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Evening star., 1956-08-28
DAVID LAWRENCE
One-Porty Problem for AFL-CIO.

the major labor organizations.
and in recent years they have
spent their time and money
primarily to try to elect Dem
ocratic candidates for Congress
and for the presidency. Of
fetal records have been pub
lished showing that many
prominent members of the
Senate and House had many
thousands of dollars spent in
their behalf by labor unions.
If corporations or business or
CARNATIONS had contrived to
spend equal sums there would
have been quite a hue and cry
about it.
There isn't any law to pre-
vent the executive council Of
the AFL-CIO from indorsing
any presidential or congress
sional candidates and making
those facts known to its mem
bers. The only legal problem
that arises is in connection
with financial contributions.
While it is well known that
an Endorsement" means a good
deal politically to various can
didates for Congress, it is open
to question what value it has
to a presidential candidate.
Most labor union members vote
as do other citizens-on the
paramount issues-and divide
as other folks do. But the
promise of support or the threat
of its withdrawal often infiu-
ences legislative action and has
affected executive action, too,
in the past.
The Eisenhower administra-
ton has adopted the kind Of
course that ordinarily would
mean an expression of neutral
ity by any labor council. But
the ardent partisanship of so
many labor leaders and their
direct connection with the
Democratic Party makes it
doubtful whether they now will
refrain from active campaign
ing in behalf of the Democratic
presidential ticket, no matter
how vaguely worded the pro-
nouncement this week from the
executive council of the ma
tion's biggest labor organiza-
ton.
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Evening star., 1956-08-28
Moscow Seen Eventually Replacing
British-French Influence Over Arabs
CONSTANTINE BROWN

Egypt, before Nasser could
possibly form, much less lead,
an Arab bloc capable of domi-
mating the Middle East from
Gibraltar to the Persian Gulf.
And certainly no other Arab
nation on the world scene to-
day could aspire to do such
an immense job with even q
slight hope Of success.
Reasoning further, these
SIN H. nation policymakerS
doubt seriously that enough
unity exists among the semi
feudal Arab states to allow
of any effective coalition or
alliance power bloc. About all
that \ unites important seq
ments of the Arab world today
is their mutual and enthusi-
astic hatred for the alien state
of Israel. Once that thorn in
the Moslem side were removed,
there would be little love lost
between the rulers of the
several Arab nations.
So. without an all-powerful
leader and a powerful leading
nation, such as Egypt would
like to be but definitely cannot
be within the foreseeable fu-
ture. what will fill the power
vacuum in that increasingly
vital part of the world? The
British and French are out,
their overwhelming strength
of the past now a thing de-
parted, like the empire of
Alexander the Great. Can the
United States fill the void?
Not likely, the small nations
have decided; America has
neither the wish nor the ca
pacity to do SO to the degree
necessary if a definite power
is to be apparent to the world.
Then who? But no one is
guessing long. The Soviet
Union can and will provide
the power. but not immedi-
ately. For the Red strategy is
aimed for higher stakes than
those of simply succeeding to
the unenviable role of Western
imperialism in the Middle
East. The Russians expect to
wind up with all the power
Evening star., 1956-08-28
Labor Reported Pondering Whether
To Indorse Stevenson or Be Neutral

avowal of bias by the labor
leaders in favor of the Steven
son-Kefauver ticket, the talk
will be that the administra-
ton has wasted its time and
energies and had better take
the business side of the argu-
ment hereafter.
Labor leaders in the old
days steered a neutral course.
The late Samuel Gompers,
head of the AFL, expressed his
own preferences and leanings
but was careful never to COM
NIT his big labor organization
to any political party. In the
congressional races, there
often were as many Repub%
licans as Democrats supported
by local labor organizations.
Today the tendency of the
national unions is to become a
part of the national campaign
part of the national camapign
and to collect money from
union men for political organ
izations directly affiliated with
the labor-union movement.
Although the Smith, Con-
nally law passed during the
last war and, subsequently,
the Taft-Hartley Act made it
unlawful for labor unions to
contribute money to political
campaigns for Federal Offices
putting them on the same
footing with corporations
which for years had been pre-
vented from financing political
candidates-there have been
ways developed to circumvent
the purposes of the law. Thus,
labor unions permit collectors
to go through the factories to
obtain supposedly voluntary
contributions from workers.
There have been charges, too,
in Congress that money COL
lected originally for dues or for
union assessments has been
used for political purposes.
There is no question about
the active participation of
what are called political ac-
ton committees" comprising
officials or staff employees of
Evening star., 1956-08-28

