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The purpose Of the present bat
tie is to win the hearts and minds
| of men and women-Republican
recruits to assure the party's
rights to carry on the business
and functions Of government.
Above all, 1t is our hope to
appeal to youth because, once
won to our side. the young citi-
zen will, each year throughout
his life, attract other men and
women to the party.
The good fighter takes nothing
for granted. 1t is not enough
that you march under the Re-
publican banner "a banner of
which we are so proud because
of the ideas. and the principles
for which it stands. You must
look well to your organization
and to the leaders who will as
semble to direct its efforts.
Many long years in the serv-
ice Of our country brought me
into contact with men whose
qualities as leaders were I'M
surpassed. From them I learned
many valuable lessons in organ
Iization. Among their immediate
associates-that is, among the
generals and the high-ranking
staff officers-the great leaders
surrounded themselves with the
wisdom that comes from long
study. from work and experience.
. Mode certain lower esche-
Ions would respond to the
need for youth and ideolism.
But they made certain, those
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great leaders did. that each lower
echelon of leadership would in
its composition. respond to the
need for youth for the idealism,
the vigor. the enthusiasm OF
youth-in carrying out the hard
and detailed work always neces-
sary to victory.
AS long as I am back in my
military life for a second, ]
should like to observe one thing
about leadership that one Of the
great has said, Napoleon. He
said, the great leader, the genius
in leadership is the man who can
do the average thing when every
body else is going crazy.
think this is important in a
political campaign, because I re-
call the incident one night when
a great many people on my train,
and certainly half of California,
were suddenly upset. and they
saw the election lost in Cali
fornia, therefore the Nation. and
things were going to the bad
place in a hand basket.
One man walked into the room
and he said to this group Of very
excited people. "You might as
we'll 60 on home. not even your
worries or your fears or your
trepidations can lose California. :"
And. he says, IT know I am going
to speak for the Republican
ticket, and I have asked the COM
mittee to send me into II other
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men. veterans. all parts of our
American community deserve
the concern and support of gov
eminent in making their contri-
button to our national we'll
being.
The purpose Of Government is
to serve, never to dominate
. -. Lincoln explained it we'll.
The sixth, as I see it, is:
The purpose of government is
to serve. never to dominate,
There has never been a better,
clearer explanation than that
given by Abraham Lincoln. THE
object of government,
lis to do for a community of peo-
pile, whatever they need to have
done, but cannot do. at all, OF
cannot, so well do, for themselves
in their separate, and indivi-
dual capacities. In all that the
people can individually do as
well for themselves, government
ought not to interfere"
This is the seventh:
To stay free we must stay
strong. We must grid ourselves
with sufficient military strength
to discourage resort to war and
protect our Nations vital inter-
|ests; we must help to strengthen
the collective defense of free
nations against those who would
seek their ends through agrees
sion. Our own and our allied
strength must be spiritual, in
tellectual, scientific, material.
The eighth, and in this day
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States. not here. I am not
needed" And he was right.
So if you can Just keep your
head when everybody else-when
the pressures are on. that is one
OF the marks Of the real leader.
:. Best leaders visit own front
line to establish comrodeship
ogoinst reverses >.
Moreover, the best leaders
never lost an opportunity to visit
their own front-line men-to see,
Ito learn, to establish a comrade-
ship that would Withstand any
Temporary reverse.
So it must be with any organ
Eization that strives to influence
millions of people into a partic-
ular line of action. The wisdom
of experience is necessary. and
this you provide. But it is not
alone sufficient.
R-Ru to r.
To weld our organization into
an effective instrument for the
political campaign. each Of you
must visit and must intimately
know those who, under your
direction, are carrying the daily
burden of the fight.
Moreover, to attract the young
recruit. the mechanism of leader
ship must itself search out and
employ the young. Our aim must
be to convince every young
American newly arrived at vot-
ing age, that the Republican
Continued on Page Ash, Col. 3
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requiring special emphasis, is:
Under God. we espouse the
cause of freedom and justice and
peace for all peoples. The peace
we want will be the product of
understanding and agreement
and law among nations. 1t will
reflect enlightened self-interest.
1t will foster the concentration
of human energy for the adj
vancement of human standards
in all the areas of mankinc's
material, intellectual. and spiri-
tual life.
THE Republican Platform will
be q program Of principle -"
believe that the Republican
platform, presented to America
at the National Convention in
August. will in substance be the
expression of these principles
applied to human problems. 1t
will therefore be a program for
the good of all Americans,
whether they work in field or
factory or Office. Faith in Amer
lea and in God will be its in
spiration. Courage and optimism
will hearten it. Integrity will
characterize it. The welfare Of
all the people, the security Of the
Republic, the peace of the world
will be it's objective.
For us Republicans and for
Americans who cherish eternal
principle and high purpose, that
document will chart the path to
a better America, a nation ever
growing in material and in
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Just Rewards for Efforts
Shared by All Citizens
Continued From Page AIS

