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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24
Whistle Stop Strategy

The Democrats apparently are plan
ming to take to the road in the political
campaign this fall. Meeting with Ma
tional Chairman Butler, representatives
of the three leading candidates for the
party's presidential nomination were in
seeming agreement that an energetic
drive at the whistle-stop level offers
greatest promise for their success at the
polls 1t is a logical decision for several
reasons
All three of the Democratic 'front.'
runners-Adlai Stevenson, Governor Har-
riman and Senator Kefauver-have DEM
onStrated that they are virtually tirelesS
campaigners. In the recently ended party
primaries, Mr.. Stevenson appeared to
show some fatigue beyond the midway
point but he closed strongly in the home
stretch. Mr.. Hartman, who has been
conserving his energies up to now,
whistle stopped New York State sue
cessfully in 1854. He seems ready and
willing to stump the country if he is
nominated in August. Senator Kefauver
long ago proved that his own stamina
is almost inexhauStible. In several Of
the primary States, incidentally, the
Stevenson-K efauver tactics of visiting
all the crossroads were responsible for
getting out heavier-than- vote
1t was significant. further, that this result
was most noticeable where the rival cam
paigns were pitched to the give 'em
hell" theme which the party leadership
obviously would prefer to use against the
Republicans this year. Mr.. Butler i'm
piled as much in promising that the
Democratic candidate will be rugged
physically, mentally and spiritually, and
able to carry his campaign to the people,"
There is. in addition, the expected
contrast with the G.. o. P. strategy-at
least if President Eisenhower runs again
of concentrating on nationally tele-
vised appearances. And, finally, there is
the practical consideration Of cost, with
whistle-stopping estimated to be sub
Stantially less expensive than nationwide
television time.
From their side, in short, the Demo-
Gratis are promising lively campaign
designed to make the best use of their
talents and their resources.
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SO, but only after his genuine talent in
the use of words. has been properly recog-
nized and honored. There was, of course,
much more to this Misunderstanding on
foundation that reached back into
childhood fancy and matured in the
shadowy borderline between the real and
the unreal In many of his poems, Mr.. de
la Mare has said with an exquisite choice
of words what many less gifted individ-
ualS would like to have said j. B.
Priestly, contemporary and versatile
man of letters, once described him as "a
shadowy Pied Piper" 1t was description
that claimed. neither too much nor too
little, but which fitted Mr.. de la Mare
even better than his velvet coat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24
Operation Popoff

Charles E. Wilson may not be the
greatest Secretary of Defense since the
merger of the armed forces. But he stands
head and shoulders above the rest in his
rare talent, bordering on genius, for put
ting foot in mouth.
At the moment Mr.. Wilson is under
whitening fire from Capitol Hill for say
ing that the Senate'S efforts to boost
funds for the Air Force are "phony." Nor
is this partisan barrage. The Repub-
licans are almost as vociferouS as the
Democrats in decrying this latest Will
soniSm. Throughout the whole fiery aft
ernoon only Senator Saltonstall rallied
to the Secretary's defense. And his voice
was tiny one almost drowned out by
the roarS for Mr.. Wilson'S scalp
We do not know of anything to be
said in Mr.. Wilson'S behalf as far as his
choice of words is concerned If he is
ever going to learn better he should have
learned by now. One would think that
the bird dog incident, the beavers and
whatnot would have engendered at least
a small sense of caution in the former
General Motors chief. But apparently
Mr.. Wilson is not built that way.
There are one or two points, how
ever, which may be worth mentioning.
In the first place, Mr.. Wilson'S bark is
worse than his bite We doubt that he
would Intentionally, willfully and mali
ciously cast "slur" on the motives of
Senators who disagree with him. He is
really a rather pleasant gentleman who
has never learned to look before he leaps
into one of his I-wish-I-had-though
before-I-said-it comments. In the Sec
ond place, he is sincere, in our judgment,
In his belief that an additional half
billion or billion dollars for the Air
Force is not needed at this time, and
could not be spent constructively if avail
able. He may be entirely wrong about
this. High-ranking officers in his own
command obviously think that he is. We
hope, however, that the real merits of the
dispute are not going to be lost sight Of
merely because Mr.. Wilson once again has
done what, for him, comes naturally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24
Defends Coin

