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Democrats GIeefuI

Democrats generally were count
ing on the Adams controversy to
improve their already good chances
Of picking up Senate seats at the
expense of Republicans.
One highly placed Senate DEM
ocrat believed that it might have
the effect Of fitting the balance in
favor of Democratic Senate CAN
didates in States where the races
will be close.
He pointed especially to Wis
consin and Maine (slthough
Names Republican Senator Payne
last week won denomination easily
in a primary in which his oppo-
nent, noting that Senator Payne
also had accepted a vicuna coat
from Mr.. Goldf1ne, proclaimed
that when I want a new coat,
buy oneO.
AS for Mr.. Eisenhower's posi-
ton, the decision to keep Mr..
Adams hardly strengthens his
hand during the two and one
half years remaining in his second
term. The first year and a half Of
it already has gone badly. with
continuing troubles on both the
domestic and the foreign scenes.
Mr.. Harris, who has said that
there will be more interesting in
formation" forthcoming. will re-
sumo his investigation Tuesday.
He announced Friday that Mr..
Goldfine. having voluntarily agreed
to testify, will come before the
subcommittee on July /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
ak Extension:
Some Repeal

A Federal budget already spat-
tered in red ink by the combina-
ton of recessionary economy and
defense requirements in the Sput-
mix Age last week faced the pos
sibility of a still deeper immersion.
The current rate of corporation
taxes and excise taxes which were
imposed eight years ago to help
pay the cost Of the Korean War
and subsequently extended each
year would bring the Treasury an
extra" $2.6 billion in the coming
fiscal year.
The House had already voted
to extend the levels unchanged
when the Senate last week voted
to continue these taxes another
year, but with the Treasury take
cut by $710 million in the repeal
of all transportation taxes.
The Senate revisions, passed by
voice vote, ran counter to the en-
barge on tax cuts this year which
were agreed upon by the leader
ship in both houses and the adj
ministration.
The repealers. however, face a
determined fight in the House to
keep all taxes at current levels.
The Democratic leadership there
is reported to believe that it can
force the House version on the
conference committee, where the
measure now will go.
The Senate, while voting the
repeats. beat back attempts to cut
the Federal taxes on automobile
and end the 10 per cent tax on
local telephone calls.
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The WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
The Future Of a Needed Man

President Eisenhower was
speaking Of himself when he told
q White House press conference
on May Q. 1856: Il think that we
are raised In the tradition OF no
supermen and no indispensable
men, ..
But last week when he was
forced by circumstance either TO
desert or defend the man who has
stood at his right shoulder for five
and a half years, he left the
distinct impression-in choosing
TO defend Sherman Adams-that,
tradition or no. he regards Mr..
Adams as the indispensable man.
Il need him." the President
said almost pleadingly as he stated
the most forceful reason he could
find for keeping Mr.. Adams at his
right shoulder.
There we're other reasons. Of
course. He admires his top as
sistant. He personally likes him.
He respects him. And he believes
that Mr.. Adams testimony before
House subcommittee about the
gifts from, and the bills paid for
him by, industrialiSt Bernard
Goldfine "truthfully represents
the pertinent facts"
But the impelling reason, it
was clear to all. was that Mr..
Eisenhower needs Mr.. Adams.
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Questions on Policy

This prospect. however, raises
serious questions.
. Can Secretary-General Dag
Hammarskjold create the force
without a specific additional grant
Of power? II not-and he. him
self, insists the answer is mo
can that additional grant of
power be Unanswered around the
roadblock of the Soviet veto?
. Should United States and Brit
ish troops be included in a U. N.
police force for Lebanon? II not,
can small power forces be found
In adequate numbers?
High-ranking u. N. diplomats
are already wrestling with these
problems in intensive behind-the-
scenes conferences. The following
is a distillation Of their thinking
at this stage.
The enabling resolution under
which Hammarskjold is now act
ing instructed him to dispatch an
observation group" to Lebanon
$50 as to insure that there is no
illegal inflltration of personnel or
supply of arms or other material
across the Lebanese borders"
1t could be argued that, in order
10 Insure" against infiltration and
arms smuggling. Mr.. Hammar-
skiold would be within his rights
in expanding the observer group to
5000 men-or any number nee
essary-and in giving 1t power to
shoot at violators.
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He Calls the Shots

