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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
The Problems of the President

cautiously and unctuously APP
piled. The President, it is
argued. is an honest man but
he is Incredibly naive" or
he is easily imposed upon"
or he is "bewildered" by his
job due to lack Of expert
ence." There have been many
Presidents who have been i'm
posed upon or misled. Some
Of their official advisers in
past administrations have
gone to jail for fraudulent be-
havior. The public recognizes
that no President can be re-
sponsible for the occasional
misbehavior Of his appointees.
Eisenhower may not have
enough experienced politi-
clans on his staff. but at least
they are an honest group of
advisers.
When all the attacks are
appraised. it must be said
that. as Of this month-less
than a year after his re-
lection for a second term
the prestige Of President
Eisenhower still seems to the
Democrats very important to
break down. It's a curious
contradiction-there has been
so much said about the wan
ing influence of a second
term President, yet there is so
much effort being exerted to
weaken an influence that is
supposedly nonexistent.
Eisenhower's prestige with
the people is not going to be
affected by partisan attacks.
because the public believes he
is doing the best he can while
a Democrat-controlled Con-
greSS attempts every day to
sabotage his administration.
The next election will not
be decided on the issue of
whether Ike played too much
golf but on whether his adj
ministration was able to
maintain the kind of condi-
tions that permit Americans
to play golf instead of porting
over the casualty lists of their
sons killed in action ION the
Western front"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Loyal Democrat fellow who feeds his dogs nothing
but steak bones he claim that under the Eisenhower
administration everything is going to the dogs.
Ike Neil McElroy soap executive. Secretary
of Defense This is to be taken admission that the
Eisenhower team is all washed up.
Who says the Communists don't read the fashion news?
At word that Premier Buganin might be ousted 900
comrades promptly shaved of their COATES.
Ike says George Washington was criticized in his
second term too. He'd better not himself to Wash
ington or some Republican may put sign in the White
House yard. Eisenhower slept here"
HarvardS football coach is missing Harvard is jumping
the this year. Usually they wait the first whistle
before they start accomplishing football.
Appointment Of big Republican contributors as am
baSsadors becomes issue. It's two-way system guy
pays $4,000 to get sent abroadand two later he'd
pay 100000 to get back
It's been pretty fair session Of Congress Legislators
resisted efforts revive drowning taxpayer by
handing him another glass Of water
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Collapse of Middle East Inquiry

in Jerusalem and Egypt. Mel
ther wants to destroy" Is
rael, but both realize that
there will be no security for
Israel or her neighbors on
the existing Zionist premises
and no reconciliation be-
tween America and the criti-
cal Arab states unless those
premises are repudiated.
Miss Beatty's book, CO.
piously documented though
admirably compressed into
LOT pages including notes of
sources, shows the more thor
ough research, as one would
expect from a member Of her
profession. 1t is written by a
woman Of strong sympathy
for the Jewish people and is
dedicated ITO my compa-
triots, the American Jews. :"
She has gone through ev-
cry pertinent U. N. document,
and her summary Of the bor-
der disputes, based on fact.
not opinion. will surprise
most readers. She also has
read and digested pertinent
state papers and memoranda
and the most accepted his
torical works on Palestinian
history, including the Old
Testament.
She offers an ingenious
U.N. solution to the Arab
Israeli conflict. But this solu-
ton, again, is absolutely in
compatible with Zionist
premises, and the state based
upon them and carrying them
out.
Her little volume is a hand
book on this question, as full
OF uncolored facts as the
World Almanac, on which. in
cidentally, she has often
drawn.
Devln Adair Co. New York
henry ReRnery, Chicago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
Cost of Living Pinches Sponiords

