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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

platoon of doctors will examine Ike this
was some talk of adding dentist but the White House
to risk getting a Democrat into the act.
Democrats claim ground swell for Stevenson The
ought to start swelling Adlais talk the fright
enng everybody underground.
Politicians glossary Undecided fellow who hasn't
thought up his excuse yet for voting against you.
Adla StevenSons foreign policy contagious Every time
he attacks Eisenhower another Communist country the
bug-and takes poke at Khrushchev
OF the nine specialists who'll Ike eight IL
censed Republicans and the ninth neutral observer for the
Citizens for Esenhower-Dr Hagerty
Elevator operator: who keeps winkng light he
floor until he satisfies himself you're going Then
he stops and shouts Down."
Kefauver Ike Of using soil bank checks election
bait for farmers Keauver follows the old political rule Con-
vict of spending the indicted EN- for trying
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DOROTHY THOMPSON
What Next in Polish Coup?

when their national pride and
existence are at stake. They
will fight when there is not a
rational chance of winning.
They are the perpetual uphold
ers of the lost but ever-glorious
cause: Polish freedom. And be-
cause of this reckless, daring,
chivalrous-and very unbour-
geoise-trait of the national
character, the cause has never
been lost. Battles against the
Poles have been won. but the
war has never been won. There
has always been a Poland,
even il 1t existed temporarily
only in the heart.
SO suppose the Russians
eventually should try to
crush by force the mas
cent revolt. without a single
Western army going to their
aid The pathy of the
whole world, even of a large
part OF the Communist world,
would be with the Poles, once
again demonstrating that
without liberty there is no life
At for a man.
The brutality and hypocrisy
OF Russia would stink in every
nostril. 1t would be unneces-
sary for the Voice OF America
Tor any other TO do more than
conscientiously report the
events. Russia would be ex-
posed as a fraud, her govern
ment as an alteration Of
socialism, her peoples re-
publics' masks for a colonial
status.
II the Russians should now
crush the Polish national
movement. which holds no
military menace whatsoever
for Russia. Russia would suffer
BY the operation OF an infalli-
bic law. that forever judges.
not By words but BY actions.
And II among RusSia's leaders
there are some who do not
know this. they are very stupid
nSgn.
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Soviet Heads Seen Stupid If They Crush
Poland, Which Is No Menace to Them

justice in a Communist state,
and the Russians did not move.
For months the Polish press
has been SO outspoken in
denouncing social and eco
nomic conditions that it hard
ly appeared to be operat-
ing under censorship.
Even the removal of Gen.
Rokossoysky, Soviet citizen
in command of the Polish
army. has been repeatedly
called for publicly. But Khru-
shchcv and Bulganin appeared
to retain a modicum Of good
humor and confidence that
changes would not disastrously
affect Polish Russian rela-
tions.
The sudden landing Of the
Soviet delegation in Warsaw.
however, was evidence Of
Soviet alarm and. as such, a
sign Of weakness. They
wanted to prevent Gomulka
and Ochab, leaders Of the ma
tionalist Polish faction in the
party, from acquiring sutii-
cient power to reconstruct the
government and its policies
from top to bottom. But they
did not succeed simply because
the whole Polish people. and
especially youth and workers.
support the nationalist.
What, then. could the Soviet
leaders do? Regiments Of their
armies stand inside Poland
and directly on the Polish
frontiers. a condition that did
not obtain when Marshal Tito
reyolted. II force could solve
the dilemma they could re-
occupy Poland tomorrow.
But 1t is dubious whether
they could do so without
claShing with the Polish
armies.
The Poles are one OF the few
peoples in the modern world
Vho do not calculate costs
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H-Bomb Debate, With Russian Premier
Included, Seen Dominating Campaign

