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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
Case Will Seek to.Ruise
Minimum Draft Age to 20

ing for Senate approval Of this
draft act change. but the Sem
ate committee delayed action
after a public hearing Friday.
Recent monthly draft calls
have been as low as 1000, or at
an annual rate OF $4,000 men.
These calls have been getting
smaller because Of cutbacks in
armed service strength and be-
cause OF a large number Of vol
unteers.
Senator Case developed tes-
timony that the present pool Of
available draftees was about
l.3 million young men and
that it was increasing by 200,-
900 each year.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
director Of Selective Service
said the average age OF induc-
tees now was between % and
% years. Local draft boards
are instructed to take the older
eligibles first.
Senator Case said his pro-
posal would remove uncer-
tainty from the lives and plans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
The Conflict of Interest Phobio

married him. But as some
contracts for uniforms con-
tinued to 60 to the firm, Just
as they had before Mr.. Ross
Joined the Defense Depart
ment. an agitation ensued-
perhaps initiated by compe-
titors. The investigating COM
mittee now says that Mr..
Ross did nothing wrong HIM
self and was faithful to his
oath but that "the fact that
he occupied a high and in
f1uential post in the Depart
ment Of Defense would not
be lost upon military pro-
curement officers"
What a terrible indictment
OF the honesty of our military
procurement officers! AS for
the dilemma confronting Mr..
Ross in his desire to render
public service. Charlie Wilson
made a pertinent comment
when he asked. in effect,
Does a man have to divorce
his wife to serve his coun-
try?"
Apropos Of the conflict
of interest" doctrine, it is
curious that. while some
members Of Congress cry out
loudly about 1t. very little is
done by various Senators
and Representatives them
selves to clear their own
skirts. Should they continue
to hold stock in any company
or industry which may be af-
fected by legislation before
Congress or which does BUSH
ness with any Government
department? Should any
member Of Congress accept
a lecture" fee or expenses"
or anything Of value from a
labor union or q business
organization or any group
which has or may have an
interest in legislation before
Congress? It's easy enough
to reduce the issue to an
absurdity and. II all con-
cerned would merely assume
fundamental honesty In Gov
eminent and punish any
breach. there would be no
conflict Of interest" prob
lem.
There certainly is no way
that Congress can "legislate
honesty" and. even in this
era Of suspicion and class
warfare. there ought to be
more faith placed in men
who have won the esteem
Of their countrymen and
their neighbors for their
honesty and integrity.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
Forcing Businessmen Entering Cabinet
To Sell Stock Decried as Hypocriticol

Mr.. McElroy. a salary running
close to 100000 a year-anc
all this just to get $22,500 9
year from the Government
plus all the headaches and the
suspicious Of crookedness which
the conflict of interest" doc
trine awakens in the public
mind.
The assumption is that, If
a public official owns stock in
a company which does bust
ness with the Government,
he will somehow shape gov
ernmental action so as to
give more profit to his own
company than it would
otherwise earn If he were
not in office.
The unsoundness of this
artificial basis for insuring
honesty in Government be-
comes apparent when it is
noted that, while both Char
lie Wilson and Neil McElroy
can sell their stocks and sep
arate themselves from their
previous businesses, they can
not take any action to con-
vince Congress that they will
separate themselves from the
friendships Of a lifetime. If
they were the kind of men
who would forget their oath
Of office - which requires
them to be faithful to the
Government they are pledged
to serve-they wouldn't need
to be former stockholders in
any company to throw things
its way.
Perhaps the most plausible
explanation for these waves
of suspicion came In the final
report made q few days ago
by a committee Of the House
Of Representatives which had
investigated the case of Rob-
ert Trip Ross, who recently
resigned as an Assistant Sec
rotary of Defense after
charges had been made that
his family had "multimil-
lions" Of contracts with the
Defense Department.
Now the facts were that
Mr.. Ross occupied a post In
the Department of Defense
that had nothing to do with
the awarding Of contracts.
He Invested himself of his
business connections but
couldn't, Of course, compel
his wife to do so, as she was
an active partner in the bust
ness which her family had
established long before she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
DAVID LAWRENCE