States. the Russian ambas.
sador at Bonn pointed out
in a recent talk with his
Spanish counterpart. are
now accepting and encourage
ing cultural exchanges. Why
should Spain of all the West
tern countries hold aloof?
Last month the Soviet
commissar for agriculture
made a formal request to the
Spanish government to be
permitted to visit that coun-
try and suggested that the
Spanish minister of agricul.
ture accept a return invita-.
ton. If this were not posi-.
BILE, for political reasons,
would it not be possible for
Russian farm experts to visit
Spain as they have done in
the United States? The
commissar assured the Span
ish government that the
USSR is ready to accept
Immediately a visit from
representatives Of Spain.
None of these Soviet re.
quests has been answered
and Franco is reported to
have given orders that they
should not be. Russia can
offer nothing but subversion,
he says. Hence, no good
purpose could be served in
dealing with Moscow, either
officially or through the So
called cultural exchanges
which are nothing more
than camouflaged Commu-
mist propaganda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
A Presidents Fovorite President

TEN which no man could pos
sibly hold again. He may be
said to have become a politi-
cal element quite apart from
the Union. or the States. or
the people of either. The
knowledge that Washington
favored anything superseded,
with very many men, both
argument and the necessity
Of information. (He had)
a quasipaternal attitude to-
ward government in general.
1t is even possible he
might have had a crown had
he been willing to accept it."
That Essen hover had
hoped he might be nominated
by both parties is the testi-
mony Of his closest asSoci-
ates. Washington was, of
course. elected by acclama-
ton. the present party sys-
TEN being a later growth. In
deed. the Office Of President
was cut to At him and no one
thought of anyone else.
That Eisenhower would
prefer to remain above party
is clear, though the present
exigent party system which
makes him the Republican
political leader does not per-
NIT it. Clear, too, is his
preference for high and gen.
eralized ground over admin
iStrative and legislative de-
tail. Like the British crown,
he often seems to want to
reign but not govern"
Presidents. like the rest
of us, are entitled to their
favorite Presidents. Harry
Humans was Andrew Jack
son and it told much about
Truman. exactly as the Ell.
senhower choice reveals Ell
Senhower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08

MADRID, Spain (By Air
maiD There is marked dis
content among the Spanish
people about the way things
are going. But this is in no
way different from what is
happening everywhere in
the present confused and
troubled world.
The reason for the growing
discomfort is not that the
people are conscious of the
lack of freedoms enjoyed by
people in other portions Of
Western Europe or that they
actually believe that another
administration could be
better. The rumbles heard in
Madrid and from all parts
of Spain are due to the
spiraling cost Of living which
no Western government has
yet been able to check.
Franco and his officials
follow the approved pattern
Of increasing wages. This pal
liative is sufficient for a few
months until the rising cost
Of production not only
catches up with the increase
but surpasses it. We are ex-
periencing the same phe-
nomenon in America. The
peoples in Western Europe
feel it even more acutely.
The people here do not even
have the illusion Of we'll
being. The discrepancy be-
tween the rich and those
who barely can make a living
is much more marked than
in America.
In this atmosphere there
are many who hope to catch
big fish in muddy waters.
Communism is not tolerated
in Spain. The few who man
age to infiltrate are discov-
cred and dealt with. Neither
are there subversives in the
pay of Russia or her satel-
lites. But discomfort due to
economic hardships can find
roots regardless of the Mus
covites' agents.
Ell Caudillo is not pessimis-
tic about the future. He be-
lieves firmly that a few good
years with abundant crops
in grains and citrus fruit will
improve conditions. In the
meantime he looks to America
for some assistance to sup
port the dwindling value of
the peseta which is falling
of rapidly in the world none
tary markets. But he also
realizes that conditions in
America may make it diff
cult to obtain the needed as
sistance. Hence, he is ready
ing some more belt-tightenlng
DEGREES as in the times after
World War II when Spain
was virtually economically
blockaded by the Western
powers.
The Kremlin has been
making important advances
to gain SPANS friendship
and establish at least i'm
proved cultural relations"
Russia is quite willing to re-
sumo full diplomatic and eco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
Eisenhower's Choice of Washington
Seen Revealing 'Pottern of Thinkino'

