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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Stevenson and the Security Issue

knows Just which job is sensi-
tive. The janitor might prove
to be in as important a spot
security-wise as the top en-
ploye in the building
1.-THE Presidents standard is
complete and answering 10y
atty not only in sensitive
places but throughout the Gov
eminent. The President re-
quires, and every employee
should give, no less. This is
all that the act and the order
require. They should not be
subverted by the technical in
depreciation the m ajority
places on them today"
Stevenson evidently is as
Stunning that the anti Com
munist issue is dead and that,
when Senator Mccarthy was
condemned" in 1854 by his
fellow Senators for extreme
language. the whole issue
of anti-c o m m u nism was
squelched. But there are mil
lions Of voters who haven't
forgotten the betrayal Of his
Government by Alger Hiss, de-
spite Truman's whitewash Of
Hiss as well as of the late
Harry Dexter White in the
face Of FBI information to
the contrary.
The chances are that many
independent voters and many
Democrats who voted for
Eisenhower in 1852 and per-
haps were inclined to revert
to their party this year will
be deferred from doing so now
that Adlai Stevenson, in effect,
says there should be no "se-
curity risk" investigations and
firings of persons with a sub
versive background unless
they handle secret stuff or are
in agencies or jobs declared
sensitive"
Just why anybody who has
belonged to and doesn't repent
his membership in the Com
munist Party or who refuses
to assist his own Government
in running down subversives
should be paid by American
taxpayers and given the
privilege Of a job in the United
States Government is some
thing the Democratic presi-
dental nominee will have to
explain to the voters-for they
are the ones who pay the
taxes.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18

Eisenhower took office, a fact
of at least as much import as
the loss of China to the Com
munists.
Students Of the situation see
only the most dubious pros
poets for a clear-cut solution
to the immediate problem.
They anticipate a war of
nerves, ebbing and flowing.
replete with crises. always at
the mercy of accident.
In some form and at some
time, as Stevenson indicated,
the new facts of foreign policy
must enter the national cam
paign. His problem is how and
when and to what extent.
A tendency exists to sug-
gest that the man who gave
the expression "egghead" to
the political vernacular should
find ways and means outside
politics to get the results he is
after. The argument runs that
President Eisenhower manages
to stand above the battle, in
popular opinion. and therefore
it ought to be possible for
Stevenson to do likewise.
1t is his personal friends,
rather than his so-called egg
head brain trust, who are most
wistful about this. Actually
the egghead amateurs around
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
THOMAS l. STOKES
A Candidate Meets the Press

feels about what they are doing.
Earlier he had pointed out
that the President had repu-
dated communism in govern
ment as an issue.
AS for himself, he does not
regard it as an issue. He had
hoped that the two parties
would discuss the real prob
lens facing the Nation, and
furthermore, he added, anyone
who attempts to draw a differ
ence between the two parties
on the fundamental issue Of
loyalty is doing the American
people a diSservice.
In this and other ways, the
Democratic candidate made
it plain that he intends to run
his own campaign without re-
gard to former President Tru-
man who, however, he said
will fill many speaking en-
gagements in ARRANGEMENT
with the Democratic National
Committee.
Only occasionally during the
three quarters : of an hour
question and answer period
did Adlai Stevenson resort to
humor, once when a reporter
asked him If it wasn't Just as
important for him to have a
Democratic Congress, If he we're
elected. as for President Eisen-
hover to have a Republican
Congress if he were elected.
I'm sure it is even more
important for me to have a
Democratic-contr oiled Con-
gress than for President Eisen-
hover to have a Republican
Congress- he replied, with a
grin. explaining that part of
the achievements for which
President Eisenhower now
claims credit were possible only
with the help Of Democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18

