davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

lvate companies, chipping away
at iva with Mr.. Dixon and Mr.
Yates, the men in the cabinet
and the White House have beer
highly effective.
But where human interests are
commemorative interests Of the
young and the old, the workman
the farmer and the little fellow
where the need is to wipe out
poverty. or to build schools and
hospitals, to clear slums, even
to distribute the Salk vaccine
there no one leads.
And when all the world read
with dismay Mr.. Dulles boasts
about how close he had brought
us all to atomic war, the Pres
ident of the United States said
that he had not had time to read
it.
l respect Mr.. Eisenhower's
good intentions. I have even
been accused of undue modera-
ton toward his administration
And certainly in Congress the
Democratic Party has constantly
rescued the Presidents program
from his own party.
Everyone shares in sympathy
for the circumstances which
have created a part-time presi-
dency. But we cannot under
Standard we will not accept
turning the Government over to
men who work full time for the
wrong people or a limited group
of people.
And the plain truth is that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

on pact. weapons on weapons
and to totter dangerously from
crisis to crisis. There must be a
call to war against the poverty,
the hunger, the nothingness in
peoples lives that draws them
to communism's false beacon.
We must guide the hopes of
mankind away from the blind
alleys of extreme nationalism or
bogus Communist International
ism. We must turn them instead
to an ideal of partnership be-
tween the nations in which dis
Iputes are settled by Cancellation.
not violence, and in which the
weapons of death are limited
and controlled. We must make
the skill and capital of the more
advanced peoples work in part
Inership with the United Nations
to remove the poverty, stagnant
trade, inadequate resources, and
all the other underlying pres
sures which drive nations to de-
Spair, envy and war.
We have never been and we
will never be a nation content
just to count today's blessings.
Confidence in Ourselves
We have confidence in our
selves, confidence that we can
build what we have to build,
grow as we have to grow, change
as we must change. and play our
full part in the making of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Stevenson Asks Return
ToDemocroticLeo leadership

older people. most all of whom
must now subsist in a penury
that gets worse as the cost Of
living climbs to the highest point
in history.
We have done precious little
to aid the fight against cancer
arthritis, mental disease anC
other Gripping and killing di-
seases, or to make up the snort
age of doctors and nurses.
We have watched the rise Of
higher costs and lower price:
close on the hapless, helpless
farmer whose only offense is that
he has done his job too well.
And the small businessman
who built this country, is nov
being pushed to the wall.
Instead of turning our natura
resources to the public good WI
have seen them raided for private
profit.
And the facts of our progress
toward peace are even more
SOLDERING. The Soviets have ad-
vanced. while we have fallen
back, not only in the competition
for strength of arms. but even in
the education of engineers and
scientists. Millions of people
have moved more toward the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
THE EVENING STAR AT
Washington, D C.
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER IA, 1855

better tomorrow for ourselves
and all mankind.
| Our plan for 20th-century man
is not just for his survival, but
for his triumph.
If I were to put my political
philosophy tonight into a single
phrase. it would be this:
Trust the people. Trust their
good sense, their decency, their
fortitude. their faith. Trust
them with the facts. Trust them
with the great decisions. And
fix as our guiding star the pas
sion to create a society where
people can fulfill their own best
selves - where no American is
held down by race or color, by
worldly condition or social status.
from gaining what his character
earns him as an American citi-
zen, as a human being and as
a child of God.
So I say let us be up and doing,
probing ceaselessly for solutions
of today's problems and for the
new ones tomorrow will find on
our doorstep. And If you share
my view, the democratic view,
then this election is a summons
to sleeping giant. then hope
you will Join us to make that
summons clear and strong. on
election day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

