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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-19
By ALTON l.. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Reporter

A baby girl very near death
from leukemia wins few months
reprieve with bone marrow bor-
rowed from her twin sister.
A woman riddled with cancer
is given a powerful chemical
which usually causes cancer in
animals. Today. some 10 months
later. she has no symptoms of
cancer although she cannot be
called cured.
Each was special case. But
these and other bold and dramatic
treatments are heartening steps
in the guest for chemical bullets
to stay or destroy most cancers.
In Moscow. Soviet scientists
have discovered a shortcut TO test
hundreds of new chemicals
quickly TO see If any carry a
punch against cancer. They have
turned up a few new antibiotics
that may be active.
In an Ohio prison. a man per-
mitted living cancer cells 10 be
planted under his skin. He wasn't
harmed But he helped gain
knowledge which some day could
help bring vaccination against
cancers.
In his laboratory, a Spanish
born American scientist found
more evidence for the theory that
viruses are the fundamental cause
OF human cancers.
These were but a few gains in
1857 from intensive. world wide
research TO conquer cancer. In
this war there are no secrets
what any nation learns is openly
shared to benefit humans else
where.
The search proceeds in a hun
dred directions. For cancer-this
wild. brutal. uncontrolled growth
lis nearly as complicated and
challenging a mystery as life IT.
self.
In broad outline, the years
main accomplishments and future
promise lie in three directions
drugs. immunity. and search for
causes OF cancer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-19
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star stan Writer

Three thousand delegates from
locals of the huge United Auto
Workers Union meet In Detroit
this week to decide on the JAWS
collective bargaining strategy for
1858. The meeting seems likely TO
provide the groundwork for some
serious labor strife during the
year.
The unionists- whose Ia
miNion-man organization Is prop
erly known as United Automobile.
Aircraft and Agricultural Imple-
ment Workers Of America. ALL
CLIO appear to have some
rough sailing ahead. The auto
industry is working at only about
two-thirds Of capacity. therc have
been significant cut-backs in the
airplane industry. and the farm
implement business has been in
the doldrums for years.
To some union leaders this
might seem to be q time simply
to consolidate gains. to avoid
rocking the boat. Such sugges-
ton. in fact. was made seriously
but Intellectually at the recent
AFL-CIO convention at Atlantic
City, N. J.
But Walter p. Reuther. head of
the giant union, is no man to quit
the game just because he happens
TO be ahead. Last week, while
the auto industry was thinking up
good arguments against Mr.. Reu-
theirs pet project. the four-day
week, the JAW chief wound UP
and fred a bean ball.
Profits Are the forget
Dropping the foun-day week as
something that for the time
being can watt. Mr.. Reuther
called for a proflt-sharing plan
and said this would be No. l on
the unions collective bargaining
agenda.
The plan will be put before the
unions special convention on coll
lectiye bargaining, which meets in
the motors capital Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday. That 1t will
encounter some opposition on the
floor is certain, but it is safe TO
assume that IN the end the con-
vention will ratify Mr.. Reuther's
proposal.
The immediate and caustic
negative reaction of the industry
sets the stage for what could be
the worst series OF strikes in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-19

last seven years. Radical scheme.
wholly unrealistic recommends
tons" and new infiationary de-
mands" were mild examples of
what industry leaders had to say
about the plan.
Mr.. Reuther's profit-sharing
proposal---one- half for the stock
holders and executives. one-quar-
ter for labor and one-uuarter for
the consumer-has a number OF
virtues from the JAW presidents
point Of view.
. Probably most important. 1t
takes him of the hook on his
long-standing demand for a
shorter work week. This was TO
have been the sine qua non Of
1858 contracts. But after the
shorter-hours plan was formulas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-19
The Drugs

Some new drugs now bring tenn
porary or partial recoyeries from
leuSenia tcancer of the blood
and sometimes other cancers.
Last summer. 90 month : old
Laura Macdonald of Drexel Hill.
Pa. was sinking fast from acute
leukemia despite drugs. Physicians
gave her a huge dose Of radiation
to destroy the diseased bone mar
row underlying her leukemia.
Then they drew healthy bone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-19

