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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
Colorado Reserves Pique
For President's Physician

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
May "a (R.-Jack Mohler, editor
and publisher of the Colorado
Springs Free Press, demands an
apology from Maj. Gen. Howard
M. Snyder. President Eisen-
hower's personal physician. fol-
opposing a Colorado vacation
for the President.
In a telegram sent to DR.
Snyder and reprinted in todays
editions of the Free Press, Mr.
Mohler said:
"Your irresponsible remarks
concerning the effect of Colo
radios mile-high altitude on
heart victims have done our
State and the President great
disservice."
DR.. Snyder told Washington
newsmen recently:
IF it were left to me, I would
be against going to one of the
higher attitudes in this first year
after the (President's) heart
attack"
Mr.. Mothers telegram said:
Local medical authorities in
form us there is absolutely no
basis in fact for your inference
this altitude, noted for its cool,
dry. climate, has any i'll effects
on persons suffering from heart
ailments.
I'VE suggest that you recon-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24

the committee elected officers
and organized.
George L. Hart. jr.. chairman,
explained today the committee
Endorsed the Presidents amend
ments to the home rule bill
passed by the Senate. While
the measure would have an
elected mayor. city council,
school board and nonvoting
delegates in the House, PreSi-
dent Eisenhower would have the
mayor appointed by the Chief
Executive. who would have a
veto power over legislation.
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin. a member of the COM
mittee, declared during the re-
cent District primary that all
but two or three candidates
favored home rule. He suggested
the committee declare itself for
this proposal.
Only two negative votes were
registered.
These officers were unani-
mously elected: Mr.. Hart as
chairman, Mrs. Emory A..
Wheeler, first vice chairman; j.
Franklin Wilson, second vice
chairman; Bruce Baird, treas
urer. and Carl L. Shipley. Sec
retary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24

and instructed them to report
back today. pending more infor.
nation of Schwimmer's condi.
ton.
Judge Hulen took under ad.
visement a request by CHIEF
Prosecutor WHY'S Newcomb thai
ISchwimmer be examined by q
Icourt-appointed physician.
The trial of the three men il
in its third week. Accused are
Schwimmer, Matthew j. Connel-
ly, White House appointments
secretary to former President
Truman, and T. Lamar Caudle
head of the Justice Department.
tax division until fired by Mr.
Truman for having conflicting
|outSide interests.
They are charged with con-
Ispiring to defraud the Govern
|ment by stalling the prosecution
|of Sachs. St Louis shoe manu-
facturer who was fined $40, 900
for tax evasion in 1851, but es-
capped prison term on health
grounds.
After testifying Schwimmer
staggered as he neared a court
room door and was helped from
the courtroom to the United
States marshals Office at the
Federal Building, where the trial
is being held.
The former Kansas CITY law
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24

it Tuesday, said Mr.. Pyle made
Che remark "smilingly."
Reuther Version Differs
Mr.. Reuther'S version was that
the remark was made by. Mr..
Pyle to a group of Republican
women in Detroit. The White
House. after consulting Mr.. Pyle,
said it was made to neWsmen in
his hotel room. Mr.. Pyle'S own
statement later also said it was
an finland comment to re-
porterS.
Apologizing for the remark,
Mr.. Pyle said in statement that
the hardships of unemployment
anytime, anywhere are not pleas
ant for any of us, but to date the
most dedicated efforts of all con-
Icerned, including Mr.. Reuther,
have not been able to prevent
them completely"
Mr.. Reuther said in a telegram
Ito Mr.. Eisenhower that "UAW
members who are laid off find it
difficult to smile at remarks
Iterming the right to suffer as a
Joy regardless of how facetiously
such statement might have
been meant to workers who
are desperately trying to find
ways and means to feed and
clothe their families, this kind
of callous Righteousness is, to say
the least, in gross poor taste"
Senator Mcnamara, Democrat
of Michigan. also criticized Mr..
Pyle's remark, saying in a Sen
ate speech that Il don't think
our 10000 unemployed workers
lin Michigan are very happy
about this right to suffer-"
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yer walked slowly and appeared
faint as he emerged from the
marshal's Office to go to the hos
Ipital.
Mr.. Newcomb told the court
that when Schwimmer became i'll
while testifying before a Federal
grand jury here last Novem-
Der, medical reports indicated
ISchwimmer did not have a
heart condition serious enough
ito warrant not going forward"
Just before becoming i'll
Schwimmer testified on motion
to exclude from evidence some of
his records on the Sachs case.
IA defense attorney contended
use of the records would vio-
late Schwimmer's constitutional
rights by forcing him to give
evidence against himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
|SchWiinlmer's
Collapse Halls
[Idx-Fixinq Trial

