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their way merely by threaten
ing force"
What President Eisenhower
is doing this week to offset
these wrong impressions was
really forecast by Vice Presi-
dent Nixon in his speech in
New York City on December 6
last, which takes on added
significance now. Mr.. Nixon
said in part:
I'VE are militarily strong
only because we know this is
necessary to keep the peace
today. While we oppose the use
of force to settle disputes, we
recognize the need of strong
forces of self-defense so long
as the Communist world is
committed to its policies of
world domination by force and
violence.
Nov that our allies have
subordinated what they con-
slider 10 be their national in
terests to the verdict of the
United Nations. we have a SOL
emn obligation to give leader
ship and support to a United
Nations program which will
assure the solution by peaceful
means of the problems which
brought about the armed con-
f1ict in that area.
If aggressive force is to be
outlawed as an instrument of
national policy. other ways
must be found to protect the
legitimate interests of nations
when they are threatened by
means short of force.
I'm addition to the immedi-
ate problem of expediting the
reopening of the Suez Canal
on a basis under which this
international life line will not
be subject to arbitrary closing
in the future, the moral, diplo-
matte, economic and military
strength of the United States
and the United Nations must
be modified toward the reali-
cation Of these long-range OBJ
jectives in the Near East"
This is indeed the policy I'M
derlying the Presidents re-
quest to Congress this week to
give him authority to use, if
necessary, the armed services
of this country in the Middle
East, in cooperation with the
United Nations. in order to
prevent the outbreak of a
general war.
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CONSTANTINE BROWN
Pattern of World Affairs Predicted
To Follow Closely on Lines of 1856

Predictions are always dam
gerous. and to attempt to
forecast the trends of world
events for the new year is
particularly tricky at this time.
There are too many intan-
gibles. too many Ifs" to VEN
ture any precise predictions.
But the emerging pattern of
the worlds international rela-
lions permits a few careful
generalizations.
Events in world affairs are
never isolated. They interlock,
being both causes and effects
Of other events. Naturally, the
actions and contradictions,
and the reactions to either,
can't always be foretold. But
the directions of national and
international events can be
outlined. Here they are:
In the Communist empire,
unrest in the satellites will be
sure to continue. The likeli-
hood of another explosion
similar to that in Hungary is
slim, because the Russians are
now alerted to see that matters
are not permitted to get that
far out of hand. And inside
Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria. Ro-
mania, Albania and East Ger
many, the Red Quislings who
lead their captive peoples are
frightened. They will be care
full not to repeat the mistakes
of Hungary's Imre Macy and
Janos Kadar.
A probable Kremlin course
will be to permit a greater de-
gree of national communism"
inside the satellites, similar in
most respects to that going on
in Poland. The degree to which
that ''nationalism" will be
permitted to go will be deter
mined by the conditions inside
each individual nation. Thus,
Bulgaria, traditionally friendly
to Russia and with the lowest
living standards of all the
Eastern European states, will
probably realize little progress
toward a national development
free of Russian domination.
On the other hand, both
East Germany and Czechoslo-
vakia are. by their traditions
and present standards, likely
to gain a measure of national
determination, so long as
that limited independence
stays within the confines of the
Kremlin's watchful restraints.
The Moscow conspirators
will continue to exert pres
sure on. the neutralist world,
particularly in Southeast
Asia and in the Middle East.
They will leave no stone I'M
turned to GUST Western in
fluence from those regions.
To this end, they will attempt
to smash the Baghdad pact in
the Middle East and the
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most consistent photographer of
the royal family.
Mr.. Beaton is also an author,
playwright and designer. He
won an award for the costumes
for my Fair Lady," the Broad
way musical hit.
Queen Elizabeth created two
new barons-Sir Edward Bridges,
head of the British civil service
for II years, and Sir Robert
Sinclair, chairman of Imperial
Tobacco Co.
Publishers HonOred
Knighthoods were conferred
on Edward Hutton. publisher of
Picture Post" and other mag
azines, and Henry (Chips) Chan
non, 59-year-old son of a Brit
ish-American family. He has
the reputation of being Britain S
best-dressed member of Parlia-
ment.
