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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-05
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
Safety of State VS.. Rights of Risk

There follow some important
observations:
THE conference recognize
that today great Importance
must be paid to character de-
fects as factors tending to
make a man unreliable or ex-
pose him to blackmail, or in
fiuence by foreign agents.
There is a duty on departments
to inform themselves of serious
failings such as drunkenness,
addiction to drugs, homosexu-
atty or any loose living that
may seriously affect a mans
reliability. -.
"In individual cases and in
certain sections of the public
service, serious character de-
feet may appropriately be the
determining factor in a decision
to dismiss particular individ-
ual or to transfer him to other
work. -"
This very subject now is
before the Supreme Court of
the United States for a ruling
in some key cases. SO it is in
teresting to see how a high
tribunal in Britain has dealt
with the same problem. In
fact the wording of the Brit
ish Parliamentary report.
while not as comprehensive as
the existing executive order of
the President and the direc-
tive of the Secretary of De-
tense, actually parallels them
both.
1t certainly makes one Won
der what kind of Jurisprudence
the two judges of the United
States Circuit Court of APP
peals in San Francisco applied
recently when they said the
United States Coast Guard
couldn't keep a seaman off a
ship-if they suspected him of
being security risk-until
complicated legal procedures,
were carried out.
Yet criticism properly visited
upon these judges for subor-
dinating the national safety
to the rights of an individual
has been denounced by phony
liberals" as a sublimation of
the State in line with Hitler
doctrine. They should examine
the British Parliament's re-
port to get the latest word
about protection of all the
people against the machina-
tons of the few.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
Reds Alert for New Opportunities
To Put u. S. in Precorious Position
CONSTANTINE BROWN

Gratis attacking Republican
claims that the COP. is the
party of peace and the COP.
Indignantly defending their
record and intentions. the
Communists should have a
field day.
There has never been time
since the beginning of the
Cold War when the Red pros
poets looked so rosy.
The men in the Kremlin to-
day are playing a much more
devious game than the minions
of Stain ever did. They have
succeeded in partially disarm-
ing the West by their Geneva
Spirit gimmick, a clever and
diabolical anesthetic quite eff
fective in lulling the fSee
worlds peoples to sleep.
In the propaganda field,
whether we like it or not, they
have very largely succeeded in
casting themselves in the role
Of the defenders of peace in an
aggressive world.
Now, with the inevitable de-
velopments of the American
election ahead, they will be
able to push much harder in
those areas of the world
marked out for Communist
conquest.
Their meddling in the Mid
die East, calculated to pro-
mote a bloody war between
Israel and the Arab states and
thus cut off the entire vital
area from Western influence,
can be expected with certainty
to be vastly increased.
After all, what can they
lose? Moscow knows the Eisen-
hover administration will be
more than reluctant to take
any fortnight stand between
now and next November on
the Israel-Arab issue.
Peace and its championing
is here the prime issue, but
there are others of immense
Importance in an election year,
the Communists know.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
CoIoniuIism Reveals Its Peri|s

sponsorship Of Israel - mo-
tivated, be it said, by purely
humanitarian considerations.
We are damned If we do
and damned If we don't. Re-
bellious natives associate us in
their hatred of Britain and
France, but a mob of French
men (not Arabs storm the
United States Consulate and
Information Office in Tunis,
on the ground that we are en-
couraging Arab terrorists!
These colonial rebellions
are the only great political
asset Of the Soviets in the
world today. They have no
overseas colonies. Russia, like
an octopus, pushes its ten
tacles only to contiguous ter
ritories, creating a great land
bloc held by the nearby force
of the mighty Russian armies,
by a common theology and
program, imposed upon the
people by a native ruling polit-
ical cast, and, by a fiction Of
independence, seats each and
every one Of them in the
United Nations.
But the German Federal
Republic is free of colonial
troubles. Her businessmen and
m er c h ants are welcomed
everywhere - thanks to her
victorious enemies who solved
her colonial problem for her
after World War I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
Peace Seen as Major 1856 Issue

Neither the Democrats nor
the Republicans are anxious to
even slightly antagonize the
Jews of America on the Pal
estine issue. And the immense
ly powerful influence of the
oil companies with vast stakes
in the Middle East will surely
never be underestimate.
In the existing situation, the
Kremlin's master minds will
have little restraint if the OPP
portunity arises which 1t
surely will - to create condi-
tions for a little. local war
somewhere.
A good Israel-Arab fight In
the Middle East, a renewal Of
the Red aggression in Korea,
a Chinese Communist attack
on Quemoy and the Matsus or
even Formosa, a Red drive into
South Wet Nam or a quick
thrust into Thailand - any or
several of these would put the
United States Government In
a precarious situation politi-
cally.
The prospects are not happy
to contemplate. We can hope.
of course, that the Eisenhower
Administration will be certain
enough of its reelection that
its leaders will feel themselves
secure to the point of main
tanning a determined attitude
in the face of any Communist
moves.
But if the Republicans find
it advisable to run scared" at
any time during the campaign,
the Reds will know their hand
holds all the trumps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19