Der of the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy.
Over the telephone Gore
described what he has been
saying in Kentucky, Mime
sofa, California, Tennessee and
elsewhere. The reaction, he
said, has convinced him that
the issue was touching people
more nearly than politicians
had dreamed of.
Gore said he begins by ex-
planning that he is not
scientist, that ne talks from
no special knowledge. that he
does not pretend to know "at
what level Of poisonous radio
strontium cancer of the bone
and blood are apt to set in.
Neither do 1 propose to know
what degree of contamination
and exposure people can stand
without endangering their
capacity to have normal,
healthy children"
Then he reads the genetics
section of a report from "our
top scientists" (the National
Science Foundation) which
he says is concurred in by
Great Britain'S top scientists
(the United Medical CounciD.
Their language is unemo-
tional, but the content is fear
some. Gore finds that his
listeners. especially women,
follow them closely.
A sample:
THE inheritance mechan-
ism is by far the most sensi-
tive to radiation of any bio
logic system. Any radiation
which reaches the reproduc-
tive cells causes mutations
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never be a sufficient number of
trained medical people to handle
the load Of atomic victims.
Groups of doctors and
nurses, working as teams, would
concentrate on restoring as many
'ambulatorieS as possible, rather
than spending hours over one
patient so far gone as to pose
doubt as to whether he would
ever recover.
IF we were to follow this last
procedure, who knows how many
other cases, less serious, might
expire for lack of attention they
might have received otherwiSe?"
Field Exercises Conducted
In Germany the United States
7th Army is conducting realistic
field exercises to train medical
units III handling nuclear
casualties.
In Operation Fireball. the first
large scale demonstration of
the 18th Army's mass casualty
plan. the Is units of the 3tst
Medical Group transported 1000
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Last week in Analysing Rus
sian reactions to developments
in Poland. it seemed to me
that the Russians. having ac-
cepted the principles Of the
Banding conference, would
apply them COR permit them to
be applied without protest in
the satellite states. as they had
been compelled to apply them
TO Yugoslavia.
l thought it to their interest
to be that logical. taking ac-
count OF the influence they
have achieved in the East since
Stain by their campaign for
self determination.
That they have not been so
logical suggests that there may
not be one mind in the col
lective leadership" Of the
Soviet Union. and that Stain
lists may still be influential.
The presence OF Molotov
among the delegation that
swooped on Warsaw in alarm
at the pending reorganization
OF the Polish politburo. was a
sensational fact not unnoticed
in Yugoslayia and the other
satellite states. Molotoy is a
Stalinist and was a chief in
strument IN Stains oppressive
postwar policy toward the
bordering states. Kaganovich
whose sister was Stains last
wifel was also present and is
believed TO be enthusiastic
about the new look.
Yet the Soyiets' chief rep
resentatives in Poland
Beirut. Berman and Milary
Mine - disappeared without
open Soviet protest. The Rus
sian version OF the Poznan
riots tas having been created
by Western proyocateufsi was
not accepted In Poland and
the trials Of the participants
set an unprecedented example
= humane end impartial
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Most Winning Presidential Candidates
Shown to Have Run Ahead of Ticket

cent higher than the previous
leaders.
The reason so many people
do not vote for congressional
candidates and yet do vote for
the presidential nominees has
never been satisfactorily ex-
planned. 1t may be due to the
fact that, with the growth in
population in so many dis
tricts, the congressional candi-
dates are relatively unknown,
and hence the voters do not
take the trouble to cast a
ballot.
The gap is bigger now than
it used to be. Thus, Prof. Moos
says:
For the period running
from 1920 through 1913, the
average difference between
the parties as regards the
ratio of their presidential to
their congressional tickets
vote has climbed to l1.9 per
cent, which means, of course,
that on the average only SO to
80 persons out of every 100
who have been voting for
President since 1920 have also
been taking the pains to vote
for congressional candidates !.
Looking at the entire ex-
perience of presidential-con-
gressional voting since 1896
it should be noted that
there was a much higher vot-
ing interest prior to 1920 than
during the period of 1920 to
1913. For example. in 1896
from rs to 80 per cent of the
potentially eligible voters went
to the polls, while in 1948 the
vote had declined to So per
cent. In this setting, 1920
seems to have been the turn
ing point-the year. it might
be remarked, that women first
had the vote"
1t is interesting to note that
in the 1852 election. 62,7 per
cent of the eligibles went to.
the polls, and this was the
record since 1920.
But. even with the larger
percentage of people voting,
the gap between the presi-
Dental vote and the congress
sional vote prior to 1920 aver
aged about So per cent. 1t
doesn't seem to have mattered
that there were larger num-
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Challenge to Moscow's Control

