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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Our hydrogen bomb airdrop is postponed again. Small
oversight in planning There be slight delay while Defense
Secretary Wilson borrows bomber from Russia
Republican Chairman Hall and Democratic Chairman
Ter sign code of fair campaign practices There will be
lutey mud-singing in drought
Republicans troubled about what to do the
day of the San Francisco convention That's the day
gates finally will get mad at doing nothing for three days
President Sukano of Indonea visits the tomb of George
Washington They have much in Both founded
great naons-neher of which has yet
The London Daily Mirror calls Secretary
"sourpuss" Americans would like reort Dulles
home seldom nobody which Englishman he does
resemble
The Eisenhower team will stand its record None of
the dire things the Democrats predicted have taken place
fact Republican orators claim anything
has taken place.
Treasury Secretary Humphrey that financing for
new highways is $40 billion shy That's handicap.
Washington project can paid for is auto
matcallY too small.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Action Seen as Greatly Increasing
Peiping's Chances for a Seat in u. N.
CONSTANTINE BROWN

1t is difficult to understand
the panied surprise of the
State Department at the news
that Egypt has recognized
Communist China and that
the two governments will soon
exchange ambassadors.
American diplomatic repre-
sentatives in the Middle East
have been reporting accurately
for some time details of the
efforts of Peiping's friends to
induce the Arab and Turkish
governments to adopt a real
istic policy" toward the Chi
nese Communists.
Recognition by Egypt has
been inevitable ever since the
Chinese Reds established i'm
portant economic barters and
sent token arms to the Cairo
government before Czecho-
slovakia came into the picture.
Syria is expected to follow,
suit before long.
The ambassadors of Britain,
Canada and India have been
urging the Turkish govern
ment for a year to break rela-
tons with the Nationalist
and recognize the Peiping ad-
ministration because 1T would
be mutually profitable and
tend to further relax world
tensions"
Prime Minister Menderes
resisted these pressures. He
pointed out that the Chinese
Communists were in fact at
war with Turkey in Korea and
that the armiStice signed in
1858 ended the shooting but
has not re-established peace.
He also pointed out the i'm
morality of recognizing a re-
gime which was outlawed by
the United Nations itself when
the Chinese Communists were
branded as aggressors in 1851.
Premier Nasser is pressuring
the Saudi Arabians to recog-
nize Peiping. King Saud, de-
spite the Arab bloc's leaning
toward Moscow. its satellites
and allies, refuses to recognize
all Communist regimes and
does not permit their CONNER
cial and technical representa-
tiveS on his territory.
Soviet offers to King Saud,
through NasSer, to provide the
Saudi Arabian army with arms,
ammunition and modern mill
tary aviation have also been
turned down. Saud prefers
cash-and-carry deals with the
United States for the limited
armament he needs to bargain
basement offers of the Com
muniStS.
Besides being ruler of the
Wahabites. Saud considers
himself, as guardian Of the
holy places of Mecca and Me-
dina. the spiritual leader Of
the Moslems. AS such he con-
tends it would be immoral to
have truck with atheistic gov
ernments.
All the same there is no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
EX-GERMAN POW
RETURNS TO u. S. AS
POLITICAL OBSERVER

TULSA, Okla. (P).-Dr.
Fritz Hellwig, held as a Ger
man prisoner of war in
Oklahoma during World
War II, was back today as a
political observer.
With three other members
OF the German bundestag,
he is touring the United
States under the foreign
leader program of the State
Departments international
educational exchange serv-
ice.
DR.. Hellwig. who holds a
Phi. d. from Marburg. Vien-
ma and Berlin universities.
was a prisoner at camps
near FL Reno and Alva,
Okla.
He recalled his prison stay
as two delightful years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
E gypt's Recognition of Red China

be willing, they argue. to fight
a definitely useless and costly
war which might spread to the
rest of the world "for the sake
of keeping Chang Kai-shek in
the United Nations against the
will of a large proportion of
its membership"
After all there is only a shaky
armistice in Korea and Indo-
China. The shooting in For
mosa Strait has ceased tenn
porarily because the Chinese
Reds want to see the results
of the Moscow-Smil act. The
Communists have definitely
the military potential to re-
sumo hostilities in either or all
these uneasy areas.
These arguments are being
tossed back and forth in closed
sessions of the top political
agencies in the executive
branch. They have taken no
definite shape yet and are not
being aired in public because
they might provide political
ammunition in this election
year for the opposition which
lacks dramatic issues.
And it would be ironical in
deed if the political party
which was branded as guilty
in the sell-out of China and
which dismissed Gen. Douglas
Macarthur when he was about
to obtain a military decision
on the Korean battlefields were
given the opportunity to shout
in turn "sell out" to the Re-
publican contenders for Office
in November.
The top policy-makerS in the
administration have not
bought these ideas. But they
accept the theory that even a
vague possibility of an armed
clash is in fragrant contradic-
ton of their peace and pros
perity slogan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Civil Rights Champion Beseeches
President to Beware Sucker Punch