this situation would get worse
mot better in a continuation OF
this administration, because what
influence the President has with
his party in Congress has de-
pended on his running again.
But from here on the future
of Republican leaders will de-
pend not on Eisenhower. but the
Republican heir apparent, Mr..
Nixon. And the Vice President
seems to sail down wind no mat
ter which way the wind blows,
These are stern facts. To ig-
more them is perilous. They are
the reasons Americas human
needs go today unmet. Nor will
they be met so long as the Presi-
dent is not master in his own
house.
! I firmly believe that America
does not want to rest on dead
center, that it wants-fervently
Ito move forward again to meet
these needs. And / firmly believe
that a leadership that will ask
Americans to live up to the best
that is in them will carry us
across the threshold of the new
America that now opens before
us.
think America wants to be
called on to build the school,
rooms and train the teachers
our children so desperately need.
| I think America wants to be
called on to clear away the
slums and bring basic decency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

ito millions Of American fam.
lilies.
I think America wants to at.
tack relentlessly the vast realm
of human pain. and lift from
those hit by serious accident OF
illness at least the added burden
of grinding debt.
| I think America wants to give
to the lives of people when they
grow old the dignity and mean
ing they yearn for and deserve.
AS have in the past. will
lay before you In as full detail as
a campaign permits, proposals
for meeting our needs. And we
will talk soberly about their cost
and ways and means of APP
preaching them in a fiscally re-
sponsible manner.
Most of all we want a program
for peace, Whatever we can do
here at home will be meaning
less unless the world is such that
what we do can endure.
When we are spending $40
billion a year for defense, when
the peace the Republicans boast
about looks more fragile by the
moment, when the hydrogen
bombs and the guided missiles
are multiplying, when Commu-
mist influence is spreading among
restless millions nearly free,
when we can lose the cold war
without firing a shot, then I say
that most of all America is
anxious about America.
1t is not enough to pile pact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
Continued From Page At

Continued From Page AS
sure some accomplishments that
must not be dismissed lightly.
But they don't even compare
with these I have mentioned.
And that's why ! say that to
get things done America will
once again turn to Democratic
leadership.
The Republicans pose the is
sues Of this campaign in terms
of slogans-"Peace, prosperity,
progress.
pose these issues in terms of
facts-the facts of America
unmet human needs, the facts
of revolutionary world in the
hydrogen age.
Here are some of those facts
In four years-four years OF
wealth and abundance-our gov
eminent has let the shortage OF
schoolrooms and teachers get
worse. 1t has done almost moth
ing to stop the slum cancer which
today infects 10 million Ameri-
can dwellings. And juvenile de-
linquency which breeds in slums
and poor schools has increased
at frightening rate.
We have done nothing to help
the lot of the poor and of oul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14

. Air-eushioned orch liH
. pouble-eushion rubber
heel
. Air-eelled inner sole
. Steel shank for support
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-14
SPECIAL FACTORY SHOWING
Friday and Saturday Only

Come in ond see our dispoy OF Air
cushioned Porto-Ped shoes. See the
cut-oport Porto-Ped giving you on
X-roy view Of the wonderful construc-
ton secrets Of comfort Try O Porto
Ped! Try oir-cushioned comfort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Transit Economics

Commissioner Lane and 9TH
ers have repeatedly stated that
buses are cheaper to operate
than streetcars, because they
are cheaper per vehicle-mile.
BY the same token, it is
cheaper to have everyone in
Washington go to work in
automobiles, because they are
cheaper per vehicle-mile to
operate.
If one considers the initial
investment in trackage, ETC..
there is no question that buses
are cheaper than streetcars to
operate. However, with the
excellent trackage now in
place, plus the excellent troll
leys, with their maintenance
and depreciation far less costly
than buses, the abandonment
of streetcars would be a sheer
waste of money; not to men,
ton abandonment of any nu-
cleus for a future rapid transit
system. Furthermore, if you
compare the vehicles by pas
senger-mile cost, streetcars are
more economical. I won't even
try to go into detail as to their
greater comfort, cleanliness,
etc, as those factors are con-
coded.
Constructive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

