton
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THE GAME OF POLITICS
Democrats Good Fight Left Bad Taste
BY FRANK r. KENT

Eisenhower, now head Of the
Johns Hopkins University.
When the facts came out that
this loan was made during the
Truman administration, that
DR.. Eisenhower had not the
remotest connection with it
and that there had been no
.appeasement Of Peron under
the Eisenhower administration
- when these facts were
brought out, did the good Adlai
retract. correct or apologize?
He did not. He just let the
false charge lie and went on
to tell the people how feeble
and uniformed" Mr.. Eisen-
hover was.
However, inexcusable as these
Stevenson remarks may be,
they do not appear any more
offensive than one of the
charges of Mr.. Stevenson's run
ming mate. Senator Kefauver.
Just before the campaign
ended, Mr.. Kefauver. in an at
tack on the Eisenhower foreign
policy, asserted that Herbert
Hoover. jr., now Undersecre-
tary of State. was "knee-deep
in Arabian oil and therefore
unfit to conduct the affairs of
the State Department. OF this
charge Herbert Hoover, ST., the
former President. when asked
to comment. said, 1T is an
absolute lie."
HOOver's Reply Justified
Mr.. Hoover, ST., perhaps, has
been more lied about than any
living public man in the United
States. 1t cannot be recalled
that in reply to any false
statement he ever called the
originator thereof a liar. But,
that is exactly what he did
with Senator Kefauver, and
the facts seem to Justify him.
The main fact is that Her.
bert Hoover. jr.. at consider
able personal financial damage.
had Invested himself wholly of
all his business interests here
and abroad before he accepted
the highly important post he
very competently fills. In face
of these facts and after being
called an absolute liar by Mr..
Hoover. sr., has Senator Ke-
fauver either produced facts
to substantiate his assertion or
has he corrected, retracted or
apologized? He has not. He
has not even resented being
branded as an absolute liar
by as eminent, respected and
responsible man as Herbert
Hoover, ST. His failure to re-
act as any ordinary man would
under such circumstances fur
nishes a yardstick with which
to measure Mr.. Kefauver as a
politician and a mani Per-
haps it isn't pretty and GER
tainly it isn't pleasant to re-
cite these incidents. However,
in view of the absurdly mac
curate portraits of these two
rejected candidates which are
being painted by their political
and Journalistic aides and adj
visers, it seems almost neces-
sary in order to preserve a
sense of proportion and avoid
the role of a gullible boob.
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Open Skies Over Rome

To reconnaissance experts the clarity
of detail revealed in aerial photographs
taken by the Italian Air Force over Rome
probably was not surprising. To the
layman, however, 1t was impressive evil
dence of the practicability of President
EiSenhower's "open skies" formula as one
of the prime conditions for a genuine
East-West disarmament program. The
pictures were taken from attitudes rang
ing from 400 feet to miles, and from
planes travelling more than 500 miles per
hour. The methods, in brief, were SINH
lar to those proposed for mutual inspec-
ton teams which might be assigned to
each side of the Iron Curtain. So, too,
was the pattern followed in blowing up"
sections of the exposed film and evalu-
ating what was shown. The scenes in
this case had no military significance,
but it was interesting that a tiny speck
in one photograph showed up clearly in
an enlargement as an old cannon on the
roof of the 1,800-year-old CaStel SAINT
Angelo. People, their clothing and their
packages showed up equally clearly on
the broad steps of st. Peters.
IL Is UNDERSTOOD, OF course, tnaC the
arts of military camouflage are highly
developed. But just as offense and de-
Tense invariably keep close pace in the
military sciences so have reconnaissance
techniques managed to match conceal
ment practices. 1t was fitting, in the
light of the Italian results, that the
President should have informed the
Rome government Of his interest in the
photographs and the demonstrated
"practicability of using modern aircraft
as sentinels Of peace"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
The Next Victim
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