ST. LOUIS, May "a (P).-The
tax-fixing trial of two high Off
lcials of the Truman administra-
ton has been halted, temporarily
at least, by the sudden illness VI
a third defendant, stricken after
an appearance on the witness
stand.
Harry I. Schwimmer, attorney
for tax evader Irving Sachs, be-
came ill yesterday after testify
ing on a defense motion and was
taken to a hospital.
Schwimmer has suffered from
a heart ailment. A physician
said a preliminary examination
indicated he suffered an "anginal
attack" affecting the blood YES
sells leading to the heart.
Federal Judge Rubey M. Hulen
after comforting with attorneys
in the case, excused the jurors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
Right to Suffer Protests
Get Apology From Pyle
BY the Associated Press

For the second time in less
than two years an Eisenhower
administration official has been
tripped up on an impromptu re-
mark about unemployed auto
workers in Detroit.
White House Assistant Howard
Pyle apologized yesterday Ito
anyone who may have been Of
Tended" by what he called an
offhand remark Monday that
1.-The right to suffer is one of the
joys of a free economy. just as
the right to prosper is"
He said in statement the adj
ministration has demonstrated
that it is very actively con-
cerned" about the situation.
President Walter Reuther of
the United Auto Workers Union
protested to President Essen
hover about Mr.. Pyle's earlier
remarks. He said the incident
recalls another presidential
spokesman who two years ago
compared laid-off workers here
to bird dogs and kennel dogs"
Secretary of Defense Wilson
told a Detroit news conference
October II. 1854, that he pre-
ferred the bird dog-"You know,
one who'll get out and hunt for
food rather than sit on his
fanny and yell"
Just Preceded Election
That statement. just before
the 1854 congressional elections,
brought protests from Mr..
Reuther and other labor lead
ers. Mr.. Wilson replied in a
statement that he certainly
intended no invidiouS COMPARE
sons, nor inSinuations likenlng
people to dogs in any sense"
Mr.. Pyle said he explained in
great detail" during an appear
ance in Detroit Monday that the
administration was very actively
concerned over the fact that for
the moment this great city is a
critical Job area by reason Of
a seasonal employment prob
lem"
That concern was reflected
yesterday, he said. in Govern
ment action placing Detroit and
other auto-producing centers
hit by unemployment on a list
of cities having substantial
labor SURPRISES" These cities
thus become eligible for special
Federal contract aid.
Mr.. Pyle said the remark Mr..
Reuther criticized was made in
formally in his hotel room to
several press representatives.
The Detroit Times, which quoted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
u. S. Fire Losses Rise
SIS Million in Year

NEW YORK, May "a (R.-
Fire losses in the United States
totaled $685. million last year
an increase of SIS million over
the pervious year-the National
Board of Fire Underwriters re-
ported today.
THE dual cause matches
smoking continues to be the
major cause Of fire with misuse
of electricity second. although
the latter ranks highest of all
causes in total dollar loss" the
board said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24

Isiaef os.f teh1enfS sbncern-
ing colorado and submit an
apology by return wire. q. :"
President Eisenhower was va
Icationing in Colorado at the
time of his heart attack last
Septemher..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-24
g. o. P. Indorses
Home Rule Bill

