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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
DAVID LAWRENCE

President Eisenhower ended
one guessing game--and in
voluntarily started another.
Mr.. Eisenhower will accept
if nominated. but who will be
his running mate? Will there
be just as vigorous a cam
paign for presidential nomi-
nation on the Democratic
ticket as before? Is 1t a sure
thing that Mr.. Eisenhower
will be elected?
These questions may get
one set of answers In March.
and a different set several
months from now.
II the election were held to-
morrow. Mr.. Eisenhower would
win but not by as big a mar
gin as he did in 1852. For this
time he will not carry some
Of the Southern States he won
before. Nor will the Demo-
Gratis win all of them back.
as there is a good possibility
of q third bloc--a States
Rights" ticket-being formed
to mobilize electoral votes in
the South.
The health of the President
will be an issue but not as
important as the Democrats
think. OF all those Democrats
who commented on Mr.. Eisen-
hower's decision to run. Sena-
tor Estes Kefauver of Tennes-
see made the most sensible
and in many respects the best
statement from a political
standpoint when he said: II
am glad President Eisen-
hover feels that his health
will permit him to make a
campaign seeking another four
years in the presidency. Hav-
ing been responsible for the
record Of the past four years,
the President is the best quail
ned man to defend that rec
ord. The campaign can be
waged on its merits without
mudslinging but with no
punches pulled"
This is in good taste and
emphasizes that, in America,
debate on issues rather than
personalities is what counts
most with the voters. They
resent any effort at personal
attack or disparagement Of a
mans physical condition. The
Republicans never made an
issue of the late Franklin D.
Roosevelt's physical handicaps,
and the Democrats would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Our Strategy Pegged on NATO. SEATO
And MEATO Appears Ineffective

officers. The three existing d.
visions are only a bookkeeping
matter. The border guards
which Germany was permitted
to organize three years ago
have been grouped into three
small divisions instead of re-
naming in independent bat
talon strength.
Britain still has four divi-
sions in West Germany. But
the British are undergoing an
other severe economic crisis
which has compelled them to
reduce their military budget.
However. more important in
the effectiveness Of the NATO
is the fact that the German
government has rejected the
demand that it pay some $760
million for the upkeep Of what
until last year was the allied
forces of occupation. If this
refusal continues, London will
be forced to cut down drasti-
cally its contingents in West
Germany.
The SEATO is full of good
will for the cause of freedom
but is more Of a political than
a military organization. It's
main standby is the United
Nations fleet and air force sta
toned in the Pacific. There
are no effective forces in the
Philippines, Thailano. Aus
tralia and New Zealand to
meet a threat from the l4lili-
tarized Asiatic Communists.
Hence the new accent by
Washington on economic as
sistence to Eastern Asia far
exceeds the alluring promises
from Moscow and Peiping. Mr..
Dulles is leaving this month
for a SEATO conference and
will also visit New Delhi,
where he will hold an eco
nomic assistance carrot be-
fore the noses of Messrs.
Nehru and Krishna Menon. He
hopes that these friends of
Khrushchev and Chou En-lai
will accept, without political
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Health and the Vice President

The President decorated his
Vice President with his Gus
tomary praise, though giving
him a mild, indirect rebuke-
when the matter was raised
for his description of Earl
Warren as "the Republican
Chief Justice" in a speech list
ing the Supreme Courts school
desegregation decision among
accomplishments of the Re-
publican Party.
1t is plain that the whether
or no" about the vice presi-
dental spot on the ticket will
become henceforth the center
of almost as much speculation
as was the whether or no"
as to the Presidents own in
intentions, and that the balance
will swing now toward Mr..
Nixon, now away from him.
Differences among party
leaders over the Vice President
could not subdue their excite
ment and exuberance over the
Presidents decision. For most
of them agree privately with
the Vice President on one
thing, which was his statement
some months ago that the Re-
publican Party still is not
strong enough to win on its
own. 1t will take Eisenhower
to pull 1t through:
They are shutting out Of
their minds any doubts on the
score Of the Presidents health.
They are willing to gamble on
that.
Democrats privately recog-
niZe it as an issue that eventu-
ally may become more impor-
tant than it now seems. Most
Democratic Party leaders were
ready for the Presidents yes"
because of developments Of the
last few weeks indicating a
trend that the President hardly
would be able to resist, includ-
ing the virtual decision by his
panel of doctors in favor Of
his running again II he chose
to do so.
But the health question viii
persist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Republicans Rejoicing and Democrats
Are Saying They Viii Win Anyway