Reports from Europe since
the windup of the Suez Con-
ference in London are disquiet-
ing for the West. Not only is
it more and more apparent
that the Soviet Union is busily
engaged in promoting discord
in the Middle East, but it now
begins to appear that the
smaller nations Of Western
Europe have accepted an Arab
victory in the Suez contest as
inevitable. They are. 'conse-
quently. looking to their own
fences in what they see as a
major realignment of power
politics in the world.
These smaller powers. among
which are included some key
nations of the Mediterranean
basin. profess to see the DOM
ination of the West in the Mid
die East as a thing of the past.
They take it for granted that
the traditional dominance of
Britain and France in that part
of the world is now a matter of
history but not of existing fact,
and they have good reasons for
SO thinking.
And with the ousting, or dis
appearance, of British and
French hegemony in the area,
the diminution of the old
spheres of influence" prevail
ing there since early in the
10th century, the smaller pow
ers expect something to move
in to fill the power vacuum
lost by default or defeat.
AS of today, informed
leaders of these smaller powers
certainly do not expect Egypt's
President Nasser to fill the
void. Despite his mighty talk
and his openly professed de-
sire to lead a revived Arab
empire in the Mediterranean
world, those leaders know, as
politicians must, that Nasser
is woefully lacking in the sheer
power needed to effect such a
grandiose ambition.
If Nasser cannot fill the
power role, who OF what nation
will? 1t will be years, even
with astonishing success for
Evening star., 1956-08-28

The major development in
national politics today is re-
lated to the meeting of the
executive council of the AFL-
CIO. which has been struggling
lately with the question of
whether to "indorse" Adlai
Stevenson or to remain "neu-
tral" in the presidential con-
test. At no time has it been
considered feasible to approve
the record of the Republican
administration, as this would
meet with opposition from
various union leaders.
Businessmen, generally, who
have looked askance at the
gradual turn of the Eisenhower
administration toward the la
Dor side will heave a sigh of
relief if the executive council
of the AFL-CIO shows it's
preference for the Democratic
ticket because it will be clear
proof to them-and they hope
proof to Ikez-that it doesn't
pay any dividends at all to try
to play ball with union labor in
the realm of politics.
There has been a genuine
attempt on the part of the
Eisenhower administration to
take an objective view toward
labor and management and to
steer a course in the middle.
This, however, hasn't satisfied
the labor leaders, who want
the administration to come all
the way and become a partisan
of the unions just as FDR and
Harry Truman did. There has
been much nervousness among
management men recently be-
cause of fear that the present
administration would, for po-
litical reasons, seek to play
the same kind of game the re-
cent Democratic administra-
tionS did.
If, however, it becomes
apparent that even the par
tiality shown on many issues
toward the labor r-union side by
the Eisenhower administration
hasn't been appreciated and,
in fact, that there is an open
Evening star., 1956-08-28

In contrast, only four of the
II Republican seats at stake are
in States where Democrats can
not entertain some hope of vic
tory
Events Raise COP. Hopes
This is not the whole story,
however, because recent events
have helped to perk up Repub-
lican prospects. For one thing,
four more Senate seats-mak-
ing a total Of 36-will be up for
election as a result of deaths
and designations.
The death of Senator Alben
w. Barkley throws open two
seats in Kentucky, instead OF
just one. The death of Senator
Harley Kilgore has created a
vacancy in West Virginia.
In addition. Senator Thur
Imond of South Carolina resigned
his seat and Senator Daniel OF
Texas is expected to resign il
he is elected Governor Of his
State.
Senator Thurmond, elected
two years ago q write-in candi-
date. resigned to run for his
seat under regular procedure in
line with a pledge he made to
the voters. This offers no OPEN
ing for Republicans because OF
South Carolina's traditionally
Democratic allegiance.
While Texas, too, is generally
Ia Democratic State, Senator
Daniels resignation might create
Ia situation under the States
election law that would enable
"a Republican candidate to come
out on top Of a field OF DEM
.ocratic candidates. That could
happen If a single Republican
ran strongly while the Dem.
ocratic vote was split among q
number Of candidates in a one.
shot special election.
Two Democrats Withdraw
Other events the Republicans
hope to turn to their profit are
the decision Of Senator Lehman
Democrat Of New York. not Il
seek reelection and the with,
drawal Of former Senator Nil
Evening star., 1956-08-28
Re0Iignment Of Power Politics