There appears to be little
doubt that the major issue of
the 1856 presidential campaign
will be peace" and who. or
which political party, can best
assure it.
The Republicans are certain
to make much of the fact that
there is no shooting in Korea,
whatever the situation there
may be and however bad it
really is from the standpoint
of the free worlds future.
The Democrats are whetting
their sharpest knives for the
architects Of Americas Middle
East policy, where a shooting
war appears to be only a mat
ter of time.
The appeal of peace to the
electorate is a sure-fire one.
No candidate is going to OPP
pose peace; indeed, there will
be a great reluctance to openly
declare that there can come a
point beyond which the Com
munistS must not be permitted
to go or we fight.
The late President Roosevelt,
knowing full we'll the state of
the world in 1910 and his
administrations intentions, still
found it possible to declare
that he hated war and to as
sure American mothers that
their sons were not going to be
sent to fight on foreign soil.
The utteranceS of Secretary
OF State Dulles. particularly his
pronouncement on massive
retaliation" are going to come
in for some steady lambasting
from Democratic speakers
throughout the campaign. The
Secretary and Mr.. Nixon will
be held up frequently to the
peace-loving electorate as the
men who were narrowly pre-
vented" from involving the
United States in a hopeless
jungle war in Indo- China.
With these and kindred
charges ringing across the Ma
TONS airwaves. with the Demo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
DORIS FLEESON
Crucial Test for Stevenson

Mr.. Stevenson and the en-
couragement of his own
forces. But the Senator would
not be more popular with
party leaders; he would be
more unpopular.
That is his problem, just as
he is Mr.. Stevenson's. Nor can
he count a single Senator in
his corner this year.
A Minnesota upset would
confirm politicians in their
dislike of primaries. Former
President Truman got a bad
press when he scoffed at pri-
maries but he spoke by the
book as far as professionals
are concerned. Prima aries
knock out aspirants; they
don't nominate them.
Mr.. Stevenson lost this argu-
ment with his own staff for
he was at first determined not
to go into any primaries at
all. He privately deplored the
expenditures of time, energy
and money that they required.
He felt they tended to become
popularity contests only in
stead of a valuable debate on
the issues.
1t may be that candidates
should never act out of char
acter. Perhaps Mr.. Stevenson's
resentment communicates it.
self while Senator Kefauver,
who has got as far as he has
only by hard campaigning,
makes people feel more i'm
portant. ..
One final aspect Of the Min
nesota primary: Senator Ke-
fauver is bearing down on 100
per cent price supports. It will
scare all farm State politicians
If he wins with that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

the Russian voters being given choice
comrade either for the Communist candidate
against Joe Stain.
If the manage to all the benefits
which voting them city jewellers be tempted
to solve the surplus problem by eating the farmers
Harry Truman he can't be drafted for President Harry
figures shouting from the sdenes That he
makes both candidates mad at him.
twoparty system is emerging in Russia group
Joe Stain was bad The other insists
plays bridge Gettysburg It's tough to play cards
with President has to have real skill to lose without
cheating.
Senate committee decides to investigate lobbying by
both sides the natural BILL This is the doityoursef
the politicians learning how to defeat themselves
Russian politicians cautious In American politics.
kick until he's down. there they wait
until he's been buried three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19

Dispatches over the week.
end indicating that Senator
Estes Kefauver is catching up
to Adlai Stevenson in the
Minnesota presidential pri-
mary are causing intense anx-
iety among Stevenson sup
porters.
The crucial fact of the sit
uation is that if Mr.. Stevenson
loses or is badly damaged there
he has absolutely no alibi.
With one minor exception
Congressional Coya Knut-
son-the State party leaders
have Joined with him in a
well-organized, well-financed
and diversified campaign.
To stay in business, Mr.. Ste
venson must win at least two
to-one. A drop from that and
the party professionals, now so
largely in his corner, will make
their own agonizing reapprai-
sal Of their presidential posi-
ton.
Emotional down and up
drafts are common to the clos
ing moments of hard-fought
campaigns. The Stevenson peo-
pie do not deny that Senator
Kefauver is showing voter ap-
peal but are confident their
superior organization will make
all the difference. The Sena-
tors aides insist the whole
picture has changed.
Senator Kefauver has al
ways believed that he would
come out on top if he could
maneuver Mr.. Stevenson into
o contest of personalities. Fail
ing to get Mr.. Stevenson into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
DOROTHY THOMPSON

