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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
Only Eight Accept

OF the full complement Of 20
proposed committee members only
eight Democrats-all liberals-ac-
cepted the invitation to give advice.
They were Harry Truman, Adlai
Stevenson, New York Gov. Averell
Hartman, Michigan Gov. q. Mem
men Williams. Senator Estes Ke-
fauver. Senator Hubert H. Hum
phrey. Representative Edith Green
Of Oregon and the Mayor Of st.
Louis. Raymond Tucker. Politely
rejecting the bid were the con-
servatives' top generals. Senate
Leader Lyndon johnson and House
Speaker Sam Rayburn. and House
Leader John Mccormack. House
Majority Whip Carl Albert and
Representative Mike Kirwan. Con-
gressional Campaign Committee
chairman.
Nevertheless. the liberals feel
their position Is more promising
now than In some recent years.
The price OF previous appeasement
OF the South. they maintain. has
been loss OF much Of the Negro.
labor and big-city vote At a time
when southerners. disenchanted
with the national ticket, have per-
United more than half Of the
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subcommittee who have been
pleading for reduction or removal
of taxes on such items as cos
metics, night club tabs and minor
league baseball admissions.
The administrations conclusion
was that it can't be done.
Dan Throop Smith, an assistant
to Treasury Secretary George
Humphrey. told the subcommittee
that if such revenue was elimi-
mated, the Government would have
to turn elsewhere to make it up.
The only place to look then, he
said, would be from individual in
come or corporate taxes. Mr..
Smith added that the administra-
ton now sees no way to cut any
taxes next year.
He forecast the Governments
revenue needs in the coming year
at around $40 billion. Last Janu-
airy, Mr.. Eisenhower budget
asked for $3.50 billion for the
1861 fiscal year, but the latest
estimate of requirements indicate
that the business Of running the
Government for that 12-month
period will require about "a bill
lion more than that.
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But Qualification disclosed the
Secretary had in mind American
commitments in potential danger
zones in the Far East The Council
finally Endorsed broad statement
enunciating the principle that de-
Tense unity involved unity on policy
No attempt was made to define the
extent to which member nations
should submit policies and plans
to prior consultation before action.
On Thursday DR.. Heinrich Won
Brentano. Bonn'S foreign minister,
raised the issue of NATO policy
toward the restless satellites, par
ticularly with reference to East Ger
many. But. contrary to expecta-
tions, he counseled prudence and
moderation. He urged the member
nations of NATO to refrain from
dramatic actions" which might
bring disaster to the hapless inhab-
itants of the captive nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
Nixon's Stature Grows

While the Democrats are draw
ing beads on one another, their ia
vorite campaign target. Vice Presi-
dent Richard Nixon, has been as
Stunning a position Of power never
approached by any previous Vice
President.
His exposition Of the administra-
tons foreign policy in a speech in
New York before automobile manu-
facturers was the kind of authorita-
tive statement that ordinarily would
come from the President himself.
His trips-he is leaving Tuesday for
Vienna-have made him "a sort Of
ex-officio Secretary Of State.
In domestic matters, too, the role
Of the Vice President is expected
TO become more important in the
second Eisenhower administration
than in the first. With several cab
met members expected TO resign
before summer, the most likely sue
cessors in more than one depart
ment include intimates Of Mr..
Nixon.
And already, it is accepted by
most observers that the Vice Pres
ident will be the Republicans choice
to succeed Mr.. Eisenhower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
THE NATIONAL SCENE
The Democratic Search for Harmony

