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Back From the Brink

If one may take liberties with the
prose of Abraham Lincoln, the Democrats
have duly noted, and will long remember,
what John Foster Dulles said to Life
magazine.
Should anyone think otherwise, he
need only listen to the demand from
Adlai Stevenson that President Eisen-
hover publicly repudiate the brink Of
war" statement or fire Mr.. Dulles. The
President, of course, is not going to do
either of these things. But he and his
Secretary of State will be reminded of
this injudicious little interview again and
again and again.
Mr.. Dulles, with such grace as he
could muster, has retreated from the
brink to which he marched with so many
rhetorical fiourishes. He did not disavow
the interview. Instead, If one more crit
ical comment may be permitted, he has
shown once again that he Is master Of
the necessary art Of going to the verge
without topping over.
The Secretary of State staged his
retreat in press conference on Tuesday.
He tried on that occasion to restate his
position without the "oversimplifcation
and special emphasis" which character
lied the Life article.
Mr.. Dulles said, with ample justinca-
ton, that he has devoted his whole life
to the pursuit Of just and durable
peace, And he summed up his real phi
loSophy in these words: 1.-THE surest way
to avoid war is to let 1t be known In
advance that we are prepared to defend
these principles (basic moral values and
our vital interests), II need be by life
ITSELF"
The Dulles philosophy, as expressed
in these words, probably is sound. There
is no reason to dissent from 1t. But the
language used to express the same
thoughts, or essentially the same
thoughts, in the interview was as different
as day is from night Perhaps one re-
suit Of this unhappy experience will be
a decision hereafter to define State De-
partment policy in considered official
statements, not in souped-up interviews
which the Secretary of State has neither
read nor censored before publication II
so, there may yet be some gain from this
lamentable affair.
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he Pressing Question

1t touches my heart how the
poor Republicans are laden
with anxiety these days. The
way leading Republicans are
predicting day after day that
Ike will run again" is a :,y-
ing shame. Granted that they
do not have one single candi-
date (other than Ike) who
could win an election race
against Adlai Stevenson, does
that justify them to poster and
hound such a fine man under
the circumstances? Is the Re-
publican Party more important
than the health Of a good
man? They keep reminding
him Of his duty" Our Presi-
dent knows his duty as well.
If not better, than those who
are politically successful be-
cause they hang on to his coat
tails.
To a question recently put to
him, Ike replied: who is to
decide what ones duty tsp" or
words to that effect. The
President made it very plain.
His question hit the mark. A
higher power decides those
things and not the pleas Of
coat-tail- hangers.
Walter Fielder.
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Outer Mongolia

