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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
THE POLITICAL MILL
Democratic Attacks Not So Hiqh Level
BY GOULD LINCOLN

The "high level" campaign
OF the Democrats - led by
Adlai Stevenson, Senator Ke-
fauver and former President
Truman-is now we'll under
way. They have described the
Republican presidential candi-
date. Eisenhower, as lacking
inland incapable of--leader-
ship. They have pictured the
President as a tool OF the rich,
an enemy Of the working man,
the small-business man and the
farmer. They have brought his
health into the campaign, de-
claring (a) 1t makes of him a
part-time President and (b)
he can't live four years and
therefore to elect him will be
tantamount to putting Vice
President Nixon in the White
House.
When they speak Of the for
eign policy issue, they show the
President as lacking in judg-
ment, vacillating, and tub
humping. When they speak Of
the farm issue or problem,
they picture the President as
intent upon rubbing out en-
tirely the small farmer. When
they talk of the prosperity of
the country-they insist it is
designed entirely for the rich
by the Eisenhower administra-
ton and the President himself.
They present no remedies
for the frightful picture they
present-except to put Steven
son in the White House in
place of President Eisenhower,
to extend the Federal Govern
ment's activities, and conse-
quently to spend more of the
taxpayers money.
"High Level Talk Is BaIOney"
The present Democratic at
tack on Eisenhower - and
especially their efforts to
throw mud at the vice presi-
Dental candidate, Richard
M. Nixon-only goes to show
that the talk Of high level
campaigns, in which per-
sonalities are left out and
only issues are discussed, is a
lot of baloney. In 1852, the
Republicans went after the
Truman and Roosevelt adj
ministration ham m rand
tongs. They played on COR
ruption in high governmental
office-and they had plenty of
cases to point out. They
charged the Democrats with
having been soft and stupid
in dealing with the Com
munist menace. They charged
the Democrats with dragging
out a war in Korea-whirh
they might have won, If they
had followed the advice of
their military leaders. No
charge was made against the
personal honesty of the then
President Truman - but the
Republicans talked a lot about
"crony government" and some
OF the cronies were vulnerable.
The Democrats are carry
ing on an aggressive campaign
"a campaign which may win
for them if the Republicans
sit back and turn the other
cheek instead of doing some
OF the pummeling themselves.
The Democrats are aided by a
shrewd, well-flnanced, big or
ganization-the AFL-CIO. It's
leaders, particularly Walter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
Challenge in Texas

Governor Allan Shivers of Texas, re-
peating his 1852 Endorsement of the Re-
publican presidential ticket, has served
notice that the Lone Star State again will
be front-line battle-ground in this years
campaign. For it was largely the leader
ship of the States Democratic Chief Exec
utive that swung Texas into the Repub-
lican column four years ago. There are,
however, several reasons why Mr.. ShiverS
and his pro-Republican associates are
facing much tougher job in 1856.
The Governor himself is retiring from
office, circumstance that ordinarily de-
creaSes political influence. In pitched
intraparty battle last spring, Mr.. ShiverS
lost control of the Democratic State or
ganization and his prospects for leading
Texas away from the party in the ma
tional elections obviously were reduced
sharply His real opponents then were
Speaker Rayburn and Senate Majority
Leader Johnson, both now firmly COM
mitted to the Stevenson-Kefauver ticket
and determined that Texas detection of
1852 shall not be repeated. Both are ex-
pressing confidence today and Mr.. john
son predicts that Texas will go Democratic
by $4,000 majority. In addition, Mr..
Shivers has lost the support this year of
another influential party figure, Senator
Price Daniel. Running for his Senate
seat in 1852, Mr.. Daniel was leader in
the Democratic faction opposing the Ste
venson-Sparkman ticket. But as the
party's gubernatorial nominee this year
after a closely contested primary run
off-Mr. Daniel has swung back to a
course of party regularity. His formal
Endorsement of the Stevenson Kefauver
entry was issued Immediately after Gov
ernor ShiverS had reaffirmed his prefer
ence for the G. o. P. ticket.
The Texas bolt in 1852 was the States
first departure from Democratic ranks
since 1928. Its "a electoral votes amount
to an important plum for either party
and there is no doubt that both will make
a hard fight to capture them. Mr.. Shiv-
ers' defeat last spring was the first in his
political career and he will be facing an
uphill battle now to avoid second. But
the votes are yet 70 be counted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES {. TRACEWELL