What was good for Proctor
q Gamble. the big soap COM
pany, is now to be good for
the country. and vice versa.
For Neil McElroy. named to
succeed Charles E. Wilson as
Secretary Of Defense. is one
of the ahlest businessmen in
the country.
But it is q curious COM
mentary on the depths to
which pseudo-morality has
sunk nowadays that Mr.. Nc
Elroy has been required. in
effect, to prove himself even
more pure than Ivory Soap,
which is only "99 and 44/100
per cent pure" as the famous
slogan goes. He has been
compelled to meet congress
sional solicitude on the sub
ject of conflict Of interest,""
which. Of course. is concerned
with how much soap the Gov
eminent buys from his COM
pany. This happens to be
very little in proportion to
the money spent for other
things. such as motors and
cars and trucks and tanks.
which an automotive COM
pany can manufacture. Proc
ter q Gamble makes good
SOAP but will the award of a
contract by any military pro-
curement oflcer who buys the
product to help wash the
faces Of our troops now be
suspect?
Mr.. McElroy had to dispose
Of whatever stock he held in
other companies. but the Sen
ate committee permitted him
TO retain his holdings in
Proctor g. Gamble and also his
pension and insurance bene-
Ats from that company. The
same privilege was granted
when the late Martin Durkin
was confirmed as Secretary of
Labor and took q leave of
from his post in the
plumbers union.
The conflict Of interest"
phobia Is one Of the most trans
parently hypocritical things
that has happened to American
public life. Mr.. Wilson had to
sell his General Motors stock,
since he has been in
Ofnce. has risen tremendously
IN value. So Mr.. Wilson had
to sacrifice any such gain
and 1t is a stable amount.
Likewise. he gave up, as does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
BY the Associated Press

Senator Francis Case. Re-
publican OF S. OAK. said today
he would ask Congress to raise
the present minimum draft In
duction age from 1872 years to
20 and lower the maximum age
from 26 to Is years.
I'VE have such a large man.
power pool now that we are
making an unwarranted period
Of liability on the civilian pop
ulation," Senator Case said in
an interview. He is a member
Of the Senate Armed Services
Committee.
He said his proposals for
narrowing the age range for
selective service would be Of
fered as an amendment to a
bill, passed In the House that
would give the military services
the authority TO reject thou
sands Of men in the lower in
telligence category. The serv-
ices now are compelled by law
to take most men in this group.
Pentagon officials, partic-
ularly Army leaders, are push
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19

There's something very
familiar and reminiscent in
the White House talk about
President Eisenhower calling
a special session of Congress
in November if the regular
session. now drawing toward
its close, fails to satisfy his
requirements. especially in
the matter of foreign aid.
His political advisers are
taking a leaf out of the book
of former President Truman
in this sort Of strategy. Mr..
Eisenhower has a Congress
of the opposite political party
on his hands, as did Mr..
Truman in the 1947-49 pc
Rod. That creates the OPP
portunity for Republicans to
put Democrats on the spot
now. as the reverse was done
a decade ago.
There are some differences
in the two cases, among them
that President Truman called
the Republican 80th Congress
back into session in an cleo
ton year - l948- whereas
this Is q year ahead Of the
1858 Congressional elections.
Another difference is that
Mr.. Truman was q candidate
for reelection himself, while
President Eisenhower is
through and cannot run
again. In truth it is the latter
fact that has diminished his
influence with Congress so
that he has been unable to
get everything he wanted.
Those Of US who were
around still remember the
dramatic circumstances Of
Harry Humans call for a
special session. He announced
1t from the platform of the
1913 Democratic convention
in one Of his rip-roaring,
"give-'em- Hell" speeches.
He took the platform about
2 a.m.-at the final session of
that convention. He had been
waiting in a room of the
floor for hours while the con-
vention completed its work
with nomination Of Senator
Alben w. Barley Of Ken
lucky as the Vice Presi-
Dental candidate.
He did not disappoint his
somewhat weary audience
to the contrary. When he
took the rostrum he was in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
Turkish Gains Under Menderes