and Estes Kefauver clash in Minnesota
These fellows hope to take turns getting beat Excellent
character training for November
Ike spends the week end his Gettysburg farm What
with the farm prices week end farm is about all
a fellow stand these days.
Secretary Dulles visits Formosa Dulles is much
the back Washington his secretary
asked Pardon sir but haven't seen your face some
where before?"
It'll be confused campaign Ike running against Steven
Stevenson running against Nixon And half the Demo-
cratic Party running against the Supreme Court.
Government scientist H-bonnb radiation might
duce of can't Even if you manage
get out of this thing alive you may never know it.
Former Soviet Premier visits England His of
London gallery like old times First time he'd
picture of Stain in months
Prime Minister Costello gives Ike sham
rocks gve-away between the United States
Russia contagious First thing know Scotland try
to give something.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Machine Charges Raise Tempo of
Minnesota Primary Compton

sofa. he and his State leaders
exhibited concern over the
obstacles" and machine" is.
sue raised by the rival candi-
date which was dramatized
in newspaper headlines.
So. at the very first appear
ance of the day, in Grand
Rapids. Gov. Freeman. who
accompanied Stevenson, picked
up the Kefauver insinuations
and began to talk back to the
Senator. And he got stronger
and stronger as the tour pro-
crossed.
The Governor was seconded,
always in a milder vein, by
Stevenson when he made his
speeches. The candidate con-
fined himself to referring to
my good friend, Senator Ke-
fauver," deploring his attacks
on the leaders of the Demo-
cratic : Farmer Labor group,
and always ending up by
warning that Republicans
would like to divide the Demo-
Gratis and that Democrats
should not divide themselves.
What in particular seemed
to irk Gov. Freeman was what
he interpreted as a comparison
by Senator Kefauver Of the
Humphrey-Freeman organiza-
ton with the one-time ma
chine Of the late Boss E. H.
Crump in Memphis, which
Senator Kefauver defeated
when he first was elected to
the Senate several years ago.
In speaking Of the "obsta-
cles" he had encountered in
Minnesota, Senator Kefauver
merely had said he, had ex-
periences with obstacles be-
fore, and mentioned the Boss
Crump machine.
Gov. Freeman vigorously re-
sented the imputation. He went
into some detail to deny that
the D-F-L organization is a
machine in the opprobrious
sense, explaining that it did
not exist on patronage but on
programs for the interest of
the people of Minnesota. He
called the Kefauver charges
highly irresponsible and i'm
proper" saying "the Senator
knows better"
AS for the Endorsement of
Adlai Stevenson, the Governor
said the DBL organization
always Endorses candidates. He
explained that he had helped
Senator Kefauver to get a
slate of delegates in the State
and had welcomed him into
the primary.
The Kefauver episode gave
Gov. Freeman an opportunity,
which he seized before every
audience, to hit directly at the
Senator by declaring fatty and
frankly that the DBL Cen
trail Committee had Endorsed
Stevenson because it regarded
him as better qualified than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
THoMAs 1. STOKES
Kefuuver Opens Up on Stevenson

the Senator to be President Of
the United States.
In the end. as the Governor
and Stevenson repeated their
replies to Senator Kefauver,
the audiences began to get a
picture of the Senator as an
intruder coming into the State
to attack D-F-L leaders who.
it is known, are generally pop
ular.
Along the Iron Range, both
the Governor and the candi-
date capitalized on the name
of Representative John Blat-
mix. who represents this dis
trict, a staunch champion Of
Stevenson. He is very much
Of a local hero whose word on
political matters is literally
law along the Iron Range.
How dare the Senator" was
the, outraged cry.
And the my good friend.
Senator Kefauver" became
more and more icy.
And the observer got the i'm
preston he might be seeing
the end Of a friendship, even
If it never was "a beautiful
friendship" *r..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Church Built
I'm 1905 to Be
7 ORR Down

| Bids to tear down the 81.
year-old Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Church are being
sought by the District govern
ment.
The call for bids, which will
be opened at 10 am. March 80,
was issued yesterday. District
oficials plan to use the site, on
the southwest corner Of C street
and JOHN Marshall place NV,
as an official parking lot.
Prospective bidders must join
in an inspection tour of the
building at 10 am. Friday, and
the demolition must be COM
lpleted within go days after work
lis begun.
The call for bids warned that
"the existence of a cornerstone
in the church has not been def
nitely established" If one is
found. the District must be
notified and will keep it, as well
as the brass hand ratings on
THE church staircases.
Construction of the church be-.
gan before the Civil War and
was completed in 1869.
Contractors must remove the
church itself. an adjoining brick
building at 220-224 John Mar
shall place NV. and a two-story
brick structure behind 456 G
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Howard K. Smith Wins
Commentator AWord