bic with the British who
think well of William Shake
speare, Sir Winston Church,
Ill and many other ornaments
OF their blessed plot, this
England" Members of the
Presidents party might feel.
too. that he might have
given equal billing to their
founder. the martyred Abra-
ham Lincoln.
In fact. more Americans
of all parties probably would
give the palm to Lincoln as
the greatest American Pres
ident than to Washington.
That choice is. of course, a
compound of many factors:
Lincoln'S humble pioneer
origins. his early struggles.
the personal tragedy of his
marriage. his role in the
blood-Soaked struggle to save
the Union and his martyrdom
as success was assured.
Lincoln, too, was a warm
and human character and a
Story-teller. No one can re-
call a joke told by Washing
ton to this Nation of joke
lovers.
OF Washington prior to
the Revolution the En-
cyclopedia Britannica says:
Washington then gave his
associates no reason to con-
slider him a man of uncom-
mon endowments." But of
Washington as President, it
states:
He occupied a position in
American public life and in
the American political sys-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
.Eqypt's Peasants Gain
In Wide Lend Reform

fellah and his family had an
average of three diseases each.
usually trachoma, dysentery
and bilharzia.
When Col. NaSser ousted
King Farouk. things changed.
Land holdings were limited to
200 acres per family; the sur
plus was sold in small plots on
long-term payment plans to
fellahs working the land. Land
rents were fixed at seven times
the basic land tax. Total re-
duction in rents paid by peas
ants was estimated at 40 mil
lion Egyptian pounds yearly
Gan Egyptian pound equals
$3.50.
Benefits in Reform
Ahmed Shehidy was one of
those to benefit from Col. Mas
Ser's land reform law. He was
handed a title deed for three
acres of land which had be-
longed to Prince Tousson. Mr..
Shehidy has 30 years to pay for
the land at about II pounds q
year. He used to pay 40 pounds
yearly to Prince TousSon as
rent.
This year Mr.. Shehidy made
a daring decision. He decided 10
run for Parliament. With his
fellow peasants promising him
their votes. he entered as a
candidate in the first parlia-
mentary elections since Col.
NasSer came to power. Mr.. She
hidy had to be approved as a
candidate by Col. Nasser's Ma
tional Union Screening Com
mittee. Three other candidates
also we're approved, one of them
an undersecretary in a govern
ment ministry.
In a hot campaign. Mr.. She
hidy won. On July %, in his
galabiya and turban, he took
his seat in the same chamber
where King Farouk and his
landlords once gathered in me-
dieval splendor. Real democra-
cy probably still is a long way
of in Egypt. But if a fellah
can sit in Parliament, things
must be taking a turn for the
better for Egypt's common man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08

A three-inch report from
Washington last week an
nounced that "the widely
heralded Senate inquiry into
State Department policy in
the Middle East collapsed to-
day. =. The special subcom-
mittee decided to drop 1t IN
view Of the size Of the task,
tand) the inability to make
most documents public. :"
This columnist read the
above with ironic amuse-
ment. The widely heralded"
inquiry was unanimously de-
cided upon last winter by the
combined Foreign Relations
and Armed Services Com
mittees Of the Senate, the in
vestigation to go back to
January, 1916.
I read of the announce
ment in the Middle East, and
commented on 1t on February
IS, in a dispatch from Beirut.
Lebanon.
Therein I suggested some
things that should be investi-
gated. notably the pressures
brought upon the White
House, the State Department
and American public opinion
by highly organized and
heavily financed groups con-
cerned to promote one Near
Eastern state at the expense
Of its neighbors, and regard
less Of the interests Of the
United States, as viewed by
practically every American
Foreign Service land coun-
acknowledgement officer in the
area.
But I also expressed doubts
that a thorough investigation
would ever be made. For II
it gets to the bottom Of who
and what have m a d e
Americas Middle Eastern
policy, 1t will uncover a scan
dial whose exposure will hit
many people, in both parties
and all branches Of govern
ment and public communica-
,tions. whiting and unwilling,
Agincere and opportunist."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08