People today have so many
things to worry about that
there is no use thinking UP
new ones.
A kind person out Derwood
way is bothered about some
thing not worth worrying
over.
II have a two-month-old
kitten" writes M. B. B..
which plays till it is ready
to rest.
"Then it climbs up in the
limbs of a small evergreen
growing against the porch.
bracing it's side and feet
against the half-inch twigs,
and there sleeps for hours,
with its head sometimes hang
ing down, or sometimes sup
ported by other branches.
II cannot decide whether
this habit indicates a bright
mind or utter dumbness.
IF cats are to sleep in the
branches of trees. where are
the beautiful birds TO find
safety"
On their wings. dear lady.
That is one of the purposes
for which they were given
wings, in the first place.
No bird, one may feel, ex-
cept the very newest, is very
afraid of cats. dogs or even
human beings.
Birds have lived so many
centuries with them all that
they have evolved ways and
means of getting away from
them.
Those little eyes. for in
stance.
The birds eye sees all
around it, almost behind it.
The bird has a setup call
culated to put 1t on the wing
in a split second.
Sometimes. Of course, the
flyer makes a mistake.
We all do.
Birds or men. few can be
perfect.
Sometimes birds do the
silliest things, just as people
do, especially politicians.
One bird will fly directly
into the wall Of a house. and
pay with its life for It's mis-
calculation.
Another will get tangled up
in length Of twine it Is carry
ing to its nest. and hang head
down, unable to get loose.
Still q third will wait a sec
ond too long. before leaving .
bit Of food.
We watched q foolish spar
row the other day on a down
town street.
II was chasing a large flying
insect. probably a June bug
out Of season, at the height Of
the morning trafic.
The bug dived and zoomed
and did ali sorts Of insectine
tricks TO keep from being
caught.
We thought for = brief time
that he vas going 70 get away,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20

is obviously needed. However.
according to those who claim
to know the parliamentary
mood of the moment, he will
have to perform a miracle Of
sorts to get what he wants.
DR.. Adenauer's hope on that
score must rest on an effort
to make waverers in the
BundeStag more aware than
they seem to be of certain re-
alities. One of these realities
is that there is no such thing
as a firm or immediate Rad
ford plan" Another is that
the nuclear age has not out
moded the need for conven-
tional armed forces in any and
all circumstances. A third is
that military authorities are
unanimous in the Judgment
that no army worthy of the
name can be fashioned out
of 12-month conscriptees. A
fourth is that a voluntary set
up, besides being about twice
as expensive, would be scarcely
attainable. A fifth is that the
West Germans, without power
of some sort, would be less able
than ever to negotiate effec-
lively on the issue Of reunif1-
cation. And a sixth reality,
perhaps the most important,
is that the Bundestag's failure
to vote for 18-month service
would have a heavy and po-
tentially very dangerous i'm
pact on the whole NATO
structure.
The reason for this is not
hard to find. If West Germany
decides to limit its military
service to no more than IL
months. how can it fail to set
off a kind of psychological
chain reaction in public
opinion in all the other NATO
countries where 1S-month
service prevails? And what
about the American people,
whose sons are drafted for "a
months? Why should they be
asked to do more than the free
Germans who now depend so
much on the United States for
their security?
1t is questions Of this sort
that seriously trouble both
German and American realists
in Bonn. Not without good
cause, they feel that an adverse
vote on the length-o f-service
issue would constitute a major
setback-pSychological, polit-
ical and military-for the free
Western world. That is why
they so ardently hope that DR..
Adenauer will be able to pull
another rabbit out of the hat
and persuade the Bundestag
to 40 what the times demand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20

@. Do many Of the Senators
and Representatives maintain
residences (houses or apart
ments) in Washington. d. C.?
E. A.
A. In the s4th Congress. 80
Of the 96 Senator'S and i5s Of
the 435 Representatives we're
listed as maintaining resi-
denees IN Washington or in
nearby Maryland or Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
'Boos for Senator Byrd