Continued From Page AIS
tunities, just rewards for efforts
and a prosperity widely shared
by all our citizens.
Committed to the oIlevio-
tion Of misfortune and dis
tresS
The fourth principle is surely
this:
Government must have a heart
as well as a head. We must con-
Germ ourselves with basic human
problems. Americans are com.
mitted to the alienation of mis-
fortune and distress among theil
fellow citizens. Government
should increase and strengthen
personal and family security
without trnpairing the self-re-
spect. the initiative, and the in
centive Of the individual to pro-
vide for his own.
And the fifth is:
Courage in principle, co-opera-
ton in practice make freedom
positive. Our peoples eagerness
to compete is matched only by
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their willingness to cooperate
in a common cause.
A great Frenchman defined
liberty as the right of self
discipline. In a nation such as
ours, indeed in any social order,
there is a great need for per-
Torrance of certain jobs in
which people must work together,
In other forms of government,
this group work is produced
under the orders of a dictator
or of central government that
is all-powerful. Free government
gives us the right to do 1t by
spontaneous cooperation.
When that readiness to CO.
operate with others in the per-
Torrance of these great problems
disappears, then it will not be
America. I deem it one of the
great missions Of the Republic
can Party to keep alive and to
help this growth, to enrich the
idea that every citizen must for
ever be eager to perform his
obligation to the country when
1T is needed.
Farmers, laborers, business
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spiritual strength. The Republic
can platform will be a program
of principle around which all
Observation-Disclosures, indie
Ipendents and sound-thinking
Democrats-can rally. We well
come them all.
Tomorrow you return to your
homes in every State and Ter
ritory of the Republic, and on
the islands of the Caribbean. You
go as leaders. chosen to lead by
those who know best your 1T
ness for the responsibilities Of
leadership. To help prepare
yourself for the campaign ahead,
you have. during the past two
days, talked over the problems
and the anxieties of our time,
the strategy and the tactics of
the campaign. the priorities Of
your various tasks and missions.
Permit me a word of counsel
to you on the eve Of your depar-
ture.
=. There is no such thing as
on cosy bottle :. 1t is our
hope to appeal to youth. :"
offer my observations with
real temerity. because I want to
talk a moment about leadership
and organization, and realize
that every individual in this
room has had real experience in
these fields.
You have already entered a
vigorous campaign, and the first
point to remember is: There is
mo such thing as an easy battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-09
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
Star Racing Editor

The owners of Nashua. Swaps
and other horses in the running
for 1856 handicap honorS were
in a little better position today
with Brookmeade's fleet Sailor
Sidelined for an indefinite period
with a painful foot injury suf-
fered in his Campbell Memorial
Handicap victory at Bowie Sat-
urday.
Trainer Preston Burch. in New
York today to look after other
Brookmeade horses. said he
hoped X-rays would show Moth
ing more serious than a bad
bruise and there was reason to
believe he might be right.
Buck Harbut. foreman of the
Brookmeade outfit at Bowie. also
seemed optimistic today. eSpeci-
ally when Sailor cleaned up
every oat in the bucket" and
stood up on all four feet without
favoring his injured foot too
much.
II it proves to be a bad injury
Sailor may be away from the
races for a couple of months,
but the extent of the damage
awaits x = rays. Brookmeade
summoned its own veterinarian
from Upperville. Va. to take
charge of the horse, but he was
not due at Bowie until this after
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Burch More Optimistic
About Sailors Injury