per year away from the
White House than Ike has.
But the people are presumed
to have forgotten this-if,
indeed. it ever was stressed
by the partisans Of other
days.
Next in Importance in
Democratic strategy is to
spread the impression that
Ike doesn't work on the job
that the man who took an
oath to execute faithfully the
duties Of his Office, the man
who commanded one Of the
biggest armies in the world
in the biggest war of all his
tory, is so lacking in consci-
entiousneSs that he would
play while Rome burns"
The public reads about
official visitors and cere-
monies and golf playing, but
little is available to the press
on what any President does
from morning 10 night-the
telephone calls, the cable
grams, the secret messages,
as well as the many memo
randa on complex problems
that come to him from nu-
merouS executive depart
ments and agencies for deci-
sion in the unspectacular
phases Of everyday govern
ment.
Much of this detail at pres
ent is channeled through
President Eisenhower's staff,
but even four or five knotty
problems a day are enough
to make anybody want to get
some relief from tension and
make a break for the golf
course. What a cruel form of
propaganda it is to deny the
man in the White House an
easing Of his physical burdens
by attempting to picture him
before the public as lacking
in fidelity to his job!
Some Of the attack is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
DAVID LAWRENCE
Bosic Cause Is Viewed as Congress
Controlled by Opposition Party

Why is the obvious so
often overlooked? This ques-
ton might well be asked as
one reads the many thou
sands Of words being spoken
and written about President
Eisenhower's problems In
dealing with Congress.
The obvious-that Con-
gress Is controlled by the
Democratic Party, while q
Republican administration
occupies the White House-is
hardly ever stressed as the
basic cause Of the differences
between the executive and
legislative branches of the
Government nowadays.
But the Ill effects Of d.
vided government cannot be
suppressed.
1t is, for instance, the OBJ
jective and goal Of the Demo-
Gratis to win the next cleo
tons - both congressional
and presidential. Plainly,
Dwight Eisenhower gives
prestige to the Republican
Party. So the strategy Of
the Democrats is to see to 1t
that Ike is discredited. ridi-
culed and sniped at, in order
that his hold on the peo-
pie may be broken down.
Speeches are prepared for
Democratic members Of Con-
gress to issue, and a whole
barrage of publicity comes
from the Democratic head
quarters each week aimed at
the President personally.
The drive was begun
months ago to give exag-
gerated emphasis to Ike's
illnesses. When this didn't
impress the public, the next
step was to hammer away at
his absences from the White
House or his playing golf or
taking vacations. The statis-
tics. Of course, show that
other Presidents = notably
FDR-averaged more days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
DORIS FLEEsON

The presidential press con-
ference this week was a big,
beautiful Midtown morning.
Throughout another bout
Of sharp questioning, EiSen-
hover was tranquil and
Sweetly reasonable. Even the
touchy subject Of his costly
gifts failed to rouse him: the
donors. he said softly, seemed
to have the public interest
and eventual public benefit in
mind.
He forgave his critics, in
Guiding the West Virginia
Congressman who called him
a lousy liar" about his part
in the school bills defeat. The
President said he felt he got
of easily in comparison with
what many Of his predeces-
SorS mad TO endure.
Then he made one of the
artlesS comments which so
often reveal the pattern of
his thinking. 1t was the
nomination of George Wash
ington, the first President and
father of his country. as "the
greatest human the English
speaking race produced"
When you look and see
what the papers said about
him Washington in his
second term" said the Presi-
dent, land when I compare
the weak, inconsequential
things they say about me
compared to what they said
about him, who I think is the
greatest human the English
speaking race has produced.
then I can be philosophical"
Now this conceivably could
get Eisenhower in some trou-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08