Howard K. Smith. chief Euro
pean correspondent for CHS
News, last night was named win
ner of the 18th annual common
tator award presented by the
Alfred I. du Pont Radio and
Television Foundation.
Station VITO of Hartford,
Conn. and Station WICC Of
Bridgeport, Conn. were recipi-
ents of awards recognizing their
I''meritorious service to the Amer
lean people" in the larger power
and smaller station categories,
respectively.
The presentations were made
lat the annual awards dinner
of the foundation in the May
flower Hotel. Many leaders Of
the radio and television indus
tries attended the affair.
Mr.. Smiths award was re-
ceived by Elmer Lower, director
Iof special projects for CHS News
and public affairs. Mr.. Smith
is in London.
The Awards Committee cited
the winner for Ibis service Ia
the American people through his
exceptional insight into the
meaning of European events and
his ability to communicate that
meaning with clarity, liveliness
and warmth"
Mr.. Smith was described as "a
witness and reporter of the great
crises and conflicts in our era of
international tension and con-
fusion who has contributed
sanity. perspective and true
illumination"
The presentations were made
by DR.. Francis Pendleton Gaines,
president of Washington and Lee
University and chairman of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
u. S. Pay Strategy

In the Federal Spotlight
column of March 8, Joseph
Young, discussing the action
OF the AFL-CIO Council in its
new pay-raise strategy, noted
a change from cost of living"
to standard of living" as a
basis for a new drive for a Fed
eral pay increase. He related
that the action taken by this
council represents a new type
of strategy and is a first step
In what promises to be an
overall pay raise drive in Con-
greSS next year.
This is not a new strategy.
] call attention to the state
ment before the House Post
Office and Civil Service Com
mittee by the National Alli-
ance Of Postal Employees in
February, 1855. You will find
that the entire argument be-
fore the committee was based
on the strategy Of the stand
ard Of living" in preference to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
THOMAS 1. STOKES
ON TOUR m MINNESOTA.

ON TOUR IN MINNESOTA.
AS the Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver struggle In the
Minnesota presidential pri-
mary came toward its climax.
the two principals suddenly
found themselves in one Of
those icily polite feuds where
each speaks condescendingly
of the other, more IN sorrow
than in anger, as my good
friend"
1t all came about when Sem
ator Kefauver, returning to the
State for a final, whirlwind
tour for the Tuesday election.
assumed again his favorite
pose of "the peoples candidate
against the machine" and
whooped it up for a last-min-
ute issue which was quickly
taken up by the Stevenson
forces when the 1852 presiden-
tial candidate arrived for the
windup of his campaign.
In town after town in South
western Central Minnesota,
Senator Kefauver had COM
planned that the State Demo-
cratic Farmer-Labor organiza-
ton, headed up in Senator
Hubert H. Humphrey and Gov.
Orville L. Freeman, had tried
to throw obstacles" in his way
by indorsing Stevenson.
All that had happened weeks
ago, of course. The fact that
the Senator began to hammer
upon it in the 18th hour could
be interpreted as a maneuver
of desperation in his admitted
ly uphill fight here against the
1852 Democratic candidate.
He sprang the issue in the
area of the State embracing
the 9Th, 7th and 9th congress
sional districts, where he is
regarded as strongest.
In the corn-hog section,
which is included in the re-
gion, farm unrest is most pro-
nounced, and the Senator has
attracted unusual interest
among farmers.
All through that territory he
got fine crowds in near-zero
weather. Kefauver's local lead
ers were so enthusiastic over
his receptions, in fact. that
they professed to see a surge
in his favor and were fore
casting "a surprise" on cleo
ton day which, they con-
tended. would yield him sew
eral district delegates in that
part of the State.
Gov. Freeman has been pre-
dieting a shutout for the Sen
ator, without a single delegate,
and a three-to-one victory for
Stevenson in popular votes.
However that may be, when
Stevenson got back into the
State Wednesday night and
set forth on a farewell tour
that carried him Thursday
through towns along the Iron
Range in Northeast Mime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Codes for Morse

