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Briggs d. Everson,
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Hoffo for President

Two neaollneS now in the news
tell significant story. One announces:
key Teamster Council Backs Hoffa for
Beck Post" The other says: "Hoffa
Linked to New York Labor Hoodlum."
What lies behind these headlines?
Simply this: James r. Hoffa in all prob
ability will be elected president Of the
TeamSters Union when the union dele
gates assemble in Miami for their an
nual convention on September 80.
What is the significance? Simply
this: The Transfers Union, is million
strong, holds the power Of life or death
over the economy of this country. Yet
this vast power, with all of its implica-
lions for good or evil, is about to be
entrusted to the hands of a man who,
according to Senator Mcclellan, has
played footsie with racketeers, and who
was tried here last month and, to the
surprise Of many, acquitted on charges
OF bribery and conspiracy.
Dave Beck was bad enough. But
II he is to be succeeded as president
Of the Teamsters by the likes of Jimmie
Hoffa 1t will be time to call halt for
a bit Of Stock-taking.
The slanted laws now on the books
were purpoSefully designed to pave the
way for the growth Of powerful unions.
But we do not suppose that even the
most ardent prolabor legislator really
foreSaw the day when the economy Of
our country, not to mention a million
and half transfers, would be left to
the tender mercies of Jimmie Hoffa.
However, foreseen or not, that is the
prospect which confrontS us today, and
1t is urgent that something be done
about it..
We doubt that much can or will be
accomplished by statements, speeches,
editorials or the AFL-CIO ethical prac-
tees committee. Mr. Hoffa has the ball
and he is running with it. II he cannot
be headed of in his bid for control of
the Transfers, as probably he cannot,
there is but one thing left to do. That
is for Congress to put aside the thread
bare, prolabor cliches of two decades
ago, screw up its courage and enact
the legislation necessary to protect the
country against abuse of power by
Jimmie Hoffa and others like him. This
will be bitterly resisted, even by decent
labor leaders who would give a flgura-
tive right arm to be able to sweep
Jimmie Hoffa under the rug. But such
legislation nevertheless will be needed
II the people are to have even the mini
mum protection to which they are
entitlee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Airs a Complaint

We women need not do
anything so drastic as shave
our heads Gas one Of your
male readers suggests) in Or
der that everyone may en-
Joy a well-ventilated trolley
ride. All that is needed is a
little more intelligent think
ing on the part Of those who
design the cars. D. c. trolleys
are the finest public trans
poration in the world save
for badly planned windows.
The windows should be
lowered from the top so that
a fine continuous current Of
cool fresh air can circulate
without getting everyone in
the eyes.
I never sit beside an open
window, not because it might
upset my hat or hairdo. but
because in summer my face
perspires. and II I get a
draft Of air on 1t, I get neu-
ralgia; and in winter the cold
blast does no good to my
eyes. / have long wanted to
suggest that any new trolley
cars-so roomy, airy, smooth
running, and admirable in
every other way - should
have windows that roll down
from the top.
AEllIiOent Pu'l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Lest We FORGET

