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Evening star., 1957-03-24
March 70

900
4-The Peoples Choice.
Sock and Mandy, olteody wed.
become officially "eneoced"
7-Donny Thomos Show.
Little League Umpire Danny
learns there is big difference
between calling them from the
s'onds and calling them behind
the plo'e.
e:z5
5-Motthew Warren. News.
$50
4-The Ford Show. Variety.
10 Stofford visits.
5-The Foleon. Adventure.
7-BoId Journey. Oocument'ry.
"lndlons OF the Andes" Eric
poveI ond his wife visit little
known tribes OF lndions in the
Eouodorion Andes.
9-Ployhouse 90. Dromo.
ga Hours "ChorIey's Aunt"
The duroble comedy obout the
COLLEGE student who irnpersonotes
his roomnote's ount so thot the
s~oin will be properly choperoned
during his girl friends visit. Art
Carney. Orson 6eon Richard
Haydn. Special guests: Jeonette
Macdonald and 6ens Raymond.
1000
Aux Video Theoter. Color.
Black Angel" A young wife
enists the old of o murdered
girls husbond in proving her own
notes innocence Of the crime
5-WFestIing. CopitoI Arena.
7-Air Time ST. Voriety.
1890
7-Studio 7. Oromo.
400
4-News and Loeol News.
Horkness. Sprooue.
5-News.
Motthew Wosren.
7-News. Weather. Sports.
McCoffrey. Allen. Pickett
o-News. Weather. Sports.
Richards Oounlos. Oonieis.
ll:l0
5-FeotuFette. Short Subjects.
Has
4-WeotheF. Sports.
Strinoer. Simpson.
9-The Late Show. Movie.
Evening star., 1957-12-08
THE WORLD SCENE
The Alliance: Reodyfor Paris

President Eisenhower. making
a rapid recovery from his cerebral
attack of November IS. was re-
ported last week to be extremely
anxious to so to Paris for the
NATO meeting. The decision.
however. as to whether he would
make the journey rested with his
doctors. the White House stressed.
Mr.. EiSenhower's wish to go
points up the Importance with
which the administration regards
the Paris conclave. What faces
the Western alliance there is a
complete reappraisal of the de-
fenses and strategy of the free
world in the radically altered
power situation.
NATO was formed when the
immediate threat seemed to be a
Soviet move to overrun Western
Europe. The forces at the disposal
Of Gen. Lauris NorStad. present
commander in chief of NATO.
have been organized and disposed
with that situation in mind. But
so drastically has the world
strategic situation changed that
there exists wholly different
challenge to the alliance.
Adlai Stevenson. invited by the
Eisenhower administration to
share in the forming of United
States policy at the NATO Coun-
Gil meetings, politely declined last
week the suggestion that he per-
sonally go to Paris. He refrained
from detailing his reasons. But
his position Is known to be based
Evening star., 1957-12-08
e0msters::
They're Out

The Brotherhood of Teamsters
came into the American Fedora
ton Of Labor 54 years ago, in the
days when its members were truly
teamsterS = burly. bearded and
profane men who could coax
supernatural effort from a team
of-eight.
Since then. the Teamsters
Union seemed at times to be the
very soul of the AFL-dictating
policy. running conventions. and
aiding smaller unions. Never was
there a time when the will of
the Teamsters, as expressed by a
Dan Tobin or a Dave Beck. was
taken lightly.
But last week. federated labor
jettiSoned this largest and most
powerful affiliate. On Friday. by
a margin of to /. the con-
stituent members of the AFL-CIO
in convention expelled the union
of almost Is million members on
charges that it was dominated by
corrupt leaders.
1t was the greatest schiSm in
organized labor since 1886. when
John L. Lewis pulled out Of the
AFL to form the CIO. And it
Evening star., 1957-12-08