Of Antibiotics. These plants have
damaged breathing mcchaaisms,
and one theory is that cancer cells
do also So any chemical which
kills the plant cells might knock
cancer cells. One antibiotic turned
up this way shows some anti
cancer effect in animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
Eisenhower Viewed as Not Fovoring
This Operation, at Least for Now

worked hard and were intel
ligent about the situation.
In still a third fighting
stance, he dealt harshly with
critics of -Pentagon reorgani-
Zation, leaving no doubt that
he thought himself the ex
pert in that field and pro-
posed to prove it.
This was a new-look Essen
hover for this sharp and
sunny spring weather and it
followed the trend in women's
fashions in being bobbed.
bare and bony.
1t has been said of the
President that he is a man Of
vague ideas. firmly held. All
his old associates testify that
nobody has more trouble
making a decision between
alternative plans. Apparently
he has now made some and
has a deeply emotional feel
ing that they are right. To
carry the day, more than
words will be required. but
the words were there with
another historic departure
the subject and predicate in
perfect order.
The President two weeks
ago also exhorted Americans
to buy now. What is new is
his frank irritation over in
dustry's failure to lure the
plentiful savings of consumers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10

President Else h ow er
thinks that Americans will
buy their way out Of the
present recession if industry
will only give them some
bargains.
The President made this
plain at his press conference
in unusually crisp and even
excited language. His re-
marks showed plainly that
the tax cutters are steadily
losing ground at the White
House.
1t is too much to say that
he seemed to be mad at
everybody in connection with
the economic decline but he
was certainly in a God helps
those who help themselves"
frame Of mind. Whatever the
merits of his economic think
ing he gave his conference
a sparkle and ring that are
too often lacking.
His party did not get of
scot free. Asked if he cared
to assess Republican chances
in the election this fall in
view Of the recession. he
barked a rare sharp MOI"
When the reporters laughed.
he relaxed a trif1e but went
on to say tersely that Repub-
licans could win II they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
DOROTHY THOMPSON
Tronsposition in the Cold War

fortunate, because untrans-
latable. word is the concept
Of the "trick." that we are
failing to dress up our policy
in an attractive enough
package: that it's not the
content that is failing to
sell" but the form. / do not
think this true.
1t is apparent also that
the Russian bureaucracy is
more flexible than one would
have anticipated. And /. for
one, am not impressed by
the argument that an open
society" In which everyone
must have his say cannot
function effectively. 1t is
doubtful whether more than
$50 persons in Washington
COR any outside it, have any
effective SAY" at all.
And abroad there is a
growing conviction among
those who want a strong
American policy that in a
showdown it would not be
supplemented; that the cold
war is phony and the adj
ministration intends to keep
1t so; that despite billions
spent on ornaments, we
really see the battle as a
war OF words. But we can't
find the right words.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
DAVID LAWRENCE
On the Wisdom of People

to the peoples behind the
Iron Curtain. America, for
instance, lets the Soviet am
bassador travel here and
there making speeches and
appearing on television, but
the American Ambassador in
Moscow has no such recipro-
cal privilege. America per-
mits newspapermen generally
to come to Washington from
the Iron Curtain countries.
but the Soviet government
picks and chooses whom IT
will admit and confines the
selection to a small number.
1t is a fact that the Soviet
and Chinese empires are the
only important areas Of the
world where wartime censor
ships still exist.
Mr.. Eisenhower Is right
that there are governments
in the world which are more
stupid than their peoples. He
might also have said that
there are governments which
are truly afraid Of their own
peoples and keep them under
the tyrannical control of a
personally operated police
force. In this respect, the
world sees little difference
today between the DICTATOR
ships of Hitler and MusSo-
lini and that Of Khrushchev.
although the latter. by a
more adroit use Of the air
waves and the help of a
worldwide apparatus Of Com
muniSt agents. does manage
to carry on campaigns Of de-
ception.
The days Of every Dictator
ship. however. are numbered.
The time will come when the
peoples behind the Iron Cur
tain will manifest their in
terest in other peoples. just as
Mr.. Eisenhower describes it,
and will demand the kind Of
government that will truly
represent them "a govern
ment that will remove the ten
sionS that today are threat
ening another world war.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
DORIS FLEESON
Back Seat for Tax Cutters