In view of the full and fair
reporting of the speeches and
activities of former Senator
Harry P. Cain by Ed Prina in
the columns of The Star. it is
extraordinary that any atten-
tive reader of your newspaper
could write the kind of letter
that appeared June 10 over
the name Of A. X. Minisel.
If there is a subject matter
that has demanded selfless-
ness, and not self-seeking, it
is the critical analysis Of the
workings Of the security ma
chinery affecting governmental
employees. If there is an area
without political rewards, bar
rem to political demagogues,
1t is in the area Of persistent
demands for the doing Of JUS
tice to ousted security risks"
The former Senator from the
Republican side of the aisle
can expect to make no politi-
cal hay for himself by tsngling
with the Eisenhower admins
tration.
Is it too simple or too honor
able to a man by the name of
Cain to accept him on his face
value as one who once ran
with the hunters but who has
learned from the human facts
that both the ends Of justice
and the democratic values we're
thereby endangered No doubt
1t would have been more COM
Portable. socially and other
wise. and perhaps m ore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT

Il don't think" is an idiom
constantly used in our speech
as prelude to saying what one
thinks. If a man says Il don't
think" under the present cir
cumstances that further aid
ought to be given by the
United States to Tito's Yugo-
slavia, he really means he does
think that our help ought to
be withdrawn. In our goose
stepping generation plagued
with a minimum of thought,
when multitudes are parroting
the same thing, while Il don't
think" may be dramatically
incorrect. it is an accurate de-
lineation of a host of people
who are Charlie McCarthys
mounting the opinions they
have eavesdropped from some
propagandist dealing in spoken
or written words. Such wood
enheads" have never paid any
thing in the coin of thought
for the opinions they glibly
advance as their own. When
such conformiSts began an as
sertion with II don't think"
truth would REQUIRE a period to
be put right after think.
A remarkable citizen of the
republic whose motto and
practice was THINK" has
just suddenly ceased to live
and to work, after he had
passed more than four-score
mileposts on his earthly pill
grimage. His name, Thomas
j. Watson, will be written in
the hall of fame OF American
business. He was one of the
truly great personalities of our
time-a beacon light to busi-
nessmen in all free countries,
devoted to international CO.
operation. To this years crop
of graduates, this octogenarian
sent this salute, This June
1.150,000 young people will
graduate from high school
and college and enter the pro-
ductive life of our Nation and
the world. They are our most
valuable asset. These young
people bring to business, in
dustry, the professions gov
eminent and our military
forces. new skills, fresh think
ing. wide vision, boundless
enthusiasm, great energy and
moral power. We welcome the
newcomers to the world of ac-
ton. We will be their assist
ants as they develop their ca
liabilities, as. like every
generation before them, they
must make their own way"
This inspirer Of youth, who
from the heights of his own
success. uttered those spark
ling words. was himself the
demonstration that the way to
the top in America is not an
escalator which carries one up
whether he himself moves or
not, but a stairway up which
those with swift and jubilant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24