Because Of the electoral
campaign, which may well end
In a photo finish, the adj
ministration is insisting with
our allies that conversations
and negotiations over the ex-
plosive Suez Canal controversy
should continue after election
day.
Secretary Dulles went to
London nearly six weeks ago
to discuss the crisis with the
responsible British and French
cabinet officers. He obtained
their promises then that they
would do nothing which might
place the Eisenhower adj
ministration in a difficult posi-
ton during the forthcoming
hard electoral campaign.
But they did not mince their
words in telling the Secretary
Of State that the question of
the Suez Canal was actually a
secondary matter compared
with the "Nasser question"
The personality and political
aggressiveness Of the Egyptian
dictator, fully backed by Mos
COW, were more threatening
to the French and British.
The loss Of their colonial en-
pires in Africa was far more
worrisome than the loss Of the
Suez Canal. They pointed out
strongly that if the Egyptian
leader is permitted to get away
with his breach Of the 1883
Constantinople treaty. the re-
naming Western prestige, not
only in the Middle East but
also in the Far East, would be
gone forever. Hence, they said,
it is essential either to put Col.
Nasser back in his place and
make him eat crow or to
crush his ambitions and
prestige by forceful means. The
much-vaunted Arab solidarity
is discounted in Paris and Lon
don.
While the British and the
French general stats are
rushing troops, warships and
quantities of military equip
ment to the eastern Mediter-
ranean, their respective gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
DORIS FLEESON
Suez Barred From Political Arena

him are this year more polit-
ical than the calm and per-
severing campaign chairman,
Jim Finnegan. from the old
pro ranks.
The difficulty is that the
American system does not pro-
vide a way for the out-of-office
statesman to get results. It
will let successful politicians
be statesmen, at least to a de-
gree. but first they have to hit
the ballot-box jackpot. It is a
million light miles from chal-
lenger to President in terms of
power.
The recent past illustrates
the pressures. In 1910, Frank
lin Roosevelt was at best dis
ingenious in foreign policy
when he began to fear Wen
dell WILKES challenge, an ex-
ample being the Boston mo
foreign war" statement. In
1852. candidate Eisenhower in
the end capitalized on Presi-
dent Humans difficulties over
resistance to Communist ag-
erosion, both through the
Van Fleet letter and the prom
Use to go to Korea.
When the advice is all in
and the pressures noted, Ste
venson, like every candidate
for President before him, must
make his choice as to time.
place and content and in his
own words, then trust the
American people" to Judge his
conscientiousness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
West to ProIong Talks on Suez

masses have supported the
Guy Mollet governments
strong stand.
Dulles recent plan, which
has now been presented on
cially to London. to put an
economic squeeze on Col.
Nasser already has been met
with a good deal of skepti-
cism. Such plans have been
tried unsuccessfully many
times in the past. 1t was
adopted against Benito Mus
solini when he attacked
Ethiopia and against Renal
Ataturk when the latter de-
cided to fight the Allies en-
croachments after World War
I. More recently it was tried
against Communist China,
during and after the Korean
War. In none Of these cases
did 1t make a dent. Economic
measures can succeed only in
the heat of a shooting fray,
when all involved are willing
to follow economic dictates as
a means to win the struggle.
But in peacetime, when every
country has its own commercial
interests, an embargo or eco
nomic squeeze does not work.
Our promise to help out the
users Nations" with ample
dollar credits. estimated at
present at upwards Of half-a-
billion, is not likely to influ-
ence the thinking Of the ma
jority of the countries which
attend the London conference.
Germany, Spain, the Scandi-
navian kingdoms, and Italy
have had in the past, like our
selves. the most cordial rela-
tions with the Arabs. 1t Is uf1-
likely that our offer to finance
their oil imports will induce
them to break long standing
political and economic ties with
the Arab world.
What makes Dulles reported
plan even less likely to sue
coed is that before and since
the crisis, the USSR has stood
strongly by Egypt. There seems
to be no doubt in the mind Of
realistic political thinkers that
Moscow has both the will and
the capacity to give Col. Mas
ser all he needs to win a moral
victory over the West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Stevenson Found Serious and Confident
On Eve Of GrueIinq Compoiqn