The punitive features of the
Treaty of Versailles imposed
upon Germany after World
War I contributed greatly to
the rise of Hitler and World
War II.
Today, nearly 40 years later,
some of those "punishments"
have turned out to be bless
ings as have some Of those
imposed. without a treaty.
after World War II. There
seems to be a law of compen-
sation that operates regard
less of the will Of man.
After World War II, for in
stance. 1t was the intention of
all the allies to reduce the in
dustrial potential of Germany.
To that end German indus
tries were dismantled and their
equipment handed over to
Germany's Russian and Euro
pean victors. Then when the
wartime allies fell out Gas 1t
was practicable they would
the danger of a German vac
uum became apparent.
So German industry was
permitted and helped to re-
build, with a completely new
plant. giving it a competitive
advantage over Germany's vic
tors. No German today is COM
planning Of the dismantling
that occasioned helpless fury
when it was being carried out.
Before World War I Ger
many had accumulated African
colonies. The German princi-
palities having become uni
fled national state only in
1870, the race for colonies was
belatedly entered by Germany.
The British, French, and Dutch
had already captured the
prizes. Italy, too, got into
North Africa only in 1912.
When Germany was defeated
IN World War I she lost her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
RebeIIious Possessions Plague Nations;
Uprisings are Political Assets to Reds

colonies as Italy and Japan lost
theirs after World War II.
Today the Germans heartily
thank their enemies for this
punishment. OF what an in
tolerable burden it has re-
lieved them! All over the
world the colonies of Britain
and France are blowing up in
their faces and the Neither
lands has lost the rich prize
of Indonesia.
Economically the British and
French colonies are no longer
assets. The military cost of
holding them drains the trea-
suries of the countries that
possess them. Their armies are
diverted from defense of their
own soil to subdue rebellions
overseas. And where their ma
tionals have heavily colonized,
as the French have in North
Africa, even to protect the lives
Of these against native terror
ism presents an all but in
soluble problem.
There are too many French
men in North Africa to leave
to their fate, and too few to
hold their position against
overwhelming numerical SUI
periority protecting guerrilla
raiders. Also, by granting
French citizenship to Alger-
ians, France has introduced a
riotous fifth column into
France itself.
Meanwhile the Western al
liances are disturbed. For the
sake of holding Cyprus, Bri-
tain's last military "bastion"
in the Middle East, NATO is
likely to lose Greece, a worse
disaster than the loss of Cy-
prus, or, if Cyprus is aban-
doned, to lose Turkey.
The United States, without
a single colony, is neverthe-
less involved. via her European
alliances, military bases and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
McKeIdin to Discuss
Visit to Holy Lund

Gov. McKeldin of Maryland
will be the guest speaker at the
Friday evening service of the
Montgomery County Jewish
Community at $3.50 pm.
Gov. McKeldin. who visited
Israel last year. will give his i'm
pressions Of the Holy Land. A
reception in his honor viii fol-
low the service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
Possibility of Upset in Minnesota
Worries His Campaign Bdckers

New Hampshire, Senator Ke-
fauver followed him into Min
nesota, a move many thought
suicidal because of the State
organizations early stampede
to Stevenson.
Undeterred, Senator Kefau-
yer has all but logged Mr..
Stevenson's footsteps. The
front runner avoided appear
ing on the same platform with
the underdog but apparently
Kefauver has managed to
create in some degree at least
the effect he sought.
Alarms and excursions of
this sort were always a hazard
of Mr.. Stevenson's presidential
bid.It has from the start been
peculiar political adventure,
for the do-or-die following of
Adlai Stevenson is not in poll
tics.
This fact has been obscured
by his support among the big
city and State leaders of his
party. But they are for him
because they think the people
are, because they think he can
win. 1t is not a personal loyalty
or the appeal of a congenial
soul. Once they suspect that
they were mistaken about the
Stevenson appeal to the gen.
eral public. the leaders will
waste no time on sentiment
but will start looking around.
They will not be looking at
Senator Kefauver. The Ten-
nessean would profit in vari-
GUS ways from a Minnesota
triumph if it were great
enough, including the effect on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
DAVID LAWRENCE