industrialization program has
been finished land this may
take quite a few more years..
say that the same sectional
discomfort existed soon after
Renal Ataturk established
the republic. He was far more
arbitrary than Menderes
since he did not permit the
existence Of a second polit-
ical party.
Ataturk actually revolu.
tionized the country by or
dering the separation be-
tween state and religion and
when he gave the newspapers
less than a year to change
from the Turkish to the La.
tin alphabet.
There was turmoil, partic-
ularly In the rural sections,
when he ordered abolition Of
the fez and turban. the head
gear which the Turks had
worn for hundreds Of years
as a religious custom.
His reforms are now re-
garded as q blessing for mod
ern Turkey. They contributed
to the creation Of q new de.
mocracy In record time de-
spite many drawbacks, abus.
es and other Ills which are
inevitable in a country which
only 40 years ago was still
one Of the most backward in
Europe.
Menderes is an impatient
man. He believes that Alta.
turks successors. their good
intentions Notwithstanding,
have gone too slowly.
When American economic
ala was started 10 years ago,
he hoped that his country's
potential resources, support
ed by dollars, would make Q
good combination to change
Turkey into q first-class in
Observation-Disclosures country.
The shortages and infla.
ton the townspeople are suf-
fering under at present are
nothing, say his associates,
but inevitable growing pains.
These will be forgotten with
In less than . generation
when the present plans viii
bear the fruit Menderes u
looking for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
Eisenhower's Hint Seen as Reminiscent
OF Trumon's Dramatic Summons in 1o4S

fighting form and made the
best of q situation literally
tailored for him. All he had
TO do was to tell the story
then well-known.
This was that the Republi-
can convention. which had
occurred two weeks before,
had endorsed in its platform
certain social welfare meas
ures-public housing, Federal
aid to education. increase IN
minimum wage-but that the
week before the convention
met, House Republican lead
ers had buried them in
committees and Congress had
adjourned without final ac-
ton.
He pointed the obvious
moral to the effect that.
while the party said in its
platform it was for these
things, its leaders in the
House had killed them. In
cidentally, those welfare
measures had all been
pushed through the Senate
by the party leader there.
Robert A. Taft, but his
House colleagues had failed
him.
This uncompleted job of
the Republican Congress
gave President Truman the
opening that he took to an
nounce that he was calling
q special session in late July,
q few weeks after the con-
vention. on what was known
in Missouri as "turnip day"
so that the special session
came to be called the "turnip
session"
BY the holiness Of his
frontal attack. and the sur
prise FLIP in the special ses-
sion call, President Truman
pumped some life into what
had been a lackadaisical,
dispirited. discouraged
assemblage Of Dem ocrats
who were in q defeatist
mood.
Still remembered was the
reaction among some men,
bers Of the press after this
Truman performance that
maybe he might be able to
pull his party out Of It's APP
parent doldrums and win,
though later most every
body, except Harry Truman,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19

ISTANBUL, Turkey CBy
AirmaiD political enc
mics Of Prime Minister Ad-
nan Menderes land there
are many say he is literally
following the famous adj
monition attributed to the
late Harry Hopkins: Spend
and spend and spend: elect
and elect and elect"
Mr.. Menderes is being &C
cused Of spending much more
than the present resources
of his country would allow
in order to buy" the farm
vote and thus perpetuate
himself in Office.
The Turkish premier has
been in power seven years.
He is admittedly a brilliant
and ambitious man of SO
who would like to stay in Of
flee long enough to COM
plete. the work started by
the founder Of the republic,
Renal Ataturk.
American observers here
compare Mr.. Menderes to
Franklin D. Roosevelt, whom
he resembles only in his
drive. Whether Mr.. Menderes
was inspired by the late
American President in the
various public works pro-
grams which he is under
taking in Turkey Is difficult
to say. But he is attempt
ing to do on q smaller scale,
due to the size and resources
of this country. about the
same thing the Roosevelt adj
ministration did between
1888 ana 1871.
Mr.. Menderes is attempt
ing to give the little man
things he has never dreamed
Of. While Mr.. Roosevelt's
little man was the town
dweller and the farmer, the
Turkish little man is for the
time being exclusively the
farmer.
Mr.. Menderes does not
seem to take too much to
heart the fact that the
townspeople are not only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Critics Say Prime Minister Is Spending
Too Much to Keep Permanently in Power

