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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
DAVID LAWRENCE
Why Life Span Is Increasing

that the simmoning Of all the
specialists had been a wise
move. When they decided to
operate at 8 am. the operat-
ing room and staff had been
ready for hours for just such
a decision.
Anybody else would have
undergone the same routine
at a hospital but, because it
was the President of the
United States. the headlines
and the radio broadcast every
single medical detail as soon
as the operation was over.
This correspondent followed
the bulletins throughout FRI
day night and into the day
light hours of Saturday and
was impressed by the prompt
ness and comprehensiveness
of the information furnished
by the Presidents secretary.
James Hagerty. He made
every scrap of information in
stantly available. It certainly
instills confidence that the
American people in the future
will continue to be given under
this administration every es-
sential fact about the Presi-
dents health. 1t wasn't that
way, unfortunately, under the
Wilson or the Roosevelt
administrations.
What effect on the presiden-
tial contest of 1856 will all this
have? No more than it has
before. The Democrats will
hesitate to make the Presi-
dents health a real issue
though they may nibble at it.
Such tactics, however, can
boomerang on them.
When the American people
soon see Ike by teleVision NOV
ing around again on the golf
course and on his trips to Get
tysburg and back, they win for
get about the stomach upset
of last week even as so many
already have decided that a
man with a history of a heart
attack can live on for years
thereafter.
The Gallup polls taken since
last autumn show that a ma
jority of the people will vote
for Ike irrespective of his past
illnesses. They apparently
want him at the helm as long
as they can have him for, to
an extraordinary degree, he
has won their esteem and
their affection.
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DORIS FLEEsON
Doctors Are Just People

believe that had the people
around him been able to view
him as friends only, not as
courtiers, his fatigue and
physical change could have
escaped them.
In this connection the COM
ments of Roosevelt's physician,
Rear Admiral Ross T. McIn-
tire, in his book, White House
Physician" published in 1916,
are revealing.
DR.. McIntire Acknowledged
he had been accused Of max
ing false and misleading re-
ports on the Presidents health
but he argued my statements
to the press simply reported
the findings of specialists"
These findings were: Every
possible check-up proved him
organically sound.
Conjecture as to what
might happen would have been
grossly improper nor was spec
ulation the business of the
physicians who conducted the
examinations" McIntire in
sisted.
He cites also a detailed and
typical" check-up covering the
period from September 20 to
November l. 1914.
Any doctor, he said, would
bear out the McIntire state
ment made to the press that
the President was "in good
condition for a man of his
age" DR.. McIntire continued
to be optimistic following the
campaign. After that he said
Mr.. Roosevelt worked much
too hard but from his final
Warm Springs vacation re-
ports were encouraging. In fact
DR.. McIntire describes as "op-
timistic" a telephoned report
he got from Roosevelt's physi-
clan there a few hours before
the fatal stroke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11

Neither the coIored charts
and graphs presented to mem-
bers Of Congress to prove how
essential economic help is and
how carefully it is being dis
pensed nor the personal inter-
vention Of President Eisenhow-
er could forestall the House
cuts Of more than q billion in
foreign aid.
The reason for the ineffec-
tiveness of the Intervention of
the highly popular Chief Exc
cutive was the sentiment of
the country's grass roots
which the legislators could not
ignore. particularly in this
election year.
Many Of the congressional
leaders have taken swings, es-
pecially through the Middle
West. They found an over
whelming opposition to indis-
eliminate support to foreign
nations - some Of whom are
only fair-weather friends of
ours.
The large volume of mail
reaching Senators and Repre-
Sentatives from their States
and districts also has put them
on guard. These letters, except
those obviously inspired by the
usual pressure groups. are
strongly against full accept
ance of the administrations
figure for foreign economic
and military assistance.
To these considerations must
be added the fact that the
representatives of the execu-
tive branch have not made a
very convincing case. More
over, many Congress members
have now a first-hand knowl-
edge of conditions abroad and
do not believe that the APP
proval of aid amounting to
nearly IS billion is justified.
They also know from their
own personal Investigations
that while the governments in
Western Europe, for instance,
have not fallen completely into
the Red propaganda trap that
war is now unthinkabie. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
House Revolt on Foreign Aid