For the Republican Party and
almost everyone else, 1t is the season
Of cheer. But the men in the Demo-
cratic Party who are trying to get
the most from their meager VIC
tories of November 6 are finding
the spirit of Christmas hard to come
by-and with reason enough.
In contrast to the Republicans,
blessed with an abundance of amity,
unity and peace, the Democrats
have civil war on their hands. On
one side are the liberals Of the
North and West, who no longer can
be held to the line drawn down
the middle of the road. On the
other side are the conservatives Of
the South. enSconced safely behind
the bulwarks Of congressional sem
iority and tradition. At issue is con-
troll of the party, long held and
jealousy guarded by the Southern
ers.
Last week. the conservatives won
the first skirmish with an effective
boycott against the move for an
Legislative advisory" COM
mittee. The committee is to be APP
pointed by National Chairman Paul
Butler for the purpose Of reuniting
congressional Democrats in an &C
cord in the New Deal-F'air Deal
pattern. 1t is now obvious that If
the advisory committee ever mate
rializes. 1t will indeed be advisory
only.
With the help Of this committee.
the liberals had hoped to promote
q Legislative program in the S5th
Congress to their own liking, q
liberal program that would restore
q distinct identity TO the party,
whose old identity has been in
creasingly obscured as the 9. o. p.
Is nudged TO- the left by the new
Republicanism."
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units. now in the process of with
drawal. and particularly the kidnap-
ing and apparent murder of a
British lieutenant in Port Said late
Tuesday, have sharpened the at
tacks of the Tory back bencherS"
on the governments policy. In the
face of the challenge, the cabinet
is actively insisting that the de-
mandS of Col. NasSer should be of
no concern to the u. N. in its effort
to reopen the canal.
During Wednesdays Council de-
alterations Mr.. Dulles cooled off
proposals that member nations
bring their plans for action affect
ing other nations to NATO for prior
consultation.
The Secretary. noting that United
States global commitments includ-
ed many nations not affiliated with
NATO, pointed out that prior con-
situations in such circumstances
would be impracticable. He APP
proved the principle of prior con-
Sultation in periods of relative tran
quillity, but insisted that the United
States must remain free to act uni
laterally if the occasion required.
The Dulles stand was disappoint-
ing to his colleagues. 1t seemed to
do two things: Cd cripple a move
which had been gaining support
within NATO to make the North
Atlantic Council a political and
economic as well as a military
alliance, and (2) to approve by
implication the action of Britain
and France in the invasion of
Egypt without prior consultation
with NATO or allied nations.
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major expansion Of atomic power
facilities which would include con-
struction-by industry, Government
or both-of five new type" reactors
for producing electricity for civilian
consumption. Admiral Strauss also
promised that the commission soon
will release heretofore secret techni-
cal information on power reactors.
The chairman's promises and
proposals may have been inspired
by two considerations. One is the
news that Great Britain, which
already has made great strides in
the field, plans four additional nue.
lear power plants to feed electricity
to industry.
But Admiral Strauss also may
have made the announcement at
this time in anticipation of renewed
attacks by Democrats, who have
charged that programs for the
peaceful use of atomic energy are
tagging in the United States. Earlier
this year in Congress Democrats
tried. but failed, to enact $500
million program for expanding
atomic plant construction immedi-
ately.
There is substantial argument
for the Acc decision to speed up
production Of atomic power. The
commission itself is using more and
more of the Nations total produce
ton Of power. According to some
sources. Acc installations can be
expected this year to use one-fifth
of all industrial electricity produced
in the country.
In other developments In the
atomic field last week:
. The Acc disclosed that urani-
UNI production in the United States
has doubled since the beginning Of
the year. from the rate Of 1000
tons OF concentrate year to 5000
tons. Known domestic uranium ore
still in the earth, the Acc said,
amounts to so million tons.
. The National Committee on
Radiation Protection was prepar-
ing a report which will urge that
the maximum lifetime radiation ex-
posure Of atomic energy workers be
reduced to one-third of its present
level. The report. TO be released
this week. will urge the reduction
as protection against genetic
damages TO future generations.
. The Navy announced that II
win set up 10 to IL facilities from
Greenland TO the Antarctic TO keep
track Of radioactivity. both man.
made and natural. The Navy said
the monitoring stations would help
scientists to evaluate the hazards OF
nuclear fall-out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
Around
The World

A more hopeful note for the pros
pect Of effective world arms cuts
was sounded Thursday. The United
States, revealing new approach TO
the present impasse over arms linn
itations. announced three major
notifications in its previous position.
Apparently abandoning the stand
that any arms cuts must be accom-
panied by foolproof inspection, the
new approach, already approved by
the White House. suggests % an
early start by major nations toward
reducing their armed forces TO a
maximum of 2.5 million. without
waiting for any inspection system;
(2) negotiations econ on the pro-
posal by Soviet Premier Nik0lai
Bulganin for a considerable re-
duction" in armed forces stationed
in territories of both the North At
lantic Pact and the Warsaw Pact:
80 agreement by the United States
and the Soviet Union TO limit and
control future development and
testing Of long guided missiles.
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The'CoseCose':
Last Chapter