Warren w. Morse closes his
March 5 letter:
THE arguments in favor of
segregation are dishonest ra-
tionalizations, advanced by
people with an emotional. So
cial or even economic stake
in a status quo they secretly
know is unjust"
Does he include the Bible
passage in Acts xvii. 26:
"(God) hath made of one
blood all nations of men for to
dwell on all the face Of the
earth, and hath determined
the times before appointed,
and the bounds Of their habi-
tation."
Is this a dishonest RATIONAL
ization? Are those who believe
and accept this and other
Bible statements which set
forth the underlying principle
of segregation to be castieated
as having IAN emotional. So
cial or even economic stake in
a status quo they secretly
know is unjust?
Donald F. Haynes.
X y X
w. w. Morse asked, Are
we breeding a new racer" I
hope not. For If we interbreed
the white and Negro races into
one we will certainly come out
with nothing better than
either of the two as they now
. are, or any other race for that
matter. He also states: "There
are no known biological dis
advantages to interbreeding."
Maybe so. but in the course
of interviewing wouldn't the
morals Of America be degrad-
ingly lowered, even if the peo-
pie "set" their own morals?
The arguments in favor Of
interviewing "are dishonest
rationalizations, advanced by
people with an emotional, So
cial or even economic stake in
a status quo they secretly
Know" would be unjust"
John A. Yates, Jr,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-17
Cypriots Goqqed?

Your f1ne editorials have
always contributed greatly to
my satisfaction and pleasure
because of their high intellec-
tual and moral caliber. but
cannot agree with the one on
Cyprus, printed March II.
The occasion for the edito-
rial was the arrest and forced
removal by British authorities
of the Greek Archbishop
Makarios. as he was boarding
a plane for Athens.
The reason given by the
British for this action was that
he was allegedly the leader of
terrorism In Cyprus. If the
British did, in fact, believe
this. they would have been
glad to have him leave the
island. Instead, they arrested
him only when he attempted to
leave. The writer of your edi-
torial must have overlooked
this fact.
Obviously, what the British
feared was not the archbishop's
presence and his activities on
the island, but his departure.
This gives credence to pub
lished reports that the arch
bishop was going to Athens to
confer with the Greek govern
ment and after that was COM
ing to the United States to
present the Cyprus cause to
the American people and en-
deavor to present it to the
United Nations.
Obviously, it was fear of the
truth and of its effect upon
American and world public
opinion that caused the arch
bishops arrest.
You can take the initiative
in bringing about an open con-
ference on the Cyprus ques-
ton between Archbishop Ma
karioS and representatives Of
the nations involved. The true
facts then will be made known
to the American people, and
the weight of American and
world public opinion will go
far in bringing about a just
and honorable settlement to
this harassing problem.
Mabel Benson Sakis.
X \ X
British liberals called Arch
bishop Makarios' exile IAN act
of madness" The Star. wash
ing its hands clean from the
outrageous imprisonment of
the head of the Church of
Cyprus, took the "dignified"
stand of not casting a stone
against the barbarians of the
Goth century, who not only
disrespect human rights. but
also violate sacred religious
institutions.
The British are initiating
the totalitarian practices of
fascism and communism. At
first, they did not want to
discuss the CypriotS' demand
for self-determination. When
the latter began to organize
resistance against their col
onizers, they showed their
liberal" sentiments. They
jammed Radio Athens; they
whipped school children; they
censored the press; and now
they send into exile the peo-
pies spiritual and ethnic
leader, Archbishop Makarios.
EvangelOs KOfos.