Let us have much more Of
George Solder b o m S back
ground on Outer Mongolia
land Inner Mongolia) as pro-
vided by The Stars Sunday
Editorial Section on January
8.
This Is the most vulnerable
spot Of the Soviet Union. A
strong China will turn west
ward naturally and press upon
that 2.500-mile frontier. as did
Genghis Kahn something the
Occidental strategy does not
seem to comprehend. and as
did the Japanese in their pen
etration Of the Far Eastern
republic when ! was attached
to the American consulate in
1921 at Tientsin, China.
Hugh C. Mccarthy.
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copy of Twentieth Century
Authors" on the shelf Of, one
OF the small private libraries
he knew.
He had never stolen a book
in his life, even after seeing
how easy 1t was for his COL
lege chum.
But the temptation that now
and then hits the most moral
OF characters had struck him
right In the medulla oblon-
gaia.
He looked with longing at
the big book in its green cover.
He felt, and rightly, that
Few other persons would have
any appreciation Of it.
Nobody, he said to himself.
would want it except me.
The days went by, and so
did Templeton Jones, our hon
est man with temptation dog
ging his stealthy footsteps.
Jones considered at length
plans for sneaking the book
out between the folds of a
newspaper, or big magazine.
He lurked around to see
when people were away, and
unfortunately, or fortunately.
there was always someone
around.
More days went by. and the
book remained on the shelf,
until one time Jones looked
and the book was gone.
What became of that big
green book?" he asked, Sc
verely.
Somebody" said the librar-
ian. with emphasis, borrow
ed it, and has forgotten to re-
turn it"
Somebody had gotten ahead
of Templeton Jones, who, but
for a faster actor, would have
been a thief in a good cause.
Well, maybe.
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win q Californian be the
Republican nominee for Presi-
dent, II President Eisenhower
declines to run? It Is q peril
nent question and not to be
lightly brushed aside. Califor-
mia Is already the next most
populous State to New York
and in q few years may out
strip the Empire State. It's
delegation at the 1856 Repub-
hcan National Convention will
number 70. Furthermore, Cali
fornia has four potential
nominees, three of whom are
nationally known. The fourth,
Gov. Goodwin ]. Knight, made
something Of q record when he
was reelected as CALIFORNIA;
Republican Governor in 1854
by a half million votes-while
Republican candidates for
Governor were losing In New
York and Pennsylvania.
Would Take Warren
Vice President Nixon, Sena-
tor William r. Knowland and
Chief Justice Earl Warren are
the others. The Republicans
would take Warren for their
nominee, with q shout. But the
Chief Justice, almost a year
ago, said he intended to spend
the rest Of his active career on
the bench - and added this
decision was irrevocable under
any circumstances.
Two Of these Californians,
Knight and Knowland. have
already indicated they will be
contending for the presiden-
tial nomination If Eisenhower
bows out. Knight, the Cover
nor, has announced himself q
favorite-son candidate, a can
didacy which Governors fire.
quently arrogate to themselves.
Knowland. Republican leader
Of the Senate, has made it
clear he viii run If the Presi-
dent does not. He has made it
clear, too, that he believes q
candidate, to be successful in
the coming Republican Ma
tional Convention-which is to
be held in San Francisco next
August-must have the back
ing Of his own State delega-
ton. Obviously, If Knowland
believes this-and he does-he
will make a fight for the dele
CATION, whether Knight or
Nixon or both enter the presi-
Dental preference primary,
with states Of delegate candi-
dates, or not.
Vice President Nixon to date
has made no open move. issued
no statement regarding his
possible candidacy. Notwith-
standing the attacks made on
him by Democratic leaders,
the Vice President has been
considered in many Republic
can quarters as a likely Eisen-
hover legatee if the Presi-
dent Is not to run.
Senator Knowland is Itch
ing to get into a number Of
State presidential primaries
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Criticizes Soil Bank

This being an election year.
the political geniuses Of both
parties, cropping for a pallia-
tive to get them through it
safely, seem to be competing
for the credit Of thinking up
the "soil bank" idea. When
banks were failing right and
left, the name wouldn't have
been chosen. Today It gives an
impression of something eco
nomically sound, capable Of
being accepted by a pre-
sumably uniformed and po-
htically unorganized electo-
rate. The truth is that 1t is
nothing Of the sort. and is
rank hypocrisy in the use Of
a name. 1t is merely a pur-
chase. with the taxpayer-con-
sumer's money, Of the farm
vote, and a further postpone
ment of the dreaded day when
the farm problem must be
soundly dealt with.
The story by now should be.
but is not, sufficiently known.
Though it has long existed,
and been monkeyed with po-
litically and extensively, the
problem was intensified by the
war. The farmer was ZEN
couraged" Cor bought) to pro-
duce excessively. even in
potential dust-storm areas. The
support was to continue for two
years after the termination of
hostilities, to give time for the
farmer to readjust himself and
his production to peacetime
conditions. No readjustment
has taken place; instead, for
lack of courage, and under farm
political pressure. the pro-
gram has been extended. with
only minor changes, from
year to year. Meanwhile the
SURPRISES have accumulated
to the gigantic total of 81
billion worth, for Government
stockpiles instead of consump-
ton. The physical storage
problem is tremendous, and
costs are running at about a
million dollars a day. It is a
pity the commodities we're not
perishable, as we're potatoes
That support program solved
itself, after heavy losses, by
the potatoes rotting; and a
free market, incidentally, has
not proved so disastrous after
all.
The patience Cor apathy
plus ignorance) Of the tax
payer-consumer has been ex-
tensive, based on inherent
sympathy with the farmer and
his problems, but is Cor should
be- now exhausted. What is
the sense of producing for
Government stockpiles, or Of
soil banks" which the farmer
is far more able to achieve
than any bureaucrat? Until
excessive surpluses are re-
moved and a free market es-
tablished, the problem will
never be solved. REIMBURSEMENT
must be squarely faced. and
the economy braced to meet 1t.
Buy the farmers off, II they
have to be bought, with one
final lump-sum payment, but
end this farce which has
gone on long enough for
everyone. including the farm
ers themselves. 1t is bankrupt,
and must collapse eventually
the sooner the better. Elec-
ton year? Soil bank? HIM!
Herbert ]. Holland.
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THE POLITICAL MILL
By GOULD LINCOLN
Republican Moneuvers in California