the Middle East today, lay it
where it belongs. at the door
Of nations still free who al
lowed an inflated dictator,
egged on by Russia, to assume
proportions which threatened
the very life of Americas
closest allies, and beyond that
the freedom of America itself.
Even as Hungary's blood stains
the ground. her murderers
have the effrontery to offer to
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that speeded David Livingston
on his way to the same con-
tinent which is now witness
ing such strife and intrigue.
His deathless words are en-
graved at his burial place in
Westminster Abbey, MAY
Heavens richest blessing come
down on everyone, American,
English, Turk, who will help
heal the open sore of the
world" The oneness of hui
mainly has never been more
strikingly put than by Paul
the Apostle. who waved aside
his own privileged heritage to
become a herald Of the uni
versal truth in that Roman
world. He saw humanity as
an organism-one body. 1.-The
eye cannot say unto the hand,
I have no need of thee, nor
again the head to the feet, I
have no need of thee Whether
the one member suffers, all
the members suffer with it,"
To turn aside from the want
and woe, the disease and the
letters of any part Of the body
to which we are attached, in
order that we may protect and
coddle our own selfish inter-
ests. is as foolish and futile as
it would be to put one hand in
a cast in order to protect it
from the other arm in which
gangrene has set in. When we
once realize that humanity is
one, we change they" to I'VE"
Make no mistake about it, ag-
erosion in Europe, unopposed,
unrebuked, will one day storm
the gates of America and no
fortress America will stop it.
For veal or woe, we are all
wrapped up in one bundle of
life. Hungary is not foreign
affairs, 1t is our affair. Dor
othy Thompson with the vision
and conscience of the parson-
age in which she grew up,
glimpSes the sure ReSurrec-
ton Day ahead when Hungary
with light of freedom in her
eyes will rise. She declares,
What persisted in Hun
gary was not liberty, what
persisted was Soviet COM
munism, as the Cossacks
rode again. No one again will
ever be deceived by it. 1t is
dead and putrefied and no
flowers grow where it lies"
Its obituary is already written
III Jue HINES
Humanity is one; no tOedk-
est brother
Can fail or tdlter, sin or
suffer noe
But that the suffering
reacheth every other
And all the Dorld NTH him
doth fainter grotD.
Humanity is one, tDho thinks
TO conquer
By crushing doWn a weak
er in the Udy
Knows not that In his DUN
unreasoning rancor
He beateth down the steps
that lead to day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

The hideous face of atheistic
communism has now been
revealed to a world aghast
at what it sees. Men Of honor
and principle and Of normal
sensitivity have been COM
PEELED to hang their heads
in shame as they are found
in company with the heart
less spokesman of the red
terror as he brazenly arose
in the U. N. and with no pity
in his heart and with base
lies on his lips defended the
massacre in Hungary. The
hollow sham of the peoples
democracies" stands forth in
all its CHASTITY deceit. Any
nation which could decree
what has happened in Hun
gary has forfeited the respect
of every civilized nation on
earth. Any nation compelled
to be associated with the
powers of darkness which Turk
in the Kremlin is to some
extent tainted and contain
mated by any dealings with
it. Certainly what has hap
pened will make the negative
reply to any devious schemes
to have Red China admitted
to the already handicapped
U. N. so loud it will be heard
in Heaven-even as her adj
mission would bring the APP
plauding glee of the satanic
realm.
Marxism in practice has had
no interest in a decent re-
spect for the opinions of man.
kind. How could it when from
the first the Soviets banished
decency from their considera-
ton, as they slavishly &C
cepted Lenin's law which he
framed as follows: 1T is
necessary to use any ruse,
cunning, unlawful methods.
even concealment of the
truth" That law, scrupulously
observed, has nailed Hungary
to cruel cross, but even in
the agony of her cruciflxion
in the last moments before
darkness fell she cried out in
a loud voice heard around the
earth, people of the civilized
world listen now to the alarm
bells ringing. This world at
tack of bolshevism will not
stop. You may be the next
victim" Any nation which
stands in the way Of their
diabolical designs for world
domination is on their list
of victims. There we--the
United States of America-have
a prominent place. In striking
down Hungary they are strik-
ing directly at us. But by so
doing they have set the alarm
bell ringing in every nook
and corner of the free world.
and in the slave world. too.
That alarm will not have
sounded in vain If it awakens
imperiled peoples from their
sleep in a FOOLS paradise.
If you seek the real reason
for the infiamed situation in
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defend freedom in the Middle
East. But Hungary, with
head bloody but unbowed, has
sounded an alarm which if not
needed will toll for the death
of freedom everywhere. The
tragedy, of these times of
ominously increasing Commu-
mist strength is that all the
while the free world has had
overwhelming might on it's
side, If it would pool and ex-
ercise it. Hungary's alarm bell
reminds us that humanity is
one. 1t is equally true that
Christianity is. one. Cardinal
Mindzenty has not been per-
secuted because he is a
Catholic. but because he is a
Christian who cannot be
muzzled. He is a symbol of a
religion which refuses to bow
down to this Red Baal. There
are so-called Christians in
Hungary who have deflled
their garments by association
If not by partnership with this
foul and Goddess system. They
have been allowed to keep
their affairs because they hyp-
ocritically have tried to save
their ecclesiastical skin by a
. futile attempt to make the
Sermon on the Mount fit into
the Communist line. The brave
Cardinal belongs to us all who
believe in the cross rather
than its opposite, the hammer
and the sickle.
The oneness of humanity
means that no matter how it
may appear for an hour on the
clock Of time, ultimately none
can rise until all rise, and
none are safe until all are
safe. AS long as Hungary is
enslaved we are all enslaved.
In that sense proudly we de-
clare in this hour, we are all
Hungarians. Humanity is one.
1t was that burning conviction
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For Bigger Stadium