out Of their pockets. Such
savings are at record highs
and with the consistently
steady price level furnish the
paradox of today's decline.
Mr.. Eisenhower did not
single out the automobile in
dustry by name for his CEN
sure, but his visitors have
disclosed that he feels Detroit
is much to blame for its
plight. One visiting fireman
has quoted him as saying that
American cars are too big and
adding that a Texas Million
aire friend had turned in his
Cadillac for a smaller car.
The President was reminded
by a reporter that his Treas
ury Secretary Is asking people
to save in a new campaign to
increase sales of Government
bonds. In answer he retreated
from his impulsive buy any
thing" demand to an appeal
for selective buying.
Politically, a risk attaches
to his present technique. not
the least of which Is the
memory of similar exhorta-
tons from the last Republican
President in the last depres-
sion. 1t could be that people
in an apprehensive mood will
not want TO be told to spend
their savings. What is clear
is that the spenders have lost
the day for the time being
so far as the White House
is concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Big Problems of French Tunision Issue
Viewed as Baking Robert Murphy

Deputy Undersecretary Of
State Robert Murphy. the
State Departments trouble
shooter who specializes in
Western Europe. is about
ready to return empty
handed from his long mission
to settle the French Tunis-
ian conflict. The failure Of
his recent mission is not due
in any way to his lack Of
skill in handling the situa-
ton but to the great do
nestle difficulties which are
besetting the French and
Tunisian governments.
Mr.. Murphy is less spec
tacular and less known to
the public than his younger
colleague. Am b a ssador
Chip" Bohlen, or former
Ambassador George r. Ken
nan. who enjoy a great pop
ularity with a section Of
American columnists and
radio commentators. But he
is a veteran hand at trouble
shooting who has produced
actual factual results. AS a
consul in Algeria in the early
part of the last war he man
aged to win to our side Gen.
Weygand. the Vichy govern
ment's pro-conSul in North
Africa. Through his efforts.
he made the landing of our
troops in North Africa much
easier and less costly. After
Gen. Weygand was recalled
at the demand of the Nazis
and we began our landings,
Mr.. Murphy helped Gen.
Mark Clark convince Admiral
Darlan to desert Marshal
Petain and join our side.
The chief quality for our
troubleShooter for Western
Europe is his unending pa
thence and obvious sincerity.
He has tried hard during the
recent weeks Of negotiations
with TuniAa's President
Bourguiba and French Prime
Minister Gaillard to put an
end to the strife between the
two countries caused by the
irresponsible bombing Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
u. S., Historical ReoIist, Seen Turning
Doctrinoire as Reds Turn Proqmotist

hover and Mr.. Dulles act as
though nothing has happened
since President Truman de-
vised the containment and
thermonuclear deterrent doc
trine, to be supplemented by
military bases through the
world.
But, one can only contain
or deter II ones enemies
provide the opportunity in
the form Of an outright
aggression. The policy can
be rendered futile by afford
ing no chance for it to oper-
ate. while carrying on activi-
ties and expanding power by
means against which 1t is
unarmed. This requires wit
and dexterity-not dogma.
After World War I Rus
sian policy was to foment
Com m unist revolutions
among war-Weary peoples.
In Hungary and Bavaria
Communists did seize power
but were soon suppressed.
After World War I, Rus
STA made no attempt to APP
peal to Communist revolt in
Europe. It obviously did not
seem, at the time. opera
tionally feasible. In East
Europe. perennially a bone
OF contention between Ger
many and Russia. Russia
created satellites by force
and has stayed by force in
East Germany If for no other
reason than to hold the sat-
elites, who fear a renascent
Reich.
There is evidence that the
Communist revolution in
China surprised Stain. But
elsewhere in the East, Rus
STA has supported national
ism, and exploits the uni
versal fear Of nuclear war,
posing, not the question OF
communism versus capital
ism. but Of peace versus an
Inhalation. AL this is prag-
matte and operational.
Nor can 1t be successfully
dismissed by calling IL, in
the Presidents phrase, a
"gimmick." Behind this UNI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
Presidents Remark That Governments
Are More Stupid Than Citizens Louded