The Douglas Macarthur Of 1857,
chafing under the tax burden, tells us,
in effect, that we have nothing to fear
from the threat Of aggression-that we
are being deceived on this score by a
Government lusting for taxes.
Recalling that the highest budget
he proposed for the combined Army and
Air Force when he was Chief of Staff
was $400 million, General Macarthur
went on to say: "Our Government has
kept us in perpetual state of fear
kept us in a continuous stampede of
patriotic fervor-with the cry Of grave
national emergency. Always there has
been some terrible evil at home or some
monStrous foreign power that was going
to gobble us up II we did not blindly
rally behind it four Government) by
furnishing the exorbitant funds de-
manded. Yet, in retrospect, these dis
aSterS seem never to have happened,
seem never to have been quite real"
This is the Douglas Macarthur Of
1857 speaking. For our part, we prefer
to remember the Douglas Macarthur Of
1910, author Of one of the most pro-
phetic warnings ever written by any
man.
In those desperate days Britain and
Britain alone stood between Hitler and
victory. Our own country was divided,
uncertain, fearful of war and unwilling
to spend the money needed to prepare
for war. In that climate, Douglas Mac
Arthur wrote to friend: 1.-THE history
of failure in war can almost be summed
up in two words: Too late. Too late
in comprehending the deadly purpose
Of potential enemy; too late in real
izing the mortal danger; too late in
preparedness: too late in uniting all
possible forces for resistance; too late, in
standing with ones friends"
In another year Japan had struck
at Pearl Harbor, and all of us realized
almost too late-how right Douglas
Macarthur had been. Yet today he
turns his back on his own counsel. He
talks wistfully Of $400-million budgets
and suggests that we are being bam-
boozled by our own Government into
arming against bugaboo. But Is the
Communist threat less dangerous to us
than the Nazi threat2 Is there really
nothing to fear? Is the danger not
quite real?
There are hundreds of thousands of
American boys who could testify on
these points. But they are sleeping
around the world in wartime graves
some marked, some unmarked. They,
too, heard men who should have known
better say that there was nothing to
fear, that the danger wasn't quite real.
But this unthinking counsel did not
forestall disaster then, and it will not
forestall 1t now. Let us save every de-
Tense dollar that safely can be saved.
But let us also not forget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Annuitont's PIioht

My father gave 80 years OF
conscientious service as a
railway postal clerk and now
is eking out a bare existence
on $l35 a month. Could
President Eisenhower do it?
You know he couldn't and.
what's more. wouldn't. Yet
he thinks it's all right for
these retired workers to do
so--while wastefully squan-
dering our tax money on
such ridiculous projects as
highways for Communist
Yugoslavia, homes for Turk
ish miners. a model city for
Com munist synpathizer
Nehru Of India. etc.
In this humble writer's
opinion, charity begins at
home. Disgustad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Caribbean Bases

In the event Of war the
chain Of island bases from
Cuba to Trinidad would be
vital for defense. None Of
them should be liquidated. 1t
would not be in the interest
OF Latin America. the United
States. or the Caribbean Fed
Grafton itself to do so.
Liquidating the Trinidad
naval base. as requested by
the federation. would pull out
the chains southern anchor.
1t would mean the island de-
Tense could be outflanked.
Enemy submarines could
pour through a loophole.
And once more the Carib-
bean would become the
graveyard Of ships and of
hemisphere commerce. Its
vital link. the Panama Canal.
would be in greater jeopardy.
Defense in the Caribbean is
as important as 1t is else
where.
Now there has been an cpl
demic Of give up" moves.
The Suez Canal zone. Cyprus,
Algeria. Malta, Okinawa,
Formosa, and now Trinidad
are in this picture. But
surely 1t is nonsensical and
even suicidal for Americans
and Britons to be part Of it.
We should not gore each
others oxen. For that is Just
what Moscow wants.
Norman S. Cooke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

that deserve special recognition and
acclaim.
So Denver, her old home town, has
done pleasant and fitting thing in
having her out as special guest to
take part in the dedication Of bit of
country-in-the-city that will henceforth
be known as the Mamie Doud Eisen-
hover Park. Wives in general, especially
Presidents wife, have to put up with
lot, and all of them sort of share in
the accolade when one of them is hon
ored in this way. It is a fine tribute,
and it couldn't have happened to nicer
lady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Fairfax 'BoondoqqIe'