the wishes Of the commander.
in-chief.
/, Others have waited for q
long time to obtain patronage
in the form Of judgeships for
important constituents. Their
requests have been kept on. ice
and they have been given to
understand that if they vote
on a somewhat watered down
measure dear to the hearts Of
the administration. their cam
didates' names will be sent to
the Judiciary Committee for
confirmation.
Despite these maneuvers an
informal poll taken by the ma
jority and minority leaders ,
has shown that under the best
circumstances only a pittance
may be added to the revised
foreign aid bill as passed by.
the House. 1t was explained to
the President last Tuesday
that the token sum would save
the administrators face and
would be accepted by the Sen !
ate and House conferees.
The approval of the 5000
million increase asked by the
White House would only pro-.
duce a deadlock which might
kill the whole bill,
Secretary dulles, whose
prestige stands much higher
than that of some presidential
advisers such as Mr.. Eisen-
hower's secretary for disarma-
ment, Harold Stassen, has
worked hard to convince 0
Senators in both camps of the 4
necessity to bolster the adj.
ministration's foreign policy.
But he has no satisfactory
reply when he is asked by Z
legislators in private conver-a
sations how he could explain, !
if he were a candidate for
elected Office, our response to
the smiling policies of the
Kremlin team and still expect
our allies in Europe to continue
to arm.
And if the armament ques-
ton is pushed in the back
ground by our allies, how could
the American Taxpayers be
persuaded to continue to give
until it hurts?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
$1,000 Words of Hate Constitute Most
Remarkable Document of Modern History

and assess properly all these
proposals"
Someone, however. leaked
the text either directly to
American representatives or to
others who would see that it
reached the State Department.
Was 1t someone in the Rus
sian party, or in the East
European states? That we are
not likely to learn on any I'M
questionable authority.
But that such a revelation
from inside the Soviet Com
munist Party could be per-
manently confined within a
fairly large circle of Commu-
nists was extremely unlikely.
Now it will travel throughout
the world, despite iron cur
tains.
I am assuming that the text
is genuine. It bears the hall
marks. The arguments and
verbiage are Soviet-Commu-
mist; the cases are exactly de-
tailed as to persons and dates.
Much Of the content, though
by no means all. was already
known in the West.
The testament Of Lenin, for
instance, warning against
Stain, reached here via the
Trotzkyists at Just about the
time this gigantic crime story
begins.
The trials Of the "old Boil
sheviks" were dramatized for
world by Arthur Koestler. him
self a former Communist, in
Darkness at Noon" But, COM
pairing his book and play with
Khrushchev's account, we find
an error.
Koestler attributed the con-
LESSONS OF these men to
psychological pressures, by
which they were actually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11

how unkind. wholly partisan
and utterly unnecessary even
to raise it.
The Presidents doctors have
gone even further. They indi-
cate now. as before, that some
how, in some way not clear to
laymen, the President is better
than he was. The fact that
the American people have not
altogether swallowed this as
sumption is proved by the
flood of heart disease is good
for YOU Jokes that are going
around the country.
The truth is that the Presi-
dent has been retired to the
sidelines during long and criti-
cal periods and will be again.
To cite only a few of the cur
rent gaps in White House
leadership that Will now occur.
there are the visits of Chan
cellor Adenauer of Germany
with crucial internal problems
to discuss and of Canadian
Foreign Minister Lester Pear
son with plans to revamp
NATO. The foreign aid bill
is in trouble which gets worse
not better by the day.
Republicans think they can
not win the election this fall
without Mr.. Eisenhower. They
will not give leadership in the
present discussion any more
than. Democrats did in 1914
when Franklin Roosevelt ran
for a fourth term.
Mr., Roosevelt had had Meth
er a heart attack nor a major
operation in 1914. For his re-
latively few public shows he
mustered the old charm and
smile. Yet it is impossible to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
DOROTHY thompson
Khrushchev's Anti-StoIin TRADE