The granite-faced New Hamp-
shireman has been pictured all
along by Eisenhower critics as the
man who really calls the shots
in the White House, who has a
big hand in shaping policy by
selecting the men the President
appoints to the highest policy
jobs and by determining who shall
see the President and what mate
rial the President shall see. Mr..
Adams, not Mr.. Eisenhower, is
the real" President, according to
many administration critics-and
those include Republicans who
have run up against Mr.. Adams
glacial countenance.
These critics now will doubtless
use the Presidents own words to
support their charge.
In his opening statement to re-
porterS on Wednesday, Mr.. Eisen-
hover, while acknowledging that
Mr.. Adams had been imprudent.
said that his White House staff
must at all times be prudent and
avoid carelessness. But he de-
Tended such gifts as Mr.. Adams
received from his Boston friend
as understood, accepted and APP
proved" There was a difference.
he said, between such a gift and
a bride.
The Presidents press conference
remarks were made after Mr..
Adams had, while defending him.
self before the House Subcommit-
tee on legislative Oversight, agreed
that the gift-taking was impru-
dent and insisted that it was the
result only Of poor judgment. He
stoutly denied any wrongdoing.
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Mr.. Adams Story

AS Mr.. Adams told his side of
the story, the $500 vicuna coat
became a piece of cloth valued at
$50, the paid-for hotel bills were
only briefly explained, and the
$4,000 oriental rug (plus a couple
Of small mats"D was described
not as gift, but a loan (although
in an interview on Sunday. an
irritated Mrs. Adams referred to
the rug as gift.
Mr.. Adams said that it would be
insulting to the intelligence and
the integrity of the officials at the
Federal Trade Commission and
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission to suggest that he had in
fiuenced them with his inuuiring
telephone calls. And he had made
no effort, he said, to influence any
official. He made no note of the
fact, however. that Mr.. Goldfine
escaped prosecution when the rec
concentrations Of an ETC career
man were overruled by higher ETC
officials.
The Assistant to the President
told the committee that II have
tried to make myself available to
every person-whether a member
OF Congress, an official of the Gov
eminent, or a private citizen
VINO had a legitimate prob
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Income Tax Move

Although Chairman Harris of
the House Subcommittee on Leg
islative Oversight refused to say
whether the subcommittee would
seek authority to take a look at
Mr.. Goldfine's income-tax returns,
there was persistent rumor that
such a request would be made.
One object of this would be to
see whether Mr.. Goldfine had de-
Quoted as business expenses the
cost of the coat he gave to Mr..
Adams and the hotel bills Mr..
Adams ran up in Boston, New
York, and Plymouth, Mass, and
possibly the rug. If he did, this
Of course. would shed a new light
on the claims that the gifts were
tokens of friendship.
The real significance Of the con-
troversy is the impact it will
have on the 1858 Senate House
election campaigns. This was
pointed up graphically by the
lineup of Senators who either de-
Tended Mr.. Adams or raised ques-.
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Trouble in Cyprus, Too