AS a poor taxpayer-who,
apparently. is destined TO
become increasingly poorer
under the poor leadership Of
local. State and national pol
iticians-I'd like to drop one
tear as q protest against the
decision of the Fairfax
County Board Of Supervisors
to hire a plant lurer," at
$1l.750 a year. This is about
the most unforgivable boom
doggle that could be rammed
down the Threats of the tax
payers.
AS anyone who lives in
Fairfax County knows, it is
impossible to get Cd good
plumbing service; 90 good
telephone service; Cd good
carpentry service; a. good
any kind Of service on any,
thing you can name that a
typical home-owner must
have.
Who can possibly benefit
from more industry? Cd The
businessmen. who already
are coming money. serving
an expanding population
caused by the swollen Fed
eral bureaucracy: 90 a few
real estate men and loan
sharks, who already are
richer beyond their most
sanguine dreams of a few
years ago.
Why should the taxpayers
Of Fairfax County. facing tax
increases. have to pay off,
Gals who. in most instances,
already are oveYpaid (in-
GLIDING. apparently. the su-
pervisors), and now must
keep up some young sprout
at $1l.750 a year, plus, Of
, course. the inevitable ac-
coutrements of his office-a
pretty. overpaid secretary.
several assistants. etc. The
only supervisor who objected
to this further tribute to the
organization mania deserves
praise. He is Stuart T.
DeBell. who has some con-
sideration for the overbur-
dened taxpayers of this
county. Someone said long
ago that the penalty good
men pay for leaving govern
ment to stupid men is to
have stupid government.
Maybe some Of us good men
in Fairfax County should get
together to discuss some Of
the absurdities Of the politi-
clans who rule us-tem-
porarily, let US hope.
LarstOn d. Farrar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01

examinations against Negro
policemen In the Nations
Capital helps to explain a
growing impotence with his
ORGANIZATIONS detectives and
methods. The NAACP still
insists upon making civil
rights and its concept Of
proper social attitudes a
one-package political deal.
They ignore the Supreme
Courts assurances Of both
community and personal free
choice in matters OF social
privilege.
When DR.. Henderson COM
plains that Negro policemen
seemingly are denied equity
in promotions and opportuni-
ties to develop leadership, he
makes a proper political in
dictment. And. when he cites
police brutality and persecu-
ton OF a Negro youth he
has a righteous cause. The
correction Of such grievances
properly belongs in the po-
litical domain. But in the
rest Of his bill of particulars,
one wonders If DR.. Henderson
and the NAACP really under
stand the proper limits Of
political action. embodying
the art Of the possible. For
example. he regards it as I'M
fair racial discrimination be-
cause a Negro motorcycle Of
ficer Is not assigned to accom-
pany q white veteran to his
last resting place in Arling-
ton. but always to a colored
funeral. Surely a complaint of
this character should origi-
nate with the family Of the
deceased, rather than DR..
Henderson and the NAACP.
1t is entirely possible that the
family may have preferred 1t
that way and If they did, no
civil right has been violated.
And, I think DR.. Henderson
will agree the bereaved fam
ily's wishes in such a matter
should be respected when and
II feasible.
DR.. Henderson wants some
thing done about white police
privateS who dislike serving
under Negro superiors. He
must know it will take time
to overcome the elements of
racial prejudice. ingrained
by heredity and ancient GUS
tom. But in any quasimili-
tary system. it is insubordi-
nation willfully to disobey
the lawful and reasonable
order Of a superior. II DR..
Henderson can prove in
subordination on the part of
white policemen toward Negro
superiors, he has a case. But
he has no case when he COM
plains about white policemen
preferring to be paired with
a partner of their own race
in walking beats and man.
ming scout cars. This Is as
signing personnel in a man.
ner which best guarantees
maximal efficiency and mini
NAL friction or resentment.
That is good administration.
But that is not what the
NAACP really wants. II
wants Superintendent Murray
to order free choice Of part
ners for Negro policemen but
denial Of the same privilege
to policemen who are white.
Thomas E. MattingIy, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Reply to NAACP