came two years and one day after
the merger Of the warning AFL
and CIO.
Ninety-flve unions voted for ex-
pulsion. four split their vote. and
eight did not answer the roll call.
The 81 unions voting for the
Teamsters. representing 2.227.867
members. all came from the ranks
Of the old AFL.
Because the Teamsters occupy
a vital position in the economy,
the expulsion could have great
impact on other unions, manu-
facturers. and the consumers. The
Teamsters. who move a large part
Of the goods Of the Nation, could
bring the economy virtually to a
standstill in a war with the rest
OF labor. The union long has been
able TO make or break strike by
another union.
But the Teamsters. even at the
moment of their expulsion. were
promising not to use this power.
Einar Mohn, a Teamster vice
president. said that the union
would not refuse to respect the
picket lines of AFL-CIO afiliates,
and added: We have no chips
on our shoulders"
The federation itself seemed to
hold out hope that the Teamsters
would cleanse their union (which
has come to mean getting rid Of
James R. Hoffa, its newly
elected PRESIDENT and return TO
the AFL-CIO. The federation has
decided against chartering a
rival clean" Teamsters Union TO
fight Mr.. Hoffa and has not acted
TO end mutual aid agreements
between the Teamsters and fed
Grafton affiliates.
AFL-CIO officials have some
basis for hoping that the courts
will take care OF Mr. Hoffa if the
Teamsters do not. He is now on
trial in New York on a wiretap-
pms NAAo4 &C. dAA0 Ad(GS dl4OSlAEI
trial on a perjury Indictment.
And here in Washington. a Fed
eral court is considering a per.
manent Injunction to prevent Mr..
Hoffa from assuming the presi-
dency.
The imbroglio over the Team
SterS all but overshadowed at the
convention the other numerous
troubles that have beSet the AFL-
CIO since the merger see story
by Cecil Holland on Page B-3).
These include serious jurisdic-
tional disputes among certain
large affiliates which are deeply
rooted in the history Of organized
labor. and the failure of l6 units
OF the AFL and the CIO at the
State level to Join in merger.
Also, three other unions-the
Bakery Workers. the Laundry
Workers and the Distillery Work
ers-are slated for expulsion next
week. and a fourth. the Textile
Workers, has been suspended.
pending a cleanup The four rep
resent 273.000 unionists.
Evening star., 1957-12-08
The Vanguard

Despite official denials Of any
unusual haste. the intensity Of the
drive TO get an American Sputnik
into space seemed almost that OF
q crash" program. Preparations
were rushed at the missile test
site at Cape Canaveral. Fla. to
launch q 6-inch satellite with the
specially designed Vanguard three
stage rocket.
On Wednesday the button was
ready to be pushed. A stream OF
detailed information flowed from
the Pentagon. the Naval Research
Laboratories Tin charge Of Project
Vanguard) and from the Florida
base. But q series OF minor holds"
and unfavorable weather delayed
the big moment until Friday.
At am. Friday, the count
down" began-the systematic Sc
ries OF steps that would culminate
in the roar OF the rocket takeoff.
There we're a few delays. but
shortly after IL am. came zero
hour. The rocket was fired: 1t
rose on q tail OF flame two or
three feet from its launching pad.
dropped back suddenly. toppled
over and exploded in a mushroom
blast Of fire and smoke.
The first American satellite had
failed.
Bitterly disappointed Navy SCI
entists and officers pointed to two
previous successful test firings OF
the Vanguard rocket. and prom
ised TO try again. Two more
Vanguards are now at Cape
Canaveral. they said. but the
Pentagon announced that an
other attempt to launch the
small satellite could not be made
for at least a month.
On a beach near the site OF
the firing failure. a reporter
heard q civilian onlooker exclaim
scathingly. Now let the Army
tryl" And that remark touched
on q sore spot many critics Of
the American military missile
program blame for It's present
unhappy status. Interservice ri
valries In the missile field, de-
Tended by Pentagon spokesmen
because OF the competition" they
foster, have been attacked time
and again as a wasteful. time
consuming. and dangerously frag-
mentizing drag on the United
States effort to catch up in the
missile field.
Shortly after Defense Secretary
Neil McElroy took over at the
Pentagon from Charles e. Wilson
In early October. the Army's
Redstone Arsenal was put back
inte thu long-ranse missile neld.
Evening star., 1957-12-08

To help pay for an increase for
postal workers. which the admin
istration is expected to approve.
Mr.. Eisenhower is reported to
favor pay increases for military
personnel and the Governments
classified workers. The increases
for the three categories. if held
to the levels presently being dis
cuSsed. would cost an estimated
81 billion. which also must be
found elsewhere in the budget, IL
Uncle Sans outgo is TO be held
TO his income.
The administrations hope for a
balanced. budget may be only a
hope Already. according TO one
congressional fiscal expert, the
current budget. which Mr.. Eisen-
hover had originally expected to
yield a SIT billion surplus. may
wind up the fiscal year next June
30 in red ink.
Representative Wilbur D. Mills.
Arkansas Democrat and a mem
ber Of the tax-writing House
Ways and Means Committee. said
that tax revenues for the current
fiscal year. not yet at the half
way point. may run $1.3 billion
under Budget Bureau estimates Of
two months ago. This. plus an
indicated spending Of $40O million
more for defense this year than
was anticipated and a current
spending rate for other budget
items that will reach 5000 million.
adds up to SIG billion-or a
possible deficit this year of 5000
million.
Evening star., 1957-12-08

