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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

Doing what you say you will
do is one of the greatest things
in the world.
Too often people say some
thing. then forget all about it,
but the person to whom they
made the promise doesn't
forget.
Occasionally, some kind per-
son fails to remember, and the
breaker of a promise is the one
who remembers.
This happened the other
day. when we suddenly re-
called that 80 years ago we
promised someone to write a
brief review of French fiction.
At the time, we hadn't read
enough of it to pose as an au-
thority. Now that we have read
more, we hesitate.
Fools rush in where angels
fear to tread, indeed, but the
great novels of the French
writer's. sophisticated and
years ahead OF their time, re-
main a wonderful group.
One explores it best by him
self, and for himself.
In this way, he builds up
his appreciation as he goes
along.
1t would not be as good to
start out with a list.
Anyone conversant with the
narrative art could make such
a list.
1t would include lola, Bal
zac-but even a list of writer's
means nothing by itself.
1t is the reading mind that
must make the books each
time.
Therefore. it is not such a
failure, to fail to try to put
French art into a few hundred
words. Nobody could do it.
really.
X X
The reader of translations
undoubtedly misses something,
but if there is any language
that can be well translated
into English, it is French. be-
cause a human being is a hu-
man being. and the French
are most human of all.
One has to read French fic-
ton to find this out, and that
is one of the best of all reasons
for reading their stories, both
long and short.
We can never know enough
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
KremIin Plays Politics

The Journalistic comments
on the American negative re-
Spouse to the second Bulganin
note on rapport with the Rus
sian slave states have over.
looked something vital.
There has been a great deal
lately in medical and lay jour-
nails about the emotional
strains Of life in this atomic
age.
And there has been much
argument over the state of
President Eisenhower's health
with regard to a second term.
The Russians are not exactly
chumps. They are aware of all
these things. They undoubtedly
remember Harry Truman's re-
mark that the presidency is a
six-nan Job but one man must
do it.
So what?
The Russians do not want a
strong, traditionally fortnight
American in the White House.
They prefer someone who. like
Truman. would be afraid to
disturb the delicate world bal
ance or offend a power that
could make war upon us.
The Russians quite likely
figure that President Essen
hover is the only Republican
who could be elected.
They probably have it fig
ured that Adlai Stevenson will
be the Democratic nominee.
and they have known him to
be a friend of Truman and
Acheson and a subscriber to
their soft and appeasing pol
icies.
So the Russians, in advance
OF lKe'S probable statement on
his availability. want to i'm
press upon the man in the
White House the terrific strain
OF being there. The Reds play
a psychological game, too. No
matter what propaganda gains
the Russians may make from
their note for peace, these
gains must assume lesser pro-
portions against the impor-
lance on world affairs of the
Forthcoming American cleo
ton.
The Russians do not want
Ike.
Earl Scoop Shutz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

Of human nature. as it really
Is, not as some think it ought
to be.
French novelists, as a class,
long ago gave up trying to i'm
pose upon either themselves or
their readers.
They presented their char
acters, and still do, as they see
them, let the chips fall where
they will.
This, too, has become the
hallmark of modern American
fiction, but we are a long way
behind, have not, in fact,
caught up with either Balzac
or lola.
Balzac's life was very short.
He was born in 1899, which
placed him at the French Revo-
luton, and died in 1850.
This is 1856.
A hundred years have passed
and we are still following in
the footsteps of the great
French master of the novel,
tryine to initiate him, some
times doing it well, sometimes
poorly.
Balzac was one of the first
writers to actually work in a
garnet.
Only for two years, though;
thereafter, he made his own
way, and lived a turbulent life,
filled with writing, lawsuits,
romance. and success.
Dumas was at his funeral.
All Paris, a phrase all French
novelists love. was there.
A life had been lived, a life
had been created in books.
Out of life had come life in
print.
This is a glorious heritage.
Scotland has him in Scott, be-
loved of Balzac.
England has him in Dickens.
America has him in -
Well, you name him.
AS a start with Balzac, try
"Pere Goriot" Gather Goriot.)
Here you will find a queer
rewriting of the Lear theme
with French accents.
When you have finished this
novel. with its courtship of
married women and much else,
you will either like French fic-
ton. or you won't. If you don't,
you have little sense, really;
If you do. you are on your own
for 6 wonderful experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
Browi