brought to believe in their
own guilt.
Not so Khrushchev. The con-
fessions, he bluntly states, were
obtained by excruciating and
"barbaric" physical tortues,.
one account of which is re-
scribed in a plea to Stain by
Robert r. Eikhe. on October
n, 1899, his letter being quoted
by Khrushchev.
Many of the victoms later
denied their confessions in
court - before Prosecutor
Adrei Vishinsky. the collabor-
ator with mass murder who
afterward graced the rostrum
of the United Nations Security
Council, and was fortunate
enough to die in New York of
natural causes" If a heart
attack under all the circum-
stances could be considered so.
The extent of the liquida-
tions, even those enumerated
by Khrushchev, is startling.
OF 1879 members Of the party's
Central Committee. 70 per cent
were shot. OF 1866 delegates
to the 18th Party Congress,
LOB were arrested and either
killed or sent into obscurity.
But with a few exceptions
it is only the sufferings Of
fellow party members that
concern Khrushchev. Stains
fight against the farmers who
resisted collectivization is
fully supported by Khrushchev.
without the extirpation Of
the Kulaks. we would not now
have a powerful heavy industry
~. collective farms :. would
be weak in capitalist encircle-
ment."
So, for such reasons Of
state" 1t was perfectly all right
to cause millions, yes. millions.
to die Of starvationl Their
bones do not seem TO have
fortified Russia's fields, which
have the lowest production per
acre In the world A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
BROWN
Senate Also Expected to Back Slash
Despite Eisenhowers and Dulles Pleas

people themselves have be-
come convinced that the war
clouds have completely dis
persed. And in the constitu-
tional countries the people
hold the fate of the govern
ments in their hands.
The people abroad see no
reason for any kind of mill
tary preparedness even If this
means only a relatively small
outlay of the European tax
payers money. They would
rather have their young men
work in remunerative jobs in
industry, commerce and on
farms than serve in the mill
tary services for 10 or "a
months.
They see in our mild f1irta-
tion with the USSR a con-
firmation of their optimistic
beliefs that there will be no
wars during this or the next
generation.
These facts were laid frankly
before President Eisenhower
last week when congressional
lie a ders representing both
parties and houses spent hours
with him explaining why his
plea to restore at least 5000
million to the military as
sistance arogram will not be
needed.
The expectation of some Of
Mr.. Eisenhower's lieutenants
that the Senate may be less
obdurate than the House is
likely to be wrong. Normally
this is the case. There are only
So Senators and it is rare when
more than "a are present for
the vote on a major bill.
The White House and the
State Department have done
a good lobbying job.
A number of the opponents
of giveaway programs from
the Middle West have softened
UP already. Some are running
for reelection. They either
want full White House support
or do not want to bear the
stigma of having voted against
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11

The speech Of Nikita
Khrushchev, as delivered at
the goth Congress of the So
Wet Communist Party and re-
leased by the State Depart
ment June 5, is probably the
most remarkable document in
modern history. / have not
rushed to comment on 1t. 1t
contains $4,000 words, requir-
ing very careful reading.
The contents Of this speech
are certainly known to the top
leaders Of all the so-called
peoples democracies," and
will account for the changes
that are unquestionably oc-
curing in the satellite states
as well as in the Soviet Union
itself. But in no Communist
country will this account Of
80 years Of misrule, terror,
murder and all except the
downfall in war Of Russia her
self. be read by the people.
Unsparing in his denuncia-
ton Of the Stain reign Of
terror. citing detail after de-
tail, more than limiting that
Stain, a brute to begin with,
ended as a maniac, in the ex-
act pathological sense of the
word. Khrushchev neverthe-
less warns that the hideous
knowledge must be confined
only TO inner party circles:
I'VE cannot let this matter
get out Of the party, especially
not to the press. 1t is for this
reason that we are consider
ing it here at a closed Con-
eress session.
I'VE should know the limits.
We should not give ammuni-
ton to the enemy. We should
not wash our dirty linen be-
fore their eyes. l think that
the delegates will understand,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11

