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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
Stevenson Strategy

Adlai Stevenson went a long way
toward clarifying his own 1856 campaign
strategy IN his two speeches at Newton
and Denver yesterday. 1t is, seemingly,
to aim a frontal attack on President Eisen-
hover personally as man whose motives
ARE good and sincere" but whose capacity
for understanding and administration is
deplorably inadequate. In both addresses
the first full-dreSs discussion of the
farm issue and the second briefer but
broader assault on virtually all aspects of
Republican administration policy - the
Democratic presidential candidate pic
tured Mr.. Eisenhower as almost passive
figure" who has, in effect, been misled or
even betrayed by his own party associates
in Government 1t is a strategy that has
been limited at by other Democratic
spokesmen-to carry the fight directly to
Mr.. Eisenhower himself, to test the per-
sohal popularity on which the Republican
Party is counting so strongly in its own
hopes for victory in November
Much has been made, particularly by
the Democrats, of the terms "high road"
and Glow road" in this campaign PreSum-
Vice President NiXon-are on the low
road" And presumably Mr. Stevenson is
not inclined baSically toward name
calling campaign technique. He has, per-
hapS, found a middle road along which he
feels he can speak tolerantly about the
good motives of his opponent while speak
ing scathingly about Mr. EiSenhowerS
alleged inability to fully understand"
what Mr.. Eisenhower himself has said or
done. Whatever the impact of this form
of attack, it is likely to liven up the cam
paigning on both sides in the weeks Just
ahead
On the farm issue itself, Mr.. Steven
son went about for the Democratic farm
promising restoration of 80 per
cent parity price supports and a many
sided program calculated to guarantee
greater prosperity for those who live, and
vote, in the farm States. 1t was brightly
colored picture of abundance in dollars
that Mr.. Stevenson painted for his audi
ence at Newton, and for the farmers
everywhere. 1t is too early, as this is writ
ten, to know the reaction either to the
promises or to Mr.. StevensonS down.
grading of Mr.. Eisenhower as a Chief
Executive But while the Democratic
candidate. was denouncing Republican
words designed to capture the farmer"
he was delivering strong words obviously
designed for the same purpose. The issue
will be Joined further when President
Eisenhower deals with the same subject
in Peoria, Illinois, on Tuesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
Suez Settlement

AS Clarkson Beall writes. 1t
is sad to see Christian nations
pursuing the path Of oblivion.
But he fails to recognize that
the oblivion which irnmedi-
ately threatens our era is that
Of atomic suicide.
The justice Of who should
own a canal running through
the middle of a small! country
land built largely with that
country's funds and manpow-
err looks very different to the
smaller nations Of the world
than to the Big Three. Atom
bomb-rattling to settle a ques-
ton that rightfully belongs in
the United Nations can lose
US not only the power and
prestige" about which Mr..
Beall is concerned. but ours
and our children's lives in an
atomic holocaust.
Marcia FelteT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
Apathy of Voters

The National Conference on Citizen
ship, held here last week, expressed justi-
fed concern over the failure of so many
American citizens to exercise their right
to vote. DR.. Arthur P. Crabtree of New
York University reported that the per-
centage Of potentially eligible voters who
fail to show up at the polls during ma
tional elections is about the largest of
any free nation. He told the conference
that approximately IS per cent of Ameri-
can voters usually stay away from the
polls.
The conference, sponsored by the
Department of Justice and the National
Education Association, recommended a
Nationwide study of this voter apathy,
with view to adopting measures, includ-
ing possible legislation, to encourage
wider use of the voting privilege. Among
suggestions were more intensive educa-
ton as to the duties Of citizenship, liberal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23