medium of inspiration, their
leader chose as its title the one
word THINK. That was his
well-known slogan blazoned on
everything throughout the IBM
organization on letterheads and
printed forms. 1t was spelled
out in capital letters on wall
and desk signs. Often the one
who is now gone warned, II
didn't think has cost the world
millions and millions of dol
lars" The brakes upon the
wheels of this industry have
been the almost antiquated
habit of thinking before acting,
and of acting only as a result Of
thinking. Under the one word
THINK" on the insignia of
such a life as that of Thomas
j. Watson might well be in
scribed the pungent principle
dogmatically stated in the Book
of Books, "As a man thinketh
in his heart, so is he"
Thoughts mold lives and even
fashion countenances, For
what we think we are. Any
debasement of the personality
begins in the debaSement Of the
Imagination.
Paul puts it all in a passage
which we'll could be headed
Think" Whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are
pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are
of good report, think on these
things" But one greater than
st. Paul, the Master he fol-
lowed and adored, gave as the
very heart of His teaching, a
summary of the thoughts
which must control a truly
happy and successful life. In
stead of the Anticipated cap
ton THE Beatitudes," this is
how a modern thinker has
translated the reality they
mirror: Happy are those who
realize their spiritual power
ty-they have already entered
the Kingdom of Reality. Hap
py are they who bear their
share of the worlds pain-in
the long run they will know
more happiness than those
who avoid it. Happy are those
who accept life and their own
limitations - they will find
more in life than anybody.
Happy are those who are ready
to make allowances and to for
give-they will know the love
of God. Happy are those who
are real in their thoughts and
feelings-in the end they will
see the ultimate reality God.
Happy are those who help
others to live together - they
will be known to be doing
Gods work.
Under these laws of life,
Jesus. who so often emphasized
that it is the inner thoughts
that count and control, writes
by all He was and taught ION
these things, THINK, THINK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24

which may have been read and
reviewed by only a single
reader. The five board MEM
bers who gave Superintendent
Norris such blank check APP
proval may in fairness be
described as enemies of the
American public school system.
In effect. they have voted to
delegate the duty and respon-
sibility for textbook approval
to any one individual.
Board Member Lathrop
Smith evidently thinks the So
called educational system
should run the board, and not
that the board should admins
ter the system. He asks, do
you think 1t is the function
OF a board member to impose
his personal philosophy on an
educational system?" With
such a negative and worthless
view toward his responsibilities
as board member. Mr.. Smith
should continue his negative
momentum to the point Of
resigning.
Considering the millions of
tax dollars involved, the board
should establish a representa-
tive citizens textbook board or
group in each separate taxing
area, for the purpose Of ex-
aiming and screening out all
Communist. Socialist ant
otherwise controversial text
books. so taxpayers can get
their dollars worth and stu
dents can get a worthwhile
American education.
Franklin 7. Miles.
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Corporation, it had less than
400 employees, or associates" as
he preferred to call them. When
still a daily card-puncher in
his own concern on June 10
his heart ceased to beat, there
were more than $4,000 on his
payroll, partners in an enter
prise conducting business in 81
countries. The writer has
shared with this dynamic or
ganization more than once
their annual councils of cam
paign when the spiritual note
was emphasized and where the
esprit de corps of the men
in that commercial conclave
seemed to breathe the Western
spirit. If ever an expanding
venture of faith with its year.
ly exploits of achievement was
the heightened shadow of one
man, the IBM is it. So, as an
army of almost $4,000 loyal
colleagues stand in poignant
grief in grateful memory of a
man who incarnated the shin
ing ideals they are pledged to
carry on. let us pause to think
of the motto which actuated
his career in a life which was
indeed a "Spire of the Spirit"
On any Watson coat-of -arms
one word would be written in
letters of gold THINK"
When the growing army of
young Americans. full of vigor
and vision. of whom he was the
almost adored generalissimo,
launched one of the most at
tractive and thought-provok-
ing magazines as their monthly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24
No Riqht to Drive

The sound theory underlying the
Senate-paSSed drunken driving" bill is
that driver whose wits have been dulled
by alcohol has forfeited his right to
drive. 1t is true that present laws
provide penalties for drunken driving.
But officials charged with enforcement of
these laws have found them inadequate
in several respects. They are vague as
to what constitutes intoxication, for
example, and they do not permit use of
chemical evidence unless supported by
expert testimony.
The proposed legislation would fix
standards for determining whether
driver suspected of drunken driving
should be so charged. The standards are
based on the amount of alcohol found in
body fluids by chemical tests in use in
many States and cities. This evidence
would be sufficient to convict, without
necessity Of calling doctors or other ex-
pert witnesses on intoxication.
But that is not all. An important
provision would authorize temporary
suspension of the driving permit of any
motorist who, on being suspected by
police of drunken driving, refuses to
submit to the chemical tests prescribed
in the bill. New York and other jurisidic-
tons have similar provisions and have
found them effective in protecting the
public against the menace of alcoholic
drivers. A drinking driver still would
have the right to refuse to submit to tests
for intoxication-but he would lose his
right to operate a car until charges
against him are disposed of. Thus, the
rights Of others as well as the rights Of
the defendant would be safeguarded. We
hope the House will add its Endorsement
to this legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24
THINK
BY DIR. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Chaplain Of the United States Senate

