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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02
Smugness on CeyIon Envoy Issue

mate Of the Philippines. toll
ing at another sensitive post.
Dulles likes to boast that
SO per cent Of United States
ambassadors are now career
people-which is Just about
what it was under former
President Truman. But 1t is
q horse-rabbit stew affair:
The career men are in the
difficult or smaller places and
the plums-it is usual-go
to the campaign contributors.
A few examples Of the fat
cat appointees to ambassa-
dorships and Of their gifts
to the Republicans:
Belgium-Fred M. Alger Of
Michigan $1,000 replaced
by j. Clifford Folger. COP.
finance chairman with Mrs.
Folger, $29,500). Alger
didn't want to leave. but the
mathematics of the situa-
ton beat him.
France-C. Douglas Dillon
with Mrs. Dillon. S2l, 5000
replaced by Amory Hough-
ton $4,000. Houghton tes-
titled he did not speak
French.
Italy-Clare Boothe Luce
with Mr.. Luce, $48,500) re-
placed by James D. Zeller-
bach with Mrs. Zellerbach.
$8.50O).
United Kingdom - Win
throp w. Aldrich ($2.00O
replaced by John Hay Whit
ney with Mrs. Whitney,
S33,50O.
And so it goes in a long
record. That record is not
washed out by presidential
irritation. Gluck's vacuity,
State Department hand
washing or senatorial snug
ness. 1t is. in fact. a chal-
lenge to the American way
that nobody is meeting.
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On Manners in High Places


ees. Business experience is
an asset in diplomacy today.
AS for Maxwell H. Gluck,
the new ambassador to Cey-
lon-who. when questioned
by the Senate Foreign Rela-
tons Committee, couldn't re-
member offhand how to pro-
nounce the name Of the Prime
Minister Of Ceylon Is. w.
r. D. Bandarandaike) or the
full name Of. the Prime Min
lister Of India (Jawaharlal
Nehru)-it is doubtful wheth-
er any test in pronunciation
has ever before been required
before approving the nominal
ton OF our ambassadors or
ministers to posts abroad.
1t could be. Of course, that
the Democrats are instituting
q new reform and that after
this they intend to be very
meticulous about such things.
One would naturally expect
the test now to be applied to
the Craftsmanship Of the For
tign Relations Committee of
the Senate, II not indeed to
membership itself on that
august group. It might be the
new rule that no Senator
may qualify who cannot or
hand recite and correctly
pronounce the names Of all
the members Of the Politburo
in Moscow. Also. it might be
urged that nobody can be
chairman who can't reel of
quickly the names of the
secretaries Of the treasury of
each government to which
America has made financial
grants in the foreign-aid
program in the last 10 years.
There are lots Of things
that could be added to such
a quiz. 1t might be broadened
to include some of the re-
porterS who ask the Presi-
dent questions at the press
conference. One wonders how
many could spell Nehru's first
name or give quickly the
name of the Prime Minister
Of Ceylon. Surprising as it
may seem. there are things
that even the members Of
the press don't know - but
then they are used to invec-
tives to describe their Short
comings.
Reproduction Pighs Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02
Americans WeII-Liked in Spain

There are unquestionably
many internal difficulties
confronting the Franco
regime. They are caused, at
least partially, by economic
hardships. The generalissimo
relies on close relationship
with the United States to
overcome these troubles. For
the time being, the Spaniards
take their hardships fairly
good-naturedly. But there is
unquestionably an under
ground swell which the gov
eminent cannot overlook. 1t
would be too dangerous for
the would-be helpers of COM
munism or anarchiSm (the
main revolutionary brand
known in Spain for genera
tions) to challenge Frances
rule openly. But they believe
that by sneak attacks against
the United States and by eff
forts to create doubt about
Americas intentions toward
Spain they may be able to
fish in troubled waters.
For the time being the
WORK Of these groups has
been ineffective except in q
few instances in the indus
trial north. But they are
worth watching since nobody
can gauge the effects of gall
Looping initiation anywhere In
the world. especially in coun-
tries which are only now
changing their economy from
agricultural to industrial.
Mean W lille. however,
Americans. and especially
the tens of thousands Of
tourists representing a cross
section Of the States, are well
coined and liked. Good
humored cracks can be heard
from night club humorists
such as: THE Americans are
a great people. They are re-
sponsible for the greatest in
ventions in the world. But
the best thing they ever did
was to create the dollar" It
brings loud laughs from
Spaniards and Americans
alike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02
Resort to Nome-C oIIing and Innuendo
Against President Brings Protest