The editorial "Boos for Sena-
tor Byrd" in The Star for Sep
TENDER II is inaccurate in two
respects which are significant
primarily because of the i'm
portance which the editorial
gives to the inaccuracies.
Referring to the 10th district
Democratic rally held in Fair,
fax County September Is. the
editorial states that mention
of Senator Byrd's name was
roundly booed by the crowd
without rebuke from anyone"
I attended that rally and was
standing in the crowd when
the booing occurred. There
was no general booing by the
crowd or by any substantial
portion of it. The noise was so
slight that missed it entirely,
and / became aware of tile
incident only when the chair
man. Samuel D. McIlwain. in
terrupted his reading of Sem
ator Byrd's message to make
a "Sh-h-h" sound in the mi
crophone of the public address
system and say. There viii be
no more Of that" or words
to that effect. When ! inquired
of friends standing nearby
what Mr.. McIlwain meant. they
told me there had been some
booing.
To say that mention Of
Senator Byrd's name was
roundly booed by the crowd
carries the meaning that the
oooing was not only general
but also quite loud. Il vas
neither. and this description
Of Il Is exaggerated 70 the
point OF inaccurscy. Moreover.
the booinE did not pass with
out reouke from anyone But
for the renuke BY Mr.. Nc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
BY WILLIAM H. HARRISON
star Stan Correspondent

implementing it with 10
months of service. They prefer,
at most. IL months. Why?
Well, they answer. the popula-
ton of the Federal Republic
having suffered a terrible total
defeat in the Second World
Warts psychologically hos
tile to everything military.
They have had their fill of the
business, and they would like
to steer clear of it as much as
possible in the future.
X ~
Further, Germans opposed to
compulsory military service
make much of the so-called
Radford plan. They insist
that the chairman of our Joint
Chiefs of Staff has undercut
DR.. Adenauer's call for an 18-
month term of duty by put
ting forward a program that
would sharply reduce the size
of the United States Army.
And although one may say to
them that this is not really
a plan" but merely a study
paper addressed to the unpre-
dictable future, they still argue
that it is enough to cast doubt
on the validity of West Ger
many's CONSUMPTION law. Be-
sides. in their opinion, the
advent of nuclear and thermo-
nuclear weapons has made
conventional ground forces
obsolete. and the Federal Re-
public, if it is to have any
armed establishment at all,
should organize it on volun-
teer basis, or at least limit the
draft to IL months. Moreover,
among other arguments, they
hold that even moderate re-
armament would be harmful
to their efforts to reunify the
partitioned country.
This is merely a sketchy
and oversimplifled summation
of anticonscription senti-
ment in the Federal Repub-
lie. Needless to say, it is a
sentiment not shared by DR..
Adenauer and his government.
But it exists nonetheless, and
it explains why many informed
people in Bonn fear that the
Bundestag-especially because
this is an election year and
because the booming West
German economy makes the
idea of even a little sacrifice
seem unpalatable-will vote
for IL months of service in
stead of 10. True, despite what
the pollsters say about his
declining popularity, the old
Chancellor is still a power to
be reckoned with, and he may
be able to rally enough coali-
ton support behind him to
win a majority vote for what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20

Reuther, first vice president.
are aiming to dominate the
Federal Government for the
next four years-and there
after-if they can put AdlaI
Stevenson in the White House
and elect big Democratic
majority in Congress.
President Eisenhower has
fought and won many cam
paigns. He hasn't won any Of
them, however, without at
lacking. He may have some
so-called-unrevealed plans. Up
to the present. his plan Of
campaign has been to put be-
fore the American voters the
record Of his administration
and stand on that. It's a good
record and it should win. He
also has urged that Repub-
lican speakers use truth" as
q major weapon in their
campaigning. Truth is a strong
weapon, if used Extensively
and not just for defense. The
Democrats, however. are en-
gagged in a smear campaign,
belittling the record and Eisen-
hover.
Time for G. o. p. to Answer
1t looks as though something
has to be done to answer these
attacks. The President has in
dlcated he will leave that Job
up to others. This may or NAV
not be good tactics. No one
speaks with the force and in
f1uence of President Eisen-
hower-the head of the Repub-
llcan Party and its presidential
candidate. President Franklin
d. Roosevelt and President
Harry S. Truman-not to mem
ton President Theodore Roose-
welt. and many other Pres
identS - spoke out hard and
sharp against the political
enemy while they were in
Office.
Back in 194S-which wasn't
SO long ago-the Republicans
put on a campaign mild in
character and soft of word. At
the start of the campaign they
seemed to have the presidency
IN the bag for Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of New York. their
candidate. Little was said
about the records of the pre-
ceding Democratic admins
trations, though they were
vulnerable enough. Truman.
then President, on the other
hand. conducted a campaign
in which he attacked and at
tackled, in which he painted
the Republican 82d Congress
as the worst-or the second
worst-in the history of the
country. The result of the
campaign-the soft campaign
by the r epublicans and
the hard campaign by the.
Democrats-speaks for itself.
Of course, a campaign must be
waged at the precinct level,
with a great deal done to get
the voters registered and to
the polls. But what brings
them to the registration places
and to the voting booths later
is a live hard-getting cam
paign-and there isn't much
time left.
The Republican campaign is
just getting under way. It may
have many surprises for the
Democrats. The time is here to
spring them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20

