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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
Senator KnowIdnd Eyes 1860

ment was caused particularly
because Nixon's stand was
based on the fact that he as
Vice President was the SYM
Dol" of the White House in
the Senate, a view which is not
shared by the Senators jealous
of maintaining the separation
of powers decided by the wise
men who drafted the Consti-
tuition.
Knowland, like his so-called
conservative colleagues in
both parties, fully recognizes
and respects the prerogatives
of the executive branch but
equally reSents its inmixture
in the prerogatives of the legis-
lative bodies. And the obvious
interference of the White
House through its symbol" in
a matter concerning exclu-
sively the Senate irked the
Republican leaders, and espe-
cially the California Senator.
Knuwland Is expected to full
fill Loyalty his duties as Senate
leader. But his friends also
expect him to accent even
more than in the past that
the floor leader of the party
in Office is not a rubber stamp
of the White House. as no
other Senator should be. This
represents principles and not
politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
Plan to Leave Senate Believed Linked
To Misgivinqs on Party Outlook
CONSTANTINE BROWN

Senator Knowland's deci-
sion not to seek another term
came as surprise to his
closest and most intimate
friends who had no inkling
of the plans of the popular
Republican Senate leader.
Although the California
senior Senator did not amplify
either publicly or in private
his future political plans.
there is unanimous opinion
on Capitol Hill that he is
determined to throw his hat in
the ring for the presidency in
1860 after making bid for
the governorship of his State
in 1858.
Knowland gave up his as
pirations to become the Re-
publican nominee last year
not so much because he re-
garded President Eisenhower
as an unbeatable candidate at
the convention as because he
did not want to create a
schism in the party which
would have greatly benefited
the Democrats.
It is an open secret that he.
with a large number of Re-
publicans in the Senate, has
had strong misgivings about
modern Republicanism which
is based more on molding the
party after Mr.. Eisenhowers S,
"effigy" than on new political
principles. These so-called
conservatives, who in fact are
old-school liberals, do not be-
lieve that their party should
be nodded after a man. They
believe that what our neo-
socialists describe as the for
ward look" should be the re-
suit Of natural developments
and not the views or some
times the whims of an indi-
vidual and his close advisers.
The conservatives point out
that even when powerful per-
sonalities such as that of
Winston Churchill came to the
fore they did not attempt to
remake their party according
to their own image but fol-
lowed and brought up to date
the principles of the party
Knowland has never swap
ped principles for personal
ambitions or political eX-
pediency. He goes along with
the party leadership as much
as possible for the sake of
party harmony. but those who
have followed his career since
he came to the Senate in. l945
do not remember a single in
stance when he did not stand
by his principles.
Knowland'S ultr a-leftwing
enemies have nicknamed him
the Senator from Formosa"
and sometimes more kindly
the Asian firster" because of
his strong stand against Com
munist strides in that area.
The Californian realizes prob
ably more than most the great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
DORIS FLEEsON
Senator's Retirement Expected to Leave
6. 0. P. Group Without Top Spokesman

The announced retirement
from the Senate of Minority
Leader Knowland in 1858 will
leave the conservative wing of
the Republican Party without
an effective national spokes-
man in the two years of crucial
maneuvering before the 1860
national conventions.
1t reflects the fact that
changes in the Republican
Party under President Eisen-
hover. including the growing
power of Vice President Nixon.
have tended more and more to
isolate and belittle Senator
KnoWland. He has strong
ambitions and not much sub
tlety. He knows that, for
whatever reason, the Senate
has proved historically a poor
stepping stone to the White
House. 1t became a dead end
for Senator Taft. whose
mantle fell on the senior Sena-
tor from California.
On domestic questions Sena-
tor Knowland has supported
President Eisenhower to a
greater degree than the public
and perhaps the White House
have given him credit for. His
bias in matters of foreign
policy, particularly his devo-
ton to the interests Of the
Formosan Chinese. has made
his differences with the ad-
ministration appear more ex-
tensive than in truth they
were. AS a result he has not
been kindly treated either by
the President or his staff. He
has never openly complained
that he has not been given the
kind of attention the Senate
leader Of the Presidents party
is usually accorded, but the
slight has been there. never
theless.
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Importance of the West Pacific
to our vital political and mill
tary interests.
1t is difficult to say what has
precipitated his decision to an
nounce two years in advance
that he is willing to vacate
the Senate seat. His close
political friends knew that he
would be one of the main con-
tenders for the presidential
nomination in 1860 hut ex-
pected him to make the an
nouncement while still the top
Republican in the Senate.
These same intimates venture
to guess that their Bill"
wants more freedom of action
during the remainder of his
Senate term because he does
not like the way of things to
come in the Administrators
domestic policies.
A firm believer in the separa-
ton of powers, as provided in
the Constitution. he is said to
have been bitterly disap-
pointed last week by Vice
President Nixon's contention
that the Senate is not a con-
tinuous body, His disappoint-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
DOROTHY THOMPSON
No Spirit of Compromise