outside Of California. He has
urged again and again that
President Eisenhower announce
early what his political plans
are. II the President says .
final no." Knowland's hat
will be in the ring before you
can say Jack Robinson. It
happens that CALIFORNIA; pres
idential primary does not take
place until June 5-the latest
date Of all the State primaries.
II he can enter and win the
primaries In q number Of
States, 1T Is easy to figure he
will strengthen himself In his
own.
This activity on the part Of
Senator Knowland will pose q
problem for both Gov. Knight
and Vice President Nixon. win
either Of them enter the out
State primaries In opposition
to Knowland? Knight will not,
II he sticks to the favorite-son
candidacy he has announced.
Vice President Nixon will be
free to enter or not these pres
idential primaries, as he sees
At.
Meanwhile, time rushes by
and headlines for filing in
these presidential primaries
are coming UP. If President
Eisenhower does not announce
his decision by March IS, the
date Of the first presidential
primary In New Hampshire,
headlines for entry in 10 or IL
States-out Of 10 which hold
such primaries viii have
passed. This is what gripes
Knowland, when 1t is suggested
that President Eisenhower will
keep silent at least until mid
March.
Blocking Kn0wIand
Whether Intentional or not.
the entry Of Eisenhower's name
and delegate candidates favor
able to him In q number Of
these early primaries is having
the effect Of blocking Know
land-and any other potential
nominee-out Of those pri-
maries. No candidate for the
nomination could hope to op-
pose the President successfully,
even If he were willing to enter
his name.
II President Eisenhower an
nounces he will not run, the
battle for the nomination will
be on in earnest. But in, no
place will the battle be as in.
tense as in California. The Re-
publicans in that State are de
vided in a big way-and three
ways as indicated. They can
unite on a candidate or tear
their party to shreds in the sec
ond State in the Union. One
compromise that might be
undertaken is the selection of
a slate Of delegates, divided as
equally as possible among
Knight, Knowland and Nixon
and so avoid a rough and
tumble. In that way, each
candidate might be given q run
in the convention.
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THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

Stealing a book may be q
crime, but certainly it gets
into a different classification.
Once we knew a lad in COL
lege who stole almost the whole
of the towns public library
before he was caught.
Library and college authori-
ties took a dim view Of him
and his stacked shelves, but in
the end they did nothing about
1t.
They did persuade him to
desist, which he did shortly,
and forever.
He, too, was q bit taken
aback by what he had done.
+ y
People who really love books
will understand.
There is an old rhyme about
stealing a pin, and then a
later, etc.
The intent Of this doggerel
was to show, that there are de-
grees in crime.
With books, no doubt there
was some justification.
Everyone who loves books,
and does not always have the
money, knows what the temp
tation' is. and how it may be
met.
1t is overcome, in most
cases. simply by getting an
other book in a more legitimate
way. such as borrowing it at a
good library. or from a book
mobile.
Recently there was issued
a new version of Twentieth
Century Authors"
This was and is a big book,
sold at a high figure. at least
1t was when it first came out
in 1912.
Templeton Jones never sees
the book, or its title. without
recalling how he plotted to
steal it.
At the time, he didn't have
the price, but he liked the
book.
All about writing people,
their books and their ways.
All about living writing
people, which gives it a spe-
cial flavor. In the past, one
had to die. or something. to
get into such books.
1t began with the great
bearded poets who looked down
upon the children In the local
grade schools.
These beauties of the old
school include Longfellow,
Whittier, Emerson. and Bry-
ant, who had the biggest beard
of all.
X
Walt Whitman finally made
the grade, too, but they were
all dead.
Probably children all over
the country looked UP at these
benevolent figures, and thought
all unconsciously that a poet
had to have whiskers.
No smooth shaved man,
they reckoned, could write
poems.
Honestly, we believe thou
sands Of people still believe
that.
Maybe that was why some
Of the bare-faced fellows
wrote poetry in vain.
4 4
Consider honest Temp Jones,
looking with longing at the
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immortal Gift