Harry P. Cain has beamed
q poignant swan song directly
at President Eisenhower in an
attempt to reach him over the
heads of political aides, in
Guiding Attorney General
Brownell. who have prevented
his direct approach to the
President.
Mr.. Cain is the member of
the Subversive Activities Con-
troll Board who made a right
wing record as a Republican
Senator but has emerged as a
courageous champion of the
civil rights of Federal en-
ployes.
He has revealed defects ln
the security system and gross
injustices in its administra-
ton. Recently he secured the
reinstatement of Sidney Hat
kin. an Air Force civilian en-
ploye, with IA months of back
pay.
Mr.. Gains term expires in
August. 1t has become APP
parent to him what observers
long suspected. that he will
not be reappointed. Such
powerhouses as Mr.. Brownell.
Republican National Chairman
Hall and Presidential Aide
Sherman Adams complain he
is mot a team player"
Mr.. Gains written records
show he has tried hard to
consult. He has been ignored
and sent to Coventry by Eisen-
hover officials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Soviet's Disarmament Surprise

the final and decisive phase Of
the conflict"
Whatever else has changed
in Russia, this conception has
not.
Secretary Dulles analysis of
the underlying reasons for
what appears on the surface
to be a sensational disarma-
ment move is. therefore. sound.
To build up armed divisions
out of all proportion to any
conceivable use and then abol-
ish large number of them in
favor of tighter. more econom-
ical and more competent mill
tary organization, is rational.
But it should not have been
allowed to appear as a SEN
sational peace gesture.
Mr.. Dulles words are COM
mentS after the fact. The
analysis should and could have
been made in advance of it,
and calculated to take the
wind out of the Russian politi-
cal sails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

His orthodox attempts to go
through channels in the man.
ner which Gen. Eisenhower
prefers having failed, Mr.. Cain
has delivered a speech to the
Colorado branch of the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union, en-
titled 1.-THE Unvarnis h e d
Truth" 1t is his hope to force
the Presidents attentio n
through his press conference.
The speech is even palmer
than previous Cain criticisms.
He said he expected soon to be
a private citizen and he would
talk "as a free citizen who is
unafraid as a person but
frightened by what his Govern
ment is doing to make other
citizens afraid"
1t is Mr.. Gains thesis that
the President does not get
unpleasant" news. Many here
will agree. This is always a
presidential problem. affecting
Gen. Eisenhower the more
strongly because he is not a
searching reader. has no pas
Sionate curiosity about men or
affairs and spends his leisure
time with companions chosen
to give him complete mental
relaxation.
If the President is so
burdened with the urgent as
to find little time for the i'm
portant," Mr.. Cain insisted, ut
remains a lasting and pressing
obligation for those who sur
round the President to give
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Analysis of Sukdrno's Speech

Certainly Indonesia would
become dependent on America.
In fact. it is dependent mill
tarily today on the United
States Navy. which is the only
barrier between it and Soviet
aggression. 1t will be recalled
that the United States Navy
was not powerful enough in
l941 to prevent the sweep
southwark of the japanese
fleet and the occupation of
IndoneSia.
Military facts are not erased
by wishful thinking. 1t begins
to look as if those in this
country who are opposing for
eign aid now will have a very
valid argument presented to
them by the Sukarno speech.
For it is evident he is not
concerned about the military
danger of Soviet aggression
and regards Americas military
defense operations as super
f1uous. In Congress economic
aid is advocated primarily to
bolster military aid-to make
sure allied countries grow eco
nomically stronger.
AS for building Indonesia' IS
economy, this is not Americas
obligation at any time, and
certainly not if the new repub-
lie wants to embrace neutral
ism. For. unless the peoples
themselves in the countries
aided want the protection of
the Western powers militariIy,
there is no sense in Offering
economic aid.
Memories are short. The
cruel aggression by the Com
muniStS in Korea, in defiance
of the United Nations. is for
gotten by President Sukarno.
In the last "a hours, Nasser
of Egypt has shown that he
also has forgotten that the
United Safes is still at war
with Red China. Why should
aid for the Aswan dam or any
other project be given Egypt
now that 1t has embraced
Americas enemy?
The United States should
never buy" allies but should
help only those countries which
fully understand the Commu-
mist military menace and sin
cerely seek to join us in a COM
mon defense plan.
Reproduction Rights Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