noon. Mrs. Dodge Sloane of New
York, who owns Brookmeade
maintains her farm at Upper
vile.
If it did nothing else, the in
cident clinched the hard-luck
title for the strapping son OF
Eight Thirty who made smart
group of handicap rivals look
like idle freight cars as he won
the Campbell by four lengths or
a sloppy track TO collect STA
$50 His time of LAB 35 fol
the mile and one-sixteenth was
remarkable in view of the in
jury and the condition of the
track.
Jockey Willie Hartack sale
Sailor bobbled near the sixteenth
pole. feeling as though he
stepped into a hole. as well ht
might have on the soupy track
But few realized that the horse
was seriously injured until HI
stopped to a walk returning Il
the winners circle to be un.
saddled.
Burch said Sailors injury a.
this time was particularly unfor-
tunate because he hadn't really
shown his true capabilities yet.
Sailor was just coming into hi
own this year. establishing him.
self as a top flight contender fol
the handicap title by his smash.
ing victory in the GulfStrean
See BOWIE. Page A-lS
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Cards Give Up
On Frank Smith

ST. LOUIS. April 9 (P1.-The
Cardinals announced today they
have given up on 28-year-old
Frank Smith. a relief hurler with
a sore arm.
The club announced that
Smith. unable TO throw hard or
naturally this spring, has been
returned to st. Louis to await
reassignment if he isn't claimed
on waivers by another major
league team.
Frank Lane, Redbird general
manager, said Smith had indi-
Gated he might quit rather than
90 to the Rochester farm club.
Lane said he urged him to re-
consider. commenting IF hes
waived on. he'll still draw a big
league salary in the minors this
year and have a chance TO find
out whether he can pitch. Up
here, though, We can't gamble
any longer
Smith came to St. Louis from
the Cincinnati in a trade which
sent Ray Jablonslk and Jerry
Staley to the Reds i'll December
1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-09
BY a Star STAFF Correspondent

AUGUSTA. Ga. April g.
After Cary Middleton and
then Ken Venture tossed away
the Masters championship yes
terday with their 8 and on
the 18th hole. somebody
quipped. They should have
had Charley Kunkle'S 4 there
That wasn't bad crack. be-
cause Kunkle. a quarterfinallst
in the National Amateur last
year, shot IS yesterday. but he
did have a par 4 on the nth
In fact, Ventura would have
beaten Kunkle only up on the
back nine.
Augusta finally had a home
town boy in the Masters wher
Walker Inman finished in the
low "a in the National Open
last year, an automatic qualify.
ing place. Inman looked like 6
sure starter next year by finish.
ing in the first "a here. which
also merits an invitation. Bu'
Walker took a 10 on the l5tf
hole. dumping the ball in tht
water twice, and he missed 24tf
place by a stroke.
Middlecoff is not the SLOW
player he used to be. He com
pleted his round yesterday il
3I2 hours. which kept pace witt
the group in front Lloyc
Mangrum was a mong thoSt
proven wrong when he remarked
after So holes, "All Venture ha!
to do is hold on to the club OF
the back nine"
The Augusta Herald reported
a robbery in a hotel here Satur
day night in which two members
Of Congressional Country Club
Jimmy Grear and Fleming 30
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LOUISVILLE, April L0- help the Orioles the Chi
Peewee Reese apparently has Cubs, TO
covered serious the fo
Jury and which has Nelson since he put Oo
plagued him during spring uniform last June.
he big nlltfelder-heS ee
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FOURTH SNOWFALL
SINCE MARCH Is
HITS FENWAY PARK