would reap a big profit. Actu-
ally. except for his salary.
what money he has today is
the result Of the proceeds
from the book he wrote about
his war experiences, which
was published before he
became President.
Then there was the innu-
endo at the press conference
repeating a Senator's ques-
ton in q Foreign Relations
Committee hearing - that
Eisenhower appoints ambas-
sailors primarily because they
have contributed to political
campaign funds. This, of
course. the President indie-
nantly denied.
The fact is that all Presi-
dents get recommendations
for appointments, and, as q
rule. the one thing nobody
ventures to mention to a
President Is that q political
campaign contribution should
be rewarded.
Undoubtedly among those
active in politics there is con-
siderable knowledge about
who makes the campaign con-
tributions, and 1t may in
fluence some Of those who
send in letters Of enthusia-
tic recommendation to a
President. But it would be
unrealistic to assume that
the Democrats have suddenly
become virtuous in this re-
spect and do not intend to let
anyone hereafter get an am
bassadorial or cabinet APP
pointment who has made a
sizeable contribution to their
party fund.
The list Of nominees who
have gone to Foreign Service
posts under Democratic ad-
ministrations after making
notable contributions to pres
idential campaign funds is
very long indeed-to men
ton only Joe Davies. Joe
Kennedy and Perle Mesta. 1t
would be a grave mistake to
imply, however, that none
Of them proved able. for most
Of them have, and so also
have the Republican appoint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02

the Public Health Service, the
American Medical Association
and the State and Territorial
Health Of1ces are planning a
public education and informa-
ton campaign on the nature OF
the disease and steps to be
taken when it strikes.
Asked about the possibility
Of mass incubation programs
as in the case Of the drive to
immunize children against
polio. DR.. Burney declared these
would be left up to the individ-
ual States and communities. He
conceded. however, that you
could probably get more (per-
sons) immunized in q shorter
period" in that way.
But that isn't the ordinary
way we do things in this coun-
try" he said.
DR.. Burney indicated the drug
companies are turning out a
stronger vaccine than the ini-
tial test patches and said that,
with other anti-virus vaccines,
past experience has shown a
single injection Is about rs per
cent effective. Protection, he
continued. develops in 10 to IA
days and lasts for about q year.
Induces Fever
A typical case Of the Orien-
tai flu is marked by tempera-
lures of 102 to 104 degrees, the
fever lasting from three to five
days followed by weakness for
several more days.
The attack rate in the Far
East has been about 20 per cent
Of the population. with a death
rate Of only 2 Of per cent.
DR.. Burney pointed out that.
because Of health and nutrition
factors In the United States,
the death rate here would prob
ably be less unless the virus
strain becomes more potent.
The Surgeon General said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02
THOMAS l. STOKES
Our Underpoid Foreign Service

came up. as a matter Of fact,
during the closed session this
week Of the Foreign Relations
Committee with Undersecre-
tary of State Christian Herter
over the Gluck appointment.
Senator Fulbright and q
couple Of other Senator's sug-
gested bluntly that we ought
either to provide properly for
our diplomatic representatives
or close up our embassies and
legations. They got around
to one Of the biggest head
aches. which is the July 4
party at all American embas-
sizes and legations, an affair
eagerly anticipated by native
inhabitants in all our out
posts big and small, for which
1t is often necessary for STAFF
at our embassies and legations
to chip in from their own
pockets.
Undersecretary Herter
found himself in a not-too-
happy position in defending
the Gluck appointment. His
session with the Senate COM
mittee was In the nature Of
a post-mortem. for Gluck
had been confirmed by the
Senate a month ago.
The loudest explosion in
this affair came from Presi-
dent Eisenhower. He was Wis
IDLY annoyed by a question
at his news conference this
week as to whether he knew
when he appointed Gluck
about the latter's campaign
contributions and his Zig
norance Of affairs in that
part Of the world" The Presl-
dent shot back that, so far
as he was concerned. a man
would never be considered
by him for appointment on
the basis Of any contribution
to A political party. Most
prominent In pushing the
appointment seemingly we're
New York Republican Sena-
TORS JavitS and Ives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02
CONSTANTINE BROWN
No Resentment or 60 Home Feelings
Found, Though u. S. Prestige Is Down