Often, driving along roads
curving around cliffs, enc sees
the sign Beware of Falling
Rocks" Detached missiles
tumbling from the heights
above are extremely hazardous.
Such warnings regarding fall
ing rocks remind us of the
words put into the mouth of
Julius Caesar. in Thornton
Wilder's "Ides of March" In
that play the famous Roman is
made to say: eve are all at
the mercy of a falling tile"
Such blows are, of course, not
scheduled; they come without
warning. Out of the blue may
be hurled upon us as we go our
normal way some crushing,
manning, decorating weight
that we cannot predict or
control.
A few months ago there
passed through deaths door
into the larger life a news
paperman for whom life had
been no bed of roses. Before
he went he said: Death is
but crossing the world as
friends do the seas. I believe
death teaches us the things of
deathlessneSs." The choice
spirit who said that was Car
roll Binder, an outstanding
and highly respected American
journalist. He died before his
mortal years had registered
quite three-score. Pondering
upon the sentence 'We are all
at the mercy Of a falling tile"
as he relived some of his own
experiences, he commented:
"Forty-five years of living,
much of the time in trouble
centers of a highly troubled
era, have not taught me how
to avoid being hit by falling
tiles. I have sustained some
very severe blows" Then he
recites some poignant happen
ings in his earthly journey.
His mother died when he was
3 years old. His firstborn son,
a gifted and idealistic youth,
was killed in the war. While
the bereaved father was still
cherishing the hope that the
boy might be alive, circum-
stances beyond his control
made it impossible for him to
continue work into which he
had poured his hearts blood
for 20 years. The tragic con-
dition. making it impossible
for him to continue fulltime
work in his loved profession
was as heavy a tile as can fall
upon one who hopes for many
more years of productive en-
deavor. He had been seized
with fatal leukemia.
There are enough falling
tiles glimpsed in the autobiog-
raphical entry, made with no
bid for pity, in the journal of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
Suez Retreat

The advocates of firmneSS in dealing
with the seizure of the Suez Canal, having
originally marched bravely up the hill,
now have turned around and marched
down again.
This is the only conclusion which can
be drawn from the draft plan for Suez
Canal Users Association that was worked
out during the London meetings. The
last thing resembling a tooth has been
extracted from the procedure which the
canal users propose to follow.
The draft plan is watered-down
version of Secretary Dulles original pro-
posals-a compromise between the views
of the French and the British on the one
hand who wanted to take tougher line,
and the views of other user nations who
fear that the plan, even in its latest modi-
fed form, may be too drastic.
AS we read it, the plan is anything
but drastic 1t does not Involve the
assumption by any member of any obli-
cation" There is no commitment to pay
tolls to the users association. The pro-
posal to man the user nation ships with
the associations own pilots apparently
has been abandoned. About all that is
left as far as we can see, is the creation
of mechanism for further negotiations
with President Nasser, and program for
carrying the dispute to the United Nations
early next month"; move which probably
will be an exercise in futility.
The gains, to the extent that there
have been gains, are largely negative in
nature. The threat of war, while not re-
moved, certainly has been abated. A
record has been established which shows
beyond dispute that this is not a project
for the coercion of the Egyptians. At
least a facade of unity among the user
nations has been created, although the
French are joining reluctantly and with
many reservations When one thinks of
the threats of few weeks ago, of the
divergence of Western views and of the
clashing of economic and political in
terests among the user nations, this is
not, in this sense, small achievement
Mr.. Dulles probably has accomplished as
much as could have been hoped for.
Still, it can hardly be doubted that
top prize in this diplomatic contest has
been carried off by Mr.. Nasser. His hold
on the canal remains secure, he is oper-
ating the waterway with seeming eff
cheney and Egypt's sovereignty" is unim-
paired. The next move is up to him. If
he is man of any wisdom, he will
endeavor now to come to some kind Of
satisfactory working arrangement with
the users association. If he lacks wisdom,
or if he attaches excessive Importance to
political and nationalistic goals, he may
close the door to any settlement. In that
event, no one can predict what will hap
pen. But whatever may happen, it cannot
be good-either for the West or for Egypt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23

izing provisions for voting by members of
the armed services, holding elections on
Saturday or Sunday to make it more con-
venient for workers to vote, and removal
of more restrictions on voting, including
the poll tax
Some or all of these measures prob
ably would help to improve the Nations
voting record. Certainly, comprehen-
sive study of the problem is warranted by
the electoral statistics. For it is automatic
that Government by and for all the people
cannot be fully realized when more than
third Of the country's eligible voters let
their suffrage rights go by default.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
Morals and Religion