troops being sent across the
Oder River for duty in rest
less Poland.
Yet it is a bit too early to
decide that the Red army has
cast its lot with one side or
the other in the Kremlin
struggle for power, If it has,
there must have been guar
antees that Marshal Zhukov
feels will be kept. But until
the evidence is great deal
stronger, it probably would be
unwise to bet on any winners
in the Moscow intrigue at this
point. Much better to await
further developments, to see
how far the recalcitrant Poles
are permitted to be unco-
operative before the steel wise
closes on their heads, to OBJ
serve the public moves of the
Kremlin hierarchy toward
others of the satellite empire.
so long voiceless behind the
Iron Curtain.
The challenge to Moscow's
monolithic domination of the
Communist world is very real.
A nationalist communism, no
matter how Marxist, is no
thing of love for the Kremlin's
dreams of world conquest.
Slaves and masters fit into
the Russian scheme of things;
independent or semi-independ-
ent vassals do not. Either the
whip cracks now, or it cannot
crack at all.
But it probably is entirely
too early to take for granted
any decisive realignments
within the collective leadership
of the Soviet dictatorship.
There probably will be a great
amount of backing and filling.
marching and counter-march-
ing, before the conspirators
manage to assassinate enough
of their number to assert
power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
DAVID LAWRENCE

~ a fallacy is repeated often
enough, it comes to be &C
copied as gospel-especially
in politics.
Thus, it has been said over
and over again in the last four
years that President Essen
hover is stronger than his
party" and that there is some
thing unusual about the fact
that in 1852 he ran ahead of
the congressional vote for the
Republican Party.
But the truth is there was
not anything unusual when
Eisenhower ran ahead of his
party. Every winning presi-
dental candidate has run
ahead of his party's congress
sional ticket in the Is presi-
Dental elections from 1895
on, with one exception-in
1913, when Harry Truman
won the presidency but ran
behind the Democratic Party'S
congressional vote.
Prof. C. A. M. Ewing of the
University of Oklahoma in his
book (194D, surveying nearly
a 50-year period of congress
sional elections from 1896 to
1914. concludes that the pop
ularity of the presidential
candidate and the presidential
campaign have very limited
influence upon congressional
elections. He thinks the coat
tail" theory is vastly ex-
aggerated.
Malcolm Moos, professor of
political science at Johns Hop
kins University, in his book,
Presidential Coattails," pub
lished in 1852, found that
Theodore Roosevelt. Repub-
lican, with a percentage of
1l4.9 over the congressional
vote Of his party. tops the list
of those who have run ahead
of their party. Still, Charles
Evans Hughes, Republican.
who lost in 1916. tied the l14.9
figure.
Bringing the data up to
date, Dwight Eisenhower
broke the all-time record in
1852 with a percentage of
1853 over the congressional
vote of his party. But this
was only four tenths of / per
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Red Army Role in KrenIin Intrigue VitoI,
But It's too Early to Bet on Winners

first successor. is likewise, not
surprisingly, aligned with the
foes of Khrushchev. Why
should a former Mister Big
love the man who was chiefly
responsible for costing him his
job? But again, Malenkov, too,
probably is playing his cards
along indicated lines-he isn't
about to fill an inside straight
so long as either Marshal
Zhukov or KhruShchev Is
holding all the aces.
If the Polish reports are
true. it would indicate that
the Red army, holding the bal
ance Of power in the collective
leadership prevailing in Mos
COW, has decided to cast its
lot with the Stalinists. This
could be true for a variety of
reasons. But it also could be
false. for even more reasons.
First of all, a re-establishment
of Stalinism, inevitably in the
person of one man eventually,
would mean the end of the
enviable role of balance of
power which the Red army
has been holding.
Of course. the army may be
taking an intensely practical
view Of this whole satellite
question. AS the force that
will have to do the fighting, it
is conscious of the opposition
it may have. The more the
new-fangled Kremlin policies
encourage Titoism in the
other satellites, the greater
the danger to the Red army if
it is called upon to destroy
tn csc rebellious elements.
There already have been re-
ports of shooting between Po-
liSh army units and Russian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