This Is the second dis
patch from Mr.. Brown
tDritten from his first stop on
a round the-Uorld tour
MADRID, Spain (By Air
maiD Americans continue
to be well-liked in Spain al
though our prestige suffered
somewhat from our do-noth-
ing attitude in the Hungarian
revolution last fall.
There is no Yankee, go
home" movement here. On
the contrary. the $500 air
men and sailors who are sta
toned at our unfinished air
and naval bases seem to get
along well with the Span
iards. The few incidents
which have occurred so far
have been trivial and caused
by the fact that our boys
have not become accus-
toned to Spanish drivers
who frequently dart through
intersections or out Of side
roads without slowing down.
Some people are worried
what will happen next year
when some 10000 to $4,000
airmen and seamen and their
families arrive to be sta
toned permanently at bases
which the Spaniards have
placed at our disposal. But
most military men believe
there will be few if any Sc
riouS instances of friction
between American personnel
and Spanish civilians.
Conditions here are differ
ent from those in Germany
and Japan. In both those
countries the American forces
came first as conquerors.
Much as the German and
Japanese people may appre-
ciate the help they received
from America which enabled
them to become strong pow
ers again, there is an in
evitable strong feeling among
ordinary people against con-
querors. A German profess
sor put this very succinctly
to this reporter less than two
years ago: when I look at
an American airman ! won
der whether it was he who
dropped the bombs which de-
stroyed our ancient cultural
establishments"
No such feeling exists in
Spain. with which we have
had no armed conflict since
We decolonized Cuba. The
withdrawal Of our Ambassa-
dor from Madrid in 1916 was
q purely diplomatic affair
which had only the slightest
effect on the Spanish people.
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CARE Will Expand
Gozu Strip Program

CAIRO, Aug. 2 R.-CARE
the nonproflt American aid
agency. has signed an agree
ment with the Egyptian gov
eminent expanding its relief
program in the GAIA Strip to
cover 10000 persons instead Of
the present 10000 1t is feeding
Alexander Sakalis. head of
CARES Egyptian office. said
yesterday that under the agree
ment CARE will provide IA
million pounds Of food to needy
persons in the GAIA area. Half
this amount will be -four and
the rest cheese and powdered
milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02
Misery Treatment Seen Limiting
Source of AmbossodorioI Talent

eyebrow-raising which the
Gluck appointm e mt has
caused among the sophisti-
Gates, intellectuals and S64,-
600 question stars, all the
embarrassment it has caused
President Eisenhower and the
State Department. not to
speak Of the new ambassador
himself-all that will be JUS
titled If 1t serves to point up
a situation about which Con-
gress should have done some
thing a long time ago.
This is the misery treat
ment Of our Foreign Service
by the richest nation in the
world. Only rich men can
NIL our top ambassadorial
posts. and even some in a
lower category, because 1t
takes far more than the SAL
airy and the meager enter
tainment allowance to meet
the standard expected Of our
representatives. They must
shell out Of their own pockets.
Congress knows all this.
But. as far as this problem
is concerned. Congress con-
tinues backward. provincial
and isolationist. While mem
bers from our hinterlands
have finally abandoned the
derisive term cookie pushers"
to describe our State De-
partment and Foreign Service
officers. they still will Jump
up and scream, as happened
only recently, and tickle their
white ribbon constituents by
holding up notationS for al
lowances for whisky in our
foreign missions, when they
know full well, some from
experience, what whisky is
for.
The problem Of meager en-
tertainment allowances for
, our embassies and legations
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country, and there is the def
mite probability we will have a
large outbreak"
He based this on the fact
that millions of cases have oc-
CURED in the Western Pacific
and Far East and that already
several thousand cases have
been reported in this country.
Pointing out that. II an cpl
demic broke out, it could sweep
from San Francisco to Boston
in as little as four weeks, DR..
Burney added it could strike
within that time from 10 to 20
per cent Of the population
wherever it hit.
Vaccine Rushed
To meet this threat DR.. Bur-
ney said the public health serv-
ice obtained agreements from
six manufacturers licensed to
produce the newly developed
Oriental fiu vaccine to operate
on a seven-day week basis, two
and three shifts per day. in an
attempt to turn out some so
million doses by February /.
Drug companies, he pointed
out. expect to have about 8 mil
lion doses available by mid
September. OF these, only 4
million will be available to the
public, the other half already
ordered by the armed forces.
The Oriental flu vaccine pro-
duction race will be the most
extensive except for the emer-
gency efforts to turn out the
Salk polio vaccine.
Educational Campaign
There will not be enough
time. Of course, to produce and
administer suficient vaccine to
immunize a majority Of the
population before the influenza
season." DR.. Burney declared.
But the vaccine is the only
known preventive and we want
to make the best use Of it we
can"
The Surgeon General said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02