Barely a hundred miles from
the coast of Lebanon lies Cyprus,
the third largest island in the
Mediterranean. Since 1855, some
100000 inhabitants Of Greek ex-
traction have sought. at times
through terroristic riots, union
with Greece. These demands for
Self-determination have been bit
terly opposed by the Turkish
population (about 100000 and
the British.
Thursday, British Prime Min
lister Harold Macmillan an
nounced to the House of Com
mons a seven-year plan for joint
British-G Greek Turkish control of
the island. At the end of this
period, the British plan would
provide for a division of legisla-
tive control. In addition, Cypriots
would be permitted to choose
Greek or Turkish citizenship in
addition to the British citizenship
they now hold.
The response to this plan was
not heartening. Turkish leaders
quickly rejected the proposal.
Greek government sources said it
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haps appropriately. a three-day
campaign school," Although the
literature and work material for
their seminars generally was con-
fident and optimistic. the meet
ings. themselves were held in an
atmosphere Of gloom.
Six OF the chairmen publicly
suggested that Mr.. Adams ought
to resign. Others conceded that
the affair showed poor judgment
on Mr.. Adams part. although
they would not 60 so far as TO
say he ought TO quit. Most Of
those who we're willing TO talk TO
the press admitted that the con-
troversy would damage Republic
can chances in November.
On Thursday night. Mr.. Adams
attended a buffet dinner held for
the chairmen. Reporters were
barred, but 1t was reported that
the Presidents assistant was well
received. The aloof Mr.. Adams,
who does not often appear at such
affairs. had not been a scheduled
guest. But after the chairmen
demonstrated that they were not
behind him unanimously, Mr..
Adams was induced TO exhibit
himself to them. He agreed to
come. however. only If the press
were kept away.
Vice President Nixon on Friday
cautioned his colleagues against
becoming panicky and urged them
to stand together
But at weeks end, there was a
growing opinion that Mr.. Adams
would eventually be forced to pack
his vicuna coat, his rugs, and his
memories of great power and leave
Washington. Any dissenters to this
view might be quick to recall how
the President has stood by his con-
troversial Secretary Of Agriculture,
Ezra Benson, through political
feast and famine.
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tons as to his continued useful
ness to the President.
To a man, those Republican
Senators who expressed some
doubts will face the voters this
year-Senators Potter. Goldwa-
ter. Knowland, Watkins. Beall,
Williams and Thye. On the other
hand. Mr.. Adams defenders in
the Senate do not face the pros
pect this year of having to an
swer for Mr.. Adams "imprudence"
in a campaign. They were Sena-
tors Dirksen. Capehart, Aiken,
Carlson and JaNts.
Senator Knowland, whose No
vember fight for the California
governorship will be all uphill, ex-
pressed doubts as to the con-
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Segregation:
Arkons0sAgoin

Arksansas Democrats on July 20
will decide whether or not TO
continue in office for third term
Gov. Orval Faubus, the one-time
moderate" who became a symbol
of the South's resistance against
public school indignation.
Gov. Faubus' reelection cam
paign was greatly strengthened
yesterday by the ruling Of a IA
year-old Arkansas Federal District
Court judge that suspended
racial indignation at Little Rocks
Central High School for two and
one half years.
Judge Harry j. Lemley. who
lives in a small South Arkansas
town near the Louisiana line.
ruled that the seven Negro stu
dents still enrolled at Central
High will be banned from the
school next September.
Informed opinion expected that
an appeal from the decision,
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ment for It's pro-western policies
and inclinations. And the Leb-
anese rebels. largely Moslem,
charge that Glamour. a Chris
tian, seeks 10 succeed himself IN
violation OF the constitution,
which provides for a single term.
The rebellion thus has reli-
gious as well as political COM
plexion. The sympathies OF the
Moslems generally lie with the
rebels.
The most disconcerting and
discouraging Of peace efforts were
the bland replies OF Canal Nasser
TO pleas that his United Arab Re-
public quit fomenting trouble In
Lebanon. He is understood to have
denied that Egypt and Syria are
propagandizing and sending arms
to the rebels. He has demanded, 1t
was reported, that Mr.. Glamour
resign and that a compromise gov
eminent replace the present pro-
Western government.
This week end, Mr.. Hammar-
skiold is to confer with Arab lead
ers in Cairo and Jordan. AL,
though the announced purpose Of
the conferences is to discuss po-
Icing of the GAIA Strip, observ-
ers in the Middle East speculated
that Mr.. Hammarskjold would ask
Nasser to halt Arab agitation and
shipment of arms TO Lebanese
rebels.
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tinued value of Mr.. Adams to the
White House. Senator Watkins of
Utah appealed to Mr.. Adams to
resign land to urge that the Presi-
dent accept his resignation"
Earlier in the week, the White
House, repeatedly at Presidential
Press Secretary James Hagerty's
suggestion, sent two staff mem
bers to Capitol Hill to solicit con-
gressional support of Mr.. Adams.
But they came back virtually
empty handed. Too many mem
bers facing reelection this year
had campaigned against mink
coats and deep freezes in 1852.
While all this was taking place,
48 Republican Party State chair
men were meeting here for, per-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-22
U. N. Sees Police Force
As Needed in Lebanon
BY WILLIAM r. FRYE
Special Writer for The Star