The basic principle that the
safety of the State-the Ma
ton and all its people - is
more important to protect
than the doubtful right of an
individual to a Government
job has just received its
strongest Endorsement by the
Parliament of Great Britain.
For centuries, England has
been held up as a model de-
fender of human rights, but
various critics there and else
where in Europe have in re-
cent years been scoffing at the
loyalty and security programs
of the United States Govern
ment.
Now with a condition and
not just a theory staring them
in the face, a conference of
privy councillors, appointed
by the Prime Minister, has
adopted a report which is an
aftermath of the cases of Bur-
CESS and Maclean, who turned
traitor while occupying i'm
portant posts in the British
Foreign Office.
There have been in Britain,
as in America, misguided
comments by so-called "liber-
ais" against the action of
Government departments in
taking into account guilt by
association" and much Juror
has been raised here about
the alleged neglect of "due
process of lava phrase
used in the Constitution.
But what these critics mean
by "due process" is that every
body suspected of subversive
activity or of possibly becoming
a security risk in a Govern
ment department must be
given the same procedures as
in a court trial.
This would include the right
to cross-examine witnesses and
to force public disclosure of
confidential informants. AS
Chairman Francis Walter of
the House Committee on I'M
American Activities said the
other day, this would be a
convenient way for the Com
munists to find out how they
were being detected.
The latest British official re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
British Report Urges ConceoIment
OF information on Security Cases

port, however, declares 1t is
necessary to conceal sources
of information sometimes and
that security risks cannot be
handled on the basis of stand
ards which would be accepted
in a court of law" The full
text of the report itself is
withheld as mot in the public
interest to publish" and only
an official summary" is re-
vealed, which says in part:
THE conference is of the
opinion that in deciding these
difficult and often borderline
cases, it is right to continue
the practice of fitting the bal
ance in favor of offering
greater protection to the Sc
curity of the state rather than
in the direction of safeguard
ing the rights of the individ-
ual. They recommend that an
individual who is living with a
wife or husband who is a Com
munist or a Communist SYM
pathizer may. for that reason
alone, have to be moved from
secret work, and that the same
principle should be applied in
other cases of a like nature.
THE conference recognize
that some of the measures
which. the state is driven to
take to protect its security are
in some respects alien to our
traditional practices. Thus. in
order not to imperil sources
of information, decisions have
sometimes to be taken without
revealing full details of the
supporting evidence. Again, it
is sometimes necessary to re-
fuse to employ a man on secret
duties. or in those cases where
no alternative work can be
found for him in the public
service, to refuse to employ
him at all, because after the
fullest investigation doubts
about his reliability remain,
even although nothing may
have been proved against him
on standards which would be
accepted in a court of law"
In the main the report says
that while the present arrange
ments are not unsound, Ger
tain recommendations are
necessary ito strengthen the
system in some respects"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-19
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
School Pay Bill Dies
In Maryland Senate
MAJOR LEGISLATION ENACTED
IN MARYLAND THIS YEAR LISTED

ANNAPoIIs-Major enactments of the 1856 Maryland
Legislature included:
5000 million operating State budget for next fiscal
$85 million capital Improvements budget for next fiscal
years
Set State property tax rate for levy year 1857 at
per 500 of assessed valuation increase OF
81 cents.
Created State highway land acquisition procedures
to curb speculation.
Increased racing days and parmutuel take from
10 to IL per cent.
Added $25 million to incentive fund aid for school
construction meaning additional $274745 for Prince
Georges year and additional 1851 100 for Mont
gomery
Authorized Governor to seize skebound public utilities
Repealed nonresident income salaries and
Banned foregn-controlled breweres from opening
plants in Maryland.
Authorized Baltimore and counties to borrow total Of
SIS million through State for school buildings.
Extended absentee ballot privileges to civilians.
Raised circuit and court of appeals judges $4,000
yearly
Required advance court permission to tap telephone
telegraph wires.
Authorized $25 million bond issue for Prince Georges
General Hospital addition.
OVERRIDE to authorize cigarette tax in Montgomery
County.
OVERRIDE postpone higher tag scheduled
to take effect this spring.
Postponed higher auto tag fees another year. from
1857 to 1858. Gov. McKeldn has signed this into law
already
Created Maryland port authority financed by in
crease in the corporate income tax rate of AZ to cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-02
IMcKeIdin Gets
Highway Land
Speculation Bill
By a stan Correspondent Of The Sta

by Stan Correspondent Of The Star
! ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 2. - The
Maryland Legislature has en-
acted and sent to the Governors
desk a bill aimed at curbing the
type of highway land specuIa-
ton that resulted in grand jury
indictments last fall in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
counties.
The House yesterday gave
unanimous approval to the meas
ure, prepared by Assistant At.
torney General Joseph D.
Buscher. He is in charge Of
the legal affairs of the State
Roads Commission.
The bill would allow the roads
commission to take temporary
title to land it needs for q new
road upon the filing of center
line plat in a Circuit Court. The
value Of the land, in effect,
would be frozen for one year
while the commission proceeded.
either through negotiation or
court direction. to acquire the
land.
The property-owner would
have six months to decide wheth-
er to accept the price the roads
commission offers. II it is not
acceptable. the case would go to
a new board of property review,
to be appointed in each county
BIZ the Circuit Court.