The celebrated Case case" Of
last winter was closed here in Dis
trict Court on Friday when two oil
company lawyers pleaded guilty to
charges Of violating Federal lobby
ing laws. The attorneys. John M.
Neff and Elmer Patman, both with
the Superior Oil Co.. we're fined
$500 each and handed one-year
suspended sentences.
A felony charge against the two
growing out Of accusations by Sen
ator Francis Case, Republican Of
South Dakota, that he had been Of
fered $500 for his vote on bill
that would have relaxed Federal
regulation Of natural gas producers
was dropped. The oil company.
pleading guilty to two charges OF
aiding and abetting the attorneys,
was fined $4,000.
Senator Case created a Senate
Juror on February 3 when he told
his colleagues in q speech that
he had been approached indirectly
in the matter and that $500
was involved. Many Senators, es-
pecially those who favored the gas
bill, we're not a little mified at him
for presenting his charges in such
dramatic fashion--ano in an cleo
ton year. Nevertheless. the Senate
passed the DILL. which had previous
ly been voted in the House. But
President Eisenhower vetoed II. not
because he didn't like the oil the
said ne had no quarrel with ia
mefitsJ. but he found the odor sur
rounding It's passage highly oojec-
tionable.
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warheads. But he made it clear
that the warheads themselves
would remain in American custody.
Agreeing that the NATO powers
needed to reorganize their armed
forces in accordance with the de-
velopments of the nuclear weapons
"a switch that appears attractive
both as a means of bolstering de-
lenses and cutting down on man.
power coSts-Mr. Wilson said
American aid would be available to
develop modern weapon systems"
In other windup resolutions as
set forth in final communique
issued Friday. the NATO council
called for: ID Rapid clearance
of the Suez Canal by the u NJ:
(2) Negotiations under U. N.
auspices for permanent settle
ment of the Suez dispute. with the
six Principles" Endorsed by the
U. N. Security Council last october
Is as the basis for an agreement
that would guarantee free naviga-
ton of the waterway and the in
dependence of the canal from the
domestic politics of any nation; CD
a durable peace between Israel and
her Arab neighbors. including solu-
ton of the painful refugee problem
and a program of economic de-
velopment for the entire area; "a
the right of the people of Eastern
Europe ito choose their own gov
ernments freely, unaffected by ex-
ternal pressure and the use or threat
of force, and to decide for them
selves the political and social order
they prefer"
The final communique expressed
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mine "the full scope Of what u
necessary and practicable. and to
recommend what further steps
should be taken by the United
States" to aid the refugees. -
The General Assembly of the q.
N. was preoccupied with the Hum
garian situation almost all week.
On Tuesday, the Hungarian chief
delegate, Imre Horvath, picked up
his papers and walked out of the
Assembly. charging that his gov.
eminent had been "rudely and dis
gracefully offended" by the U. N.
debate. On Friday he departed
for Budapest. where there are
rumors that he is in line to replace
the harassed Mr.. Kadar as Premier.
On Wednesday the General AS
sembly voted, SIS to 8. to condemn
the Soviet armed action in Hun
gary.
The West was particularly en-
couraged by the favorable votes Of
Burma and Ceylon for the resolu-
ton. Eleven other nations of the
Afro-Asian bloc abstained from
voting, as did Yugoslavia and Fin
land.
On Friday, the General Assembly
agreed to debate lat its leisure" .
Soviet countercomplaint. BY vote
of 50 to Q, the Moscow motion was
placed on the agenda. 1t charges
that the United States was guilty
of intervention in the internal af-
fairs of Albania, Bulgaria. Czechor
slovakia. Hungary. Poland and the
USSR" with money. sabotage and
subversive activity" Delegate James
j. Wadsworth told the Assembly
that the United States welcomed
an airing of the Soviet charges.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton. the military cooperative set
up by is Western anti Communist
nations.
Mr.. Dulles careful words summed
UP the difficulties and the hopes of
the NATO meeting. Speaking as
the representative of the nation
thrown into the role Of leader of
the non-Communist world, he
voiced not only American disap-
proval Of events diSruptive of West
ern unity but a determination to
build stronger structure than ever
ON the shaken foundations of the
old Big Three alliance.
Seiwyn Lloyd. British Foreign
Secretary. called the NATO meet
ing 1.-THE most important held since
the Atlantic alliance has existed"
And French Premier Guy Mollet,
in a televised interview, urged the
broadening of NATO into "a better
organization that would be not only
military but also political and eco
nomic." A common policy. he said,
was essential to a common defense.
The NATO representatives were
meeting IN an atmosphere of ten
sion. British and French troops
we're on the way out of Egypt after
the fiaSco of invasion while the
troopers of the United Nations
Emergency Force took over. The
canal remained blocked, it's vital
services to the economy of Western
Europe halted. Ambitious Col.
Canal Abdel NaSser appeared to be
more firmly entrenched than ever
as President of Egypt. The prestige
Of the West IN the Middle East had
never before been so low.
On the credit side was evidence
that the debacle in Egypt had re-
suited in tremendous gains for the
prestige of the U. N. and that the
United States was now committed
to vigorous leadership of the free
world rather than q sharing Of
responsibility as in the past. Also,
official spokesman for the United
States had made 1t clear that
there were to be no recrimi-
nations for the recent errors of our
allies. Events Of the past week
pointed plainly to the likelihood of
adequate economic aid to Western
Europe. (See stories by Herbert
Bratter and Earl H. Voss on page
A-27)
Finally. overhanging all the de-
alterations at Paris was the con-
tinuing crisis In Hungary, where
communism publicly engaged in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
Middle East:
Buffer Zone