before the President and his
advisers as they weigh Nixon's
future. He is controversial.
Important elements in the
Republican Party, particularly
in the East, would like to re-
place him with someone with
more experience and prestige.
As against these drawbacks,
he is a vigorous campaigner Of
boundless energy and unques-
toned skill. He overdoes 1t
sometimes. Nevertheless, the
practical requirements Of polit-
ical campaigns afford a large
opening for precisely such
partisan mitigating.
All national conventions of
the recent past show that con-
troversial figures, branded as
intense partisans, fare badly
when the we-must-win psy-
chology seizes the delegates
and. more especially, the boys
in the smoke-filled rooms.
The classic case, of course,
was the Republican rejection
of the late Senator Taft in
1852 in favor of Eisenhower,
the national hero. Taft had
done the spadework but it
was said Of him what is now
said Of Nixon: The independ-
ents won't vote for him.
A Nixon candidacy probably
will depend on how close the
Republican managers think
the election is going to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
DORIS FLEEsON

President Eisenhower has
dropped the other shoe and
political circles everywhere will
be glad that the decision has
been made clearly, promptly
and definitely.
Republicans are rejoicing
and Democrats are saying that
they will win anyway, both
practicable reactions. An I'M
determined number of Demo-
Gratis really believe they will
win.
The Presidents health and
his Vice President will be
issues in the campaign. De-
pending on events, they may
prove to be the major issues.
Discussion about. both will
be intense from here on in.
They are likely to prove highly
emotional, with both parties
vulnerable to the careless re-
marks of the extreme par
tisans.
The President has left the
question of Vice President
Richard M. Nixon's future
wide open. It is hard to see
that he could have done any
thing else at this point.
His answers to several prod
dings on the subject fit all the
alternatives. They could mean
he either has made up his
mind to have Nixon or not
have him.
There are two constants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Eisenhower Drops the Other Shoe

For public purposes, they
have long been conceding the
election to themselves If Eli
senhower were the candidate
They are much too shrewd,
as the draft of Eisenhower
shows, to leave anything to
chance.
They are bound to take pri-
vate soundings all over the
country to determine reaction,
not just now but later when
the campaign settles down and
it is more clearly apparent
what the Democratic slate may
be.
If those soundings indicate
q close election in spite of the
Eisenhower magic. there will
be anxious discussions about
the vice presidency.
There is no immediate need
for decision. It could be post
poned, if 1t seemed desirable.
until after the Democratic
convention.
Republicans have not lost
sight Of the fact that since
the Eisenhower landslide Of
1852 Democrats have had an
almost unbroken record Of sue
cesses in elections, beginning
with the Governor of Maine
in 1858. Even local elections
and State legislatures have
shown upsets.
This is, Of course, a major
reason why Republican leaders
never admitted Eisenhower
might not run, why they felt
they had to have him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
THOMAS L. STOKES

President Else h Nv er
accepts the assignment to seek
q second term with two OBJ
vious handicapS that were not
present in his first quest for
the White House in 1852. One
of them he can do nothing
about; the other he could dis
pense with If he chooses.
The first is, Of course, his
health. On that subject he has
been and continues to be most
frank with the American
people. In his case age must be
coupled with health. He will be
Sc on October IA. the height Of
the campaign. He will be the
oldest man to become a can
didate for the presidency In
our history. with one excep-
ton, william Henry Harrison
in 1910. who served only q
month.
The second handicap, and 1t
grows from the first, is his
Vice President. That is,
whether Richard M. Nixon
would again be his running
mate. That Immediately be-
came the most burning issue
within the party after the
President had yielded to the
intense pressure upon him for
weeks and consented to re-
nomination.
The Vice President is an
issue because OF the bitter
antagonism he has aroused
among Democrats, who still
constitute the biggest share of
our voting population. Repub-
licans must again attract a
considerable number of them,
as in 1852, If they are to win
this year. There are not
enough Republicans to elect a
President. The Vice President
rankles with Democrats chiefly
because Of the type of cam
paign he conducted against
the party and individual Dem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Eisenhower Views Seen Twisted
Into an Anti-Nixon Statement