Martin J. Dufficy in letter
accuses Sir Anthony Eden of
hypocrisy because Sir Anthony
put his signature to a decla-
ration which reads in part,
q. we uphold the right OF
peoples to government of their
own choice" The hypocrisy
in this, according to Mr.. Duff
fey. is that Sir Anthonys gov
eminent adheres to ". the
partition of Ireland against
the wishes of over 80 per cent
Of the Irish people"
I would like to question the
accuracy of Mr., Dufficy's fig
ures, when he states that 80
per cent of the Irish people
are against partition. Prob
ably as much as 95 per cent
of the people Of Fire want
Northern Ireland united again
with the country south of the
border, but two thirds Of the
population of Northern Ire
land believe that remaining
part Of the British Empire is a
better and more preferable
state of existence. This is
known as determination,
and there is nothing hypo-
critical about Sir Anthony's
action when viewed in this
light.
Merely because Fire and
Northern Ireland share the
same island is no reason for
the former to claim the latter
as an integral part of its ter
ritory or vice versa. This
would be analogous to a hypo-
thetical situation in which the
United States laid claim to
Canada because both coun-
tries share the same CONT
nent and 95 per cent of the
people in the United States
thought the continent should
not be partitioned but should
all be governed by the United
States.
N. S. nj.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BY THE HASKlN ST
BY THE HASklN SERVICE
Information 1900 ST NV Washington
Please tnclose for

IT'S, is the longest in history.
Louis v of France ruled SO
years. Franz Josef of Austria
Hungary 68 years and Victoria
of Great Britain SO years. The
fifth longest reign to date is
that of Haakon of Norway a
former Danish prince, who was
elected to the Norwegian
throne in 1905. He is now in
the 51st year of his reign.
@. Why is it often difficult
or impossible to have a breed
of dog admitted for registra-
ton with the American Kennel
Cubic. OH.
A. There are many reasons.
Some breeds are not produced
in sufficient numbers to be re-
garded as permanent, others
are not proved to be truly pure
bred to the satisfaction of the
club. The world is full of dog
breeds that have never been
accepted by Axe. Occasion
ally, sponsors OF a certain
breed are Indifferent to regis
tration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

always tried to understand my
sons point of view. It has been
an education, visiting the
schools and teacher confer
ences, in order to learn on his
level and grow along with him.
Dorothy DenisOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13
All Is Confusion

the Lie SLOTy cIlSlLlecICu Wy
Secretary Dulles contained
nothing that had not been
known for some time in Wash
ington and in foreign capitals.
But it put together and drama
tized well-known events In
manner which gave it a SEN
sational slant"
This is contradicted by
James Reston of the New York
Times, who said: THE ques-
ton is not whether the Presi-
dent and his advisers 'consid-
cred the possibility of having
to bomb Manchuria and South
China if the Korean and Indo-
china wars flared up. 1t is
general knowledge. and has
been for a long time, that such
consideration was given to
these and many other alterna-
tive policies. The question is
whether decisions were taken.
as the Life magazine article
says. This is the question that
is being asked. not only or even
mainly by reporters. but by
the governments and ambas-
sailors Of all of the major allies
whether the leader of the
free world coalition actually
decided In certain circum-
stances to wage an atomic
war. without letting them know
such q decision was taken"
Mr.. Reston has been unable to
find a single allied ambassa-
dor who believes in the truth
Of the Life magazine article.
David Lawrence, however.
said: THE facts contained in
the Life article are correct
;. This correspondent can say
of his own knowledge, based
on talks with high officials Of
France and the United States
that the article does not
'rewrite history :" The
current issue of Reporter mag
azine reprints excerpts from
the August 6, 1854, issue of the
U. S. News & World Report.
edited by David Lawrence,
which carried an article en-
titled How Near U. S. Came
to War" which contradicts
what Mr.. Lawrence says now.
A question and authoritative
answer" follow: $50 the official
records show that the United
States never was on the verge
of a shooting war with Com
fnInist China over Indochina?
Yes, That is the record"
What was well known" in
1854 was that there was a
great debate" within the ad-
ministration about strategic
policies. Hanson w. Baldwin
wrote about this In an article,
entitled "Ridgway to the Res
cue" in the New York Times
of November Is. 1854. Gen.
Ridgway's position was here
outlined as opposition ito any
further reduction in the
strength Of the United States
Army" and to undue reli-
ance on massive retaliation
and too much dependence on
air power" His opposition to
the original new look" pro-
gram was publicized.
According to Mr.. Baldwin,
Charles E. Wilson, Secretary
of Defense. sided with Gen.
Ridgway, while John Foster
Dulles, Secretary of State,
sided with the three other
members of the Joint Chiefs.
The President Endorsed Gen.
Ridgway's position, apparently
partly because of the advice Of
someone close to him in the
executive Office"
II this is correct, it means
that the President overruled
his Secretary of State. There
is not a word of this in the
Life magazine article. 1t GER
tainly would have added to the
drama of it. don't you think,
Mr.. Constantine Brown?
Sidney KOrety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