In this small-town gossip
shop which is our National
Capital a morsel rolled on the
tongues recently is the APP
pointment as Ambassador to
Ceylon Of Maxwell H. Gluck,
wealthy dress manufacturer
and owner of a string of race
horses, who contributed 500
900 to $4,000 to the 1856
Republican campaign fund.
He couldn't remember exactly
how much.
There is nothing new about
diplomatic plumS for wealthy
campaign contributors, which
has been routine with both
our political parties for years.
What got Gluck and his
chain Of dress shops and his
horses into the headlines was
the ignorance he exhibited
about affairs and names Of
the political big shots in the
part Of the world where he is
going, which now seems to be
partially. at least. due to a
temporary lapse Of memory
in the nervous state induced
by the august Senator'S on
the Foreign Relations Com
mittee who were questioning
him. Such ignorance is not
unusual either, for other rich
gents rewarded with diplo-
matte posts knew Omar Khay-
yam only as a race horse,
and a good one he was.
But Gluck's dilemma was
that his ignorance got on
Jne record and eventually
into the newspapers because
Of questions by Senator j.
William Fulbright, the Ar
kansas Democrat and trav-
eler. Bill Fulbright. as you
know, rather fancies his
slobular knowledge.
But all the sinking and
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They felt more sadness than
anger at our action. This was
more than made up after we
began giving their govern
ment Export Import Bank
loans and later in 1854 be-
came in fact if not in actual
name SPANS only Western
ally.
But there is in Spain an
element which looks with
disfavor at the closeness of
the Spanish American rela-
tionship. This element, which
cannot be described as Com
munist per sc. has now coined
q new name for Americas
intervention" It calls it
"cocacolonialism" which is a
repeat Of the slogan invented
by the French Communists
two or three years ago. To
back up their slogan Of "Yan-
kee. 60 home" they added
the humorous expression Of
"cocacolonizing" France.
They pretended that the in
PRODUCTION Of our national
soft drink which has now
spread more than American
democratic ideals throughout
the world would hurt the
traditional French wine and
brandy consumption and thus
ruin the chances Of vineyard
owners to make a living.
The French Communist
deputies in the National AS.
sembly bitterly fought the
law permitting the sale OF
Coca Cola in France. They
are now reviving their slogan
in Spain through grcurN
which are not Communist but
are anxious to create trouble
for Generalissimo Franco.
And since FL Caudillo has
considerably relaxed the for
mer strict controls on public
expression. these elements
believe they can best serve
their cause by trying to Gre
ate an unfavorable atmos-
phere against the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02
DORIS FLEESON
Senotors and State Department Chided
On Case Embarrassing to Everybody