CAIRO. Egypt, Aug. 8 R.-
In the days of King Farouk
Egyptian peasant Ahmed
Shehidy was little better thar
a slave. Last month, under
the rule Of Canal Abdel NaSser
Mr.. Shehidy was elected to
Parliament.
The social change coming
over Egypt since the Nassel
revolution is symbolized by the
story Of Mr.. Shehidy, a little
man who wears a nightgown-
like native dress called a gala
biya" and makes his living
farming three acres Of land In
the Nile delta. He is a "fellah, y
or peasant. one of those masses
Of land tillers who formed the
basis Of the enormous wealth
Of the small upper class in the
days of King Farouk.
Then Mr.. Shehidy was land
less. He paid a heavy rent
for a little plot on the vast
estates of King Farouk's cousin,
Prince TousSon. Seventy per
cent of Egyptians who owned
land in those days had less
than half an acre each. At
the top Of the social pyramid
in Cairo were 1.700 landowners
who held a fifth of the land
in the country. King Farouk's
family alone owned nearly 200.-
900 acres. out Of a total of 6
million cultivatable acres in
the country.
Peasants PRESUMED
Against this powerful group,
the little fellah was helpless.
Landlords squeezed exorbitant
rents out Of the landless and
the government demanded ran
taStic rents from those who
owned an acre or so.
The old landlords used to
torture peasants to wiring the
last bit Of available cash from
him. A favorite trick was to
hold a burning mass Of rags in
front of the fellah's face and
then hit him in the chest.
When he gasped for breath, he
inhaled the flames. BY that
time. he was ready to surrender
his last few piasters to the
Landlord.
The fellah slipped to just
about the lowest standard of
living in the world. A typical
peasant house was a wretched
mud structure. where the fell
labs family ate and slept in
the filth Of donkeys. water buff
faloes. goats and chickens
sharing the living quarters. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-08
Prediction of Inability to Get Data
And Full Testimony Is Recalled

I also expressed the opin-
ion that essential documents
would not be made available
and that diplomats, whatever
their views, would not talk
freely.
I am therefore not sur
prised that the inquiry has
collapsed"
About no area Of the world
have the American people
been so misinformed as about
the Arab world, and this de-
spite honest reporting by nu-
merous top-ranking Journal
lists. Their reports and evalu-
ations have been plowed
under by propagandists using
pressures, boycotts and ca
lunlnlaClOnS.
These could not halt his
torical developments. The in
fluence of the Soviet Union
has spread in the Arab states
solely because Of American
errors committed to appease
domestic pressures.
Yet, neither Congress nor
the American people need be
uniformed If they will take
the trouble to read pertinent
United Nations reports, or
books whose authors have di-
gested available facts.
Two books have recently
appeared, both deserving far
more attention than they
have received from reviewers.
One is There Goes the
Middle East" by Alfred M.
Lilienthal.' and the other,
Arab and Jew in the Land
Of Canaan" by Ilene
Beatty"
Both books are based on a
wide research.
Lilienthal is a one-time
State Department employee,
and a Jew who lives In New
York. Miss Beatty is a Cali
fornian, of early American
stock, whose field is historical
research. Both spend consid-
cradle time in the Middle
East, and Miss Beatty has
Y prked as a research student
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-09-28

Rev. Albert Jones, pastor
Mrs. R. B. Dickinson, reporter
On Sunday the IL am. sermon
was delivered by our pastor. 1t
was very helpful.
This being the third quarter of
the year, our Presiding Elder was
present at the 1880 service. Scrip
ture was read by our pastor from
st. John I. Presiding Elder w. B.
Coffee delivered the message from
st. Luke ga, SNOW when he had
left speaking, He said unto Simon,
launch OUT into the deep and let
Town your net FOR draught. This
was truly an able sermon and our
hearts were made glad. The choir
sang beautifully through the day.
Come and worship with us on
the first and fourth Sundays.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-09-28
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST
Rev. c. J. Burney, pastor
Marie Freeman, Sect.

The spirit was high throughout
the day Sunday beginning with
the Sunday School. Our pastor
delivered the morning message,
text st. John AL and Job 14:1.
The evening message was de-
livered by a visiting minister,
Rev. j. A. Swain, text st. John
3:31. Both messages were deliv-
cred with much power and en-
joyed very much.
The No. 2 choir rendered mus
ic for the morning. The No. one
choir rendered music for the
evening. No. usher board was
in change Of the days work.
BTU $50 pm. We were CRATE
full to have our many visitors
present throughout the day. We
honored the presence Of the East
ern Star and Masons, also Mr..
and Mrs. Davis of Wilmington,
Y. c. and Mrs. Annie B. Carthers
If Coconut Grove. These and all
others are welcome in our SER
vices.