making a grievous mistake If
they tried it now with respect
to- Mr.. Eisenhower.
For basically the American
people ought to have the right
to pick q President for q
month or a year or four years
and rely on their vice presi-
Dental candidate to succeed
him if fate wills. it.
There will be an effort to
stop Nixon" Some Republic
cans. with a favorite candidate
in their minds. may oppose
the Vice Presidents renomina-
ton. but most of the noise will
come from Democrats and
their sympathizers here in
Washington. Thus. although
Mr.. Eisenhower. sticking to
political custom, made it clear
at yesterdays press confer
ence that he wouldn't want to
announce himself for any vice
presidential nominee until he
himself has actually become
the presidential nominee, this
was twisted into an anti-Nixon
statement. Yet everybody
knows that the man nomi-
mated for the presidency can
practically decide who his run
ming mate shall be. Mr.. Ell
senhower went out Of his way
at the same time to say that
his admiration and respect"
for the Vice President are
"unbounded."
From a strictly political
viewpoint. any effort to elimi-
nate Nixon would cause a
cleavage inside the Republic
can Party organizations, where
Nixon is strong. and where the
bulk Of the work in the pre-
cincts has to be done. That's
why the Democrats are so
anxious to stimulate dissension
in the Republican ranks.
When did the President de-
eide to run? He has wavered
for weeks on both sides Of the
argument. The newspapers
have reflected, by means Of
the verbatim reports OF his
press conferences, his own
doubts and misgivings. But in
the last two weeks there has
been a definite swing toward
the decision he finally made.
Is Mr.. Eisenhower a sure
thing for reelection? Today's
conditions are very favorable.
Economic factors and emo
tional issues decide elections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
Nixon Must Co Element Is Believed
Not to Be Confined to Democrats Alone

ocrats seeking election to the
Senate in the 1854 off-year
congressional elections.
Republicans high in party
councils want to replace him
with someone less distasteful
tt, Democrats and someone not
likely to offer such a target as
Democrats expect to make of
Mr.. Nixon If he is again on the
ticket. Some Of the nixon
must go" Republican leaders
are motivated only by reasons
Of practical political strategy.
They recognize that the Presi-
dent. himself, probably will
not be as strong with the vot-
ers as the 1852 war hero fresh
with his laurels, for a number
Of reasons, including farm I'M
rest. and therefore they do not
want to take risks of weaken
ing the ticket in the vice pres
idential candidate. Some other
Republicans Just do not want
to see The Vice President re-
nominated because they do not
want him in the line of success
sion to the presidency.
The anti-Nixon element got
some slight encouragement
from the failure of the Presi-
dent to commit himself for the
Vice Presidents denomination
when the opportunity was Of
fered in a question put to him
at his decision day" news
conference. They felt the door
was at least left open for them
to try to get the President to
drop him from the 1856 ticket
when Mr.. Eisenhower care
fully pointed out that the NOM
nation Of a vice presidential
candidate is a matter for the
convention and that the con-
vention does not pick a vice
presidential candidate until
after the candidate for Presi-
dent Is selected-And the con-
vention, Of course, Is not until
August ct San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-01
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBfL

Shortly after Ike announced he'd Democrats started
boom to nominate Sammy Snead for President They
he play SO holes of golf
Bulletin from Adlai Stevensons headquarters dated
February 90 "The condemned ate hearty breakfast
but showed somewhat less interest in lunch"
the people about his candidacy subject
his heart he'll talk about Nxons candidacy
q subject very close to his heartbeat.
Ikes decision perfect Leap Year statement The
he heard it, Gov. Hartman leaped for the phone
conceded the Democratic nomination to anybody who'd
take it.
Vice President Nixon says Ike will be nominated by
reclamation The presidential nomination also
figures to be bit noisy.
Democratic Chairman Butler says the people won't elect
65year-old who's had attack Butler will bet his
bottom dollar that The of his he's buryng
just in he's unlucky enough to win the bet.
Wall Street ticker behind after Ike
he'll The stock market just can't to keep with
prosperity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
Navy Society OF Sponsors
To Hold Annual MeetinQ

awarded each year. Mrs. Will
son Durwood Leggett. Of
Schenectady, N. Y, is chair
man of the Scholarship Com
mittee.
A highlight of the two day
program will be the visit to
Annapolis on Wednesday af-
ternoon when the Superinten-
dent of the Naval Academy,
Vice Admiral William Smed-
burg. III, honors the Society
with a special parade Of the
Brigade of Midshipmen.
Mrs Robert C. Lee Of New
York will be hostess at tea
following this colorful display.
entertaining in the Naval
Academy Officers Club for the
Sponsors and their guests.
Mrs. Lee. national president
of the society, is the daughter
of the late former United
States Senator and Mrs. Will
liam Calder of New York and
the wife of Rear Admiral Rob-
ert C. Lee, USN., retired. class
of 1910. and present chairman
of the board of Moore-McCor-
mack Steamship Lines. She
christened the battleship New
York.
Mrs. Thomas, wife of the
Secretary of the Navy, will be
among the prominent new
members of the society who will
attend the GAS am. meetings
and go on to the other fes-
Invites. She christened the
aircraft carrier Saratoga last
October.
Many members will be &C
companied by their husbands
at the luncheon when Vice Adj
miral Arthur D. Struble, COM
mander. Eastern Sea Frontier,
chairman and United States
Naval Representative, United
Nations Military Staff Com
mittee, will be the speaker.
Mrs. Struble is a member Of
the society and will attend the
luncheon, as will Mrs. Robert
B. Carney. Mrs. Lynde Nc
Cormick. Vice Admiral Edward
w. CleXton. Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Albert G Mumma, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. David Tyree,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. E. B.
Harp and Rear Admiral Rob-
ert c. Lee.
Among the out of town
members who are planning to
attend are Mrs. John j. Crane
of Vallejo. Calf, and Mrs. Ed
ward H. Campbell of Seattle,
Wash. Mrs. Sherwood Taf-
finder is coming with a group
from Newport. r. l., and there
will also be a large group from
Annapolis and New London,
Conn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29

The annual meeting of the
Society of Sponsors of the
United States Navy will be
held on Wednesday and Thur
day with the annual luncheon
planned for Thursday at l
pm. in the Ballroom of the
Mayflower Hotel.
Founded in 1907, the Society
Is an organization of women
chosen by the United States
Navy to sponsor its combatant
ships. There are about 800
members.
The special project of the
organization is to provide
scholarships at preparatory
schools for sons of deceased
Navy and Marine Corps per-
sonnet who plan to enter the
Naval Academy.
Four to six scholarships are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
Holton-Arn1s
Tan1bOree
On Friday

When the alumnae, students,
their parents and friends get
together in the Holton- Arms
gymnasium on Friday between
IL and 6 pm. for the big jam
boree, many will be remi-
niscing about the school as
they spend to help raise money
for it's scholarship fund.
The "old Washingtonians"
present will catch themselves
gazing across the street at the
familiar school yard and clus-
ter Of town houses that make
up the Holton-Arms campus.
They will be remembering
their own school days and a
by-gone Washington.
Fifty-five years ago, in 1901.
Mrs. Jessie Moon Holton and
Miss Carolyn Hough Arms
opened a small private day
school with 20 students. Today.
five years after the death of
Mrs. Holton. Holton Arms
School and Junior College &C.
cupies IL buildings on S street
and Phelps place NV. and
has an enrolment of 407.
The years between have
been years of growth. When
the small day school outgrew
its quarters in 1906, a new
building was erected on the
present site. Resident students
were included. and as the en-
rollment increased, new build
ings were purchased or
erected.
In 1927 the Junior College
was officially established.
Mrs. Holton administered the
school privately until 1890
when a profit corporation
was formed and the school
was decided to a board Of
trustees.
The alumnae hope every
one will want to come Friday.
Booths will be set up in the
Jessie Moon Holton building,
or gymnasium, at the corner
Of Phelps place and S street
NV. There one can buy a
white elephant. play games for
prizes, see a movie children
only, and buy gifts for that
birthday coming up.
Admission is free. Supper
will be served. $50 to 7. by
the alumnae. Supper tickets
cost a nominal sum. After
supper, the Landon-Holton-
Arms Glee Club will give a
concert, starting at 8 pm.
Tickets can be purchased for
the concert at both Holton
and Landon schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
Final Luncheon