The administration is
showing signs Of wanting to
jettison Maxwell Henry
Gluck. the fat cat who con-
tributed $4,000 to the two
Eisenhower campaigns and
found his desire for some nice
Government job transmitted
into Ambassador to Ceylon.
Gluck's troubles did not
arise out Of the unadorned
fact that he knows next to
nothing about Ceylon. On
that test. this country would
be rather short Of ambassa-
doris. especially to the cushier
posts.
But with singular inno-
cence. Gluck went to a con-
firmation hearing without
boning up on what questions
Senator's Of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee might ask.
1t is clear that politics is dis
couraged in his lao dress
shops and that the news from
his racing horses mouths is
about betting.
1t would be more fair If the
State Department were to
put its briefing officers In the
doghouse with Gluck. 1t is
extremely improbable that a
man who can build O $40
million business cannot abb
sorb q few simple interna-
tional facts quickly If men
who make 1t their career give
him an opportunity.
Senators who are acting
very SNUG about the whole
business can hardly claim
that they took their advice
and consent" duty very seri-
OuslV either. Senator I vii.
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liam Fulbright Of Arkansas.
who leaked the story, voted
mo" in committee and on
the floor, but he did not
share with his colleagues his
secret session learning that
Gluck apparently knew moth
ing about Ceylon.
The truth is. and the Sen
ators all know 1t, that State
does much worse things in
the diplomatic realm and
they have let Secretary Dulles
get away with it as they did
his predecessors.
For example: If any For
eign Service of1cer ever de-
served well Of his country it
was Charles Chip Bohlen,
who struggled long and pain
fully with the arduous, I'M
rewarding assignment to the
Soviet Union. Bohlen asked
to be sent next to Paris to be
NATO ambassador, for which
he was richly qualified. Dulles
refused. The incumbent,
George Perkins. Dulles ali
bied, wasn't quitting.
Came the change at Treas
ury where George Hum
phrey's monetary expert, I'm
dersecretary Randolph Bur-
CESS. could not be promoted
to top spot because his none
tary policy is so unpopular on
the Hill. Burgess had to leave
with his chief. Suddenly 1t
seems NATO Ambassador
Perkins is expendable.
Having no NATO back
ground whatever, the Bur-
gesses got the Job with no
voice lifted in the Senate.
Bohlen is in the difficult cli-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-02
Sweeping Flu Outbreak
Feared by Health Chief
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS

The United States probably expect sweeping
widespread outbreak Of the Asian influenza this fall
winter Surgeon General Leroy Buney of the
Public Health Service predicted yesterday.
Aady, he told special press conference there
doubtedy wide seeding Of the virus throughout
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They organized campaign
to write in the name Of Strom
Thurmond in the general
election. 1t was more than a
100-to-l shot-it was almost
unthinkable-that a write-in
candidate could win Never had
anyone gone into either house
of Congress on the basis Of
write-in votes.
The unthinkable happened.
Senator Thurmond won over
Edgar Brown by nearly 10000
votes. He resigned mis- seat on
April 4. 1856. and then won a
full Senate term last November.
But though Strom Thurmond
has been destiny's darling on
occasion, he has from time to
time found himself destiny's
stepchild. Example: The hope
less Dixiecrat campaign Of i948.
where the States Rights Demo-
cratic ticket of Thurmond and
Wright Cthe latter the Governor
of MississippiD just barely nosed
out Henry Wallace's Progress
sives to take a poor third place
in the presidential popular vote.
Won a Fair Lady
What made Senator Thur
mond's latest adventure into
the realm of the improbable
the most hopeless of all was
the fact that even his fellow
Southerners were giving him
nc support. But faint heart
ne'er won bold cause, any more
than faint heart won fair lady.
Fair lady is precisely what
the bold-hearted Strom Thur
mond won 10 years ago. He
was As and Governor. Jean
Crouch was 20 and a secre-
tary in the State Capitol. a
country girl fresh out Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-29

little South Carolina town Of
Elko. Even with all his affairs
of state, Gov. Thurmond had
time for an affair of the heart.
In November. 1947, the couple
was married.
Senator Thurmond has been
going his own way out in front
for a long time.
. At 20 he was the youngest
schooiteacher in his State. at
30 the youngest State Senator,
at IS South Cardinals youngest
judge and at a one Of the
youngest Governors.
Won Purple Heart in France
He stripped OF the robes Of
a circuit judge when World
War II broke out and went
into the Army as a captain.
After service with the Judge
Advocate Generals Depart
ment he asked for combat duty
and glided into Normandy on
D-Day with the S2d Airborne
Division. He got a Purple
Heart for an injury received
there.
A balding, tallish man with
a friendly attitude Of easy
going give and take Except
on the subject of States rights
Senator Thurmond is a general
in the Army Reserve. He takes
his military obligations seri-