feet are propelled by thought
and will. These can still
climb from the bottom to the
top. Like the mountaineer of
the Alps, of Mr.. Watson it
could be said ''He died climb
ing" The sort of career he
exemplifies in the business Or
ganization where he was
reyered as the architect and
guiding spirit is democracy's
most devastating reply to the
flattening out theories of the
communistic steamroller.
When the one who has now
passed from this sphere of &C
ton became president of In
ternational Business Machines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-24
New Weapon

A frightening new explosive
-dunnite-was being tested
by ordnance men so years ago
On June IS. 1906, The Star
said: I'm the presence of the
members Of the board Of ord
nance and fertilization OF the
United States Army at Sandy
Hook proving grounds Friday
afternoon a torpedo shell,
loaded with $50 pounds OF
dunnite. sank a steel caisson,
representing section Of the
underwater body of a modern
battleship. The steel section,
weighing los tons. now lies at
the bottom Of Sandy Hook
Bay. of the Government
wharf. and. according to one
Of the most prominent naval
constructors Of the United
States. the test means that
there must be radical changes
in the planning Of battleships
that are hereafter built.
Although the damage 10 the
caisson will not be known until
sometime this week, when a
wrecking company has raised
the shattered steel box, 1t is
believed that the injury will
show that had a modern bat
tleship been subject to the ef-
feet Of the blast the ship
would have been sunk or rem
dered useless. !"
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administration for a long time.
All through the Roosevelt
Truman regimes he was out of
tune with administration poll
cies. Particularly was this
true Of Mr.. Roosevelt. It was
early in the first Roosevelt adj
ministration that the break
came between him and the
President. The latter, whom
Mr.. Byrd had strongly sup
ported in 1882, revealed in
1888 the vast New Deal spend
ing program. AS the late Sen
ator Carter Glass, then Sem
ator Byrd's colleague from
Virginia. said: TN his first six
months In office Mr.. Roosevelt
repudiated every pledge made
in his 1892 platform" The two
Virginia Senator'S lined UP
against the New Deal program.
One day while the Agricul-
tural Administration Act (the
so-called AAA, afterward de-
clared unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court was about to
be voted on in the Senate.
Senator Byrd was called to the
telephone. Harry" said a
voice. this is Franklin RooSe-
welt. I understand the Senate
is about to vote on the AAA to-
day. I hope you are going to
support us" Senator Byrd re-
piled: "Mr President, I am
very sorry 1 can't do that be-
cause / am opposed to the prin-
Siple of that bill" We'll" said
the President, II would like you
to vote for it, Harry, as a per-
sonal favor to me-" Il am really
very sorry, Mr.. President"
again said Senator Byrd, but
it is impossible for me to do
that without violating my con-
victions." Immediately, the
White House phone was hung
up-and for Is years Senator
Byrd neither heard from nor
spoke to Mr.. Roosevelt. He was
never invited to the White
House either for a conference
or socially. Mr.. Roosevelt
simply never forgave him and
lost no opportunity to belittle
him.
Puts Country First
But that disturbed Senator
Byrd not at all. Nor did it
hurt him in Virginia, where
they continued three times to
re-elect him as Senator-once
without Republican opposition.
He had no political or per-
Sonal favorS to ask of the
President and no one snubs a
Byrd of Virginia by not ask
ing him to a dinner or recep-
ton. He did not become a
party bolter like Senator
Wayne Morse of Oregon, and
no one ever charged that he
is not a Democrat. He is one
of those rare birds-a politi-
clan who puts the interests Of
his country above partisan
politics. The reason this bill
stands so good a chance Of
passing is because there is now
another man like him in the
White House, though not Of
his party. 1t is a pretty fine
thing for the country to have
them working together.
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THE GAME OF POLITICS
IBYdps Effort to Lower the Debt CEILING
By FRANK r. KEN7