Love's a knotoino thing,
As all so blessed uill knoip:,
Loue's a 0lowing thing,
Myself. I'De seen 1t olop.)
LoDe's a flying thing
At home against the sky:
The most undying thing
God Din not let IL die.
Soroh M. Howard
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to use q favorite word Of Vice
President Nixon, II the public
had been let In on this debate.
We are interested in results"
especially with the present one
in which we don't know
whether we are coming or
going.
Sidney KOretx,
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Association Of Oldest Inhabitants Of the
District Of Columbia. Although truly one
Of the city's Oldest inhabitants In recent
years, he never lost touch with the young
er generations. In turn, his never-failing
wit and inherent charm served to draw
to him young was well as older friends.
He will be sorely missed in the city to,
which he devoted long life Of useful
service.
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LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used "
letters carry tDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
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Questions and Answers
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

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HOUSES WANTEp To RENT
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BEAUTY SHOP, Falls Church-Fair-
fax area. Owner moving to Florida.
JE. 4-551S after 6 pm.
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BRICK COLONIAL in q very de.
sir. Die neighborhood. 3 bedrms. and
bath on IND a., maids rm. and "a
bath in bsmt.: equipped kit, sep
ON; rm; screened porch on liy. rm
lREALTY. lie 0-a4nn
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HOUSES FURN. lcont.l
1908 PQRTER ST
HOUSES UNFURNlsHED

$50 NORRIS Pr. NEG rms. 2.
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SPLENDID oPPoRT. fol
party with MD IBIS. or R.N
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OPEN BUN, Id PM.
3714 Calvert st. n.w.-Liv. rm.,
din. rm., kit, bedrms., bath rec
rm., gas h.-w.h. Real fireplace
SioV month nn,I., 1890.
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CHEVY CHASE. D. c., 3645 Ka.
natwha st. n.w.-Center-hall brk.
y rms. 2 baths. full basement: h.-w
heat, porch and garage; STAT roof
Priced to sell. Open Sat. / pm. To
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FRIENDLY, MD.-Newly redecorated
3 bedrooms, ga baths, full bsmt
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wooDLEY HILLS

washington's newest in-town
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features 2 master bedrooms,
each with Q private bath; 8
3rd bedroom with q bath; q
large den with adjoining
powder room, plus q large
paneled daylight recreation
room with fireplace. In addi-
tion. there Is q living room
251ax1b IT,: dining room and
. most modern kitchen. Open
] pm. till dark daily. Dir:
From Conn. ave-. west on
Woodley I'd. past the shera-
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sisn. to 292S Garfield ter
PARA y NJ
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RESTAURANT, Glass G license. fully
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location: dancing and banuuets
, upstairs. can be purchased with
small down payment and workable
monthly installments. Call RE
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1919 G N.W.-Lease newly reno
waited . rm., . b.. DIR. and k; PC
garage; ample storage; patio, 4
stone seats, Open 6-l0 pm. and
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TT; NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. home
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too CALL US AT JE. 1880.
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HOUSES UNFURN. Cont.

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500, plus utilS. ia. 9-SS4S.
BRICK HOUSE, six rms. and bath
front and rear porches.. 8 bedrms.,
liv. fm.,- din. rm. and kit, rec.
bsmt,; alum. awning. 10. S-9163.
ROCKVILLE. 20I Reading terrace
2 bedrms.. liv. rm., kit, bath. full
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COMFORT, DIET. 8-rm. frame; 3
bedrms.. open firepl., gas h.; vic.
9Th and Peabody NV, 2 blks. shop.
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GEORGETOWN = Small 2-bedroom
house, S17.900-Liv. rm. opens
onto patio garden, 12xb4 It. 1860
Thomas Jefferson st. NV. FE. g.
44lS.
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AM. UNIV. PARk-2- STORY brk., or
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Realtor, MA. S-O753.
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HOME '1 VALUES

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1851 cgfeoran e. avs fooma,
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full bsmt., fenced rear yd.:- near
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ARR. FALLs CHURCH, FAIRFAx-

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very large llv rm. and iee. kit..
. acres Of Eround with another
house on lot already rented; school
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HAWTHORN

EDGE Of Rock Greek Park. New air
cond. split level consisting OF liy, rm.,
din. rfn., lRe. all-elec. kit, and family
lrm., Ice. bedrm., daylight rec. rm.,
2-ear garage, 1894 32nd ST. NV.
BY owner-builder.
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Maxwell a II, A APIS. l4 I9 clBif.en st

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LIST FLOOR bedrm.. liv. rm. bath,
kit. with brkfst.. nook; assume OF
AZ. loan, monthly payment S63.74
incl maintenance: off-street park
Ing: laundry and storage facilities
Phone 10. 3-5396.
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HOUSES uNEURNlsHEp
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UNUSUALLY GOOD BUY

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APARTMENTS WANTED

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