Queen Elizabeth gave recog-
milton to members Of the diplo-
matte corps.
Viscount Harcourt. financial
adviser at the British Embassy
in Washington. was made
Knight Commander of the Or
der of st. Michale.
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DOROTHY THOMPSON
A Study of Nosser, the Man

repeat themselves in history"
Then. seriously. From the
lives of great men one can
only find precepts to emulate.
I am a Moslem and I have
carefully studied the life of
Mohammet. Mohammet was
both prophet and a politi-
clan. AS a politician one thing
characterized both his words
and his actions. He was not
severe with his enemies. When
he won he always set them
free. I hate cruelty and re-
venge. Revenge always breeds
revenge. There is no end to
it.
IF I followed some of my
advisers I would have tens Of
thousands Of people in jail. We
informed some of the old poll
ticians, at the beginning. But
we set them free. During this
crisis we have arrested others
whom we suspect of disloyalty.
But I do not want to hold them
indefinitely, without much
stronger evidence, once this
crisis is settled"
Throughout the whole con-
versation, his responses were
immediate and spontaneous;
nor did he ask that questions
be submitted in advance. This
added to my impression that
he is prominently a man of
impulse and feeling, who does
not always weigh his words
or his actions. He is mirthful
and sometimes rueful-as I
shall later report.
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Is limited to "a living members
Sir John is director of Britain's
Harwell atomic energy project
Sir Christopher Hinton, key
figure in Britain'S expanding
atomic power program, was made
a Knight Commander of the
British Empire. He is managing
director of the Atomic Energy
Authority's industrial division.
Nearly 1000 men and women
from all walks of life were
named in the honor list.
Two sports figures, Donald
Campbell, the world water speed
record holder. and Stanley Mat
thews, grand old man" of Soc
Ger, both were awarded Com
panion of the Order of the Brit
ish Empire.
ImpressariO Gets Award
This award also went to the
atrical impressario Prince Lit
Ter, who has staged some zoe
traditional Christmas panto-
mines; Basil Cameron, who
spent six years as conductor Of
the Seattle Symphony Orchestra
and Actor Robert Morley.
The same honor-a step be-
low knighthood-was conferred
Ion Cecil Beaton, at 81 Britain's
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THOMAS [. STOKES
Struggles Within Both Parties

for it. That is to try to Offset
the impression that the DEM
ocratic Party in Congress
once again is a regional party.
an impression that the party
easily can get from the
Southern front it exposes in
Congress. The election showed
that the Southern front was
most visible to many former
Democrats. including Negroes,
who voted for President Eisen-
hover in protest. In Congress
the party will speak most
often with a Southern accent,
as Southerners occupy the
bulk Of its posts Of power.
It's two leaders. both Texans
Speaker of the House Ray
burn and Senate Leader john
son-seemingly are becoming
aware of the danger. They
are expected to get behind a
moderate civil rights program.
such as that sponsored last
session by Attorney General
Brownell and passed by the
House, in order to steal this
bit of Republican thunder or
at least to tone down It's noise
potential.
There is one possible amelio-
rating factor for the Demo-
Gratis. Party lines and party
responsibility could be OBJ
scured If many Republicans
should desert their President
on social and economic meas
ures and join again the long
familiar coalition with con-
sentative Southern Democrats
which has been so effective in
the past. That happened most
dramatically last session on
the school construction bill.
for the defeat of which 1t was
difficult to Ak responsibility.
The administration and nom
Southern Democrats will try
to break UP this coalition,
which in the past also operated
to bury civil rights measures.
A confederation is in proc
ess of organization. 1t would
include liberal Republicans
and Northern and Western
Democrats. We may find that
party lines get really scram-
bled up in the new Congress.
In such a situation the
President, being one man and
not many, usually comes of
best.