Modern medical science has
Just given the world a dramatic
exhibition Of why the life span
of man is increasing. For now
the physicians who performed
a surgical operation on Presi-
dent Eisenhower last week pro-
nounce him as likely to be in
better health than he was
before.
What would have been a
nonpublicized, almost routine
case of surgery became for all
the people of the country to
read an example of how nova
days the removal of an OBJ
struction In the intestinal tract
actually protects the individual
against what might be a SER
ious danger to him in the
future.
Already the widespread
knowledge disseminated about
the Presidents bout with
thrombosis last autumn has
changed the attitude of mil
lions of people who used to
think a heart attack meant
that a person became an in
valid the rest of his life. Now
they know that under proper
care in most cases a normal
life can be lived.
Naturally because in recent
months the question of wheth-
er after an illness a President
may or may not serve out his
term has aroused nationwide
discussion, any indisposition on
the part of the man in the
White House attracts sensa-
tional attention. Had it been
anybody else, even a member
Of Congress, such q case of in
festival trouble would probably
not have been recorded in the
press at all and the question of
whether any future incapacity
was involved would hardly have
been asked.
Many public men have UNI
dergone surgery in recent
years without impairing their
usefulness in the political
arena. Adlai Stevenson has
had two operations -one for
kidney stones and later for
gallstoneS. Harry Truman has
had a gall bladder operation
and removal OF an infected APP
pendix. Governor Hartman of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Gov. Averel Hartman Of New York throws his
the ring for President Democratic convention delegates
he won't forget to throw his wallet in after it.
Ike attended by Is doctors his successful operation
The wonder that they could that many doctors
roomwthout passing resolution against socialzed medicine
Now that Gov. Hartman of York has become
active candidate for President promises whse-stop
Stevenson" campaign
In addition Ike. stevenson and Gov Hartman
also had recent operations All candidates they
cut out for the job
1t. Gen. oDonnell the Air Force is undermined
Not enough pilots to do battle Rusaet alone against
the Army. Navy and Marines
The Democrats have Hartman, Stevenson Kefauver,
Lausche Williams and Symngton running President
ocrats say that all they need is issueand they have
it outnumbered six to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
Cease to Be Experts When They Wont
Eisenhower to Become President Acoin

When President Eisenhow-
er's doctors pronounce his OPP
Grafton a success and describe
him as being in excellent con-
dition, they are speaking as
experts and the Free World
rightly rejoices over their good
news.
When they go on from that
point, as they have both now
and after his heart attack, to
suggest that he can run again
for the Presidency, they have
ceased to be experts and are
just people. All that they prove
then is that a President COL
lects around him doctors, as
well as aides, who want him
to be President.
Today'S headlines link the
opinion (medicaD that the
President is fine with the
opinion (politicaD that he can
run again. The public gets
the impression that it is listen
ing to experts. 1t is true only
Of the first half. for in both
instances the Presidents doc
tors are speaking.
The political question raised
by the Presidents second ma
jor illness is whether a man,
IS, having the same set of ar
teries which led to the heart
attack with its long GONZALES
cence plus a major operation
requiring another five or six
weeks of rest, should run for
another four years in the most
demanding job in the world.
This question has not been
properly and widely discussed.
The Republican political lead
ership has attempted to con-
vey the idea that it was some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-11
Physici0ns Who Oper0ted on Eisenhower
Give World a Dramatic Exhibition

New York was in the hospital
q few weeks ago for an opera
ton on the prostate gland.
Nobody today assumes that
for these three men the tenure
of their political lives has in
any way been shortened by
their hospital experiences.
What happened to President
Eisenhower last week gave
significant demonstration Of
how meticulously careful the
Presidents physicians are in
watching over his health. 1t
confirms something the Presi-
dent himself said when he
announced that he would run
again. namely that he prob
ably would be better taken
care of because he was in the
White House than he might
be if he were in private life.
Whenever illness, however
slight. occurs, the Presidents
faithful and able physician in
constant attendance - DR..
Howard Nice. Snyder - can
summon in a matter of hours
the very best doctors and
specialists on any particular
phase of medical practice.
There is also a frankness
and opennesS about the way
things are handled at the
White House when anything
of a medical nature arises.
This treasures the public. The
fact that the President had
experienced a stomach upset
was announced first thing Fri
day morning. BY afternoon
he was at the wonderful medi-
cal center which Congress has
provided at Walter Reed Hos
pital, primarily for military
personnel, but it can be used
also by public officials gem
orally.
BY midafternoon of Friday.
DR.. Snyder, who knew that the
President had been troubled
of and on since 1949 with an
irritation in the intestinal
tract, began considering the
need for an operation. He
couldn't be sure that it was
advisable. There were other
measures which could be taken
temporarily to relieve the pain.
But X-rays were made peri
odically and by 2 O'Clock Sat-
urday morning it was evident
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-08-04
THE MIAMI TIMEs-The Peoples Newspaper
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1856 PAGE