Israel, having apparently insured
against any easy Egyptian reoccu.
patton of the Sinai Peninsula by
systematically blowing up roads and
rail lines, continued to Withdraw
her forces back to the former U. N.
demarcation line last week.
But on Friday asYugoslav motor.
lied regiment, bearing the U. N.
banner eastward in the wake Of
the withdrawing Israelis in Sinai.
was halted at point about 35 miles
east of the canal. The Israeli forces
contended that the U. N. detach-
ment was being followed by Egyp-
tian troops bent on reoccupying the
Sinai Peninsula.
Other U. N. units reported dim
culties. The British, French and
Israeli forces, scheduled to be COM
pletely out of Egypt by the end of
this week. appeared determined TO
maintain a "no-mans-land" between
their retreating troops and the adj
vancing U. N. details. To this end.
U. N. efforts to move into areas
recently evacuated have been
apparently Systematically impeded.
Most UNEF officials. although
expressing concern at the reluctance
of the invading forces to hurry
their departure, seemed confident
that the operation would succeed.
AS to the future of the Cara
Strip, still occupied by Israel, the
Jerusalem government remained
reticent. Israeli Foreign Minister
Golda Meir. former American school
teacher and the only woman for
eign minister in the world. told .
luncheon audience at the National
Press Club here Tuesday that the
future of the strife-torn strip must
await developments. But there
seemed little likelihood that en-
battled Israel would consent to
giving up the strip except under
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First, the Repairs