them. 1t was as If he feels so
hopeful about his prospects
that he wanted to be very sure
he made no hobbies.
One sign to Democrats of
Republican anxiety and
nervousness about the forth
coming election is the at
tempt by the Republicans to
dig up the Communist issue
again for which they finally
found an excuse in former
President Truman's remark a
few days ago that he did not
think Alger Hiss was a spy.
Vice President Nixon literally
grabbed this, saying now that
Truman had raised the Alger
Hiss issue, then 1t was up to
Adlai Stevenson to speak up,
too. National Re publican
Chairman Leonard Hall took
UP the cue and has been issu-
ing challenges to the Demo-
cratic presidential candidate
daily.
1t looked to Republicans like
the perfect trick. for It not only
carried out their aim to throw
Harry Truman constantly at
Adlai Stevenson, but also adj
mitted the Communist issue
by a side door.
Stevenson was ready for
this when It was brought up at
the news conference. AS for
himself and the Alger Hiss af-
fair. he merely pointed out that
back In the 1852 campaign, in a
speech in Cleveland, he had
said that he accepted the YER
dict of the jury which con-
victed Alger Hiss. which is still
his position. and. if this is
not in accord with Humans
view. then that is Just the way
it is.
He saw the Nixon-Hall play
as evidence that Republicans
are worried about the cam
paign. He is not surprised, he
said, TO see the Vice President
and the national G.. o. p.
chairman taking the low
road" again as the Vice Presi-
dent did in the 1854 congress
sional campaign. but he would
Ike to know how the President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
British and French Accept U. S. Plan,
But Rush Arms for Possible Action
CONSTANTINE BROWN

ernments have agreed to con-
tinue long and tedious negotia-
tions which, so far. have helped
the Egyptian head Of state
psycllologically.
Our own military prepara-
tons, such as a limited in
crease Of the Sixth Fleet, are
definitely intended to meet
only one emergency; the evac-
uation Of our citizens from
what may become war area.
The French are even more
determined than the British to
put an end to Col. Nasser. The
thrifty French stockholders Of
the Suez Canal shares are
thinking in terms of how much
they stand to lose from Col.
Nasser's action. The French
government, however, is prin-
cipally concerned over Algeria
and Frances rich possessions
south Of the Sahara Desert in
the event the Egyptian fire.
brand wins a political victory.
For more than Is months the
intense propaganda campaign
of the millions Of Africans has
emanated from Cairo. If Col.
Nasser wins the present battle,
Foreign Minister Pinaud told
Secretary Dulles, France will
lose everything she has built
up in Africa for more than a
century. France thus will be-
come not only a third-class
power. but may also be the
scene of bloody internal strife.
For the first time in many
years the French people are
determined to fight. Either
their government fights, If
need be, the Egyptians and
their associates, or it stands
the risk Of having "barricades"
in Paris and in the main
provincial towns. And what
will then become Of NATO?
That is what Pinaud is re-
ported to have asked his Amer
lean colleagues.
To illustrate his contention,
Pinaud has told Dulles that
with the exception of the pro-
fessional Communists, all po-
litical parties and popular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18

Adlai Stevenson. as he gets
set to start out next week end
on a very grueling campaign
for the presidency, impresses
one with his confidence,
his earnestness. his sense of
responsibility, and his very
clear determination to keep
command at all times and to
run his own campaign.
This stood out as he under
went one Of those ordeals that
politicians must endure.
whether President, or running
for President. or lower down
the scale--meaning the mass
news conference. with no holds
barred. 1t was his first such
experience in this campaign
since his denomination and.
In the usual fashion, was held
in a ballroom of the hotel at
which he is staying, where he
faced row after row Of news
paper and radio correspond
ents, some Of them almost en-
tangled in the wires so lavishly
coiling about the room to serve
the battery Of television cam
eras in the background.
He took this affair most
seriously. In apologizing for
being late-and he was "a
minutes behind schedule-he
explained that he had tried to
anticipate what questions
might be asked him and had
been boning up on his replies.
AS a matter Of fact, on two of
them-the Suez Canal crisis
and Republican revival Of the
Alger Hiss case-he was ready
with formal statements which
he pulled out. smiling. With an
Il thought you'd ask me that.
and read when these matters
were brought Up.
Mostly he was very serious.
almost grim. throughout the
session. careful in his selection
Of words to express exact
meaning. even more than his
customary netieulousness. The
whole performance seemed TO
affirm the confidence which
nov Is found rising among
Democrats wherever you meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
DAVID LAWRENCE