UNITED NATIONS Y-The logic sweeping the
United Nations toward another experiment policing
What needed Lebanon Western diplomats here coming
u NJ police Of the
the Unfit Egypt but with
Of instructions.
1t too early at this writing that the u
OF observers numbering 100 But
sign that this force with the observation
closure will not be able fighen nmidae
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Responsibility on Nosser

That condition is that the pres
ent observation team pins respon-
Sibility on Nasser in such unmis-
taxable fashion that NasSer's
lukewarm friends, notably India,
find it embarrassing to give him
about support. A scattering Of
abstentions in the Afro-Asian bloc
would be all that would be needed
to push the resolutions through.
The unique thing about UNEF
is that 1t is a symbol. a means
OF inSuring that an outcome de-
sired by both adversaries is in
fact carried out. A police force
for Lebanon presumably would
have to impose a solution upon
one Of the adversaries. It GER
tainly would have to do so If
NaSser chose to challenge its
authority.
But firepower in the necessary
quantity, and the will to use it in
Lebanon, are not commodities in
generous supply. 1t could we'll be
that only a few Western powers
possess them. The fact that the
United States has the willingness
as well as the ability was con-
firmed in Washington last week.
Could a two-thirds majority Of
the U. N. General Assembly be per-
Suaded to invite the United States,
plus Britain. Turkey, Iraq, and a
few others. TO intervene in Leb-
anon on its behalf? That is, would
the Assembly set up machinery
for a police force in the knowl-
edge that those countries would
supply the troops?
This is the real crux of the
matter, The Soviet Union might
be able to brighten the Assembly
out of such bold action. But if
the U. N. thought the alternative
was action by the United States
and Britain without U. N. approval
and possible Soviet counteraction
that is. possibly world war-it
might act.
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Opposed to Patrol

The prospect Of American in
tervention was further reduced
when Mr.. Hammarskjold in
dicated opposition to proposals
that Anglo-American forces pa
troll the l50-mile mountainous
Syrian-Lebanon border.
The Lebanese government,
headed by pro-Western President
Camille Glamour and Premier
Sami Solh. wants more than a
N. observer team. The govern
ment has asked for armed forces
strong enough to seal the Syrian
Lebanon border against reported
infiltration Of United Arab Re-
public men and arms.
Military experts estimated this
would require from 1000 to 5000
troops. Mr.. Hammarskjold does
not have authority to provide
such a force and would have to
pass q request on to the Security
Council or General Assembly. A
Russian veto would almost GER
tainly kill such a proposal in the
Security Council and it is now
doubtful that the Western powers
could bring together a two-thirds
majority in the General Assembly
on such a motion.
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Stretching the Point

But he insists that would be
stretching the meaning of the
phrase observation group" be-
yond the breaking point. He has
been asked to make policy on the
basis Of vague instructions before.
and has rebelled against doing so
again.
One way around this dilemma
would be to call the Security
Council together and have all the
non-Communist members inter-
pref the resolution broadly. On the
basis of this consensus. Mr.. HAM
marskjold then could act. The
Russians could storm and fume,
but If no formal vote were taken,
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of this and that, as the screen
door slammed behind us, sepa-
rating the two worlds as we
escaped to the glorious freedom
of summertime.
It seemed that we were born
to be forever young and happy.
Just as father was born the
way he was, already grown up.
and always of to work except
on evenings and Sundays.
Or as mother seemed to be
part Of the house and the front
porch when she was calling to
us as she wiped her hands on
her apron.
There were two other older
people in our house. One was
called Aunt Alice" who
worked for a pittance in a store
downtown and assisted mother
with the many household
chores in her spare time.
Then there was Grandpa.
That was his name.
Grandpa spent much Of his
time in good weather sitting on
a bench on the Common, talking
over old times with his cronies.
/ know that mother used to give
him a little Of her pin money to
keep his clay pipe supplied with
tobacco. She was forever whis-
pering to us to keep quiet on
those rainy days when we had
to stay indoors. Grandpa
doesn't like noise" she eau
toned.
That's the way it seemed in
the wonderful summertime Of
boyhood that was TO last for
ever.
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NOVEMBER AcE3
Brett in Mani Herald

lem. -" Some reporters recalled,
however. that he had been totally
unavailable to the press during the
entire controversy, and one wag,
in describing the vicuna as an ami
NAL inhabiting peaks of the Andes.
noted that Mr.. Adams had a repu-
tation as being even more inacces-
sible than the celebrated vicuna.
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A Boys Thoughts Are Long, Long Thoughts . i.