tempt for the Arabs, whom. as
a military force, they do not
fear. In and out of Israel the
view is current: I'VE are a
small country. but one Israeli
is worth 80 Arabs, whether as
a soldier or state organizer"
Were the Arab resistance
merely the policy of Arab gov
ernments. an acceptable settle
ment could be anticipated with
more hope. But fear and
hatred Of Israel is a consum-
ing personal passion. In all
classes of the Arab world it
has the emotional intensity of
a sacred cause. and it Is
strongest among the most
highly educated.
Nevertheless. geographically.
II has degrees of intensity.
My impression is that as a
mass phenomenon it is weaker
in Egypt land somewhat
weaker in lebanon than else
where.
Egypt is Arab linguistically,
but Nasser spoke to me Of his
difficulties In getting into the
constitution the statement
that Egypt is part of the
Arab nation" commenting
that there were many "isola-
tionists" in Egypt.
I am sure that is true.
Egypt's leadership of the Arab
world stems from many fac
tors, among them that nearly
half of the Arabic-speaking
peoples are Egyptian. But
Damascus. Baghdad, or Riyadh
are more Arab in feeling than
Cairo or Alexandria-two of
the worlds most cosmopolitan
and sophisticated cities, with
tens Of thousands each Of
Jews and Greeks, and thou
sands of Italians, White Rus
slams, and other nationalities.
Egyptian memory and pride.
enshrined in Egypt's fabulous
antiquities, 60 back to far-off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

FOREIGN policy trend: Ike didn't do in the Middle
west in the last election he's run for president
of the Middle East
King Saud of Saudi Arabia will visit Washington Welcome
SIGHT First foreign visitor who's richer than we are
Democrats are unhappy about likes impending
Union message They're afraid Ada Stevenson be tempted
10 repy-and lose them another half-millon votes
- senator knowand of California will quit the Senate
heres some doubt whether he'll President Of the
United StateS-or Archduke of Formosa
some Democrats repeal of taxes Democrats
beeVe that taxes and Republicans obnoxious and
they can't get rid of the latter they might try the
former. y
1kes Middle East plan Hearing that the Yanks
mad banned RusSias working warriors the
and the British Alden began scng each other I'D lust for
the sport Of the thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
Israeli Contempt and Egypt's Hatred
Called Spark Behind Near East Issue

KARACHI. Pakistan.-We've
moved far from Cairo since I
published the interview with
Nasser, but I wish to go back
to some of the things he said.
He denied that he had ever
had any intention to destroy
Israel-clearly meaning by
military force. But neither was
he making a peace overture.
have never found a re-
sponsible Arab leader who has
advocated war on Israel. But
that doesn't mean they are
prepared to make peace except
on their own terms. which are
the withdrawal Of Israel to
the frontiers set by the l947
U. N. partition plan or some
establishments amounting to
the same thing. and interna-
tional guarantees that Israel
will respect them.
Arab leaders and people are
afraid Of Israel, and Israel's
victory in Sinai (however ra-
tionalized) hasn't made them
less so. Arab leaders would
accept, I think, abandoning
Fedayeen raids (which have
strengthened Israel's case and
injured the Arabs in the U. NJ
and welcome q real U. N. force
to keep the frontiers pacified.
But the effective weapon in
their cold war has been the
blockade-refusal to have any
diplomatic or commercial re-
lations with the country, or
open the Suez Canalto Israeli
shipping.
The practical. operational
question confronting both the
United States and the u. N. is
what means except force can
be used to break this deadlock
Of neither war nor peace-and
whether the u. N. Assembly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09