Pen names may be used II
letters carry writers correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

safeguards ought to be the rule on both
sides of the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

@. When was work begun on
Washington Cathedral in the
National Capital?-J. B.
A. The first comprehensive
steps toward erection of
Washington Cathedral, WASH
ington, d. c., were taken in
1898, when Congress granted a
charter to the Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral Founda-
ton of the District of Column
bia for religious. educational,
and philanthropic purposes.
The original site of the Cathe-
dral was purchased in 1898. Its
foundation stone was brought
from the fields of Bethlehem.
1t was inlaid, in a block OF
American granite, and was set
in place on September 20, 1907,
at ceremony at which Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt de-
livered the address of dedica-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-13

@. What European kings or
queens, in modern times had
the longest reigns?-B. I. c.
A. The 72-year reign Of
Louis XIV Of France. l643-
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-01
OIL REFINERY PLANNED FOR HAYNES

EDMONTON, Alta, B-Sham- rock Petroleum Go. Ltd, of Ed monton says it plans to build an oil refinery at Haines, Alaska.
 Harry Heisler, vice president of the all-Canadian company, said Friday plans are still in the "paper stage" but if everything falls in place" construction may start next spring. The refinery would go into production in the fall of 1857.
 Heisler said an initial output of 5000 barrels day is planned. The refined products would be shipped by truck from Haines, 100 miles north of Juneau on the Lynn Canal.
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-01
Assassin's Bullets Prove Fatal to
 President Somoza of Nicaragua

PANAMA, R-President Anas- tasio Somoza, undisputed strong man of Nicaragua for 20 years, died Saturday of an assassin's bullets.
 The 60-year-old Central Amer ican leader never regained full consciousness after an operation performed week ago Sunday by a surgical team including sur- geons sent by President Eisen- hover. He died in the US. oper- ated Gorgas Hospital in the Pan- anna Canal Zone, where he was flown after the Sept. 21 shooting in which he suffered four wounds.
 Under Nicaragua law, Somoza's s 34-year-old son, Luis, succeeds to the presidency. As president of Congress, Luis was first vice president designate. The Congress made him acting president Friday.
 Somoza died few minutes af- ter receiving the last sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church.
 The colorful, 200-pound strong man had showed steady but slight improvement in the five days fol- lowing the operations. But at mid night Friday his condition took a grave turn.
 Somoza's son-in-law, Guillarmo Sevilla Sacasa, Nicaraguan am bassador in Washington, told re- porters the body would be flown to Managua, the Nicaraguan cap ital. The Canal Zone governor, William Potter, ordered flags lowered to half staff.
 Ruler of Nicaragua in fact or
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-01

in name for 20 years, Somoza combined strong language and strong action, dancing and card playing, beefsteaks for breakfast and shooting.
 q just never miss, it seems" he said of his craftsmanship
The Nome nugget., 1956-10-01
ARTICLE ON MIDGETS PRINTED IN MIDGET TYPE

GREENvILLE, sc, R-Billy Williams, reporter for the Green vile News, interviewed three midgets at the Greenville County American Legion fair.
 In deference to the size of the midgets, the paper ran the story printed in agate type-about half the size of normal newspaper type-and illustrated it with a half-column picture.
Arizona sun., 1956-10-25
TAKE YOUR CHOICE