but the silly sparrow did not
think so.
The bird made q sudden
right angle turn squarely into
the passing line of motor cars,
and almost got caught. but
didn't.
The insect, as If realizing
that in the stream Of traffic
it was safer from pursuit,
lazily lodged this way and
that.
Our not-so-silly sparrow
flushed him out, and drove
him toward the base of the
building line, where he quickly
turned from insect into prey.
The sparrow was repeatedly
in danger of losing its life,
and that was where he was
silly.
Probably another point in his
lack of intelligence was the
character of the prey. which
was mostly hard shell, and
we bet there wasn't one good
taste Of meat in all Of him.
Kittens, like young humans,
are experimenters.
They try this thing, then
that thing" and finally settle
down to the routine life of
their kind, which calls for a
nice fiat place to sleep.
Kittens asleep in trees offer
little If any danger to birds.
1t is the creeping. fully alive
cat which may get them il
they don't watch out.
1t isn't the sleepy kitten on
a branch; such a little one has
no thought Of birds or others.
He will discover, in a few
weeks, that there are much
more comfortable sleeping
places in the world.
He viii take to the top OF
the dining room table. or the
new davenport with its fancy
covering; ne may select the
best chair in the room, living
room, or try the sink for
variety.
Tie will then be a much
more potent danger than ne
was as a kitten. and will de-
serve watching by our kind
correspondent. who evidently
likes both cats and birds. and
wants them all to live and
prosper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20

One Of the finest new fea-
lures in The Star is the col
umn Wings and Wheels" by
Charles YarbrouEh. He writes
with an authoritative touch
on transportation subjects
and makes the whole thing
quite interesting.
Michael Frome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-20
Twain. the incident would have
escaped my notice entirely.
Alvin o. West.


Your "Boos for Senator
BYRD" editorial is certainly not
in Keeping with your deserved
reputation as one Of the Ma
tons leading newspapers.
First, there is the question of
fact. not opinion. You state
that Senator Byrd's name was
roundly booed by the crowd
without rebuke from anyone"
I'm sure there were a few Re-
publicans among the thousands
present who can tell you that
the man on the rostrum at the
time-the man whose, mention
Of Senator Byrd's name occa-
stoned the boos - sternly re-
buked those who booed. He
sounded angry in his rebuke
and used words something like.
Let's not have any Of that"
To be accurate and fair to
Senator Byrd, it might be added
that there we're some cheers
for him a moment or two later.
The second error Of fact,
perhaps a more understandable
one, is the reference to this
as a rally for Adlai Stevenson.
Actually it was primarily a
rally for Warren Quenstedt.
candidate for Congress from
the 10th district, whose name
appears nowhere in your edi-
torial.
The second criticism Of the
editorial is one which would
not be worth mentioning Il It
appeared in . lesser paper than
The Star. II Is directed at the
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Questions and Answers
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

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The Nome nugget., 1956-01-13
New Eight-Man
Board Will Review
CHA Activities