on uD a diSinclination to let him
self. and the Democratic Party,
become too closely identified with
the Dulles foreign policy and 90
disappointment that the admin
iStration appeared TO view his
Paris role as minor.
Mr.. Stevenson. carefully re-
framing from statements that
might seem to be openly critical
OF the administration, reserved
the right to criticize later. There
was no indication. however. that
he disagreed with the basic deal
from-strength" attitude taken by
the Secretary of State.
Mr.. Dulles. in a recorded talk
to the people of Britain for the
British BroadcaSting Corp. said
Tuesday that he saw nothing
to be gained in direct talks with
the Soviet leaders. Consistent
with his previous position, the
Secretary said that talks were "of
little purpose" unless the agree
ments reached could be ade-
Quately enforced. Conferences
with the Kremlin, he declared.
were not excluded" but in his
view the possible areas of agree
ment were quite limited"
Almost Immediately, Canada
Minister for External Affairs. Sid
ney E. Smith. protested that the
Dulles rejection of high-level con-
ferenceS with the Russians was
disturbing" In Ottawa, where
he also is preparing to attend the
Continued on Paae B-a
Evening star., 1957-12-08

Last year Mr.. Wilson had con-
fined the Army's missile efforts TO
devices limited TO 200-mile range.
Mr.. McElroy. after learning at
first hand Of the Redstone prog
ress toward development Of
intermediate and intercontinental
range balliStic missiles. lifted the
ban and told the Redstone scien-
lists. headed by DR.. Wernher Won
Braun, German designer of World
War lis lethal V-2 missile. TO go
ahead and launch satellite.
Redstone is going ahead. but the
tentative launching date is set
for next spring"
In Washington. disappointment
at the failure Of the much
heralded too much heralded.
some critics complained Navy's
Vanguard was bitter. The White
House and top administration Of
ficials had little to say except TO
express regret. But Congress menu
bers did. Their words Of chagrin.
however. were tempered by re-
minders that the launching failure
must spur q new and vigorous
drive to reach superiority In the
missile weapon. Mr.. McElroy COM
mented. q. not too surprising
because II was our first try"
Reaction in Congress and in the
capitals of Western Europe saw
in the Vanguard failure a new
blow TO American prestige. Com
munist newspapers in the Soviet
Union and elsewhere rushed the
news into print without embellish-
ment. London editorials slapped
at the advance publicity the ex-
pertinent received. The Soviet Am
baSsador to the United Nations
expressed polite regret. Too much
too fast" commented Jean Vol
pert. French rocket expert.
NewSmen close to the story were
quick to tell officials who COM
planned of the press "buildup"
that their news all came from the
services themselves. The Russians.
the reporters noted. might very
well have had five or six failures
before Sputnik i scared into space.
But in their case. there were no
rival services vying with each other
for the prestige and honor of be-
ing first in the race. And. in the
tight secrecy Of dictatorship. there
we're no reporters hovering about
to tell the Soviet people of the
progress or failures Of their
scientists.
Evening star., 1957-12-08
7 WANT MY ROCKETr

Like boy whose baseball has been into cranky
neghbors yard, Nka Khushchev asked United States
Friday TO give him his rocket back.
He said the rockethe that carried Spunik It's
orbit two months agoanded in the United Sunday
But he paintvey told reporters in Moscow they don't
TO give back to u.s. Moscow radio followed with charge that
fragments Of the rocket fell Alaska the Coast
United States officials preoccupied with rocket troubles
their own, said they didn't know anything Russian
rocket About the time the rocket had been expected
10 earh there were number Of reports Of flaming heavenly
oDecs IN TINS country One Of the most noteworthy a
sighting at an Alaskan military installation which occurred
within minutes Of the time the rocket expected orbit
over AT first the Alaskan observation meeorte
But after the Russian demand the Army requested
search for the object sighted.
Evening star., 1957-12-08
Politics