there. to be sure. But they
won't move in and grab 1t.
Depending on the length Of
time needed for the last lin
gering influences of the West
to be thrown out by the Arab
nationalists. the Russian con-
spirators will bide their time
patiently and await the in
evitable. That will be, the
Kremlin is certain, complete
and unchallenged Russian
dominance over the entire
Middle East and all the East
ern Mediterranean.
Evening star., 1956-08-28

ing them in his hotel suite and
posing with them for pictures.
And, at an extraordinary news
conference during the conven-
tion. he said he believed the
country is best served when both
the White House and the Con-
eress are controlled by the same
political party.
Then you can Ak responsible
ity," he said.
EisenhOwer's Absence Hurt
In the 1852 elections the Re-
publicans swept into power in
the Senate and the House he
hind Gen. Eisenhower's smash
ing victory over Adlai E. Ste
venson. the Democratic presi-
dental nominee. But two years
later. when President Eisenhower
was not on the ticket. the Demo-
Gratis returned to control in
Congress.
In the Senate the Democrats
have only a squeaky margin over
the Republicans. The lineup is
Democrats. 40: Republicans. AZ
In the House the Democrats out
number the Republicans 23l to
20l. There are three vacancies.
Control Of the House usually
rests in some 65 marginal seats
that swing back and forth be-
tween Republicans and Demo-
Gratis with the election tides.
But the situation in the
Senate is different, because only
one-third of its 96 members
ordinarily come up for election
every two years and many Of
these come from States that are
safely Democratic or Repub-
lican.
In the Senate seats at stake in
this years election, the Demo-
Gratis have a built-in advantage
in two respects.
First. OF the 80 Senators who
come up for reelection. II are
Republicans and Is are Demo-
Gratis. Thus the Democrats have
less 10 lose.
Secondly. Of the is Demo-
cratic seats at stake. seven are
in the Democratic South. and a
couple others are in border
states where Republican chances
usually are faint at best.
Evening star., 1956-08-28

lard Tydings. Democrat of Mary
land, from a comeback race.
Senator Lehman, 78, an
nounced last week he was retir-
ing. He first entered the Senate
in 1949. He also served four
terms as Governor of New York
and was one of the States great
vote getters.
State Republican Chairman
L. JudSon Morhouse promptly
said Mr.. Lehman's decision re-
moved whatever small doubt
there may have been" that New
York would elect a Republican
to replace him in the Senate.
Senator Schoeppel of Kansas,
chairman of the Senate COP.
Campaign Committee, also pre-
dicted that. with Mr.. Lehman's
retirement. the Republicans will
put up "a successful candidate"
III NeW YORK.
Mr.. Tydings had won nomina-
tion in Maryland to run against
Senator Butler. the Republican
who unseated him, but Mr.. Ty-
dings said recently that he was
forced to withdraw because of
i'll health.
Observers felt this was likely
to strengthen Senator Buffers
chances of holding on to his
Senate seat.
COP. Sees Chances Good
Senator Schoeppel said in an
interview that, in addition to
New York, Republicans have an
excellent opportunity" to gain
Senate seats in Kentucky, West
Virginia, Oregon, Washington
and Nevada.
I'VE don't expect to lose any
OF the II seats we now hold that
are up for election" he said.
Democrats, of course, dispute
this, but Mr.. Schoeppel undoubt-
edly named some of the princi-
pal battle areas.
In Oregon, the Republicans
have put UP former Secretary of
the Interior Douglas Mckay
against Senator Morse, who left
the Republican Party after Mr..
Eisenhower's election in 1852 and
later Joined the Democrats.
! The Republicans are looking
to Representative Clifton Young
to unseat Senator Alan Bible in
Nevada, while in Washington
Gov. Arthur Langlie, keynoter of
the Republican convention, is
lpitted against Senator Warren
Magnuson.
In Kentucky. where two seats
are at stake. former Republican
Senator John Sherman Cooper
has resigned as ambassador to
India to run against former Gov.
Lawrence Wetherby to fill out
the term left vacant by Mr..
. Barkley's death.
Evening star., 1956-08-28
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Stevenson and barnstom the West It's perfect
team gets the good lines Estes is the straight man.
Health really issue in this campaign Everybodys
sick of it before it starts.
will be safe long have to drive
to the airport.
First things first with Ike. No sooner renomnaed than
he Pebble Beach, Ca and starts shaving away to
up the country club vote.
Gov Clement says the people want high
campaign His fellow Democrats glad After his
they plan to keep Clement above tmberne
until after election.
What this country shower bath that gets the
customer the towels on the rack.
This is weird campaign Everybody sort out the
presidential candidates by nameand the presidential
candidates ament.
Evening star., 1956-08-28
Eisenhower Spurs Hope
For 6. O. P. Congress
BY JOHN CHADWICK
Associated Press Reporter