its vice chairman. Vice President
Richard Nixon is chairman OF the
committee and Secretary of La
Dor James p. Mitchell is vice
chairman.
The Committee, established by
Presidents Eisenhower in August,
1868, is charged with the elimina-
ton of discrimination because Of
race, religion or national origin,
in work done under Government
contract.
In announcing the appointment,
James c. Hagerty, President
Eisenhower's press secretary, said
that Mr.. Howard will serve as
an ex-officio member of all the
subcommittee and win coordi-
nate the work of these committees
concerned with the elimination Of
discrimination wherever it may
appear in the performance of
Government contracts"
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-08-04
Airman Lewis
Graduates

Altus Air Force Base. Okla. -
Airman First Class Albert Lewis,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lewis
Of 16140 NV 18th place in Opa
Locka, Fla, has recently gradu-
ated from the Non-Commission-
ed Officers Leadership School at
AltuS Air Force Base. This is the
first class where all the students
were Airmen First Class.
The schools have been set up
to teach organizational and adj
ministrstive practices to NCO's
about to teke over positions of
responsibility. lml
Altman Lewis entered the SER
vice in July of 1851 and has serv-
ed in Korea and is now assigned
to the Goth Food Service Squad n
at Altus Force Installation Of the
Strategic Air Command, The
Nations Global striking force.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-08-04

Have your child vaccinated
against polio FREE at five
Dade County Clinics.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-08-04
Random Notes
sV DOROTHY SANFORD

mer session at u. S. c. in Los
Angeles and will return home via
Chicago.
Elliott J. :Pieze is vacationing
in Nassau, his first vacation in six
years. He is resting at the Sax
ony Hotel for two weeks. Elliott
seems to choose election year for
his visits to Nassau - the last
time being in 1949.
=
Mrs. frankie Smith and her
mother, Mrs. Pairlee Thornton of
9th Street are visiting in the New
York-New Jersey area with rela-
tiveS and friends. What a family
Er"rk'e hos - her father, four
brothers and two sisters!
Mesdames Elmer Ward, limo
thy Lindsay and Blanche Smith
left on last Sunday on the circle
tour of the Caribbean. OF course
thew may stay for some time at
any of the interesting ports -
Kingston, Port-au-Prince, Mon
tego Bay, Havana.
y
Nine. Willie Mae Saunders
owner of Nassau's Modern School
of Beauty Culture, arrived by
boat on Thursday still bearing
traces of the pink hair she fea-
tured at her recent hair style
fashionette. She flew to Detroit
on Saturday night where she viii
be en- instructor at the Institute
of Cosmology. She was thu
guest of Mrs. Opal Green King
during her brief stay.
. .
Mrs. John D. johnson recently
returned from Albany, Ca. am
visit with her brother, Presi-
dent Dennis Of Albany State Col
lege and his family. She and her
husband, Judge Johnson, will
motor to Washington and other
points in the East this week.
q
John Edward Harris, now
weighing IA lbs. plus at six weeks
IS the young guest of his grand
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Z. r
Graham. John Edward will re-
main here while his mother,
T'enda. dismantles their Column
bus, Ga. house and father, Ricky,
oarts company with the army.
g
Enjoyed talking with the en-
tire Montana delegation ON the
past Saturday afternoon - Mrs.
Y c. Duncan, Butte; Mrs. Ella
Benks. Helena. and Mrs. Eliza
beth Webb Hill Of Great Falls.
They wear their ranchers' hats
aud their Montana badges across
their backs and are happy to be
from the great state of Montana.
Mrs. Duncan, a 50-year member
of NACWC will also celebrate her
-nIden anniversary this fall.
There are only 80 club women in
four clubs in the entire state of
Montana but they have done great
things and some of them have
seen some cherished dreams come
frue-such as membership in the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs, their contribution to wor-
thy causes and to the National
Home have been notable. Not
numbers - but the ability to or
ganize and work can produce.