burdened with direct taxes
but have to pay an unpreced-
ented high price for every
thing they consume.
He is striving to make the
land tiller happy. His enemies
say that this is because the
rural vote is so much heavier
than that in the city and by
playing up to the peasants
he hopes to continue in Office
indefinitely.
Mr.. Menderes' partisans
claim that the "extrava-
gances" of his projects to
industrialize the country and
give the peasant a chance
he has never had before is
good for the country.
They also point out that
it is essential for national
defense at this time when it
is impossible to guess what
Russia and her satellites on
Turkeys eastern and western
borders might do.
The fact is, they say, that
the present hardships and
the imitation (which they
deny exists on any large
scale) will eventually prove
a worthy sacrifice for the
country's future.
1t is true that the inf1a-
ton does not seem to have
impaired the fabric Of Tur-
key. This probably is because
the Turks are an unusually
patient people.
The Turkish armed forces
on which the American
taxpayers are spending some
$3.50 million q year-are still
the most effective in Europe.
Turkey continues to be the
most powerful and stable
country in the Middle East.
The temporary sacrifice Of
comforts by the city folk In
favor Of their country cousins
IL not likely to result in more
than q grumble.
The Menderes supporters,
who indorse his ambitions to
stay in power until the entire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19

Of millions Of young men and
their families"
At present. most draft-age
men are permitted to complete
college and high school studies,
provided they maintain salts
factory grades.
Men who are married, are
fathers or are engaged in work
important TO national defense
also are exempt.
Senator Case said his pro-
posal probably could be carried
out by presidential order with
out congressional action. But
he said he believes the con-
gressional method was prefer
able.
THE dealing with the lives
OF individuals is a thing which
out not to be arbitrary" he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
THOMAS [. STOKES
Will Special Session Be Called?

buCCuIuDeu 70 tIle IelVcIdbcu
forecasts by the polls Of Q
handsome victory for the
Republicans and Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey Of New
York.
The special session assem-
bled in late July with q mes
sage from the President on
July 81, and ran on for q
couple Of weeks. 1t wound up
with virtually nothing to
show for itself. little enough
so that President. Truman
could point to the record of
the Republican Congress, as
he did, again and again, day
after day. up and down and
back and forth across the
country. to exc out his close
victory in November.
No one can imagine Presi-
dent Eisenhower in any such
dramatic adventure. The
times are hardly right for it,
nor are circumstances propi-
tious. as the election Is not
until November 1858. He is
not. as was Harry Truman,
fighting for his political life.
Nor does he have such telling
issues as Harry Truman had
in q more mercurial era
that is, unless civil rights
should fail at this session,
which does not now seem
likely.
Certainly foreign aid, the
cutting Of which IL the Presi.
dents chief complaint, IL not
. subject that can be made
very lively. important as it is
to our national security.
In It's slashing Of foreign
aid. Congress very likely re-
fleets the apathy OF a great
many people. and the actual
antagonism toward continu-
ing foreign expenditures by
others.
One clue is that Democrats
who were once so strongly
welded to it as a policy that
originated with their party
under President Truman now
are active in a campaign for
cuts that formerly was led by
Republicans.
The Presidents threat of a
special session indicates Just
how difficult he recognizes 1t
is to arouse our people on this
issue. The special session hint,
and his somewhat theatrical
summons Of a special confer
ence Of newsmen, are out of
character for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
Rail Switch, Signals
Set 406 Miles AWny

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. From
a new Office in Jacksonville a
Seaboard Railway dispatcher
can set a switch and signals in
Miami, 406 miles away.
The railroad believes this is
the greatest distance in the
United States for remote con-
troll Of a railroad switch and
signals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-19
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Labor Secretary Mitchell urges Republicans to be the
modern Eisenhower type Let's Dwight-or Edgar?
Top Democrats fight Ikes foreign aid Democrats
their mark in history No Republican upart going to
take the spending record away from Harry Truman.
One lady she's glad we're breaking with the
Russians The Reds made of with Syria and British Guiana
but picked up oriental flu
Vice President Nixon plays golf with Bob Hope One
thing about this Eisenhower team. II fees
taxes they'd have paid of the national debt
Cover girl: A young who works in a blanket
factory.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt says she doesn't mind her grand
going to Yale Croaked a Republican Harvard grad:
Neither does Harvard"
The Senate rackets investigation has been a great
huence for education leaders have learned
how TO pronounce '1ncriminate"
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-10
Society, Social Events And News OF The Clubs
Tuesday afternoon Parties At Club
Start All Day Meeting May IA