BOSTON, April 9 Pr
FenWay Park. home of the
Red SoX, was opened Of
ficlally "a years ago today.
The Red Sox defeated
Harvard. 20, IN a seventh
ming exhibition game before
some 1000 fans. During the
game. it showed slightly.
Things haven't changed
weatherwiSe since. FenWay
ground crews are working
ieverishly trying to clear
snow dropped by -four stolmS
since March l6-the latest
yesterday.
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Burke Didn't Know He Had
A Chance Until 18th Hole
Venturi's Skid
Gives Texun His
First Major Title
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star STAFF CORRESPONDENT

SboA SNah AiCSbohAtht
AUGUSTA. Ga, April 9-Jack
Burke made a 15-foot putt for a
birdie on the 18th hole at Au-
gusta National late yesterday
afternoon. Mike Souchak. the
ex-football player and his play
ing partner. jerked the ball out
Of the cup. ran over to Jack.
Rugged him. swung him off his
feet and yelled, Lets go, boy,
those other guys are making
double bogies out there"
That's the way it happened.
honest! Not until II holes were
under his belt did Burke realize
he had a chance to win the
Masters because he, like many
thousands on hand, didn't be-
lieve Ken Ventura and Cary
Middlecof could play that badly.
But they did. Ventura founder
ing to an 80, and Middleton
taking three double bogeys on
holes where he never was IN
trouble as he blew to n. And
when this positively unbelievable
exhibition was over, Burke had
captured his first major title.
Ties Highest Total
The curly-haired. 33-year-old
Texan, idol of the bobby-soxers
until his marriage four years
ago, won the championship with
a sub-par II for 289. That tied
the highest winning score in a
year when Venturi's halfway
score tied for low at that point.
Maybe Middleton hit it on
the head Saturday after buck
ing 40-mile gusts of wind when
he said, This isn't golf"
Ben Hogan, consoling Middle
cof long after the defending
champion took a horrible 6 on
the 18th by three-putting from
5 feet. said: Imagine real good
golfers shooting these ridiculous
scores"
1t was ironical that Burke,
who's been the choice in the
National Open, the PEA and
the Masters, should win his first
big one when he never had
call. He was six strokes back
at 10 holes. eight strokes back
at SO, still eight back after 81
thanks to remarkable scrambling
on the back nine, and still five
strokes back with nine holes to
go.
Quips About His Chances
They were talking about
Burke's chances in the clubhouse
with nine holes to play, or rather
making fun Of them. Somebody
said. Burke might sneak in with
a 80 coming back" Jimmy De-
maret quipped. you couldn't
shoot 33 out there today if you
took best ball Of the foursome. ;"
But Jack didn't need 80. AS
it turned out, 36 was good
enough.
1t was such a screwy tourna-
ment that when Burke made his
par four on 10, which meant
Ventura needed a birdie to tie.
Jacks pretty wife, Ielene. was
crying uncontrollably and the
person trying to comfort her
was Edie Middlecoff. whose hus-
See MASTERS, Page A-19
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help the Orioles beat the Chi
cago Cubs, To
1t was the first home run for
Nelson since he put on an Oriole
uniform last June.
The big outfielder-he's 6 feet
2-nearly clipped a pitcher with
a line drive his only time UP
Friday. and on Saturday he
trip!ed as a pinch-hitter.
Dave Philley and Tito Fran
coma helped out. too, with a
homer apiece in the fourth to
break a % deadlock and put
the Orioles permanently in the
lead.
CHARLOTTE. N. c., April 9
up. Manager Birdie Tebbetts
of the Cincinnati Redlegs is
keeping a sharp watch on the
condition of Ted Kluszewski,
who is working into shape after
being sidelined most of spring
practice with painful hip
muscle injury.
Tebbetts decided to keep the
big first sacker on the bench in
yesterdays game with the SEN
atorS.
Kluszewski. in pre-game bat
ting practice. hit one over the
rightfield fence and said with a
smile. No strain or pain"
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 9
IPl.-Hard- firing Ben Flowers
has moved to the front in a
battle with Larry jackson for
the No. 5 spot on the st. Louis
Cardinal pitching staff.
Flowers shut out the Chicago
White Sox for the last six in
nings, allowing only five hits. as
the Redbirds rallied to win yes
terday at Memphis. 8-6. Jack
son, in his first bad showing of
the spring. gave up the six runs.
Manager Fred Hutchinson
indicated that unless Willard
Schmidt returns to form. the g.
foot-4 Flowers might shoulder
his way into the big four.
Flowers now has pitched more
innings than any other man on
the staff. 80, and has an earned
run average of 1876.
SAN ANTONIO, April 8 up. -
Lum Harris. a member Of the
Baltimore Orioles coaching staff
was with the Kansas City Ath-
leticS on the exhibition circuit
yesterday, and there was specu-
lation about a trade
There wasn't an inkling who
might be involved.
Certainly 1t wasn't the AS
See BASEBALL, Page ALI
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KATT OKAY AFTER BEANING
Reese Back in Form;
Mantle to Test Lea