AS the conferees began their ses-
sions. it was apparent that re-
knitting the frayed threads of the
Vests unity was the first order of
business. After that came the re-
opening of the Suez Canal, a mat
ter of immediate urgency TO all
Western Europe. With agreement
on the clearing of the waterway,
the NATO representatives also
hoped to lay at least some ground
work for system of International
control of the canal acceptable to
Egypt and to the users.
In Tuesdays opening address to
the council Mr.. Dulles called for a
blending of moral force and mill
tary strength as the basis for the
Vests defense against Communist
expansion. But he took pains to
emphasize that the West would not
go to war to liberate rebellious sat
elites; he seemed to rule out war,
in any form other than defense
against attack. as an instrument
VI lldblOlldl POliCJ.
The project of effecting an early
clearing of the Suez Canal was
complicated by Col. Nasser's re-
ported insistence that British and
French naval crews must be taken
of salvage equipment before that
equipment could be used to raise
the sunken ships and remove the
broken bridges now blocking the
100-mile channel.
1t. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler,
retired United States officer repre-
senting the United Nations in the
task of clearing the canal, was eager
to get the waterway open with the
help of every piece of salvage equip
ment he could lay hands on. regard
less Of its nationality.
But Britain was unyielding in the
matter of the crews. r. A. Butler,
government leader of the House of
Commons, said in Commons Thurs
day: There can be no question Of
our ships being used without their
crews"
The Eden governments attitude
in the matter Of the canal clearing
pointed up q general stiffening Of
the British approach to the United
Nations operation in Egypt
u Continued sporadic attacks by
Egyptian irregulars on British troop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
Japan to U. N.

Japan took another big step
toward full-scale ranking as q world
power last week when the U. ".
Security Council. by q unanimous
vote. recommended her membership
in the U. ~
In Tokyo. Premier Ichiro Hsto-
yama. aged and ailing. resigned his
post as president Of he LIBERAL
Democratic Purity and announced
he would step down Is Premier be-
fore the Diet meets. The party
named Tanzan bhibashi. 72-year.
old Journalist. 70 succeed Mr. HatO~
ysms: almost automatically ME
IshioaShi will be the new Premier
also.
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'NucIeor Weapons

During the debates Thursday, the
spokesmen for five nations Of NATO
urged that the United States make
available to the allied armies such
nuclear weapons as appeared neces-
sary to counter the Soviet threat.
At present. the United States is
prohibited from making nuclear
weapons available to any foreign
nation.
At the final council session Fra
day, United States Defense Secre-
tary Charles E. Wilson promised to
supply to the NATO partners
weapons capable of firing" atomic
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Hungary:
Great V0Ior

Embattled Hungary continued
last week to provide the world with
examples of dedicated heroism and
desperate tragedy to rival the best
that legend could offer.
Despite every deed, device, and
deceit the Russian-propped govern
ment of Janos Kadar could employ.
the HungarianS simply refused to
be cowed into surrender.
Tuesday morning, in obedience
to a call of the outlawed Budapest
Central Workers Council, a a.
hour general strike began that para
lyzed the rubble-strewn capital. The
government-run newspaper Nepsza-
badag admitted its success: The
workers movement" said the
journal, "has never seen such a
strike"
While the strike was under way,
the Kadar government invited San
dor RACE, chairman Of the Workers
Council. and his deputy. Sander
Bari, to the parliament buildings
for negotiations. The two labor
officials left the factories on Csepel
Island in the Danube and went to
the meeting place. There they were
promptly arrested and jailed.
Thursday the council ordered a
new walkout, to last until midnight
Saturday or until the two leaders
were released.
Yesterday the strike continued de-
spite threats and inducements
welded by the Kadar regime.
Workers we're warned that they
faced discharge and loss Of pay un-
less they again took up their tools.
Bait was offered in the form of a
promised loyalty bonus" and credits
toward new homes for workers who
would return.
The government also cracked
down with its sweeping martial law
powers. Persons found bearing
arms we're ordered executed; DEM
onstrators and rioters we're sum-
marily arrested and Jailed. Yester-
day so many trade union leaders
had been jailed that 1t was con-
Z sidered doubtful that any we're left
free with authority 10 call of the
strike.
Mercy AirIift
The expanded United States air
lift 81 refugees speeded up last
week as the big, four -ensined planes
began taking of regularly from
Munich for the fight to New Jer-
sey's Mcclure Air Force Base From
the airfleld. the weary fugitiyet
from Communist suppression 90 q
nearby Camp Kilmer. where on
Gals are working hard to speed the
"pfoccessing" required before the
HungsrianS 20 out 70 their sponsors
and new homes all over the Nation
On Wednesday the vacation
I White House at Augusta. Ga. an
nounced that Vice President nixon
al President Eisenhower request
would ~ 70 Vienna this Tuesday
70 survey the refugee situation. Hi
mission was described ~ 70 deter