There were two immediate do
mestic reactions to the news on
October 4 that the Soviet Union
had launched an earth-orbiting
satellite.
One was sudden paroxysm
OF dismay that shook the national
complacency. The other was an
unsolicited pledge from officials
Of both political parties that Rus
sia's surprising advance. with all
its military implications. would
not be used as political fodder.
But now. one month before the
opening of the second session of
the 85th Congress, the initial
shock has dissipated. And so has
the resolve TO keep Americas pre-
dicament above politics.
The Republican National Com
mittee'S official organ. Straight
From the Shoulder" in its most
recent issue accused the Demo-
cratic Party under former Pres
ident Truman Of starving" ma
tional defense in general, and mis-
sile programs and research and
development. In particular Con-
tradicting statements before
Sputnik" and after Sputnik" from
Democratic leaders were printed.
For their part, the Democrats.
through National Chairman Paul
Butler, contended that II 1t had
not been for the foresight and
awareness" Of Mr.. Truman. the
United States would be "virtu-
ally unarmed in the missiles field"
Mr.. Butler and the, publicity divi-
sion Of the national committee
said all Of the IL operational mis-
siles In the United States arsenal
were initiated under Mr.. Truman.
By the end Of last week 1t was
apparent that. In the coming con-
gressional session, one of the
quickest ways to distinguish a
Democrat from a Republican will
be what each has TO say on ma
tional defense policy.
AS foretaste. when Demo-
cratic congressional leaders on
Tuesday emerged from a White
House conference with admins
tration officials and top Republic
cans In Congress. they did not
restrain themselves In complain
ing that the Republican response
ta ths Sovist ehallenge lacked d
Evening star., 1957-12-08

unfolded in Paris. His refusal to
make the trip was apparently
based both on dissatisfaction with
the script and his own meager
role,
Even among those who
doubted the political wisdom Of
Mr.. Stevenson's original accept
ance of a State Department con-
sultancy, was a feeling that
having gone that far. he might
have gone the rest Of the route.
His warmest partisans thought
that his mere presence might have
provided the new note so Sorely
needed at the meeting Of the
tired alliance.
From the first. what the BIZ
partisan experiment lacked was
a sense Of urgency. Whatever
urgency prompted the admins
tration TO call him. and him to
accept. seemed to ebb away.
President Eisenhower plainly was
OF two minds about the enterprise
from the beginning. an attitude
eliminating in an almost un-
recognizable invitation to come 10
Paris issued last Thursday. And
Mr.. Stevenson apparently was un-
able to overcome strong feelings
OF rejection.
Evening star., 1957-12-08
The Budget

Mr.. Mccormack allusion to
what he regarded as an over
emphasis on a balanced budget
came after Republican congress
sional leaders were advised by
administration officials that the
White House hoped to send
balanced budget to Congress next
month.
During a special all-day White
House session on Wednesday. the
@. o. p. members Of Congress were
briefed by cabinet members.
Budget Bureau representatives and
others, on the Governments none
tary needs created by the extern
sion OF the Cold War to outer
space.
The administration hopes that
the estimated 81 billion needed for
missiles. antiSubmarine weapons
and outer space science, a figure
that seems TO be getting flrmer
almost daily. can be obtained by
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fense budget and from economies
In domestic programs.
The civilian programs being
given the closest scrutiny in the
search for missile funds are:
. Farm subsidies and other agri-
cultural programs. which cost the
Government over SIS billion a
year. A soil bank cutback which
might save up to $500 million is
being considered.
. Pensions and benefits paid to
veterans who have no service-con-
nected disability,
y Federal contributions to the
States for public assistance.
The White House also is ex-
pected to increase its pressure for
postal rate increases TO offset 4
5000 million Post ONCE deficit and
Evening star., 1957-12-08
Program Outlined

The agenda OF the White House
session was held TO foreign and
defense policies. with the admin
istration's program repeatedly in
GLIDING:
. An increase in annual expen-
ditures for missiles and related
weapons OF 50 billion. and a Sill
billion increase in the 1859
fiscal year for foreign aid This
years aid appropriation was s2.8
billion. plus a reappropriated 5000
million in leftover funds
. More sharing Of atomic secrets
and material with NATO.
o A five-year extension OF the
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act.
. A stepped-up and improved
propaganda operation by the
United States Information Agency.
Senator Richard Russell OF
Georgia. possessor of one Of the
quietest but most powerful voices
in the Senate. Immediately let it
be known that he thought the fig-
ure Of almost 81 billion for for
eign aid was too much. He said
most of this money could be wiser
spent on missiles.
Republicans who attended the
conference greeted the admins
tration'S proposals as not only
adequate. but imaginative. Rep
resentative Joseph Martin. mi-
nority leader in the House. said
he had been very much encour-
aged" by the brieflng on the prog
ress of the missile program this
was three days before the disap-
pointing behavior of the VAN
guard rocket on Friday.
One of the top Democratic poll
icymakers in Congress. House Ma
jority Leader John w. McCor-
mack. indicated in a prepared
statement that. in this session.
there will be no echoes Of the
economy" cries OF last winter. He
charged the Republican leaders
with thinking of defense lin terms
Of a balanced budget"
The Democrats had no definite
program as a substitute for
what they regarded as a timid
approach by the administration.
but we're said to be planning to
improviSe as the session pro-
gresses-adding. amending. re-
touching.
Evening star., 1957-12-08