The press states that a sta
dunn TO seat $4,000 people may
be constructed near the
armory.
! understand that at the
Army and Navy football game
the attendance runs close 70
10000 persons.
Why would the National
Capital. at tremendous cost,
build a stadium which viii not
serve the principal national
sports event Of the year7
Frank 9. Campbell.
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Escape

Alaska's first delegate 70
Congress arrived In Washing
ton so years ago. long before
the season was 70 begin. but
there was good reason. The
Star, on November II. 1906.
said: Frank Waskey. Alaskas
first delegate to Congress, is in
the city looking things over
a bit and becoming acquainted
with matters political He Is
here a little ahead Of time,
70 be sure, but that Is not hts
fault. The temperatures began
70 drop down below the 30s a
month ago UP in the country
he comes from. and II was a
case Of embark for the south
then or remain frszen 10 ali
winter. He Is putting IN MS
spare moments getting usfc 70
the lovely climate heIcaoouts
and outlining his plans for
the approaching session. II
will be Mr.. Waskey's first Of
Tense In national statescraft or
In any other kind u statss-
craft, for that matter. but that
makes little difference.
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Hunter

President Roosevelt, known
for his big game hunting.
went after something smaller
so years ago. on November
4, 1906, IN a story from Char
lottesville, Va. The Star said:
President Roosevelt, Thomas
Wilmer. Andrew ) Rhodes and
Richard Mcdaniel. the latter
at your service. sir. q colored
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Intense

Election day in 1906 was not
serene in all precincts. On
November 6 Of that year, The
Star reported: The State and
Federal authorities have
clashed in Mingo County, w.
Va. IN an attempted settle
ment Of differences over poll
tics. and the result was the
arrest Of United States deputy
marshals by the civil authors
ties. and subsequently the ar
rest by the United States au-
thorities Of the town officials
Of Williamson, the county seat.
The Governor of the State has
been appealed to for troops
and four companies Of the Ma
tional Guard at Huntington
we're made ready TO leave at o
moments notice. The Governor
will not dispatch the troops
except as a last resort" In a
companion story from Charles
ton. w. Va. The Star said.
I'm an interview Gov. Dawson
today stated 10 The Star cor
respondent that there is diff
ficulty in getting facts about
the election trouble in MingO
County. The community. he
said. has very intense partisan
feeling over local Offices. .
The county seat. Williamson,
is controlled by Democrats.
while the county government
is controlled by Republic
cans. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-11

AACAC woo a bU~uO OUs years
ago about bookmaking at the
Districts Benning race track,
and a test case was brought
to the court, with the defend
ant found guilty. two days
before the fall meet opened.
The Star, on November is,
1906. reported: ITO what ex-
tent betting may be conducted
tomorrow and throughout the
coming race meet at Benning
is problematical. United States
Attorney Baker intimates that
the Government will prosecute
any person who carries on
business as a hookmaker in
such manner as to constitute
the setting up of a gaming
table. The peculiar circum-
stances of each case will de-
termine. he says, whether the
law has been violated. During
the trial Of William Davis, con-
yicted yesterday. it was
claimed by the defense, with
out challenge by the Govern
ment, that individuals make
bets outside the mile limit
without making themselves
liable to prosecution. This
straw, 1t is stated, will prob
ably be grasped by the book
makers and some device con-
trived by which individual bets
may be made. Several Of the
bookmakers are so well known
to the local sports that no diff
flculty would be experienced in
placing bets. :"
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FIFTY. YEARS AGO TN THE STAR

man. are tonight engaged in
chase of the opossum and rae
coon in the hills of Albemarle.
The President early this morn
ing went out for a chance at
wild turkeys. but the skill Of
the colored man, Mcdaniel,
failed to bring the President
within sight of the birds. The
season is dry and there was
considerable wind. The chase
Of the opoSsum tonight was
decided upon returning from
the turkey hunt. and a fine
pack of hounds has been OBJ
tanned to aid in the chase.
Opossum and raccoonS are said
to be plentiful around Pine
Knot. and when the facts be-
came known to the President,
he expressed wish to engage
in a hunt. In order to do this
the departure Of the party
for Washington has been de-
layed until Sunday after
noon,