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cember 70, which was perhaps
the most important utterance
on this subject from any
church source in the year 1856.
deals first with the situation
that can arise in any nation
wherein. every effort to
avoid war being expended in
vain, WARRIOR effective self
defense and with the hope Of
a favorable outcome against
unjust attack-could not be
considered unlawful" He then
added:
IF, therefore, a body rep
resentative of the people and
a government - both having
been chosen by free elections
in a moment Of extreme
danger decide, by legitimate
instruments Of internal and
external policy. on defensive
precautions, and carry out the
plans which they consider nee
essary, they do not act i'm
morally"
The Pope touched directly
on the importance of strength
ening the United Nations as
an instrument for keeping the
peace of the world. He de-
clared:
This organization ought,
also. to have the right and the
power of forestalling all mill
tary intervention of one state
in another, whatever the pre-
text under which it is effected,
and also the right and power
Of assuming, by means Of a
sufficient police force, the
safeguarding of order in the
state which is threatened"
Reinhold Niebuhr's article
stressed the point that the
United Nations must have mill
tary force behind it. He said:
1--WE speak bravely of
strengthening the United Ma
tionS and of acting through
the United Nations. But with
out a united Western leader.
ship the United Nations is
threatened with the fate of the
old League of Nations.
Perhaps this impotence is due
to the American doctrine that
force is ruled out in any and
all circumstances. This al
lows the Communists to have
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POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

The Eisenhower team salutes the opening of the 1857
International Geopyca Year by announcing the Republican
Partys discovery of the Middle East.
Democrats attack the Eisenhower doctrine" defend
Middle East One Democrat he's to take this stand
regardless of consequences from the his district
One fellow January is bad for morale That's the
day he has to back to workthus breaking his first
Years resolution.
The Bureau says the States population will
reach ITO million in February Unhappiy only about 500 of
these will be your friends The rest the you
money to
The administration pushes the Eisenhower doctrine"
defend the Middle East Well be against all hostile
acts-such nations refusal to take money.
Social security taxes increase with the Funny
thing about this social security The they charge for
it, the less you feel.
Hecopters land the State Department building
And by goly when there's diplomatic dilemma Tan
ganyika Gen. Dulles wants that whybd fleet in acon
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Dramatic Events Seen Over Democrats
Civil Rights and G. o. P. Modernizotion

In the new Congress the
most dramatic conflicts are
likely to be within the two
parties-that is. between fac
tons within each-rather than
between the Republican and
Democratic Parties as such.
The intraparty feuds will occur
behind the scenes as we'll as
out front.
This fratricidal warfare,
though always going on, has
been sharpened as a result of
last November's presidential
election. 1t will be intensified
beyond normal in the coming
Congress because of the 1858
congressional elections toward
which each party is pointing.
Let us take the Republican
Party first. AS we know. it
came out of last November's
election. as it did from the 1854
congressional election, demon
strably weaker as a party than
the Democratic Party as a
party. Not in l08 years has a
party won the presidency and
in that same election lost both
houses Of Congress as did the
Republican Party on November
6. This happened despite the
fact that its candidate for
President, one of the most
popular Presidents in our his
tory, won the White House by
the second biggest landslide in
our history.
That poses the party's prob
lem, which is, in some way,
to change the public attitude
toward the party, as distinct
from its present popular head
who cannot run again. If it
can't, it is hard to see how 1t
could expect to regain control
Of Congress in the 1858 con-
gressional elections when it
must run on its own, without
its popular President at the
head Of the ticket, as was the
case when it lost the 1854 off,
year congressional elections.
The party's opportunity is
now Immediately ahead Of it
in Congress. The only way 1t
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DAVID LAWRENCE
Wrong Impressions Offset
Eisenhower's Request on Mideost Policy
Gives Lie to Peace at Any Price Belief

An erroneous impression
that the United States would
not fight under any circum-
stances has been derived in
recent months from the fire.
quent use by public officials
Of the phrase Remuneration of
the use Of force" 1t has
resulted in some criticism
that Soviet Russia and her
allies may have been led to
assume that this country had
adopted a peace-at-any-price
attitude.