Some years ago, The Star
printed a letter of mine on the
subject Of morals versus re-
ligion in schools.
I believe L. D. MacIntyre in
his recent letter had in mind
exactly the point was making
and to quote again as he does
from DR.. v. T. Thayer: "The
popular notion that morality
requires an orthodox religion
as an underpinning puts the
cart before the horse. ="
! had hoped to see a book
or books for different ages, ex-
planning by fiction, example,
and illustration. the concept we
have in this country Of what
is right conduct. 1--WE can find
abundant opportunity for chill
dren 70 acquire practice in the
good life all this without
resort 70 the religious doctrines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23

The continuous bleat Of the
Democratic propaganda agents
concerning the alleged over
supply Of money for the Re-
publican campaign this year
and the alleged relative pow
erty of the Democrats, nat
urally brings up the interest
ing fact Of the Endorsement OF
the Stevenson-K efauver ticket
by the great labor combina-
ton, the AFL-CIO. The rea-
son this is interesting is be-
cause the labor spokesman
already have acknowledged
that they are raising from
their 100000 membership a
fund Of 81 million for political
purposes between now and
election day.
Endorsement Not Unanimous
This is the minimum esti-
mate of Walter Reuther, far
more politically minded and
influential in the Democratic
Party than George Meany. Mr..
Reuther is not only a vice
president Of the left-wing
Americans for Democratic
Action and the boss of the
Democratic Party in Michi-
gan but he was for a long
time allied with the political
leaders of both the Roosevelt
and Truman administrations.
In brief, he is the top labor
politician in the country. No
one questions that it was
the Reuther influence that
brought about the AFL-CIO
Stevenson-Kefauver indorse-
ment of a few weeks ago.
Left to himself, it is we'll
known that President Meany,
while personally for Mr.. Ste
venson. would have preferred
to follow the old Samuel
Gompers policy of keeping
the AFL free from any formal
commitment to either party,
thus avoiding the charge that
the union bosses were trying
to deliver the rank and file
to either. 1t would also avoid
the charge that money COL
lected from the rank and file
was being spent to promote
candidates and causes which
all the rank and file do not
favor. Certainly that is the
situation today. The decision
of the AFL-CIO Executive
Council to indorse the Demo-
cratic ticket was by a majority
vote, but by no means was it
unanimous. Several of the
strongest union leaders, such
as Mr.. Hutchinson of the great
carpenters union and Dave"
Beck of the big teamsters'
union, strongly dissented.
1t was the aggressive and
bellicoSe Mr.. Reuther, rec
ognized as close personally
to Mr.. Stevenson and long a
power in the Democratic
Party nationally, who forced
through the Stevenson-K e-
fauver Endorsement and who
will dictate the expenditure
of that 81 million in the next
seven weeks. 1t is Mr.. Reuther
and his aides who have made
out the list of 'labor's enc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23

A stream Of American visitors
in London this summer will
gaze at the monument on
which is conspicuously en-
graved the word Dawn
then the name of Edith Cavell.
And then those words: II see
now that patriotism is not
enough. I die without hatred
for anyone" Those words were
uttered Just before the crack
of the German rifles in that
Belgian dawn snuffed out her
mortal life. But they prove
that even the falling title" of
death could not crush her
deathless faith.
When the tiles crash around
us, the most insidious tempta-
ton is to give way to cynicism.
We must avoid that as we
would the plague. 1t is a dead
ly thing. The secret is to keep
our eyes always on the highest
and best we have known and
seen,
Once more let us listen to
Carroll Binder: II have seen
much in MISUNDERSTANDING,
corruption, sordidness and sell
flshness-but I have not be-
come cynical. ! have seen too
much that is decent, kind and
noble IN men to lose faith in
the possibility for a far finer
existence than yet has been
achieved"
Did any one ever have more
titles" falling about him than
the Apostle Paul? Listen to
his narration: II have had i'm
prisonments, countless beat
ings, five times I have received
at the hands of Jews 40 lashes,
save one; three times beaten
with rods, once was I stoned,
three times shipwrecked, a
night and a day adrift at sea,
in danger from robbers, dam
gers in the city and in the will
6erness, dangers from false
brethren, in hunger and thirst
and cold and exposure. Talk
about falling tilesl But it was
he who wrote the greatest
thing about the durability of
love in human speech and the
declaration that love never,
never faileth. One who in the
goth century had learned
Paul's secret wrote a verse
which might well be called
What to Do About Falling
Tiles:
OF mounds and sore defeat /
made my bGttle-StGy,
Winged sandals for my feet !
ieoue OF n1y delay;
OF bitterness and fear / made
a shining spear,
OF loss and doubt and dread
a SSoift oncoming doom
made a helmet for my head.
and a tDGUinp plume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
LETTERS TO THE STAR