tar-playing crooner widely
popular in a State or district
has won the race over some
one less spectacular.
The outpouring of propa-
ganda from politicians Offices
and some vitriolic speeches
printed in the Congressional
Record indicates that a few
very aggressive political per-
sonalities still believe it is
possible to fool the people by
smears and SneerS.
Men Of this type are not
easily removed from political
office. as the opposing can
didate often is not skillful
enough to do battle effective
ly against them. But history
shows that the demagogue
has relatively little influence
in shaping public policy. To
the extent that the public
anywhere tolerates men OF
stupidity" in Congress or
parliaments. there can be no
doubt that democracies in the
Western world suffer some
what from such inadequacies.
But the President undoubt-
edly had in mind the stu
pidity of the autocratic gov
ernmentS which today assume
they can indefinitely main
tain a complete mastery over
the people. Mussolini and
Hitler carried on their gov
ernmentS with a stupidity
that brought tragedy to the
world in the form of a global
war. Khrushchev and his
cohorts in Moscow now are
engaged in applying the same
formula of stupidity - they
underestimate the intelli-
gence Of the people. 1t is
precisely because the dicta-
tors are afraid Of free COM
munication that they deprive
their people Of liberty of ex-
preston.
Thus. the Communist re-
gime does not permit free
access by the American people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10

Tunisian territory by French
airplanes.
When Mr.. Murphy left
Washington it looked as If
something could be done.
President Bourguiba is
strongly pro-Western. He
knows that a definite rift
with France land possibly by
implication with Frances
NATO allies would give a
free play to the Pan Arabs
headed by President Nasser
of the JAR. He also knows
that behind the present Pan
Arabic movement is the So
Wet Union which wants to
obtain, by proxy, the domi-
nation Of North Africa. He is
aware Of the fact that If the
assistance and influence OF
the West are removed from
that area. it won't be long
before peoples republics"
will be established everywhere
from Morocco to Egypt. This
will spell not only the end of
Tunisian freedom but also
that Of his own democratic
regime. However, the effec-
tive work of President Mas
ser's men in Tunisia COM
pei him to insist that earlier
agreements with France pro-
viding for French naval and
military bases in Tunisia
should be Cancelled and all
French forces withdrawn:
Prime Minister Gaillard is
equally anxious to settle the
unfortunate incident and
welcomed the mission Of the
American troubleShooter. But
he is in an even more diff
flcult position than Mr.. Bour-
guiba. France is a frustrated
country. The Algerian war
has hit her people more Sc
verely than the war in Indo-
China. While most French
men did not care ultimately
whether France gave up that
country, which was regarded
as a mere colonial specula-
ton" Algeria is considered
by all Frenchmen as part and
parcel Of metropolitan France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
WILLIAM S. WHITE
NEW COLUMNIST
FOR THE STAR

William S. White. Pulit-
ger Prize-winning Wash
ington correspondent. will
join The Stars columnists
on Monday.
Before resigning recently
TO write for the United
Feature Syndicate. Mr..
White was a prominent
member Of the Washington
Bureau of the New York
Times for more than IL
years. His column. TO APP
pear Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays, will
include the reporting and
Interpretation Of significant
political Developments.
Mr.. Whites Pulitzer
Prize was won in 1855 for
his distinguished biography
Of the late Senator Robert
A. Taft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
Empty-Honded 7roubIeshooter

More than a million French
people live there.
The North African cam
paign is less costly in blood
than that in Indo- China, but
more so in cash. The result
has been a serious draining
of the French treasury at
a time when industrial and
white collar workers are ask
ing for pay raises. The Com
munist members Of the Ma
tional Assembly. aided by the
group of socialists headed by
M. Mendes-France (the man
who yielded North Wet Nam
to the COMMUNISTS, are de-
manding a peaceful and
honorable settlement" of the
Algerian question.
Prime Minister Gaillard,
regarded by outside observers
as the ablest man the French
have had at the head of their
government since the end Of
the war, does not know which
way to turn.
What is more worrisome,
however, is that the senti-
ment for "a man on a white
horse" to lead the country
from its present impasses is
increasing all over France
and has spread TO the armed
forces and the police. This
sentiment is neither Fascist
nor Communist. but is the
result of more than 10 years
Of political turmoil. The
latter has resulted in a frus-
tration on the part of the
inhabitants, who don't know
why the wealthiest country in
Western Europe is in such
economic and political dol
drums. The people don't
understand why half a
million French soldiers
equipped with the latest type
Of weapons cannot put an
end to the actions Of the
Arab guerrillas. This is the
climate which the trouble
shooter has found in Tunis
and Paris: Good will on the
part of the well-meaning
men with whom he has
negotiated and impossibility
of a settlement because Of
situations more difficult than
they could handle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10