as the man who passed a $3.50
check. Beatrice Kemp, whose
name was one of two on the
check, testified the signature was
not hers. However, Detective
Sergt. Alex K. Kapsol, of the
Check and Fraud Squad, testi-
fed man called John Garner,
who lived with the defendant,
has confessed to forging the
check. Police handwriting ex--
pert Ira Gullickson testified the
writing on the check was not
that of the defendant.
Judge Malloy said he was
holding Trice for grand jury ac-
ton because he presented the
check knowing the check was
a forged document, whether
he forged it or not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

number all NATO's ground
forces in Europe.
The plain fact is that Com
munist preponderance is so
huge that Western Europe
cannot be defended by land
armies. Ask Gen. Gruenther!
In the East, Soviet China
commands 100000 soldiers,
q force approximately equal
to that of the United States,
and. with RuSsia's reductions,
that of the Soviet Union.
Since the partition of Indo-
China, North Wet Nam has
been creating a greatly swollen
force. So has North Korea.
Nowhere in Asia is there any
comparable offsetting force.
During the past months also,
it has been abundantly clear
that Russia is making herself
into an arsenal, not only for
her allies but also for neu-
trails, and has started a bold
campaign of economic pene-
tration all over the globe.
This requires the extension
and manning of weapons-pro-
ducing and other heavy in
dustries. To keep 900 divisions
under armS-almost as many
as Nazi Germany possessed
when she crashed through the
Low Countries into France in
l940-is obvious waste, espe-
cially as many Of these divi-
sions are in cadre form.
The manpower. even for
purely military considerations,
can better be used elsewhere,
and it would have been safe
teven without Mr.. Stassen's
privy knowledge to predict
that II would.
Russia has always preferred
to fight by proxy. at least in
the initial stages Of a great
war. In this column l have re-
peatedly gone back TO Stains
words in 1889. predicting the
benefits that would accrue. in
a great war. to the power
which kept It's own forces dis
engaged. and in reserve, until
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
DAVID LAWRENCE

President Sukarno of In
donesia is a likable person, but.
his speech to a joint session
of Congress was astonishing
for what it omitted.
Nowhere in the address was
there even a brief mention of
the biggest menace to the
freedom and independence of
Indonesia itself-namely, the
potential threat of an agrees
sor coalition comprising So
Wet Russia and Red China.
Is it conceivable that DR..
Sukarno purposely avoided all
reference to the Communists
and talked about political in
dependence and how foreign
aid should be granted his
country without realizing that
the whole Western world is
gravely concerned about the
military situation in both Eu-
rope and Asia?
The Indonesian leader is
confronted by SO Communists
in his Parliament, and there
is infiltration by the Commu-
niStS in the other political
parties, too. In fact, money
from Red China financed the
campaign of the Communists
in the recent elections in
Indonesia.
Yet it is clear from DR.. Su-
karno'S speech that he has
swallowed hook. line and sink
er the Communist claim that
America seeks to interfere in
the internal affairs of his
country when it grants aid.
Unfortunately. too many So
called liberals" in America
and others who have been
guilty of petty partisanship
have criticized their own Gov
eminent by echoing this same
Communist line not only as to
Indonesia but other lands as
well.
What could America pos
sibly want of Indonesia ex-
cept the new nations own best
interests-defense against the
aggression of Communist Rus
STA and Communist China? If
Malaga goes Communist. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
DORIS FLEEsON
Gains Swan Song on SACB