Adlai Stevenson has broken
with the Democratic Party
leadership on the antl-Com-
munist issue. The Demo-
cratic presidential nominee
has repudiated the position
taken, respectively, by the
Democratic chairman Of the
House Committee Of Un-Amer-
lean Activities and the Demo-
cratic chairman OF the Senate
Subcommittee on Internal Sc
curity, who have recommended
legislation to get rid of all
security risks" in the Govern
ment.
This means that Stevenson
no longer feels concerned
about the charge that the
Dem CORA tic administration
was soft on communism"
which was one Of the prin-
cipal accusations made by Gen.
Eisenhower in the 1852 cam
paign.
Stevenson has come out
fatty against proposed legisla-
tion--indorsed by the Eisen-
hover administration-which
would permit the Federal Gov
eminent to throw out Com
munists or security risks"
from all agencies or depart
mentS, whether or not such
positions have been specifically
designated as sensitive" His
policy stems from the fact that
a majority Of the justices of
the Supreme Court of the
United States found a flaw in
the present statute because, it
was argued, Congress intended
a distinction between "sensi-
tive" and non sensitive" agen-
cies. But the Democratic lead
ership in the two committees
above-m entioned moved
promptly to remedy the defect
so as to give a President of
the United States the right
and the power in his discre-
ton to determine which agen-
cies are sensitive" and to
order security risks" fired
from any place in the Govern
ment where they are found.
Many Democrats insisted this
was the original intent Of
Congress, anyhow.
Various bills to correct the
situation were introduced by
Democrats at the last session
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Women's Bur to Hear
Political Speakers

| Speakers representing the
Democratic and r epublican
Parties viii address members Of
the Women's Bar Association of
the District at 9 O'Clock tonight.
Tie gathering will be held in
the headquarters Of the Ameri-
can Association of University
Women. 1884 street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-18
Stand Viewed as Not Opposing Reds
In Certain Places in Government

OF Congress but failed Of pass
age in the last days Of legis-
lative congestion.
What the Stevenson position
means is that Communists and
security risks" could work in
certain places in the Govern
ment, so far as he is concerned,
without being subjected to dis
missal.
The question of whether a
man is or is not a Communist
cannot be determined merely
by his statement or affidavit
when he signs his application
papers. So a security risk"
investigation is essential. II,
however, this type of procedure
is to be forbidden with respect
to employees who work in So
called "non-sensitive" agen-
cies, then espionage by Com
munist rings is made easier.
1t will be recalled that, ac-
cording to the sworn testimony
Of witnesses, Alger Hiss was a
member of a Communist cell
when he worked in the Agri-
culture Department. He could
not have been investigated as
a security risk" today if he
were an employee of the Agri-
culture Department because
this is a "non-sensitive" agen-
cy.. Many naive persons, in
GLIDING various lawyers who
worked on a bar association
report that came out recently
in New York, are convinced
that it isn't necessary to do
a security risk" investigation
among employees Of "non-sensi-
tive" agencies, and that's where
Adlai Stevenson gets his en-
COuLdSClitCLlJ.
But a glance at the records
of espionage in America shows
that the use of Government
stationery or telephones from
Government desks, and free
movement inside the Govern
ment Of seemingly unimportant
employees is a vast help to the
Communist apparatus. On this
point, Justices Reed, Minton
and Clark of the Supreme
Court Of the United States
said:
ut is not realistic to say
the Government can be pro-
tected merely by applying the
act to sensitive jobs. One never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-07
.BuiIt-in Cabinets
Handy Anywhere

Built-in cabinets are no longer
confined solely to the kitchen,
They can provide handy storage
places in every room of a house
and even in the garage.
Modern cabinets are attractive
enough to At easily in the living
room, dining room, bathroom
and bedrooms. The wood of quail
Iity cabinets, whether fully as
Isembled or knocked down. can
be finished to blend with other
furniture.
Standard kitchen cabinets can
provide storage in other rooms
for clothing. linens, china, sill
'verware. books. records. cleaning
equipment. toys and games.
They can be arranged in floor
to-ceiling combinations and as
room dividers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-07
Bird Feeder Doubles
As AII-Weother Shelter