The first of the seasons Tues
day afternoon parties at the Lon
don Country Club on May z, gave
promise of a summer of much
pleasure for the members.
The first party had for hostesses
Mrs. w. H. SteinmetZ, chairman
for the season of the bridge lunch
cons and her co-chairman, Mrs. H.
B. RAIDER.
There were approximately forty
out for the day, some for cards
and some for golf, the golfers get
ting their summers schedule start
ed under the direction of Mrs.
Robert Thomas, chairman and
Mrs. Chester Hanson, her co-chair-
man.
The prizes at bridge went to
Mrs. ]. Richard Byers, Mrs 0. w.
Bridgman and Mrs. H. B. RAIDER
and for canasta to Mrs. d. E. Rife.
An all-day bridge party is plan
ned for next Tuesday opening with
brunch at ten o'clock, then a round
of bridge, then lunch followed by
more cards in the afternoon. Res
ervations for this will be taken by
the hostesses for the luncheon and
cards, Mrs. James Ballenger, UL
2-1662 and Mrs. o. w. Bridgman,
UL 2-9329.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-10
May Breakfast
For B e. PW DraUs
Large Crowd

The annual May breakfast of
London Business and Professional
Women's Club at Coover Memorial
Club House Sunday morning was
one Of the best attended of the
years meetings.
This meeting is purely social;
there is no business. The members
congregate early to eat and chat
and then disband. Sunday MORN
iGcg's affair was unusually pleasant
for members and guests. The day
was ideal, the tables were attrac-
tive with arrangements of lilacs
and other spring flowers and dain-
ty favors and a delicious menu
was fitting climax.
Of the approximately 40 attend
ing, the following were guests,
Mrs. Alma Chafin, Mrs. Allen Sill
yer, Mrs. Ralph Guy, Mrs. John
Gaynard, Mrs. Raymond Mabe,
Mrs. Robert lie Beau.
The party broke up in shortly
more than an hour and Miss Cath
crime Benjamin, president, and
Miss Beverly Ashmore, president
elect of the club, took off for
Greenville, to be present with rep
resentatives from other clubs from
over the district for planning ses-
sion for the summer Leadership
Training" meeting.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-05-10
United Church Women Organize
Council Here AtLutheran Church

The organization of the London
Council of United Church Women
was completed last Friday eve
ming, following an excellent talk
by Mrs. Harry Smoyer, president
of the Ohio Council of United
Church Women at st. Johns Luth-
eran Church.
The organization was perfected
after Mrs. Smoyer had given the
history of United Church Wom-
en-" and explained its various func-
tions. Mrs. William Grubbs, Maple
Street, was elected president; Mrs.
Robert Dillingham;, New Hamp-
shire Avenue, vice president and
Mrs. John Wright, Fairview Aven-
ue, Secretary-treasurer.
Mrs. c. A. Holton presided at
this second local observance of
May Fellowship Day" which is
planned to create a better UNDER
standing between, and further the
fellowship among the women of
the various churches of the COM
munity.
The program included musi-
Gale by the Boys Choir of Trinity
Episcopal Church, directed by Miss
Anne Dickerson and a resume of
the activities of each church rep
resented, by a member appointed
to speak for her church.
The Dorcas Society of st. Johns
Church, hostess for the occasion,
had laid most attractive refresh
ment table around which the ap-
proximately fifty women from six
congregations mingled informally
for a longer time of -denomi-
national fellowship.
~ ,x
Mrs. Edward F. Hackett Jr..
Garfield Avenue, and her mother
Mrs. Walter Burkley of Columbus,
spent the weekend in Cincinnati.
" ~
Mrs. Tom Watts of Washington
{. H., former resident of Mad
lson County, spent several days
last week with Mr.. and Mrs. C. c.
Grove, East Center Street.