A recent letter by E. B.
Henderson puts the finger on
the causes Of racial tension.
1t is the insistence Of E. B.
Henderson and his NAACP
that whites and Negroes
must fraternize.
He objects that white and
Negro policemen are not
assigned to walk together;
that white and Negro police
men are not assigned to ride
together; that Negro police
men are not assigned to
escort the remains Of white
soldiers to Arlington.
This lack Of forced aSsocia-
ton makes Negroes angry, he
claims. and turns them to
lawlessness. This argument
suggests a spoilt child who.
not being able to have his
demands gratihed, breaks UP
the furniture. and throws
things around.
AS long as this campaign
for forced association con-
tinues. racial tension will not
abate, and the relations be-
tween the races will worsen.
A. p. Cory.
e. b. Henderson, president,
Virginia NAACP, and some
ofiicials Of the local NAACP
give the impression that the
Police Department should
relegate to a secondary role
its main job Of law enforce
ment and protecting the
citizens Of Washington
against armed criminals,
knife-wielding thugs, yokers
and purse snatchers, and
concentrate upon a program
Of "intercultural education"
biracial seminars and inter-
racial workshops" Presum-
ably upon the completion OF
these various courses by the
police they would be able TO
arrest drunken. abusive. re-
sisting six-footers without
the loss Of dignity by the in
dividual arrested and with
out the use Of force by the
arresting officers.
s. M. WestmOre.
\ \
DR.. =. B. Henderson's July
~ recital Of allsSef dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
THE POLITICAL MILL
BY GOULD LINCOLN
Two Old Foes Seek Mccarthy Seat

Wisconsin, the first major
testing ground between Re-
publicans and Democrats in
this political "off year." finds
two old opponents lined up
against each other in the
race for the Senate vacancy
caused by the death Of the
late Senator Joe Mccarthy.
with the special election set
for August 81. Walter Koh-
Ter. three times Governor, is
the Republican nominee for
the Senate. William Prox-
mire, three times defeated
for Governor. is the choice of
the Democrats. Proxmire lost
to Kohler in two of his at
temptS. and in the third to
Republican Governor Vernon
Thompson.
According to the dope
sheets. Kohler should be the
winner. Tuesdays hard
fought Republican senate
rial primary, in which Koh-
Ter ran ahead of his nearest
competitor by some 10000
votes in a field of seven NAV
have left bitter scars, how
ever. which could help the
Democrat, Proxmire. Indeed.
Representative Alvin E.
OKonski, who ran third in
the @. o. p. primary. is
threatening to contest the
election on the ground of
incorrect ballots.
Strange things happen in
politics, but it looks as
though Proxmire has an up-
hill battle on his hands. Wis
corlsin is basically a Repub-
lican State. 1t has elected
no Democratic United States
Senator or Governor since
the early days Of the Frank
lin D. Roosevelt administra-
ton in Washington. Presi-
dent Eisenhower carried the
State by a huge vote over
stevenson last year. and the
Republicans elected a Gov
ernor. a Senator and seven
OF the ten members of the
House delegation. The DEM
ocrats take hope from the
fact that Proxmire lost his
second race for Governor
against Kohler in 1854 by a
narrow margin.
Kohler Supports Eisenhower
If Kohler is elected. his
victory will bring to the SEN
ate a strong Eisenhower sun
porter, in place of Mccarthy
who was frequently an out
and-out critic Of the Presi-
dent and his program. In
deed. Kohler in the recent
primary campaign ran as an
Eisenhower man - although
the President took no part
in the contestant he is
expected to wage his cam
paign for election to the Sen.
ate on the same line.
Senator McCarthy's name
entered the primary cam
paign. but not often. His sup
porters in 1856 gave aid to
former Representative Glenn
r. Davis, a candidate against
Senator Wiley for the Repub-
lican senatorial nomination.
but Wiley won. It is believed
they gave Davis support, too.
in Tuesdays primary, and
Davis ran second to Kohler.
These Mccarthy supporters
have the choice Of voting the
Republican ticket - for Koh-
ler-of voting for Proxmire.
the Democrat. or staying
home. If many of them
should stay home. it might
hurt Kohler's chances ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Innocents Abroad