The only Washington ne,os
OF the tCeek that affected
everybody equally tDds the
neiOS that at $40 am. (EDT)
yesterday summer came off,
ctdlly. Representative Thomas
J. Lane, Democrat of Mdssd-
chusettS. had beat the clock
to 1t. In a nostalgia speech
on the House floor several
days ago he gaze this sum-
mary Of the meaning of
summertime and boyhood::
Mr.. Speaker, in the carefree
days of our early youth, we
were companions Of the sun
and the air. and it seemed that
we could go on playing forever.
The month of June brought
liberation from school.
The long and wonderful sum-
mertime, with each day bring
ing a new adventure. opened its
arms to us.
on we went on our bicycles
to fish, and swim, and try our
hand at baseball.
When we came home at eve
ming to replenish our energies
at the supper table, we rushed
through our meal so that we
could run out and play under
the arc light as the night closed
in.
And when our mothers
sharply commanded us to come
in and go to bed. we were hav-
ing such fun that we did not
hear them. Only when our
fathers appeared on the scene
did We admit that another
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A Threat From Russia

The most ominous note in Mid
die East affairs was sounded at
mid-week when Russia an
nounced through Pravda that
United States Intervention would
be justification for sending Soviet
troops into Lebanon. This, how
ever, was quickly dismissed by
Secretary Dulles.
Were not deferred anywhere
In the world" he said. from
doing what we think is right and
our duty by any Soviet threats"
The source of Lebanon's internal
strife is much closer than Russia.
Egyptian radio broadcasts have
castigated the Lebanese govern
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On Gifts and Givino

1t Is said that gifts persuade
even the gods.-Euripides,
Medea.
Every man is a friend to him
that giveth gifts.-Proverbs.
-
Gifts prevail over both gods and
men: Even Jupiter is soothed
by them.-Ovid.
Whoever makes great gifts,
wishes great gifts to be made
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they could not effectively throw up
a barrier.
This, however, would put Mr..
HammarSkjold in the position Of
defying Moscow'S wishes, and
might destroy his future useful
ness as an East-West go-between.
Another method would be to
put forward a formal police force
enabling resolution in the Sc
curity Council, let the SovietS
veto it. and then summon the
veto-free General Assembly. A
two-thirds majority of the AS
sembly could be had. according
to preliminary soundings, on one
condition.
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to him in return.-Martial:
Epigrams.
The hand that gives, gathers
James Howell.
Thou shalt take no gifts; for
the gift bindeth the wise, and
perverteth the words of the
righteous.-Exodus.
Gifts are like fish-hooks.-
Martial: Epigrams.
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THE FOREIGN SCENE
Holding Actions
In the Middle East

The best that for events In the Middle East last
week was that bad situation had become no worse
United Nations Secretary General Hammarskjolds arrival
Thursday In mbated Lebanon brought between rebel
forces and government troops but fighting Friday And
Cyprus Greek and Turkish maintained Tentative
peace following series Of ro-the islands history-n
which i6 persons killed
AS the week opened bitter fighting continued Beirut capital
OF the -Moem nation the eastern shore
Those urged by the state Depart
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ment TO leave. Those who stayed
were advised 70 keep of the
streets.
In his press conference Tues
day, Secretary Of State Dulles
said the United States would be
inclined" TO respond TO a United
Nations call for armed forces TO
bolster the l00-man U.N. OBJ
servation team. The next day,
after some reflection. Mr.. Dulles
and other State Department off,
cials said the discussion OF sending
United States fighting forces to
Lebanon was only hypothetical.
and expressed the hope that the
rebellion would die on the vine.
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happy day had come to q
pause.
Ten minutes after we came
into the house we were sound
asleep.
Almost Immediately there
after. mother was calling US to
breakfast, but the sun and the
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Abdel NasSer out Of his Lebanese
venture.
The Beirut government already
Is asking that the 100 men be
multiplied at least 50-fold and
that the enlarged group be given
power to stop inflltration by force
II necessary. Some way clearly
will have to be found to grant this
request If events continue in their
present direction.