Evening star., 1956-03-24
Stain Attacks
Seen Move 10
Bolster Rulers
Interpreted by U. S.
As Plan to Prevent
Rise Of Dictator

The Kremlin's continuing at
tacks aimed at destroying the
hero myth of Stain were viewed
here today as a move by Soviet
leaders to crush an attempt by
anyone to rise above the present
ruling clique"
In the first official comment
on the latest attack by Com
munist Party boss Nikita Khru-
shchev and his associates, Dep
uty Undersecretary of State
Robert Murphy said the slams
at Stain and his one-man rule
may have been designed to
make it more difficult for any
Soviet leader to set himself apart
from the other members of the
ruling clique"
But, he added, while the So
Wet leadership is now empha-
sizing collective rule, 1T may be
significant" that the party ma
chinery apparently has been re-
organized to include more peo-
pie with ties to Khrushchev. He
implied that the State Depart
ment is watching Khrushchev
closely, for while denouncing
Stain he may be moving to grab
ultimate mower for himself,
Speaks at Luncheon
Mr.. Murphy spoke at a lunch
con meeting of the George
Washington University Alumni
at the National Press Club. The
luncheon honored 10 faculty
members of the university who
have served in teaching posts
for the last 25 years.
Mr.. Murphy said the State De-
partment still lacks 'factual in
formation" on the reported de-
nunciation of Stain at last
months Communist Party Con-
greSs irr Moscow.
News reports from Europe and
unofficial information received
by the State Department say that
khrushchev called Stain a mur-
derer and blunderer in the
course of a lengthy speech not
yet made public.
The undersecretary said the
current rewriting of history in
Russia is a startling example"
of the one-sidedness Ct Soviet
education which produces accep-
tance of opinions handed down
from the government without
question and without under
standing"
Technical Gains Cited
The Undersecretary asserted
that the Soviet educational sys-
TEN is producing "technicians.
engineers and men of science in
growing. if not disturbing,
abundance"
But he declaxed that the
broad intellectual needs Of a
developed and well-balanced So
ciety are seemingly neglected and
even repressed in the Soviet
Union
This onesidedness in Soviet
education and training represents
a certain danger to the free
world" he added.
However, Mr.. Murphy ex-
pressed confidence in the United
States l0-year experience in
working with other nations. He
said this Nation is "even better
equipped" to compete with the
Soviet Union in the underveloped
countries of the world than it
was to deal with real or threat
ened Communist military ag-I
gression" in the past.
Honored at Luncheon
Those honored at the luncheon
were:
James Forester Dawson, pro-
fessor of law; DR.. Aubrey Davis
Fischer, assistant clinical pro-
fessor of otolaryngology: DR..
Robert Howe Harmon, associate
university physician; DR.. Alec
Horwitz, associate clinical pro-
fessor of surgery.
Also James Oliver Murdock,
professor of law; Dr.. Julius
Salem Neviaser, assistant clinical
professor of orthopedic surgery;
DR.. Gilbert Gutenberg, associate
in urology; DR.. Ernest Alfred
Watson Sheppard, clinical pro-
fessor of ophthalmology.
Also Kathryn Mildred Towne,
associate professor of home eco
nomics. and Frank Mark Weida,
professor of statistics.