every consideration to things
important. Matters dealing
with internal security and free
dom are everlaStingly i'm
portant."
He expressed the hope that
someone who has a facility
for getting through to those
advisers" should be appointed
in his place. With a trace of
asperity, he suggested that
such a person might make
the unpleasant facts of life
more digestible to those in
higher authority"
Mr.. Cain calmly marked
poison" on a claim in the
May issue of the Republican
Party's official publication
which said that since 1858,
3.700 security risks have been
separated from the Govern
ment and that 5000 additional
employees have resigned.
The press has joined politi-
clans in protesting such claims.
Mr.. Cain said such numbers
are subject to a large margin
of error" Flatly he said in
Colorado that the number
9.700-total of the new G. o. P.
f1gures-is "the most errone-
GUS, dangerous and misleading
Government statistic ever made
public"
The President he described
as "a champ" but he added:
ANY champ can be made to
look like a chump if he leaves
himself open to a sucker punch
like that figure"
Such talk is rarely ad-
dressed to President Essen
hover by a fellow Republican.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Address Before Congress Criticized
For Omission of Communist Menace

Soviets can soon begin to seize
portions of Indonesia.
The new republic of Indo-
nesia is an island empire. 1t
has no navy of it's own. If it
cannot rely on the navies of
the West - Great Britain,
France and the United States
how can it be protected, and
how can its continuance as an
independent country be as
Sured?
DR.. Sukarno reveals his dis
trust of the West in the fol-
lowing paragraph of his
speech:
THE approach to the ques-
ton of foreign aid should be
based upon different principles
in different countries. Without
adequate knowledge of those
countries. and even if your
motives in granting aid were
solely the stability of this re-
gion, the results could be adj
verse. and the flow of even bill
lions of dollars could lead only
to strained relations. Certainly
military aid is no substitute for
Asian stability. 1t will only
serve to make countries accept
ing it more dependent upon
America, and their worth as
genuine partners in the uni
versal struggle for liberty,
peace and prosperity will con-
Sequently decline"
When DR.. Sukarno says,
Even if your motives in
granting aid were solely the
stability of this region" it may
be asked what other possible
motive could the United States
have?
It's the Communists who
have been spreading the propa-
ganda attributing to America
some selfish purpose in Indo-
nesia-and this in the face of
the historic fact that the
United States has fought two
world wars and has not an
nexed a single inch of territory
as a consequence. Meanwhile,
the Soviet empire has annexed
country after country and
robbed many nations of their
independence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Stossen Had knowledge of Red Move,
But u. S. Blunted Propaganda Too Late

With Harold Stassen's FORE
knowledge of the Soviets' in
tention to demobilize perhaps
/ million soldiers. the West,
one thinks, should have been
able. also in advance. to blunt
the international propaganda
effect of the action. But there
is no evidence that Washing
ton, London. Paris and Bonn
consulted and planned con-
certed moves. 1t looks as
though Bonn, at least. was not
even informed of what was
pending.
AS it is. we are compelled to
agree with Admiral Radford,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of staff. that despite Soviet
armed strength the Vests
military position relative to
the Soviet Union is stronger
than its political and diplo-
matte position.
To appear to be caught by
surprise when there is no rea-
son for surprise is lame, to say
the least.
Much Of the effect could
have been blunted If, with
foreknowledge of Soviet inten-
tions. a concerted exposure had
been made during the past
fortnight Of Russia's top-heavy
land forces.
One might have asked what
earthly use the Soviets could
make of a land army Of more
than 4 million men, taking into
account the additional armies
of the satellites on her west
ern frontiers and those of her
Chinese ally on her eastern
borders.
The Soviet armies are fully
integrated with those of Po-
land, Czechoslovakia. Hungary.
Romania. Bulgaria and East
Germany. These comprise 10
to 80 divisions. augmented by
$500 planes Of various types.
Even with West Germany's
still-unraised IL divisions. these
satellite armies. exclusive OF
russian forces. will still out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18

doubt that the unexpected"
diplomatic relationship be-
tween Cairo and Peiping will
increase greatly Communist
China's prospects to be seated
in the United Nations at the
General Assembly meeting
next November. Despite the
official protestations of our
administration that it will
fight with all legal means at
its disposal such an overt act
of defiance of the principle
of the charter, some White
House advisers backed by mid
dle-echelon officials are being
reconciled to that idea.
Their contention is that we
should not carry on a feud
indefinitely; it would be i'm
practical ana dangerous. His
tory is dynamic and changes
are continuous, say these ad-
vocates. Occasionally. they
add. moral principles must be
sacrificed for the good of all
the people.
Our bitter enemies of II
years ago. the Germans and
Japanese, it is pointed out, are
now amongst our best friends.
The price of seating the Pei
ping regime in the United Ma
tions in exchange for Russias
withdrawal Of her veto against
admission of Japan is well
worthwhile. Moreover, what
could America and the world
gain, say these political ad-
visers, if Communist China
in retaliation for our stub
bornnesS were to reopen hos
tilities in Korea, Indo- China
and the Formosa Strait?
Will the American people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-18
Forgery Suspect
Held Despite Proof
IOf His Innocence