1t is not a rare event when
q young American service
man is sent overseas. It
happens every day. It is
unfortunate that he auto
matically loses many Of his
rights as an American citi-
zen when he first sets foot on
foreign soil. And this through
no fault Of his own. When he
enlisted, or was drafted, he
was not told that in certain
cases when accused Of crime
he would be abandoned to
foreigners by his lawful mill
tary superiors.
Foreigners are. in certain
instances. inferior to Ameri-
cans; their ideas Of law and
justice are often antiquated,
sometimes barbarous. The
conclusion is not far-fetched
that the status Of servicemen
is q condition Of second-class
citizenship.
Our ideas Of justice, to
which we are accustomed, and
OF which We are proud and
mean to maintain, seek to
prevent the false punishment
Of the innocent. This deli
cacy is not practiced in many
quarters Of the world. 1
cannot understand how the
parents Of servicemen who
are serving overseas, let us
say. in certain barbarous and
savage countries. can sleep
nights. I couldn't.
Overseas service should
never be imposed upon an
American serviceman against
his will: he should first vol
unfairly sign a release vouch-
er, after having had ex-
planned to him the risks he
would enter upon. and the
constitutional rights he
would no longer enjoy.
Auaapinan
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terially. Not many Of them
except those who are Demo-
Gratis anyway-are expected
to vote for Proxmire, for the
Democrats were the severest
critics always Of Senator
Mccarthy.
Kohler has had an ambi-
ton for several years to
become Senator. He declined
to become a candidate for
the Republican nomination
either for Governor or Sem
ator last year, and kept his
hands OF in the Wiley-Davis
contest. But he was ex-
pected to make the race for
the senatorial nomination
against Senator Mccarthy
next year had the Senator
lived and run for a third
term. Much will depend now
on whether the Republicans
can get together and give
solid support to the former
Governor.
Vote Encourages Republicans
The Republican vote in the
senatorial primary Tuesday
was approximately $4,000,
and the Democratic vote was
$4,000. This big discrepancy
in favor of the G. o. P. in
Wisconsin primaries is the
usual thing, but in the gen.
eral elections party totals
invariably tighten up greatly.
However. the Republicans
are encouraged because they
had about SO per cent Of the
total vote cast in this pri-
mary compared to 81 per
cent for the Democrats. This
is a larger percentage Of the
primary vote than the G. O.P.
received in the 1856 Sena-
torial primary, when their
percentage was IS per cent,
and Senator Wiley was re-
elected with a lead of
265,000 over his Democratic
opponent.
AS was expected, the vote
in Tuesdays primary was
light - about 100000 - as
compared to the more than
100000 cast in the hotly-
contested senatorial primary
last year. The total Eisen-
hower-Stevenson vote in No
vember. 1856. was 1,542,6l2.
The vote in the special cleo
ton now coming up is likely
also to be light. The farmers
are busy, and the election,
generally speaking, has not
created much interest. It
Will take good organization
to get out the vote and win
this senatorial race.
Proxmire, only IL, has been
a Democratic hope" for
half-a-dozen years. He has
campaigned the State over
and over again. Indeed, he
has kept at his campaigning
almost from one election to
another. In consequence. he
is widely known and has
made many friends. He is
an attractive figure. His
Republican opponent, Koh-
Ter, however. is even better
known to the people Of the
State. He. too, is compare
lively youthful-53 years old
AS senatorial candidates 90.
II Kohler can win, he will
bring the Republican
strength in the Senate back
to where it was at the OPEN
ing OF this Congress = AZ,
to 40 Democrats. Whoever
wins the Senate race will
come up for reelection next
year. as the coming contest
is only to I'LL out McCarthy's
unexpired term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-01
Great Debate

You have to see 1t to be-
lieve it. You have to sit in
the Senate gallery. where
thousands Of disillusioned
Americans sit every year. to
see 1t. It is an ironic COM
mentary on the progress Of
democracy in America. In the
169th year Of the Republic
founded in the faith that all
men are created equal. to see
Senators still arguing over
the elemental rights Of Amer
leans: what they are and
whether and how they should
be enforced.
Robert Perkins.
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Momie's Park

1t is relatively rare distinction
to have city park named in ones
honor, but 1t is something that we'll
becomes Mrs. Dwight d. Eisenhower.
Although her husband has been domi-
mating practically all the headlines
about the family, she has been playing
the role Of First Lady with a gracious
ness and quiet effectiveness (the Presi-
dent has. called her his secret weapon")