Republicans hoping that with President Eisenhower
again at the head their will recapture
control of Congress in the November elections
Mr. Eisenhower took time at the Republican convention in
San Francisco last week to try to transfer his
ariy g. candidates for the Senate
Evening star., 1956-08-28

Inspector Generals Office for the
Pacific and Far East, Maj. Gen.
Sorry Smith, Pacific Air Force
and Far East tRear) Headquar-
ters commander, has announced.
Evening star., 1956-08-28
Moi. FoqIe Assigned

Air Force Maj. James M. Fogle.
5421 U street Sc, has been
named tactical inspector in the
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-11
US. Bills Russia
For $725,OOO for
Neptune Downing

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, R-The
United States today billed Russia
for $724,947 damages for shooting
down a Navy plane last June in
the Boring Sea, injuring its IL
man crew.
The State Department made
public note from Secretary Of
State Dulles to Soviet Ambassador
Georgi Zarubin. The note repeated
US. charges that Soviet jet planes
knocked down Neptune bomber
near st. Lawrence Island last
June % in an unprovoked attack.
Dulles asked that the $724,947
be made payable in the form of a
dollar check.
He emphasized the us. 'is not
condoning the illegality of the So
Wet conduct"
He said the offer of half pay
ment, made by Soviet Foreign
Minister Molotov last June 26 was
accepted because of the special
circumstances surrounding the in
cident."
These special circumstances were
mentioned by Molotov in his note.
Molotov noted cloudy weather
conditions made visibility poor
and he suggested the Soviet fight
er planes might have misjudged
the Navy Neptune's location. Mol
otov had expressed regret and
promised to avoid recurrence.
Seven of the II crew members
of the plane were hospitalized af-
ter the plane crashed on the beach
of st. Lawrence Island. Dulles, in
today'S note said all suffered
shock and the airplane was
wrecked.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-11
Mentally III Different
From Retarded

DR.. Thomas Harris, Washington
State director of institutions, has
been quoted a number of times
recently concerning the possible
use of various facilities for third
institution for the mentally re-
tarded. In some news reports-or-
iginating from Olympia and else
where-Dr. Harris comments are
quoted in such way as to blur
the line of demarcation between
the retarded and the mentally i'll.
Mental illness is a disease which
might be called the extreme form
of emotional disturbance. Mental
retardation is a continuing condi-
ton, a permanent handicap com
parible to physical crippling. The
mentally i'll child may he cured;
the retarded child cannot be cured
of his mental retardation, altho
many such children can be helped
to reach a higher level of compe-
tence than they now enjoy.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-11
Fulton Lewis Tr.
Sued for Libel
Despite Apology

RICHLAND, Wash, R-Mrs.
Pearl A. Wanamaker says she is
going ahead with plans to sue Full
ton Lewis Jr. for libel although
the radio commentator has public
ly apologized for a broadcast in
which he made references to her
in discussing former school
teacher who invoked the Fifth
Amendment before a COMPRESSION
al committee.
In the broadcast, Lewis dis
cussed the case of Margaret Jean
Schuddakopf, a former Tacoma
school counselor who was Sus-
pended from her job after she in
voked the Fifth Amendment be-
fore the House Un-American Ac-
tivities Committee. Mrs. Wanna
maker recently revoked the sus-
pension.
Lewis in the broadcast said a
brother of Mrs. Wanamaker had
''taken asylum" behind the Iron
Curtain and then criticized the
United States. The man is broth
er of Mrs. Schuddakopf. Mrs.
Wanamaker has brother in Cali
fornia.
In his broadcast apology Mon
day, Lewis said the error, which
he called a Colossal mistake"
resulted from the fact he was up
against a deadline in preparing
the original script and did not
check it thoroughly before going
on the air.
He offered to give Mrs. Wanna
maker equal broadcast time on
his program for "any further
points of correction"
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-11
Worlds Tallest Totem
Cut From 15O-FOot Cedar