A forgery suspect yesterday
was ordered held for grand jury
action despite testimony that
Ianother man admitted the for
gerry and that the writing on
the check was not that of the
defendant.
Municipal Judge John j. Mall
10y held Larry E. Trice, 80,
colored. of 2703 Hamlin street
NE, for the grand jury under
$1,000 bond.
A teller for the City Bank
of Washington identified Trice
The Arizona post., 1956-11-09
Obituaries

David w. Bloom, 76, one of
the founders of the first Jew
ish structure in Tucson, Tenn
pie Emanuel, died Nov. 2 in
a local hospital following an
illness of six months.
Mr.. Bloom was a charter
member of Temple Emanuel
and aided in its founding in
Tucson in 1910. He was also
an outstanding community
leader and was a founder and
past president of the Tucson
Merchants Association and a
past treasurer of Tucson Ro-
tary Club. He also was a 32nd
degree Mason and a Shriner.
He came to the United
States at the age of Is from
Kovno. Lithuania and in 1906
came to Tucson. He opened
his first store in that year and
this year Dave Bloom & Sons,
a mems clothing establish
ment, celebrated its 5Oth ami
versary and announced an ex-
pansion of facilities.
Mr.. Bloom is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Clara Bloom;
three sons, David A., Herbert
F., and Ted; one daughter,
Mrs. David Aarons of Denver,
and nine grandchildren. He
leaves two sisters, Mrs. Sarah
Cohen of West Newton, Mass,
and Mrs. Mary Siegel OF New
York City.
Louis D. Goldstein, 85, who
was a resident of Tucson for
Is years, died Oct. 80 in Los
Angeles.
He was the father of Mrs.
Julius Gore and the grdllu-
father of Mr.. Victor Gore OF
Tucson.
Survivors are three daugh'
tiers. Mrs. Julius Gore, Tucson,
Mrs. Rose Marinoff and Ann
Goldstein of Beverly Hills,
Cal. and two sons, Alfred ana
Emmett of Chicago.
Mrs. Emma Gitlitz, Ct, died
Tuesday morning at a local
hospital. She had resided WIN
her husband, Morris, at 1911
E. Tenth.
The Arizona post., 1956-11-09
IsrueHs Wufch
SEQ BuffIe
At Huifu

HAIFA (JTA) - Tens of
thousands of Israelis wit
messed a dawn naval en-
gagement, the first of the
present hoStilitieS as ISra-
ellis vessels, shore installa-
tions and rocket firing jet
planes quickly subdued an
Egyptian fri G a tie which
shelled the Haifa Bay area.
While men, women and
children who had watched
the battle cheered them
selves hoarSe, the frigate
Ibrahim Avail struck its col
ors and ran up a white flag.
Shortly thereafter tu G S
began nudging the former
British escort destroyer into
port. This first prize of the
two day old war a S o
brought Israel $50 prison
erS, her entire complement.
The Arizona post., 1956-11-09

of interest in the important
campaign.
CO-CHAIRMEN with Mr..
Ginsburg will be Rabbi Albert
T. Bilgray, Mr.. Harry Gilberg,
Mr.. Henry H. Kaufman, Mr..
David Kramer, Mr.. Morris
c.. Rosenbaum and Mr.. Morris
Shanhouse. Mr.. Lew Davis is
chairman of the advance gifts
division and his co-chairmen
are Mr.. Arthur GruneWald,
MIR. Paul Present, Mr.. Irving
Fierson and Mr.. Marvin Volk.
Chairman of the profession
al division is DR.. Otis Miller.
DR.. Henry Stanford is captain
of the doctors division. DR..
w. Alter, captain of the dent
ists' division and Mr.. Sidney
Weissberger, captain of the
lawyers division.
MIR. MORRIS BECKER is
chairman of the trades diVl-
sion. His co-chairmen are Mr..
Newton Pfeffer, Mr.. Meyer