LOUISVILLE. April 9 (P1.-
Peewee Reese apparently has re-
covered from a serious back IN
Jury and a sore arm which has
plagued him during spring
training.
The veteran Brooklyn short
stop stood up under a stern test
Yesterday at Nashville as the
world champions thumped Mil
waukee 1872. On one play he
went far into the hole for a
smash by Hank Aaron. made a
sudden body jerking stop and
threw him out-like the Reese
of old.
HOUSTON. Tex. April 9 (P1.-
Mickey Mantle is expected to
give his healing right leg a test
this week. probably when the
Yankees play the Pirates in
Pittsburgh Friday.
But it is doubtful if Maury
McDermott will get chance to
pitch for at least a week. The
sOuthpaw has been discharged
from the hospital but still is
weak from an attack of food
poisoning suffered last week.
Mickey was supposed to pitch
yesterday Instead. Bob Turley
checked the Phillies at New
Orleans as the Yanks won. AZ.
SHREVEPORT, La, April 9
up. Manager Bill Rigney has
put off naming his New York
Giants varsity for several days
"That'l have to be put off
until Hank Thompson's shoulder
gets better" Rigney said after
the Giants had beaten the Cleve-
land Indians, 1913. in Dallas
Yesterday.
Meantime. the Giants expect
Catcher Ray Katt 10 join the
club here today. He was left
overnight in Dallas after being
beaned by Art Houtteman The
catcher was taken to a hospital,
where X-rays revealed no frac-
ture.
The Giants yesterday returned
First BaSeman Bill White to
their Minneapolis farm club and
optioned Shortstop Eddie Bres-
soud and Pitcher Pete Burnside
to the same club.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. April
8 up. A reported $4,000 in
vestment named Bob Nelson yes
terday showed increasing signs
Of paying dividends to the Balti-
more Orioles. The l9-year-old
bonus player from Texas Knocked
a homer and a pair Of singles to
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MiddIecoff and Ventura
Needed KunkIe's Four

mar. were victims .. Yesterday.
spectators included 1t. Col. Jack
Robinson. former member Of In
dian Spring and still member
of Army Navy, who now Is the
Albany Ca amateur champion
Jack Burke. the new champion
plans to make most of the big
money stops on the tour but
will pick his spots. He said his
two youngsters we're watching on
television in Houston.
Somebody asked what his tear
full wife's words were when she
rushed up to him. She said. you
always were a champion TO me.
And Jack added, That was
pretty tender. wasn't it.
Burke predicts great future
for Venture. but not necessarily
in the National Amateur, where
Burke said There's too much
chance for a humpty-dumpty
player to beat you in an l8-holt
match"
Burke said his greatest thrill
in winning was the realization
that after working hard on hi,
game all these years, he finally
has the satisfaction of winning
big one. Billy Joe Patton. who
like Ventura almost became tn,
first amateur to win here, wa,
second low amateur with 298
beating Harvie Ward, amonl
others.
Burke was asked if the birdie
on II was the most importan
shot Of his life. NO" he replied
Il think the shot out Of bounds
at Tam O'Shanter was. That cos
me $4,000 two years ago" Bol
Toski won that one. which haC
a first prize of $4,000 plus l0t
exhibitions at $1,000 each. Burk,
won $4,000 there for second
-WHITTI ESEY.