President Eisenhower's position
on home rule was Endorsed last
night by the Republican State
Committee for the District.
Meeting at the Willard Hotel,
Evening star., 1956-12-27
Suez and a Question of Sanctions

cause the two countries had
allegedly violated the provi-
sions Of the United Nations
Charter. But the British and
French agreed on November 8
to withdraw their forces from
Egypt. Why were any penal
ties at all imposed after that
date? And why didn't the
United Nations impose them?
If each country may of its
own volition use economic
pressure to get compliance
with U. N. resolutions, then the
world will be confronted with a
kind of economic warfare it
never before has experienced.
Certainly there now arises
from this a duty upon the
American Government to find
out who really blocked the
Suez Canal and to bring be-
fore the United Nations the
facts concerning the major
part of the blockage, which
undoubtedly was committed by
Egyptians, although since dis
avowed by the Egyptian gov
ernment.
There has been, moreover,
talk in the last few days about
reviving American financial aid
to Egypt for the Aswan dam.
This can hardly materialize
unless and until the famous
Treaty Of 1888 is observed by
Egypt and until also the six
principles laid down by the
U. N. in resolutions adopted
October is for the operation
Of the canal have been carried
out.
What happened between Oc-
tober 81. when the British and
French military operations at
the Suez Canal began, and No
vember 80. when the United
States-according to an an
nouncement from President
Eisenhower at Augusta, Ca
officially set in motion a re-
lief program designed to send
100000 barrels of oil a day
to Europe. is something that
needs to be carefully examined,
If only to determine whether
the United Nations itself or in
dividual nations hereafter shall
fix the penalties to be imposed
against nations which sup
posedly do not conform to U. N.
resolutions. 1t may prove an
important precedent for the
future.
Reproduction Rights Reserved
Evening star., 1956-12-27
Argument for Envoy to Vatican

uals are Protestants. Hebrews,
Moslems or Catholics, provided
they are not atheists. The
fact that we do not have even
informal relations with the
Holy See at a time when an
other world conflict may erupt
deprives us. however, of i'm
portant intelligence which
flows daily into the Vatican
In large volume.
The administration is now
prepared to spread the red
carpet for Yugoslavia's dicta-
tor, Marshal Tito; not because,
1t is asserted. it approves of
him, but because it considers
such an official visit as diplo-
matically expedient. We have
official representatives in Ro-
mania, Bulgaria, Poland and
the USSR, who have about as
much freedom of movement
as the inmates of a penal in
stitutioA. Under the excuse
of protecting" these missions,
dozens of uniformed and plain
clothes policemen surround
them day and night. Soviet
tanks are still reported to be
stationed outside our legation
in Budapest.
We accept these insulting
actions contrary to the most
elementary tenets of diplo-
matte usages with a smile,
lest we lose our listening
posts. Yet we are not willing
to send a mission to the Vati-
can, where 1t could freely
obtain vital information from
all portions of the world, in
Guiding the countries behind
the iron and bamboo curtains.
Evening star., 1956-12-27

has the most widespread and
effective network of political
and economic intelligence in
the world. Its many observers
have been known in the past
to be able to observe even
military preparations in areas
where professional intelligence
could not break through. For
instance, some years before
Pearl Harbor the first infor-
nation about strong Japanese
military installations in the
inundated islands reached us
from Vatican sources.
After Taylor ended his mis-
sion, President Truman at
tempted to send regular
ambassador to the Vatican
and designated Gen. Mark
Clark for that post. His name
had to be withdrawn. The
Senate objected to that nomi-
nation because it was alleged
that during the campaign in
Italy the former commander
Of the 5th Army had sac
rificed uselessly the men of q
Texas division which had suf-
fered very heavy casualties.
Actually, the real reason was
the objections of a powerful
lobby which opposed any for
NAL relationship with the seat
of world Catholicism. The
fact that the Vatican is also
temporal state and that
most of the countries in the
world are represented by am
bassadors or ministers made
little impression on the lobby.
In the past. the opposition
may have been based on some
sound grounds. But these
days, when the world is en-
gagged in a life and death
struggle between believers. re-
gardless of creed. and atheists;
between oppression and free
dom. there seems to be little
reason for the objection to
America being represented by
a diplomatic mission to the
Vatican.
1t is no longer of any real
consequence whether individ-
Evening star., 1956-12-27
THOMAS L. STOKES
A New Kind of ChiyoIry