What appears startling in
the contest between the
United States and the So
Wet Union is the pragmatism
of the policy-makers of the
USSR, as compared with the
dogmatism Of the United
States.
This is not what one would
have anticipated. although it
has been observable since
Mr.. Khrushchev came to
power.
Theoretically the Soviet
government is in the strait
jacket of an theology as rigid
as Puritan New England. 1t
is an authoritarian secular
religion, in which history
plays the role OF God. and a
history moving toward an in
evitable outcome.
Theoretically it is extreme
ly doctrinaire, and tends to
rightly in thought and &C.
ton.
The West, and especially
the English-speaking world,
has hitherto been empirical.
Pragmatism, the only home
grown American philosophy.
has been summed up in the
phrase, THE thing that's true
is the thing that works.
Theoretically the American
mind measures the value OF
a policy, not by its adherence
to set principles, but by its
success in realizing its goals.
and is prepared TO change It's
means and even its goals II
they appear TO be practically
unrealizable.
But now Russia's leaders
are behaving like pragma-
fists. while their opposites
are behaving like dogmatists.
There is surely some signif-
icance in names-that we
have had a Truman doc
trine," and an Eisenhower
doctrine" So far there has
been no Khrushchev doc
trine."
Mr.. Khrushchev's advisers
survey the world with all its
developments and changes
and make a policy to At
. realities. President Eisen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10

Sometimes a casual re-
mark expresses a great tru-
ism. 1t has more meaning
than ponderous and lengthy
announcements. Such a bit
of wisdom of profound signif-
icance came from the lips Of
President Eisenhower in an
extemporaneous address on
Wednesday to a visiting
group from abroad when he
said:
II have tried to talk a
great deal in this country
about people and people
meeting people. I think
governments are far more
stupid than are their peoples.
If we could get the peoples
talking to each other. living
with each other, visiting in
homes. going to schools to-
gether. / am perfectly GER
tain that most of the worlds
troubles would be over. And
we could use all of the great
inventions of science to
human betterment and i'm
provement rather than in
the attempt to destroy our
selves"
The dictionary defines"stu-
pidity" as a lack of under
standing" or perception. Why
does the President say that
governments are far more
stupid than are their peos
ples"? If he is thinking
about Western democracies-
and he might well be-then
undoubtedly he is referring
to the evils of modern politics
which infect Congress here
and parliamentS abroad. For
the fallacy is cherished by
politicians that the people
just don't understand vital is
sues and will vote for the
candidate who resorts to
demagoguery. This has rarely
proved true in elections,
though there are some ex-
ceptional cases where a gui-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
for your paint dollar is Duron!

Whot's low price in point9 IT'S
not the cheapest price too, but the
best buy for your paint dollar. It's
the most in hiding power, in lasting
beauty, in oII-oround durability. It's
the assurance thot whot you point
will stoy pointed. stay fresh-Iookine,
stoy protected for good long time.
Anybody can offer O low price on
cheop point. But nobody-repeot,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-10
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike says the way beat the recession is to buy AS
patriotic gesture fellow offers to buy up all his wifes
charge accounts at so cents on the dollar
Harry Truman says If he President he wouldn't be
sitting still playing golf These fellows with hobbies
don't what to do with themselves during recession
Things tough during the revolution that
CubanS yelling: Yankee go homeland take me with
O. P. Chairman Hall carries Ikes greetings to
Belgums King the Brussels fair Hall always knew the
Eisenhower crusade had messagebut darn II he thought
he'd wind up the messenger boy.
Khrushchev claims the Western press misquoted him 1t
insisted printing what he said out Of both sides of his
mouth
Economist: fellow whose record predictions is better
than the barbers-and worse than the weather mans.
Ike says he'll consider suspendng Hbomb tests after the
May Then the world will be quiet the only sound
will be Adlai Stevenson whispering. IT told you So"