VICTORIA, BIC, PA tow
ering cedar tree which will he
come the worlds tallest totem pole
was felled in a forest north OF
here Monday.
The tree, $50 feet high and
weighing nine tons, will be towed
to Victoria where it will be carved
by the Indian father and son team
of Mungo and David Martin.
The finished totem will be
erected on a prominent headland
overlooking the Staff of Juan de
Fuca.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-11
Western Air Lines
Shut Down by Strike
OF $50 Baggage Handlers

LOS ANGELES, R-Western
Air Lines, which operates in IL
states and Canada, was shut down
Tuesday by a strike of its $50 bag
gage handlers and office workers
who demand higher wages.
The company also faced a de-
mand from its 257 pilots for i'm
provements in their pension plan.
But the pilots, who earlier threat
ened to strike, have not walked
out and want their pay of about
$500 per month to continue during
the current work stoppage.
The company grounded II daily
flights on its 5,525-mile system
Monday A Western spokesman
said the line normally carries be-
tween 1000 and 5000 passengers
daily.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-11
LESSON NO. l

OMAHA, RESam Pirruccello,
student at Creighton University,
told police yesterday somebody
broke into his car and stole:
Two textbooks on crime;
One notebook outlining criminal
investigations;
A copy of the Nebraska criminal
statutes.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-11

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u. Swans of Danger
In Hoxsey Cancer Drugs
BY The Associated Pres,

The Government formal public warning today
against the HoXsey treatment which
and mmineny dangerous its leads neglect of other
cine used by Harry M Hoxsey his treatment
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cases after radium. X-ray and
surgery have failed.
IF they will come here and
make an investigation and if
I fail to prove by my records
that we have cured the most
deadly type. malignant mela-
mona or black cancer, I will
lock the doors of this clinic
forever.
IF the Pure Food and Drug
Administration has ever made
an investigation on any patient
I don't know it. The only
true investigation ever made of
this clinic was made by the
American Association of Medical
Physical Research and they
Endorsed it. Their finding was
that we did cure cancer"
FDA said its own lengthy
studies have mot found a single
certified cure of internal cancer
effected by the Hoxsey treat
ment." 1t said also that the
National Cancer Institute has
reviewed case histories submitted
by Mr.. Hoxsey and found mo
scientific evidence that the +.
treatment has any value"
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potassium iodide, and it added:
There is evidence that potaS-
SUM iodide accelerates the
growth of some cancers"
Mr.. Hoxsey disputed the Gov
eminent contentious. At his
clinic in Dallas. he said he has
records of cases proving that
we have been successful
after radium, X-ray and surgery
have failed" He said the Gov
eminent never has made a full
investigation.
Claims 10000 Patients
He said his clinics now have
10000 patients.
The Food and Drug Admins
tration has been fighting Mr.
Hoxsey since before 1948. After
years of litigation, a decision
by United States District Court
in Texas in October, 1858. pro-
hibited Mr.. Hoxsey and his
clinic from shipping in interstate
commerce what the FDA today
termed their worthless cancer
medicines"
The agency said he set up his
clinic at Dallas in 1886 and
that its growth has been steady.
1t said Hoxsey clinic was
opened March Z, 1855, at Port
age, Pa.
FDA officials said the agency
never had taken a precisely sim
ilar action to warn the public
against any medicine or treat
ment. The public warning is to
be published in the Federal Reg
lister as an official document. 1t
is signed by FDA Commissioner
George P. Larrick.
In a separate Statment, the
agency said it is developing a
contempt of court proceeding al
leging that Mr.. Hoxsey and
members of his staff have vio-
lated the 1858 injunction against
interstate transportation of their
products.
But it said this is almost GER
tain to be a lengthy court case,
and the action may not result
In a cessation of his (HoxSey's)
activities for some time to come"
HOxSey'S Reply
Mr.. Hoxsey said in his reply:
MY statement is that for IS
years I have been pleading and
begging the American Medical
Association, the Pure Food and
Drug Administration, the Sur
geon General and others to make
a complete investigation of our
records that show we now have
10000 patients under treatment
and observation from as far
away as New Zealand
We have pathological records
OF some of the largest hospitals
in the world. proving that we
have been successful on these