can be marshaled for any pro-
gram now being considered or
proposed via trial balloons in
the A m erican and British
press.
The United States by taking
the lead to stop the war
much to the advantage of
Egypt has assumed RESPONSE
bility land advertised the in
tention) to bring peace to the
Middle East by settling the
Arab-Israeli question where
every previous effort has
failed. Yet it has been impossi-
BILE for this columnist so far to
discover any new element in
the picture to encourage that
hope.
The problem, like all great
problems, is EN- OF ally
spanked and compounded by
hatred and fear. There is no
spirit of compromise in the
air.
In Israel there are groups
who, following the lead of the
late Judah Magnes, have rec
ognized from the beginning
that in the long run Israel's
peace. prosperity and very
survival do not depend on her
influence with the great
powers or the perpetual
streaming in Of the results of
fund raising c a m y igns
abroad. but upon her relations
with her Arab neighbors, for
which sacrifices are advisable.
But these have not made
or greatly influenced Israeli
policy. The leadership has
been in the hands of militant
nationalist who believe that
Arab resistance, in whatever
form, can be broken only by
force and a dictated peace.
Israel is dominated by con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
DORIS FLEEsON
KnowIond and the Conservatives

The prospective retirement
Of the minority leader places
Republican hopes for regaining
control of the Senate in 1858
much more in doubt. No one,
including the Democrats, has
questioned the likelihood that
Knowland. an exceptionally
well-known figure in his State.
could be reelected. His retire
ment means that California
now will be placed among the
doubtful States for the Repub-
licans. Republican prospects
for success in 1858 already
were in doubt as a simple mat
ter Of mathematics. They will
have more than twice as many
seats at stake as the Demo-
Gratis.
Knowland's action will
spread further gloom among
the members of the old Taft
wing Of the Republican Party.
They may not be entirely dis
persed, but they have been
virtually leaderless in the face
of Eisenhower's absorption OF
New Deal programs and pol
icies. increasingly evident as
his second administration is
about to begin. Even in the
matter of spending. the Eisen-
hover administrator is out
doing the New Deal. The new
budget, in the neighporhood
Of S72 billion, includes the
highest total for the nom
military expenses of Govern
ment in history. Demands for
new programs in many fields
may run future costs even
higher.
Republican conservatives will
be more and more frustrated
as a result. Whether they now
will rally to Knowland as a
possible savior. or whether
such a rally would be effective
in the face Of the ambitions
OF Nixon. a genuine take
charge guy. remains to be seen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09

for her wartime service on be-
half of merchant seamen. She
also performed the ships first
welding job when the keel was
laid last April 30.
The new tanker will be 1877
feet long. larger than any pas
Isenger liner af1oat except the
top five. At $4,000 tons dead
weight it exceeds its sister ship,
World Glory, ASSOC tons, built
three years ago.
The launching comes at q
time when tanker tonnage is
sorely needed because of the
Suez Canal crisis. The new ship
will deliver 16.5 million gallons
of oil, enough to heat 10000
homes all winter.
The name of the new vessel
will not be announced until the
launching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09

Since Eisenhower's two i'll
neSses. and especially since the
election. Knowland has seen
his fellow Californian, Vice
President Nixon. take on more
and more the role of the adj
ministration's principal spokes-
man, a role normally assigned
in the Senate to the leader of
the Presidents party. Basking
at such close quarters in Nix
on's effulgence doubtless has
not contributed much to Know
lands contentment with his
present situation.
Release of the news CT
Knowland's intention was as
much of a surprise in Cali
fornia as it was in Washing
ton. First press reports specu-
lated heavily on the prospect
that Senator Knowland would
run for Governor of California
in 1858. There is no known
basis for such speculation.
CALIFORNIA; Gov. Goodwin j.
Knight is obviously happy in
his job and hes announced to
reporters on many occasions
that he intends to run to sue
coed himself. He is a man
with presidential aspirations
Of his own. and althou ugh
Knight and Knowland have a
bond in a common disenchant-
ment with Vice President Nix
on, there is no indication what
ever that Gov. Knight would
agree to a swap Of jobs. Know
lands reasons for retirement
would apply doubly to Knight,
who. if he succeeded in getting
elected to Knowland's seat.
would be cast in the role Of a
very junior Senator immedi-
ately prior to the nominating
conventions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
DAVID LAWRENCE