Last week paper carried story taken from the Caorna lorna
Howard Pyle before JUNIOR
Chamber of Commerce RICHMOND VA We have nad 70 waI
shortness of time until this week 10 MAKE e'
comment this shocking revelatlon
The Reverend chief ADVISOR 10 tieSoSIC
Virginia conference tnaC CIVIL ieI
Eisenhower
ti0 because the temperate man. Because OF
Fves position that he speaks from Kn0weoge
his chiefs attitude remembered that in General
before Congressional committee on April 1910
known to be considering oroeIing
the segregation in the US military ts
Eisenhower, tnen Cne1 VI
that complete deSegragatlon III te e foAe
would into trouble"
On following July 26 nspte OF the OF a ms ;h Gn
making Executive Order NO 998l Wnlc
which PreSden
Incorporate Intact the PeSdent now
the toward social ce Wnlcn
were Instituted by the sharp dsappoval OF Repuo
leans
Democrats and Republicans who went on m conn., %
mttees to Pyle to support leglSao on c
rights before the Arizona and OF wc rr
surprised disappointed then by the auoe Oh
governor Pyle.
But this present attitude national civil rights legislation
no Negroes who have been thinking tha
President Eisenhower who likely to support
civil Justice them the word of OF the men
that the contrary ne the MAN
less likely Candidate Stevenson Make your cnoce
Arizona sun., 1956-10-25
LETTER TO
THE EDITOR
A MESSAGE TO
CHARLIE MCCARTHY

Dear Editor,
am trying to locate one
Charlie Mccarthy. I have a mes
sage to him from his friend
Edgar Bergen.
Mccarthy is reported to be
using the alias of Former Reb-
lican." He is running around
with a fellow whose nickname
is Confused" but whose real
name is Mortimer Sneed.
This little fellow (Charlie I
mean, seems to be a bit mixed
up himself. He isn't quite sure
if he is an ex-Democrat or a
former Republican, or who, or
which, or what.
Inclined to be a bit miSlead-
ing, Nc will sometimes have you
thinking that many of his smart
sayings are of his own creation,
but don't let him fool you, they
are not. Mr.. Bergen knows the
source. He will even have you
believing he is Ike or Adlai or
even Harry S.-quite a political
scholar Mr.. Mccarthy is.
From last reports of his move
mentS he might be found at
any Republican barbecue or
Democratic watermelon rally,
whichever offers the biggest
hand-out.
Any information leading to
his arrest-I mean his where
abouts will be greatly appreciat-
ed and kept in strict confidence.
I could use a phony name Mr..
Editor in signing this letter but
I do not feel it would be fair
to Charlie who after all deserves
a break, so I will just sign it.
Walter B. Scott
Phoenix
Arizona sun., 1956-10-25
VETERANS
NEWS

A warning to veterans and
widows and children of deceaS-
ed veterans receiving pension
from the Veterans AdminiStra-
ton to report Immediately any
increase in income that would
raise their annual income above
statutory limitations was sound
ed today by Mr.. Wayne A. Sand
ers, Manager of the Arizona
Regional Office.
To remain eligible for pension
under the law, according to Mr..
Sanders, pensioners of World
War I, World War II and of
the Korean conflict may not
have an annual income from
other sources exceeding $1,4OO
without dependents, or $4,000
with wife or minor children.
VA checks the annual income
of those receiving pension
through the medium of annual
queStionnaires which are diStri-
buted about January l every
year.
Later, if the person receiving
the pension fails to notify VA
promptly of an increase in, in
come which raises his annual
income above the statutory linn
it, payments will be discontinue
ed retroactively to the first of
the year.
This creates an overpayment,
Mr.. Sanders said, and is subject
to recovery by the Government.
If the person receiving the
pension notifies VA promptly of
such an increase, payments will
be discontinued as of the date
the last payment was made and
no overpayment will result.
Mr.. Sanders said veterans,
widows and children receiving
pension can save themselves in
convenience and possibly money
by notifying VA promptly of any
increase in income which would
put them above the statutory
limitations.
Pensions are payable to veter-
ans for permanent and total
disabilities of a nonService-con-
Arizona sun., 1956-10-25
| WANT TO GIVE

The bread that bringeth strength want to give,
The water pure that bids the thirsty live
I want to help the fainting day by day;
I'm sure shall not pass again this way.
want to give the oil of Joy for tears,
Beauty for ashes may give away;
I'm sure I shall not pass again this way.
want to give good measure running DER.
And into angry hearts want to pour
The answer soft that turneth wrath away;
I'm sure I shall not pass again this way.
want to give to others hope and faith;
want to do all that the Master saith;
want to live Alright from day to day;
I'm sure shall not pass again this way:
Unknown
Arizona sun., 1956-10-25