There never was. however,
any idea of renouncing the use
CT force for defensive purposes
as a means of resisting the
attacks of the aggressor. So
widespread has the miscon-
ception of American policy
become in certain quarters
that Vice President Nixon
earlier last month found it
necessary to insert In a public
speech a qualifying word when
he declared that all nations
must renounce the use of
aggressive force"
This was a timely clarifica-
ton, and by coincidence the
latest declaration of Pope Plus
XII confirms this very point
and adds weight to the request
just being made by President
Eisenhower to Congress to give
the executive authority to use
The armed forces in certain
contingencies in the Middle
East. 1t has often been in
ferred, because of their en-
phasis on moral force, that
churchmen generally were on
the pacifist side and did not
favor the use of military force
under any circumstances.
It Is a coincidence, too, that
in the December "a issue of
Christianity and Crisis. Rein
hold Niebuhr, chairman of it's
editorial board and one Of the
prominent Protestant church.
men of the country, who has
been identified with many
liberal" causes, took occasion
to criticize the note Of paci-
fism which has been creeping
into international affairs.
The Pope's speech on De-
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can reestablish itself with the
public, in the view of the Presi-
dent and leaders Of the Eisen-
hover wing is to follow his
leadership in foreign policy and
support in domestic policy the
moderately progressive pro-
gram that he adapted from the
Roosevelt New Deal and Tru-
man Fair Deal. In short, take
on an Eisenhower sheen. Thus
far the President has had little
success in remodeling his
party so far as showcase is
concerned-which is Congress.
On many issues. both foreign
and domestic, he found more
of his party voting against
him than for him.
That handicap to reforma-
ton still exists. That is, the
conservative wing of tn e
party still is dominant in Con-
gress. That imposes quite a
task on the President and
the Eisenhower following in
Congress to win over enough
conservatives to show a ma
jority Of the party consist
emily in support Of the Pres
ident's program. On foreign
policy much reliance is placed
in Vice President Nixon as a
liaison with the conservative,
less internationally m n d e d
wing; and he will be depended
Upon. too, as a go-between on
domestic social reform meas
ures. He was identified more
with the conservatives in his
years Of service in House and
Senate before he became Vice
President.
The Republican Party has
one thing in its favor-that is,
Democrats will be in control of
the new Congress and charged
with responsibility. Conse-
quently, the Republican record
may be submerged somewhat
so that the folks may not be
able to follow 1t too closely.
That will tend to magnify
the conflict within the Demo-
cratic Party, to which we now
turn.
There the more liberal
Northern and Western wing Of
, the party has its work cut out
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is an Arab-racially as well
as linguistically-which sets
him apart from most Egyp-
tians. Like most Arabs I have
known, he is extremely Sensi-
tive to a slight, warmly reSpon-
sive to kindness and courtesy,
subtle but at the same time
innocent. (In the course of the
conversation he described the
Egyptian people several times
as good and innocent.~ But
at the same time he is sus-
picious Of leaders, domestic
or foreign.
"The people are good and in
nocent. But those who have
repeatedly come to the top in
this country have not been
good. 1t is easier to find one
hundred bad men than one
good one" This phrase re-
Cured several times.
When 1 asked Nasser, "What
do you mean by good and
bad'?" he replied, by bad
I mean the opportunist. People
who are out for themselves.
Those who really care for
the people. for the welfare of
the nation and put these things
above self consideration are
good. but hard to find. People
say that my regime has re-
jected experienced men. I
would rather have an honest
man. however inexperienced,
than those who were quick to
put themselves at the disposal
Of the revolution but who
soon proved to be opportun-
lists"
I remarked, remembering
Lord Acton, that power tends
to corrupt even the initially
good, and he accepted that.
Speaking Of the parliament
he hopes to create (by a highly
selective method) he said,
with a laugh:
They will be three hundred
men to fill the vacuum of
leadership which the revolu-
ton found itself with. We had
a revolution-a coup d'etat-
before we had a movement. 1t
was latent but not organized.