Politics and the ambition Of
men to serve in high Office
sometimes lead them to sur
render convictions to expedi-
ency or to resort to artificial
ways Of seeking to gain
prestige.
1t is, therefore, refreshing
to note the fortnight way in
which Senator William Know
land of California, at present
Republican leader of the Sen
ate, has announced a year
ahead of time that he will not
be candidate for reelection
to the Senate in 1858.
This gives him the oppor-
tunity to steer an independent
course in the present session
to express himself in sup
port of administration policies
when he agrees with them and
to dissent when he feels i'm
PEELED to do so.
The post Of Senate leader
was never intended to be a
rubber stamp" affair. Both
in the Democratic and Repub-
lican Parties in the Senate
during the last half-century.
the elected leader has reserved
the right to transfer to a COM
mittee chairman or to a
deputy leader the task of
guiding an administration
measure through the Senate
when he feels conscientiously
a difference of opinion.
The late Senator Barley in
1914 differed with President
Roosevelt on an important tax
bill and. when a veto came. the
Kentucky Senator resigned his
leadership position-only to be
reelected by an almost unan-
imous vote of his party in the
Senate in one Of the most
striking examples of a vote of
confidence to a Senate leader
that has ever been witnessed.
For a United States Senator
does not cease to represent his
own constituency just because
he happens to be eelcted leader
Of his party. Senator Know
land. for example, must vote as
he thinks the people of Cali
fornia want him to vote or as
he himself feels he should even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
Largest Tanker
Built in u. S. Is Sc;
For Launching

The largest tanker ever built
in the United States will be
launched January 81 at the
Quincy tMass) shipyard of the
Bethlehem Steel Co., it was an
nounced last night by Trans
Oceanic Marine Co.
Transoceanic. of New York, is
agent for the interests of Stav-
ros IS. Marches, wealthy Greek
shipping magnate.
The ship will be sponsored at
the launching by Miss Madeleine
Carroll, actress, who is known
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Governorship Seen Necessary Step
To White House for KnowIund

though it may not seem on
the surface to be popular.
But. behind the announce
ment of Senator Knowland
that he doesn't intend to run
for the Senate again is no cir
cumStance in any way related
to differences he may have
now or have had with the
Eisenhower administration. In
fact. he has supported the
Presidents position on major
policies more frequently than
any of the so-called conserva-
tives in either party.
Also. if he nurtures any
presidential ambitions of his
own for l960-after possibly
a period in the Governors
chair in California-it would
serve no useful purpose for
him to be known in the politi-
cal world as a dissenter from
the Eisenhower policies. Who
ever is nominated in 1860 for
the presidency on the Repub-
lican ticket will have to run
on the Eisenhower record any,
way, or else be in the position
of offering an alternative that
necessarily implies a divided
Republicanism.
Knowland is one of the most
conscientious men who ever
entered public life. He can
didly says what he thinks and
is not given to wishy-waShy
statements of evasion so COM
mon in present-day politics.
He is unquestionably presiden-
tial timber. He has the mind
of great statesman. for he
is not unwilling to risk popu-
lar diSapproval again and
again by expressing himself
forthrightly in accordance
with deep-Seated convictions.
This correspondent has not
discussed with Senator Know
land his recent announcement
or his reasons for making it
at this time. But from a
knowledge Of the California
Senator's record in public life,
it is natural to conclude that
he didn't want to wait to make
his announcement until early
in 1858 and in the interim give
the impression that he had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09

could compromise on the
Israel question with less seri-
GUS domestic repercussions
than most Arab leaders. But
he would thereby pass his
position throughout the Arab
world to other leadership.
And the cards for continued
effective resistance without
armed force are in his. and
Egypt's, hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09
Souped Up TV Set
WARWICK r /