Recently Actor Glenn Ford
returned to America from ia
pan. He is quoted as saying:
"You become a better person
for having gone there (Japan).
The people have an inner beau
ty, a certain pride, kindness,
patience, great honesty, hum
bleness, and honor. We should
mt be surprised that these
traits, so lacking in many Amer
leans, are admired by us.
I can't help remembering the
concept my poor brainwaShed
mind had of the Japanese peo-
pie just a few years ago when
it would have been reasonable
for Glenn Ford to have made
such a statement as this. I can't
remember what we called them.
Was it Cooks or some other
derisive name? Whatever it was,
the name conjured up a grin
ing savage with buck teeth who
would unheSitatingly stick you
in the back with a bayonet if
you couldn't keep up in the fore
ed marches. Or he threw you
into a prison camp in conditions
hardly this side of hell and saw
that you were starved to shad-
ow while there was plenty of
food for the Japanese soldiers.
These were the least compli-
mentary things that could be
said about the "Japs". I wonder
what the average japanese citi-
zen was taught about us.
Then came the occupation
and we saw the horrifylng ef-
fects of the atomic bomb and
began to teach the Japanese
people American democracy and
assumed a new attitude of pa
ternalism toward them. The ef-
fectS of the war brainwashir1g
began to wear off and the new
brainwashing began. The fact
is, of course, that the japanese
people are a nation Of perfectly
normal people with all the kinds
of individual characters among
them that can be found among
Democrats and Republicans here
in our normal America. It is also
Arizona sun., 1956-10-25
FACING THE FACTS
BY w. A. Robinson

true that Americans, including
ali of u.s. are normally friend
ly people who must hate the
people of another nation with
a horrible synthetic hate in or
der to wage war against them
and we are happy when the
war is over and we can again
like our former enemies. Some
of us are always selfish enough
to spread propaganda about,
people if it is profitable to our
interests to do so. Right now,-
fortunately, it evidently doesn't.
matter to any powerful Ameri-
can interests for the Japanese
to be liked in this country.
AS American segregationiSts
win battles over their hatred and
bitterness in the domestic racial
cold-war and begin to treat mig
noritieS like American citizens, it.
is my observation that they be-
come proud of themselves and
begin to wonder how they ever
permitted themselves to become
brainwashed into believing that
it was good AmericaniSm to
humiliate and Cypress in every
~%hny~ nVSiN
who happened to be of different
color, religion. or nationality
from themselves. AS a matter of
fact. the average American seq
regationiSt North and South
hopes some day to make peace
with his fellow Americans and
to cease the losing nropaganda
war and begin to make war on
against poverty, ill-health, poor
schooling, bad housing and all
the other ills that affect the
great majority of Americans
whether they be white, native
Indians, Negroes, ASiatics, or
any other of our pluralistic
society.
Recently the local. press car
ried statement by a Professor
James w. Silver of the Univer-
sity of Mississippi who put it
this way in a talk before a.
Rotary Club. He said that he
thinks that the South, includ-
ing Mississippi, will probably
join the United States in a few
years. Said Professor Silver,
there are two separate creedS,
American and Southern. South
ern minds have found them diff
ficult to reconcile. However, he
said, the American creed is be-
ginning to replace the Southerrf
creed and one of these days the
union will be complete.
Arizona sun., 1956-10-25
A GREAT man HAS FALLEN

The Arizona Sun its great sense OF loss IN
the tragic and Mr. Richard Dick Jenkins All
has lost political the highest order man OF
hoh social principles and uncompromlslng gnter
for good locally and nationally He was man whose
personal wealth position might have removed MIN
from close association of the state On the
contrary he intimately to many persons with hanos
hard from common "Dick Jenkins their end
personally as well politically truly democrat as
intensely he a Democrat
His place Democratic ranks will be long unieo 1or men
like him are frequently given to q needy world
Arizona sun., 1956-10-25

nected nature and to the widows
an children of deceased veter-
ans for non-service-connected
death. providing the applicants
are otherwise eligible.
Mr.. Sanders said any VA Of
flee can explain full eligibility
requirements for pension.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-25

= is for the flea (male) who beseeched another
flea (female). Come up to my place and see my
itchings."
q is for the giraffe who escaped from ZOO.
mo. sir, reported pumpkin hundred miles
away to a searcher, Il didn't see no gee-raff,
but do recollect - Continued on page IS