not mad at anyone. He found
the State Department. by con-
trast with the White House. en-
tirely reviving. All the ameni-
ties were laid on. He had a fine
office. two secretaries. staff as
siStant. key to the executive
elevator. He saw many old
friends from his previous service
in the department. His tempo
rary colleagues visibly admired his
energy and imagination.
Mr.. Stevenson has always been
preoccupied with foreign affairs.
and his immersion in them was
happy time for him. He read top
secret papers and consulted during
the day; at night he went home
and wrote what are reported to be
sparkling memoranda on the
NATO questions at hand. He has
turned in three reports varying in
length from is to 7 pages on va
rious aspects Of the Western al
lance.
One curious by-product of his
post was the apparent develop
ment Of mutual admiration So
ciety between him and Secretary
of State Dulles. Of whom Mr. Ste
venson did not speak highly dur
ing the campaign last year.
Mr.. Stevenson came TO appre-
ciate Mr.. Dulles prohlems--the
great expectations that crumpled
under the question: How much
will It cost?" He found the Sec
retary Unexpectedly sympathetic
towards his own devout conviction
that NATO should stress the eco
nomic and political factors in the
alliance. Mr.. Dulles was in and
out Of Mr., StevenSon's office many
times during the day.
Evening star., 1957-12-08
A Matter of Role

ne mas given b uumDer OF fea-
sons for his decision not TO go.
What they seem to add up to is
a belief that he would have been
nothing more than a carrier
in the Paris show. He was not
given a specific role. not even
asked to present any Of the posi-
tion-paperS on which he has been
working at the State Department.
A naturally diffident man. the
former Governor Of Illinois. OBJ
viously felt he would be de trop
at the Palais de Chaillot. Even
so, it is apparent that he would
have gone along had he been given
any compelling reasons for doing
so.
Those compelling reasons. which
could come only from the admin
iStration. have not been set forth.
Nor are they likely to be before
next Wednesday. when Mr.. Ste
venson plans to pack up his brief
case and return 10 private life.
And with the schizophrenia that
sometimes appears in the admin
tstration. the White House will
probably be Just as happy over
his departure and the State De-
partment genuinely sorry
Every time the White House hes
entered the picture. q graceless.
grudging note has been struck.
This began with the mistaken an
nouncement by Press Secretary
Hagerty that Mr.. Stevenson had
refused to participate in the
NATO discussions. When It was
finally established that he would.
on q limited scale, the President
dispatched a noncommital letter
saying in effect he hoped that
Mr.. Stevenson and Secretary of
State Dulles would have a nice
visit.
Evening star., 1957-12-08
His Words Remain

Mr.. Stevenson gladly ghost
wrote for Mr.. Dulles. Lofty pas
sageS relating to NATO as a guar
dian Of Western tradition and
Western ideals which Mr.. Dulles
will speak at Paris are Mr.. Ste
venson's.
Whether Mr.. Stevensons depar-
ture on Wednesday signals the
end of his co-oreration with the
administration or the beginning.
II is not known. He has indicated
he will be willing TO plump for
programs he believes in on Capitol
Hill.
How much weight he will carry
in Congress among members Of
his own party. who are always
watchful OF their own preroga-
tives. is hard to say. Partisan Re-
puhlicans may not show even the
fieeting disposition 70 let bygones
be bygones that brought Mr..
Stevenson here in the first place.
1t does not seem likely he Will
deliver any broadSide attacks
against the administration as q
result of what he has learned
and experienced during the
strange tour Of duty.
The outcome Of Mr.. Stevenson's
mission to Washington will be a
disappointment to many. 1t viii
disappoint those who felt that
the country's foreign policy needed
a shot Of new thinking. what
ever the source. 1t will disappoint
those who felt that Mr.. Steven
sons talents were being woefully
wasted by his country in a time
OF crisis. And 1t will disappoint
those strong Stevenson partisans
who felt-or wished-that
dramatic success in this venture
would start a chain Of events that
would make him the Democratic
candidate again in 1860.
They all will regretfully see him
leave Washington as he came
a patriot with problems.