WARWICK. r. l.. Jan. 9 (P)
Richard Lindemann says he
has watched. at various times,
SO stations in II States on his
television set. He said last night
he does it with q 46-foot anten-
ma. plus booster and filter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-09

Prices quoted ere based on
tovrist-elsss fares, round trip
from Washington, for each
person in parties Of two or
more travelling together.
Federal tex on or trsnspor.
tstion within U.S.A. not in
Guided.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-07

Mr.. and Mrs. William Wharton on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Gray spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
Gardner Brasure.
Mrs. Mary J. Short of Ocean
View; Mrs. Ella Belts Stearns OF
st. Petersburg, Fla; and Miss Eth
elwyn Maloney of Townsend, at
tendend the Wesley Junior College
at Dover, on Saturday, June 1st
where they had graduated SO years
ago this month.
On Monday. Mrs. Ella Belts
Stearns and Miss Ethelwyn Ma
loney were guests of Mrs. Mary j
Short at "The Homestead.
Mrs. Elsie F. Hickman was the
guest of her daughter and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Cannon and
two daughters and son at their
summer home at Slaughter Beach
Other guests were Mr.. and Mrs
Elwood Lynch, of Lewes.
Mrs. Clarence B. Holt has re-
turned home from Jefferson Hos
pitaI in Philadelphia where she
was a patient and now convalesc-
ing at her home here. Best wishes
are extended.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-07
OCEAN VIEW
Mrs. Ethel B. Davidson

We had nice rain to visit us on
Sunday evening, June End, which
was needed very much. We have
enjoyed the strawberry season,
with its cream and shorLcake.
Next Sunday is designated on
our calendar as Whit
Sunday; also Fathers Day. Am
correct Sunday School or Bible
School will be conducted at Mari
ner's Bethel Methodist Church be-
ginning at 9:45 in the morning;
followed by the sermon delivered
by Rev. Charles E. Covington, Min
lister.
Evening service begins with song
service at 1880; Preaching at
O'Clock, by Rev. Coyington. Last
Sunday evening his sermon was
based on the text found in Romans
14th Chapter and 10th verse: Let
not then your good be evil spoken
Of; which was profitable dis
course.
On Tuesday evening of this week
members and friends of Bethel
Methodist Church gave covered
dish supper in the Fellowship
Room of the Church in honor of
our minister and family, Rev. and
Mrs. C. E. C0vington and baby
daughter, Linda. After which the
installation of the WSCS officers
took place; and a brief meeting of
the Society held. Then gifts were
presented to the minister and fam
lily, during the Reception for them.
The Young Adult Fellowship
Glass with Mr.. William Bant as
teacher, was entertained at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E.
Hickman Jr. on Thursday evening,
May 3Oth Walter Lathbury of here
and Leroy Timmons accompanied
Rev. C. E. Covington, Counsellor
of the District MYF to Centreville,
Md. for a meeting on Friday and
Saturday of last week.
Milford chronicle., 1957-06-07
Social Workers
Needed By Govt.

Social Workers (Parole) are
needed by the Federal prison SER
vice, the United States Civil Ser
vice Commission announces. The
positions pay $4,525 a year to start
and offer unusual advancement op-
portunity for qualified persons.
To qualify. applicants must have
had appropriate college training,
or experience in parole, probation
or social case work, or a com5ina-
tion of education and experience.
The jobs are in Federal penal and
correctional institutions located
throughout the United States. Wo-
men are needed in the West Vir-
ginia and District of Columbia
areas, only.
Full information and application
forms may be obtained at many
post offices throughout the country,
or from the u. S. Civil Service Com
mission, Washington 25, D. G. APP
plicatiOns will be accepted by the
Board of U. S. Civil Service Exam
iners, U. S. Penitentiary, Leaven-
worth, Kansas, until further notice.
The power of religion is best pro-
mulgated by the unselfish example
and noble lives of it's adherents.