Then this from the girls
mother about Mr.. Turner:
HE knows courage all right.
But l think he must have
something else, too. Mr.. Tur-
ner must know love-"
For chivalry, we give you
also the principal Of the high
school. D. j. Britain. jr., who
has stood up so courageously
for the law, and we give you
his white students who have
backed him up all the way,
and we give you the many,
many citizens of Clinton who
have supported him and the
law and who voted. 4 to /, in
the recent election to defeat
candidates for mayor and
other local offices who were
put up by the White Citizens
Council.
The new chivalry is not
really new. It exhibited itself
under the direction Of respon-
sible Negro leaders as long ago
as 1916. for one example which
this reporter observed FIRST
hand. This was after the Su-
preme Court had outlawed
the so-called white primary"
in a Georgia case. Gov. Ellis
Arnall issued a statement call
ing upon the people Of the
State to obey the law. In an
ticipation Of q much larger
number Of Negro voters there
after than the normal token
vote. Negro ministers in At
lanta spoke TO their congrega-
tons every Sunday night for
several weeks before the 1916
primary election Of their new
obligation. They explained how
this was a big opportunity and
enjoined their congregations
that much would depend on
how they comported themselves
on election day. How well they
did. in how orderly a manner,
can be testified by this reporter
who spent all Of election day
visiting polling places all over
the city.
Is II too much 10 hope that
We may get q miracle in the
South by virtue Of this chiyalry
that is compounded OF meek
ness. courage. and loye7
Evening star., 1956-12-27
DORIS FLEESON

The retirement Of a single
Senator-Walter George Of
Georgia-will bring about a
shift Of power relationships in
Washington which will have
.critical Importance in the de-
velopment of United States
policy. foreign and domestic.
For President Eisenhower,
1t will mean infinitely greater
difficulty in the conduct Of
foreign affairs. For Senate
Majority Leader Lyndon john
son, it threatens the ease with
which he has maintained unity
and harmony within his party.
1t is almost unheard Of that
one of 96 Senators should leave
such a power vacuum. Man!
Senators have enjoyed the ma
tional spotlight, and some Of
these-the late Senators Taft,
Vandenberg. Borah and others
were far better known to
the general public than SEN
ator George. None of them
were so situated or so person.
ally influential that they could
control the course of the Sem
ate in the way George has
controlled it during the past
few years.
What happened to George in
the late afternoon of his life
was that he became indispen-
sable to a President of the OPP
posite party and to a Senate
majority leader of his own
party.
Evening star., 1956-12-27
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike has team conference refugees Argument IF we
can't sell fellow Republicans the desirabty mm-
grants maybe sell them the taxpayers
Senator Sparkman says the Democrats should make Ike
present his program first If both parties out-wat each
otner we might get through this reasonably cheap after
One housewife says it was disappointing Christmas.
everything hts-and she has nothing to exchange.
Small Business Chief Barnes predicts good for little
business It's hard know whether means small business
will grow bigger-or big business will grow smaller
The big question in right now whether hey
can clear the Suez Canal in time to block it,
Smart fellow at the Internal Revenue Service thinks the
Government could 81 billion year by eliminating tax
refunds-and giving yellow stamps instead
Russia shakes up its planning staff Some COM
rades showing tendency to get away from
all before there's much get away from
Evening star., 1956-12-27
Georgion's Retirement Means Problems
For Eisenhower and Senator Johnson

In addition to great ability,
he had long practical expert
ence in national affairs which
both men lacked. His conserv-
ative views suited the domes-
tic interests which both men
were eager to pursue; like
both of them, he is an inter-
nationalist and an advocate of
collective security.
Senator George had outlived
personal a m bitions which
would have conflicted with the
aspirations of his colleagues.
To younger Senators, especial
ly, who are eager to lead and
wary Of following, he was the
kindly father-image.
Besides all this, he was a
Southerner who held the trust
of that powerful minority but,
reversing the usual trend, had
become more tolerant and
more flexible with the passing
years.
He achieved his peak of
power by a change of pace
remarkable in a Senator of
his seniority. The customary
practice is for Senators to dig
ever more deeply into the
committee positions they have
prepared for themselves.
Senator George chose to
switch from the direction of
the Senate Finance Commit
tee where he had long pro-
tected conservative fiscal in
terests to leadership Of the
Evening star., 1956-12-27
Actions of Sincerely Peaceful Persons
In Souths lntegrotion Issue Are Louded