16 inches long and wide enough
to take the fin. and nail it into
the split stick. Bevel the stick
at a long angle on the free end
so that when it is screwed onto
the floor bottom, it will hold the
vane below the floor level and
thus catch the slightest wind.
Keeps Out the Rain
Install the front window with
thin wood mailing strips II you
like, or better still. with glaciers
points and putty to Withstand
driving rain. Nail the feed re-
tanning lip to the back edge of
the floor.
I Now you're ready to install the
pivot socket. which is bolted
thru the floor beneath the exact
center of balance Of the finished
feeder.
To find this point, clamp a
wood chisel or similar square
nosed implement vertically in
the wise. and set the feeder on
the chisel edge at whatever
point on the center line (pre-
viously drawn where the as
sembly will balance exactly
when the floor is perfectly level.
This spot will be about an inch
Irearward from the floors mid
point.
Wears Against Metal
Center the pipe fiange over
this balancing point. Before
boiling it to the floor with l.
inch stove bolts. place a small
square or wafer of fiat metal
under the hole in the flange
to take the considerable wear
this point will get as the feeder
swings in the breeze.
Bore a hole 6 inches deep in
the top Of the 4 by 4 inch
mounting post and drive In the
1S-inch length Of 1a-inch steel
shafting. Set the post into the
ground In perfectly vertical
position. deep enough so the
Exposed point Of the pivot stem
will be 5 feet from the ground.
This gives a good serving
height, and is high enough so
squirrels, cats and other unin-
vited beasts can't leap aboard.
Install the feeder well away
from building and overhanging
branches. again to foil would-be
intruders.
Set the feeder on the pivot,
stock it with sunflower seed or
bird seed mixtures obtainable at
your seed store. and stand of
to watch the fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-07
EVERYTHING BUT THE LABOR

Materials delivered your site You get everything
sa to do the swiftly and properly Blue prints instructions
that beginner follow foundation plans walls
cut panels flooring nails paint brushes and paint
You get everything except plumbing heating electrical kitchen
fixtures and materials Thanks to preasemby and
pre-cung the difficult and consuming work is already
done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-07
By HAROLD SMITH

| Be kind to your feathered
friends by building them a bird
feeder that doubles as an all
weather shelter. Here is an
easily made one, pivoted and
vaned to keep the open side
always to leeward. thus afford
ing your winged guests a dry
feeding spot protected from cold
blasts.
The shelter itself is built OF
plywood 20 inch thick. Of ex-
terror waterproof grade to
stand the weather. All pieces
needed may be cut from a 3 by
3 foot panel. with some left over
The vane requires only a 2-foot
length of l by 2 inch pine and
a u by l8 inch piece of tenn
pered cardboard 70 inch thick
A 6-foot length of. 4 by 4 inch
fir will do for a mount.
Glass and Pipe Needed
You will need a pane Of glass
6 by l5K inches for the shelter
front, q floor flange for u inch
pipe with a 10-inch length OF
pipe to f1t. an l8-inch length
lof 1a-inch steel shafting rounded
or pointed at the ends. and a
handful of sixpenny box nails
coated so they will hold In the
edge grain Of the plywood.
Start with the plywood and
cut a floor 16 by 10 inches. a
roof is by "a inches, and the
two sides according to dimen-
Sions in the sketch.
4 On the bottom of the floor
locate the center by drawing
crossed lines between diagonally
opposite corners, then draw a
center line part way through the
boards longest dimension, to
help later in finding the COM
pleted feeders center Of balance.
Strips Hold Glass
On the front end Of all four
| On the front end of all four
plywood pieces. nail narrow wood
strips to serve as stops for the
window. about u inch from the
edges to provide a putty channel
for the glass or space for re-
tanning strips.
Nail the floor to the side
pieces, spacing the nails 8 or 4
Inches apart, then nail the roof
to the sides. leaving a 1-inch
overhang On the high, or rear,
end.
To build the vane. cut a fin
from the cardboard in any shape
that suits your fancy. In the l
by 2 inch stock make a saw kerr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-07
Roof Water Causes
Basement Problem

More cellar ampness is
caused by roof water than by
underground water-sources Tests
have shown that in most cases
the ground water level is well
below a cellar floor.
Cellar walls can normally
keep out the amount of rain
water that falls on the ground
next to the foundation. But
when the greatly increased drain
age Of a roof is allowed to seen
into the small areas next to
house. cellar walls are subjected
to a task for which they were
not designed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-07
SPACIOUS s.BEDRooM RAMBLER
A BRAND-NEW IDEA IN BUILDING

The Packaged Home is the very newest concept building
Even you've never hammered nail before do most
OF the work yourself With the help Of friends you can do all
OF the work And still thousands Of dollars hire
contractor to do the whole job With the time help of
just carpenter have this home closedin in Just
two weeks