that tend to set men apart
rather than bind them to-
gether." again a quote from
DR. V. T. Thayer. according to
L. D. MacIntyre's letter.
This book of morals would be
compiled from the different re-
ligions-or, as Mr.. MacIntyre
says, from the many Bibles of
the world.
Children would be taught
alike concerning these great
enduring principles.
And there would be no en-
barrassment on the part Of any
teacher, what he should or
should not teach about religion
in the schoolroom.
B. C. Bien.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
THE GAME OF POLITICS
Labor GombIes on Political Investment
BY FRANK R. KENT

mics" in House and Senate
whom they want defeated
and for whose defeat the 81
million will be used-on radio,
on television. on literature,
on oratory, on precinct work.
ers and In other ways. 1t is a
great power this youthful,
ambitious radical has. He
can be depended upon to
WELD it ruthlessly and fully.
1t also seems important that
the American people should
understand what sort of man
this is and how he Yields his
power. For one thing. he is
pretty tough. For another he
is not too truthful. Some years
ago, after a strike which he
led in Detroit, asked about a
totally false charge he had
made against the company
while the strike was on, he
said, ooh, yes. there wasn't
anything in that. I just
thought it would put the COM
pany over the barrel" This
is one Of the least ugly allega-
tons that have been made
against Mr.. Reuther in the
course of his rise to power.
Yet he is the man many quail
fed observers believe would be
more influential in a Steven
son administration than any
other Quite a few believe he
would dominate it. When one
considers the good Adlai's
shift, under pressure, in 1852
of his position on the Taft
Hartley Act, there does seem
some foundation for this feel
ing.
Labor Would Benefit
At any rate, between Mr..
Reuther and Mr.. Stevenson,
the union labor movement in
this country for the first time
since the old A.F.of L. Endorsed
the La Toilette third party in
1924 has definitely linked itself
with one party. If 1t wins this
time it will have demonstrated
its strength and will be in an
unprecedentedly powerful poll
tical position. Unquestionably
. it will be able to get anything
it wants from Congress. 1t will
be able to repeal the Taft
Hartley Act, and force an Adj
ministration stand against the
right to work" laws now exist
ing in ID States. In brief, it
will be in control. OF course,
if 1t loses. the power of the or
gained labor bosses will have
had real setback. They will
no longer be able to dictate to
Presidents and members of
Congress. Their ability to bully
will have been lost. 1t will
have been demonstrated that
s the votes of union labor men
and women cannot be de-
livered by the labor bosses.
That was demonstrated in 1852
when the same bosses who are
against Mr.. Eisenhower now
were against him then.
Another demonstration ought
to be decisive. Those who do
not think that this is the really
big issue in this campaign are
Just blind to the facts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
Politics on Sunday

The Star reports that Estes
Kefauver. on arriving in Ohio
on Sunday, rushed to a Bap-
list church so he could stand
outside and greet the wor-
shippers as they came out.
This dissertation of the Sab
bath seems to have drawn no
criticism from the Senator's
fellow Democrats, yet when
President Eisenhower worships
at the church of his own
choice he is charged by a gar
rulous Democratic Senator
from a small State with pa
rading his religion for political
purposes.
Republican.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
On Naming Judges

The Star approves the
American Bar Associations
plea for the appointment Of
Federal judges free from
legislative. executive and
party control or ties.
However, this demand at
present is probably no more
than the pious expression of an
institutional wish.
without a constitutional
amendment prescribing the
qualifications of Federal
judges. Presidents will prob
ably go on appointing their
partisans, defending their
qualifications; and Senators,
expectant of politically profit
able presidential favor, will
confirm.
Also. the existing practices in
Federal judicial appointments
have produced good judges,
except for a few, who like some
store clerks, may have too
many personal friends over
the counter"
The public's investment in
Judges is in their impartiality
and effectiveness. These quail
ties many feel would be i'm
proved by either limiting ju-
dicial terms Of service or, II
endowed with permanent or
indefinite tenure, requiring
them to show periodically EVIL
dence of professional growth;
and, In either case, giving
them service and retirement
pay on the more or less aus
terity" basis applicable 10 most
people in public service.
Clifford L. Rein.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23