WASHINGTON, R President
Eisenhower today created an g.
man board of Outstanding citi-
zens" to review "the foreign
intelligence activities Of the gov
ernment."
The President said the new unit
will deal particularly, but not
exclusively, with the work of the
Central Intelligence Agency.
The announcement said the
board was being established with
the full approval of Allen Dulles,
CHA director, and at the recon-
mendation of the Hoover Com
mission for government reorgan-
ization.
Eisenhower named James R.
Killiam Jr., president of the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, as chairman of the board.
In addition to Killian, Eisen-
hover appointed to the board:
Adm. Richard Connolly, presi-
dent of Long Island University,
Brooklyn, N. Y, commander of
the World War II task force
which captured Guam.
1t. Gen. James H. Doolittle, of
World War II Tokyo raid fame.
Benjamin F. Fairless of New
York, director of the United
States Steel Corp. finance COM
mittee.
Gen. John E. Hull, former COM
mander of US. forces in the Far
East and now president of the
Manufacturing Chemists Assn.
Joseph p. Kennedy of Boston,
former ambassador to Great Brit
ain.
Robert L. Ryerson, chairman of
the executive committee of the
Inland Steel Corp, Chicago.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-13
Four Missionaries
Bodies Found In
Ecuador Jungle

QUITO, Ecuador, R-The ar
rival of a ground search party at
a campsite in rugged Auca In
dian country was awaited today
to identify four bodies believed
those of missing American mis-
sionaries. There was no report on
a fifth missing evangelist.
A u. S. Air Force helicopter
crew = which remained at the
scene = reported finding the
bodies last night
A search for the Protestant
missionaries began last weekend
after they disappeared in an area
on the eastern slopes of the Ecua-
dorean Andes, where they sought
to Christianize the Auca tribes
men.
Members of the missionary
party were Peter Fleming, Seat
tie, Wash; Nathaniel Saint,
Huntingdon Valley, Pa; James
Elliot, Portland, Ore; Edward
McCulley, Milwaukee, Wis, and
Roger Youderian, Lansing, Mich.
Entries in Fleming's diary,
found at the base camp, indicated
the missionaries were lured to
the river by signs of friendship
from some of the tribesmen.
They apparently were seized Sun
day just after radioing: Here
comes a group of Aucas we have
not known before"
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-13
Nations Always
Become Crowded
And Dangerous

WASHINGTON, Up The air
ways are becoming SO crowded
and are so inadequately regulated
a special government advisory
group said today that airliners
have brushes with death an av-
erage of four times daily.
Even more dangerous condi-
tons in the air can be antici-
pated unless some urgent
action is taken to provide
full-time high-level leadership to
the problem of bringing our avia-
ton facilities in line with air
traffic growth and the progress
being made in aircraft develop
ment," the study group said.
The eight-man committee was
headed by William Barcley Har-
ding, New York investment bro
ker who is a private flyer.
The urgent action" which the
committee recommended is the
immediate appointment of fig
ure of national renown to head a
complete review of all aviation
problems and to draw UP a mas
ter, 2O-year plan for integrated
development of aviation facilities.
A section of the report on air
operating problems said a recent
study Indicated ''there are, on the
average, four reported near-col-
lisions involving the airlines
daily"
This was cited as an example
of Critical airspace congestion"
on much of the nations main air
ways.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-13
Dulles Seeks The
Help Sen. George
On Foreign Policy

WASHINGTON, RESecretary
of State Dulles sought today to
settle difference with Sen. George
D-Ga), potent critic of Dulles
new long-range foreign aid plan
under a shower of pot shots at
administration foreign policy.
George, chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and
spokesman for most congressional
Democrats on international af-
fairs, was invited to lunch with
the secretary.
In advance, however, George
said he is mot going to vote for
any 10-year program or any
other long-term commitments"
On at least the general idea of
strong new emphasis on foreign
aid, Dulles got strong backing
last night from Dean Acheson,
Democratic former Secretary of
State, but Acheson tore into the
administrations performance on
most phases of affairs aboard
Acheson laShed< out at what he
called the conduct of foreign re-
lations by ''hucksterism." He said
it would be hard to find any area
in the world in which events
have not moved to ou disadvan-
tage in recent years"
The evil of "hucksterism," the
Truman Secretary of State said,
is that it glamorizes a product to
cover up its failures.
"This is the era of the buck
ster," Acheson said. "If we go on
as we have been doing We'll come
to the ultimate slogan of weak
ness is strength"