Inc pfeulcClOn OF trouble
within the top-policy echelons
of the Kremlin appears to be
quite accurate indeed. 1t took a
sudden overt act. like the brash
defiance of the Polish Com
muniSts in taking their leave OF
Moscow domination, to expose
to the world the deep cleavageS
existing within the so-called
collective leadership" of the
Moscow Communist bosses.
The most recent suggestion,
aScribed to Polish Communist
sources, declares that Khru-
shchev is on his way out. The
reason. according to the Polish
Reds, is the organized opposi-
ton of Comrades Molotov,
Mikoyan. and Malenkov, the
three MS"
There is only one mild sur
prise in the Polish rumor. 1t
has long been assumed by most
Western obServers-thoSe who
have been as close to Kremlin
developments as it is possible
for a Westerner to get, and
that is not very close-that
Anastas Mikoyan was a strong
supporter of Nikita Khru-
Shchev.
Molotov, the old hammer"
has long been known to be
Stalinist. opposed to the New
Look in Soviet affairs. He has
been toppled as Foreign Min
lister, to be replaced by Dmitri
Shepilov, who is known more
as a zhukov man than as a
minion of Khrushchev, al
though any such classification
in the present situation natu-
rally is subject to new circum-
stances.
Georgi Malenkov, former
Premier, who was Stains
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heSh-and-blood simulated cas-
ualtieS.
| The exercise assumed the
atomic bombing of the Frank
furt area. For four days medical
units, supported by elements of
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the 10th Infantry Division and
the I'd Armored Division, worked
collecting casualties" scattered
between Frankfurt and Kaisers-
lantern. IS miles west of the
Rhine River.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
Registration of Voters

Registration of Voters
Notice is hereby given that
there will be sittings of the Reg
istrars of Voters in the Town of
Gaithersburg on the dates and
during the hours listed hereafter
for the purpose of registering
qualified voters in the Town.
Sittings will be in the Office of
the Mayor and Council, Fire De-
partment Building, II E. Diamond
Avenue, as follows:
MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1856,
FROM 12 NOON TO Up. NJ.
MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1856,
FROM IL NOON TO 7P. Nj.
SATURDAY, APRIL I, 1856,
FROM IL NOON TO S p. M.
Qualified voters who have not
heretofore registered are notified
to appear in person to register if
they desire to be eligible to vote
in the Town Election on May Z,
1856.
WILLIAM G.. DAVIS
WINNIE A. BRIGGS
WILLARD E. Helm
Registrars 0964)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
CITY OF ROCKVILLE,
MARYLAND

Sealed Proposals, in triplicate,
will be received by the City of
Rockville, City Manager, Rock
vile, Maryland, until
600 PM. Eastern Standard Time,
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1856 for:
CONTRACT NO. &c,
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION
HornerS Lane Reservoir
Plans and Specifications for the
work to be done are on file and
open for inspection at the Office
of the City Engineer City Hall
Rockville, Maryland; the Office
of the Consulting Engineer, Gil.
bert Associates, Inc, GOT Wash
ington Street, Reading, Pennsyl-
vania and the Office of the Dodge
Reports, Washington, D. c.
Complete sets of Contract Docu.
ments may be obtained from the
Consulting Engineer or City Man
ager. There will be no deposit re.
quired for the plans and specifi
cations.
The work to be performed un
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der Contract &c, Electrical is
briefly to furnish and install cleo
trical equipment and provide
power and lighting at the Hor-
ners Lane Pumping Station, tele-
metering equipment on a 100000
gallon elevated tank and at the
Horners Lane Reservoir and
pump controls in the Horners
Lane Pump Station.
Each bid shall be accompanied
by a certified check or Bid bond,
drawn to the order of the City of
Rockville, Maryland on forms pro
vided and in an amount not less
than TEN percent 1000 of the
amount of the Bid, as a guaran-
tee that if the Bid is accepted, a
Contract will be entered into and
the performance thereby properly
secured.
The City of Rockville reserves
the right to accept or reject any
or all Bids, and to accept any Bid
which in its judgment is for the
best interest of the City. All Pro.
posals shall be sealed, marked and
addressed as follows:
City Manager
City of Rockville
City Hall
Rockville, Maryland
BID FOR CONTRACT NO. &c,
ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION
Horners Lane Reservoir
No Bidder may withdraw his
Bid within THIRTY 900 days
after the actual date of the open
ing thereof.
Mayor & Council of Rockville,
Maryland
By: Joseph c. Rodgers,
Acting City Clerk. (1963)
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Easter Seal
DriUe Open
On Saturday