A few days ago Senator
Harry F. Byrd of Virginia.
chairman of the powerful Sem
ate Finance Committee, intro
duced a bill proposing a re-
duction of So billion in the
ceiling Of the national debt.
now having reached the ire
mendous and unprecedented
total of 1921 billion. At the
same time he announced that
this proposal is in accord with
the views of the Secretary of
the Treasury, which means of
the White House, too. Also it
means that debt reduction win
come before tax reduction
which, of course. 1t should.
News items about debt and
taxes make dry reading in the
newspapers, but this one is
certainly worth a good deal
more public attention than it
got. For one thing it is almost
without precedent for any adj
ministration to put debt reduce
ton ahead Of tax reduction in
an election year. Another
reason is that it is almost
equally without precedent for
the chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, a Demo-
crat, to see eye to eye on fiscal
policy with a Secretary of the
Treasury and President. both
Republicans. This combina-
ton makes it reasonably
certain that the Byrd bill will
be enacted before this session
ends. 1t will be a more or less
notable event marking, as Sen
ator Byrd points out, the first
reduction in the public debt
for more than 10 years.
Consistent and Sound
1t also will be interesting as
marking an unusual achieve
ment upon the part of Senator
Byrd personally. If there is
another like it in Senate his
tory it cannot now be recalled.
Since 1888 Senator Byrd has
been fighting against deficit
financing as practiced by the
Roosevelt New Deal and Tru-
man Fair Deal. For %
years his has been the most po-
tent voice raised against ire
sponsible spending of public
funds. Often his has been the
only voice in his party raised
against the waste of Federal
money and the padding of the
Federal payroll. Even in the
days when he was relatively
alone in the Senate in warning
against the dangers of infla-
ton. inherent in the spending
policies of Democratic admin
istrations, he never once fall
tered. He was-and is-the
most completely consistent
man in American public life.
And good many people in
the country think one of the
soundest.
The firmness of Senator
Byrd in fighting for his basic
conviction that it is just as I'M
sound for a nation to live be-
yond its means as for a fam
lily or an individual, and that
the penalty is inevitable in all
cases. has kept him in opposi-
ton to Democratic national
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Montgomery Textbooks
Clifford J. Hynning.

Once again the left-wing
clique on Montgomery Coun-
TVS Board of Education has
been successful in defeating a
sincere movement toward
worthwhile and meaningful
teaching practices in county
public schools. Thus. county
taxpayers. parents and even
students continue to lose by
default and disinterest the inn
portant right to honest value
for tax dollars and true educa-
ton for the future voters Of
America.
I refer to the recent item,
captioned School Textbook
Battle Fades in Montgomery"
stating that the five-to-zero
vote by the board approved q
dozen controversial books
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a Shndowy Pied Piper'

For those who read poetry because
OF love of gentle music and delicate
mysticism, Walter de la Mare long has
been favorite author. In a conventional
sense, Mr.. de la Mare was poets poet
even TO the point Of wearing velvet
coat and letting his hair grow unkemptly
long while he worked in his early years
as bookkeeper for an oil company in
London. He is dead now, at the age Of
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Preserve

A couple Of men had big
plans for stocking Rock Greek
Park with game half a CEN
tury ago, and on June %. 1906.
The Star reported: THE aid
Of prominent men of this city
is being sought by a commit
tee composed Of DR.. Walter S.
Harlan, president Of the Fish
and Game Protective Associa-
ton. and DR.. Cecil French. to-
ward the proposition Of stock
ing Rock Greek Park with do
nestle birds and game. Mai.
Sylvester has been asked TO
serve on this committee. but 20
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pecuniarily rewarding. If Cain
had kept quiet, whatever his
sense Of mounting outrage. In
refusing to remain quiet while
justice was denied to others,
Cain has joined the great ira
dition Of Americans. The press
has made the record available
for all to read. The verdict Of
contemporary history will be
easy.