their boycott Of buses and re-
Gently in anticipation of the
Justice Departments order to
carry out the bus integration
decision. He reminded them of
their obligation to themselves
as they go about to practice
the rights that finally have
been recognized-their obliga-
ton to conduct themselves
with dignity and with polite
ness, and never use violence,
no matter what the provoca-
ton.
Earlier they had resorted to
passive resistance. a sort OF
militant meekness. when one
Of their number, a woman, was
put of q bus. They simply
absented themselves from the
buses.
For chivalry in another area.
involving desegregation OF the
public high school in Clinton,
Tenn. We give you the white
minister Of the First Baptist
Church Of Clinton. Rev. Paul
w. Turner. We give you also
the two citizens who accompa-
MED him when he escorted
several Negro children to the
high school. Sidney Davis, q
local lawyer. and Leo Bernett,
accountant at the local hosiery
mill. The minister was beaten
up afterward by some local
hooligans who. however, did
not touch the other two men.
From q beautifully done re-
port in The Nation by two
Tennessee writer's - Wilma
Dykeman and James Stokely
about this latest Clinton epi-
sode We take inspiring side
lights. First, what one OF the
Negro girls who walked 70
school with the minister that
day said:
Rev. Turner was wonderful.
When We came down the hill
and saw some people waiting
there outside the school he
Just kept saying TO us, Don't
be afraid. ] won't let them hurt
you"
Evening star., 1956-12-27

general education with oppor-
tunitieS for vocational training.
The community college, in
effect, is the usual two-year
Junior college expanded in func-
tions to meet the educational
and cultural needs of the whole
community" the New Jersey
Senator continued. 1T would
provide many young men and
women with a college education
of at least two years by remov-
ing the heavy expense of living
away from home and would
bring colleges to many areas
where such facilities are pres
emily unavailable"
He cited forecasts by the Pres
ident's committee that by 1870
at least six million students,
twice the present total, would
ordinarily be college-bound. But
by that time, according to pres
ent indications, existing colleges
will have space for only 4,350, 900,
he said.
Calls Outlook Gloomy
"In the next five years the
situation is indeed gloomy" he
declared. Public and private
colleges together plan to expand
by 20 per cent during that
period. But enrollments are ex-
pected to increase more than 80
per cent. This means that some
$685. qualified boys and girls
now in junior and senior high
school are doomed to disap-
pointment unless we find some
effective way to expand college
facilities. Additional hundreds
of thousands who have the men,
tai and physical qualifications
for college training would have
to end their education at high
school graduation"
Senator Case did not recon-
mend that Congress approve
any specific method of provid-
ing the Federal one-third share
except that it be as grants in
aid.
Evening star., 1956-12-27
CONSTANTINE BROWN
President Is Urged to Send Ambassador
To Holy See, Listening Post of Europe

President Eisenhower is be-
ing urged by some of his in
telligence chiefs to resume at
least informal relations with
the Vatican. There is no valid
political reason, it is said, why
there should be no representa-
ton at the Holy See when we
have full-fledged embassies in
the countries behind the iron
curtain.
To the repeated queries by
this reporter why this Gov
ernment has not withdrawn
its chiefs Of missions from
Moscow ano Budapest as a
show of American condemna-
tion of the butchefies by the
Soviet government and its
Hungarian puppets, RESPONSE
BILE officials answered that
such an action would be un-
wise; we would lose important
listening" posts. To the OBJ
servation that our diplomats
in the USSR and the satellites
are held practically incom-
municado and seldom have
access to even official sources,
the reply was: This may be
true. but they do go to re-
ceptionS and dinners where
high government officials i'm
bihe' and speak occasionally
out Of turn"
The same argument does not
apply to the Vatican, which
in the past as now is still con-
sidered by the chiefs of our
intelligence services as one
of the most choice listening"
posts in the world.
The late President Franklin
D. Roosevelt realized the i'm
portance of maintaining re-
lations with the Vatican. Be-
cause he knew that it would
be difficult to obtain the Of
ficial approval of Congress, he
sent a personal unofficial am
bassador in the person of
Myron Taylor.
The results Of this mission
were highly satisfactory to the
interests of the American Gov
ernment. The Vatican probably