The annual Easter Seal cam
paign on behalf of crippled chill
dren began in the county Satur,
day and lasts through April
10, it was announced by Mrs. Cur
its Walker, president of the Mont
gomery County Society for Grip
pied Children and Adults.
About $4,000 homes in the coun-
ty will receive Easter Seals in the
mail by this week. County resi-
dents are asked to send their con
tributions to society headquarters
at 1906 Rockville Pike, Rockville.
Mrs. Walker has set a 60 per
cent increase in contributions ov-
err 1855 as a must" goal if a
65 per cent increase in the case
load of patients in the county is
to be accommodated The society
operates treatment center for
physical and speech therapy at
1906 Rockville Pike.
She said the treatment center
must expand its facilities IN the
coming year to meet the increas-
ing demands of an expended back
log of cases. Easter Seals for the
primary means of support for
the treatment center.
In addition to the letters,
wishing wells" will be placed
in banks in Bethesda, Silver
Spring and Rockville for volun-
tary donations. Liaison with
county schools during the drive
is under craftsmanship of Mrs.
Melvin l.. Reese, wife of the
county manager
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Caithersburg
Bowling Races
Remain Close

Competition continues to be
keen in the bowling leagues at
the Delamar Lanes in Gathers
burg. Woodfield Methodist and
Epworth No. 2 are tied for the
lead in the Church League with
Al victories and 10 losses apiece.
Wards Cab, with a 1920 record
is just one game ahead of Jerry's
Raw Bar and Sea Food Restaur-
ant in the 1925" circuit.
Nellie Brake continues to set
torrid pace among the lady
bowlers in the church loop. Roll
ing for St Luke's No. l Nellie
has the best average, 102, the
most strikes, 10, and the most
spares, 70.
In the mems individual race,
C. Darnell of First Baptist No.
2 has the top average of 40 and
the top strike total of 81. Sidney
Brake of st. Luke's No. l has
11S spares, tops in that category.
Among new marks set this
week in the 1925" circuit were
the league-topping totals of 46
strikes and ITO spares posted by
John Eader of Jerry's Raw Bar.
Kenny Federline of Higgins Dol
continues to sport the loops best
average, 119.
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onto second place, against Mont
gomery County Unitarian.
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MethOdiSts
Take " Cage
League Title

Marvin Methodist, unbeaten in
nine games, has clinched the Jun
ior Division title in the Silver
Spring YMCA Church Basketball
League with one more card of
games scheduled Saturday. In the
Senior Division, Grace Episcopal
was upset last week and dropped
into first place tie with Ascen-
sion Episcopal. Both teams had
81 records going into this week S
final games, the results of which
were not available at press time
Marvin Methodist got past
Christ Congregational 1923 to
clinch the junior circuit crown
In other games Montgomery
County Unitarian beat Colesville
Methodist PALS. Takoma Park
Presbyterian walloped the First
Baptist of Wheaton 40-13, Ascen-
sion Episcopal downed Grace Ep-
iscopal 30-12, and Parker Memoir
ial Baptist smothered Woodside
Methodist 52-18.
In the senior loop, Grace Epis-
copal got its come-uppance from
Christ Congregational 50-48 in
what a league official describes
as "a real thriller" At the same
time Ascension Episcopal held on
by dropping First Baptist of
Wheaton 1888. In other senior
circuit contests Woodside Method
list defeated Takoma Park Pres
byterian 44-37, Marvin Methodist
clobbered Wheaton Presbyterian
1928, Colesville Methodist smack
ed st. James Lutheran 56-40, and
Clifton Park Baptist knocked
Parker Memorial Baptist 1888.
In Saturdays final Junior Div
ision games league-leading Mar
vim Methodist can't be hurt no
matter what happens against
Colesville Methodist. Parker Me
mortal Baptist will try to hang
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