he was physically able, in ar
ticles and editorials, sage in
sights which the ripening ex-
periences of life had brought
to him. representing a great
Midwestern newspaper he
came to Washington for a final
meeting of the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors.
Then calmly he went back to
die. In 1852, he was asked
to set down his personal
faith and credo for Edward r.
Murrow'S This l Believe"
With, as he put it, "the hope
Of helping others to stand up
to falling tiles" he intimated
some defenseS which had kept
him on his feet and enabled
him to go on even though hurt.
The first thing he spoke of
is a vital faith. Not the So
called faith a man holds. but
one which holds him-holds
him up even when badly hurt
by a falling tile. Here is his
pertinent testimony: Il have
seen all sorts of people sus-
tain all sorts of blows, in all
sorts of circumstances. I be-
lieve anyone can find a faith
that will serve his needs if he
persists in the quest"
In almost every great city
one pauses in remembrance of
some brave soul who because
of faith has endured and suf-
fered and sustained without
faltering the blows of out
rageous fortune. In the Cap
ital of our Republic, Lincoln
seems to sit in triumph in the
dazzling light of immortal
praise. But think about the
falling tiles of defeat and frus-
tration, in love. in business. in
politics, before he came to his
great hour. and at last was
martyred to belong to the ages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
End Near

The Star recognized, in an
editorial. the approaching end
of the baseball season. 1t
said: Another baseball sea-
son is closing and the bat
and ball. mitt and mask will
soon rest quietly with the
moth balls till summer comes
again. The Giants and the
Maps. the White Sox, Browns
and Red Legs. the Nationals,
Superbas, Quakers, Highland
ers and all the rest of the
heroes of the diamond will
soon go into winter quarters.
The world will miss its base
ball slang on the sport page
and the time is not far off
when the fans and rooters
will bid farewell to single
sackers, three baggers, strikes,
hunts. sacrifice hits. muffs and
all that until the crocuses
bloom next spring. The foot
ball season is opening and in
spite Of the revision Of rules,
casualties from this war game
are already reported"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT
Falling Tiles

this dauntless soul, to have
completely crushed and embit-
tered some travellers on life's
way. But, somehow, Carroll
Binder seemed tile-proof.
Knowing his days were num-
bered. still pouring out, as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

A damaging hurricane bat
tered Gulf Of Mexico cities
half a century ago. Disruption
of communications made it
difficult to get a clear picture
of the damage. On Septem-
Der 80. 1906. The Star re-
ported: "Advices from the
cities along the coast which
were in the track of the hur-
ricane and tidal wave describe
conditions of great horror and
suffering at some points.
Whole towns are in ruins and
the list of dead is great. At
Mobile and Fort Morgan the
death list is 70. There are but
meager reports from the
stricken city of Pensacola,
7 inches Of rain having fallen
today, adding to the horror
and difficulty of recovering
dead bodies. New orleans
had not suffered as greatly
as was at first thought. :.
1t is said that not one of the
soldiers escaped from Fort
Morgan. Biloxi. Miss, is also
reported destroyed. Detailed
mail from Hattiesburg, Miss,
brings advice this afternoon
of great havoc wrought in
that section and Southern
Mississippi by the storm. 1t is
estimated that so per cent of
the yellow pine forests have
been destroyed. and it is feared
that many lives have been lost
in the woods. Informa-
ton from Mobile by train con-
firms the report that Coden.
Ala, and Bayou La Batre
have been wiped of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-23
ruunts

Compulsory education was
getting under way in the Dis
trict SO years ago. and on Sep
TENDER Is, 1906. The Star
reported: Admiral Baird.
president Of the board Of edu-
cation. has had a talk with
Mai. Sylvester. chief Of police.
about getting into school those
children whom It is hoped TO
benefit by the compulsory ed
ucation law. The admiral was
the one member Of the board
who voted against the appoint
ment Of two women as truant
officers. and he did 50 because