The closing luncheon Of the
Maimonides Dental Auxiliary
will be held on Tuesday at
Normandy Farm.
The program for the after
noon will be the installation of
officers for the coming year
and a fashion show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
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Stock up these cool famous Pyex pillows that promise
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with rubberized backs
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Blue, light green, rose,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
Humphrey Urges
Free Air Trips for
Refugees in U. S.

Senator Humphrey. Democrat
of Minnesota. has appealed tt
the commercial air lines to grant
free transportation to Hungarian
refugees from Camp Kilmer
N. j., to their settlement destina-
tions whenever vacant seats are
available.
The Senator pointed out that
the Civil Aeronautics Board
acted favorably on a recent re-
quest by Braniff Always for an
exemption to fly one group OF
refugees to Texas on a space
available basis. and the Senator
praised the Braniff line.
In a telegram to all of the
major airlines the Senator said
such transportation would help
the State refugee committees
W hic h are cooperating with
voluntary agencies.
According to Senator Hum
phrey, about 5000 Of the first
5000 refugees to arrive at Camp
Kilmer have not moved on to
t h cir final destinations. He
pointed out that there are nearly
$4,000 more to arrive in this
country under the present pro-
gram.
The Senator pointed out that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25

I publish her theme on Bring
ing Up Father" in The Star,
she asked?
"If you could possibly do this, -
she wrote, lit would be the best
Christmas present / could ever
give Father"
Here is is, wrapped in italics:
my father tUas born In Greece
Although his only formal educG-
ton tcas gained By attending
night school for the purpose OF
acquiring his American citizen
ship. tohich is eQuivGlent to the
schooling of a third grader, he
Is far from illiterGte. His desire
to further himself as an individ-
udl and to gain knowledge in the
fields OF history. English (Docab-
uIGry and GRAMMAR, geography
(tOorld and economic), business
and current epents Is a result OF
his ertensiDe reading and study.
Father appreciates corrections
and criticisms from US. although
Y must say, iDe're often advised
by him. He especially enjoys de-
bates iUith us older children on
subjects on Which he is weH
informed.
Fathers ultimate goal Is to
proUide for his tdmiIy's comfort
and happiness as nell as fnan-
ci1l problems after he is no
longer able to support US directly.
He has hopes of sending US all
through college and prays that
Ue shall make him proud OF US
as t0e are striving to do. But 1t
tDiH be quite a tDhile before iue
shall be able to surpdss or epen
equal our fathers experience and
totSdom, no matter how much
education ne receiuep
That's all.
1t should be pointed out that
the 15-year-old Miss Koutsos did
not send her theme to any COL
umnist to publish. She unerringly
picked out one whose parents
were born in Greece.
y 4 4 X
Well. the Greeks have a word
for it, tOO-Kala Hristougenna.
Merry Christmas!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-25
THE EVENING STAR A-23
Washington, D. c.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 70, 1859

adaptation Of o. Henry's
classic Christmas story, The
Cop and the Anthem"
$3.50, WRC (4)--Circle Theater:
Operation Deepfreeze: Crash
of the Otter" Dramatization
of an actual plane crash with
survivors matching against
the cold savagery of Antarc-
tica. Starring Philip Abbott.
1900, WTOP t9)-The $64 900
Question: Boris Karloff tries
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11:1O. WTTG (5)-Washington
Movietime: A pair Of newly
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Pickwick and his friends de-.
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