We had power before we knew
who was behind us. I thought
the whole nation would be be-
hind us, and I am convinced
that the masses of the people
are. But we have to create a
new politics. The difficulty is
to find leaders who are de-
voted to our aim. In a country
like Egypt the number of
educated men is small. and
the number Of educated and
pure minded men is much
smaller. The present situa-
ton is transitional. The people
must be represented-by those
300 deputies. I think 200 of
them will be good, and 100
opportunists.'
This suspicious character
istic in his nature-which
may, indeed, and especially in
Egypt, be justifled-came out
several times in the converse
ton. It can account for the
fact that the real leadership,
which he asserted was tenn
porary and transitional, has
tended to become smaller and
smaller, rather than larger.
Actually President Nasser's
intimate advisers are not more
than four or five men and by
no means include his entire
cabinet.
Is he a vindictive man?
I asked him a leading per-
sonal question. apropos
some comments he made on
history. LAS you read history"
I asked. what historic per-
sonality do you most admire?"
The question took him of
guard and his immediate re-
Spouse was one of amusement.
He threw his head back and
laughed mirthfully.
DO you believe biogra-
paies?" he asked. Men do not
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Dictator Viewed as Person of Impulse
Who Doesn't Always Weiqh Actions

CAIRO. Egypt.-What kind
Of person is Canal Abdel
Nasser? What are his inten-
tons? How does he analyze
the present situation and the
events Immediately leading to
1t? Has he determined to
pursue a policy regardless Of
whether it leads to q complete
break with the West? Is he
willing to make concessions?
These, and many other
questions. are being asked by
every chancellery in the world,
and nobody knows the answers.
1t is even quite possible that
President Nasser, himself, does
not know the answer to all of
them. Here, and in following
columns, I can only attempt
to describe him and record
what he said to me in a three
hour conversation that I had
alone with him just before I
left Cairo, from where I have
dated this column.
I saw him in a rest house
reserved for officers at the So
called "barrage." a beautiful
suburb, where he was taking
a brief vacation. 1t is a COM
modious but by no means
sumptuous house.
My appointment was at 6
pm, and I was a few minutes
early. I was shown into a
medium sized sitting room
containing a large desk. piled
with papers in neat folders, a
leather sofa and two heavy
armchairs. a coffee table and a
few straight chairs along the
wall. A silent servant brought
me a glass Of pineapple juice
and indicated that l would
have to wait a few moments.
Promptly at 6 President Mas
ser appeared.
He wore an immaculate
white shirt open at the throat.
a gray sleeveless cardigan, and
dark gray trousers. He looked
more like a sportsman than a
dictator or politician. There
was a rumor in Cairo-one of
a thousand rumors-that the
crisis had exhausted him. But
no one could look more At.
AS Nasser entered the room
and extended his arm to offer
a firm handsnake. accompa-
MED by a warm and brilliant
smile. I noticed that his step
was buoyant, his eyes-which
are brown, not black - were
bright. and his manners
utterly informal and disarm-
ingly candid. Whatever he is. or
is not. he is not a stuffed
shirt VI a stuffed uniform.
He gives no impression what
ever of pose. and he exudes
charm.
I have met other dictators-
Mussolini. with his intimidat-
ing scowl. and his cultivated
surroundings Of Roman gram
deur; Hitler, with whom it
was impossible to have a con-
versation at all, i'll at ease
until, at a cue, he would go
into a half trance and speak
as though to 5000 people in
a hall. Neither would ever
admit that he could be wrong.
Canal Abdel Nasser freely
admits that he can be. and
probably has been.
In the following three hours.
both from what he said and
from the way he said It. I
received a strong impression
that he is predominantly a
man Of feeling and impulse
rather than OF cold calcula-
ton and iron will.
My impression was that he
is a "liker" rather than a
"hater," and a man who
gtatly wants to be liked. He
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Two Atomic Scientists
TOP British Honors List

LONDON Jan (F.-The traditional honor list
announced today by Elizabeth II gives recognition
two atomic scientists.
Sir John Cockcroft who is credited with being the
split the atom by mechanical awarded the
Order of Merit Bitans treasured distinction the Order
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