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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
A RED HOT STOVE
Corruption Had Many a Heydoy

ceptions there has been little
major stigma attached to the
persons of American Presidents
themselves.
Some High Actors
But Andrew Jackson'S "kitch-
en- cabinet" dispensed opulent
favors to a vast hoard Of Office
seekers and others.
Martin Van Buren,, known as
the Red Fox, was a chief archi-
tect of modern machine politics
il. e., the use of Government
jobs, favors and contracts to re-
ward friends.
Ulysses S. Grant accepted a
$4,000 house in Philadelphia as a
gift. He also took a $4,000 gift
of trotting horses and carriage
from a Federal official later con-
victed of tax evasion in the 81
million-a-year whisky ring con-
spiracy.
Where Sherman Adams con-
fessed he was "imprudent" in
accepting gifts from Boston mil
lionaire Goldfine, President WASH
ington once received a piece of
woven silk from a woman admirer
and wrote her:
Contrary as it is to an es-
tablished maxim of mine not to
accept a present from anyone,
yet, considering this as a mark
of your peculiar attention to me
and as evidence of what our cli-
mate. aided by industry, is capable
of yielding. / receive and thank
you for this effort of your skill"
HomiIton's Come
But Washington had to suffer
the unsavory manipulations of his
Secretary of the Treasury, Alex
andria Hamilton, who privately
tipped of insiders that $40 million
of nearly worthless war bonds
purchasable at cents on the
dollar or less-would be redeemed
by the Federal treasury at par.
Those in the know secured the
countryside buying up the bonds
at bargain prices. At least l6 of the
Nations 26 Senators and 90 out
Of "a House members proflted
from Secretary Hamilton's leak.
There is no kind of dishonesty
into which otherwise good people
more easily and frequently fall
than that of defrauding the
Government" wrote Benjamin
Franklin.
AS applied to Washington off,
cialdom, the easy-money trend
runs the gamut from free con-
gressional haircuts, free postage
and free travel to the often sus-
pected but seldom exposed back
stage Doodle.
Veteran observers Of the Wash
ington scene. scanning the list
of mink and vicuna coat pee
cadillos since World War II. are
inclined to ask cynically: How
big we're the ones that got away?"
In times gone by. some Of the
big ones didn't get away.
President Grants Secretary Of
the Navy. George NJ. Robson, who
entered the Cabinet as a penniless
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over relatively trivial abuses while
following a policy of massive in
difference toward major evils.
I'VE are swatting at flies instead
OF draining the swamp" he as
sertS.
Most Of Senator Neuberger's
colleagues. however, think that he
is unjustif1ed in comparing them
with executive and administra-
tive officers. They point out that
members of Congress - unlike
agency personnel-are elected of
ficials and can be punished at the
polls for any actions which their
constituents consider unethical.
But this is only one aspect of the
argument advanced in favor of
retaining the present double
standard. An even more persuasive
case is made against trying to
prevent members of Congress from
interceding with the personnel of
regulatory agencies.
The Argument
Briefly stated, the argument is
this:
The fact that citizens can ex-
pect their representatives in Con-
gress to seek fair treatment for
them at the hands of administra-
tive agencies is a powerful weapon
against omnipotent bureaucracy
1t would be highly undesirable to
scrap this safeguard.
There is a variety of cases in
which a voter with a Federal prob
lem might want to ask his Con-
gresham to approach a govern
ment official on his behalf. For
example:
Q If ones relative was about to
be deported on the basis of un-
specified charges by unnamed
informers, the most sensible
procedure might be to ask ones
Congressman to use his infiu-
ence" with the appropriate Gov
eminent department to rectify
whatever injustice might be in
volved.
. If a veteran was unable to get
an explanation of why his applica-
ton for a CT loan was apparently
being ignored, he might get his
Congressman to investigate the
matter for him.
. If an individual had paid too
much on his income tax return
but could not convince "the Gov
eminent" to discuss the matter
with him. he might very well
request his Congressman to help
get some action for him.
In these and many similar in
stances, the pattern is clear: A
little man, frustrated by bureauc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
A Southerner's Viewpoint

A book 10 be published in Au-
gust BY Alfred A. Knopf, Inc,
provides a classic statement OF
the enlightened Southerner's
vieiO OF race relations in the long
perspective OF history. The fol-
lotDing Is reprinted from that
book. "The Southern Heritage, -
By James Mcbride DdbbS, by
permission OF Alfred A. Knopt.
Inc, copyright. 1858. BY James
Mcbride Ddbbs.
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like tar and probably was one of ,
the causes Of his defeat as the
Republican presidential nominee
against Grover Cleveland in 1884.
Farther back in the pages of
history, grafters swarmed to the
public trough with the simple
greed Of hogs during the "spoils
system" administration Of Presi-
dent Andrew jackson Q829-l83D.
While Jackson exploited the
slogan that Ito the victor belongs
the spoils" scandal burgeoned
darkly on Capital Hill.
Such pillars Of early American
politics as Vice President John c.
Calhoun, Henry Clay and Daniel
Webster were found on a list OF
Congress members who had loans.
mostly unsecured. on the Gov
ernment-chartered Bank Of the
United States. Senator Webster's
unsecured loans totaled over
$4,000.
Charter Dissolved
Dubbed the bribery bank" the
banks charter was dissolved in
1882 by jackson. who mistrusted
bankers.
Aside from Teapot Dome, the
Harding administration was
marked by riot Of corruption in
in which the little green house,
on X street" figured as a shadowyi
symbol Of the prohibition era.
The green-painted house at.
1928 X street. a few blocks north
Of the White House, was the
hangout of the so-called Ohio
Gang which illegally sold per-
mits to bootleggers for the with
drawal Of liquor from Govern
ment-sealed distilleries.
Federal Prohibition Commits
sioner Roy A. Haynes testified
that a $6.000-a-year State dry
chief could rake In 81 million a
month in brides. One Of his
agents, he said, had been offered
100000 a week.
President Harding's Attorney
General, Harry NJ. Daugherty,
chief Of the Ohio gang, was q poor
man when he entered the Cabinet.
Congressional investigation dis
closed that Daugherty amassed
over 100000 in two years. His
salary was $4,000 year.
President Harding. who had
showered Offices on his poker,
playing cronies, was stunned and
broken by the disclosures Of cor
ruption. Shortly before his death
In 1923, he asked in utter bewil-.
derment:
what should a President do
whose friends have betrayed him?"
Franklin ID. Roosevelt's Vice
President John N. Cactus jack
Garner had his own answer TO
offers Of unexpected riches. Re-
jecting a sl00.0 radio offer, Mr..
Garner said gruffiy:
II am not worth 1t as John
Garner. and any value I have at
tanned as Vice President Of the
United States is not for sale"
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electric stars above the Kremlin
glowing over the scene. she ac-
cepted the invitation Of a Euro
pean Ambassador to dance.
AS they eased on to the crowded
hotel floor, the trombonist in
Sasha SvaSman's band took a
vocal chorus.
Caledonia, Caledonia" he
bawled to the MuScovy heavens,
what make 70 big haid so hard?"
Gracious" gasped the startled
M Mesta who was on a fact
finding tour Of Russia, What was
that?"
your American music, Mad
anne" replied her ambassadorial
escort. You spread your culture
in many distant parts Of the
world"
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Pundits Cont Agree

IuHuitS OoH H9IeS
The pundits of two-beat are not
in agreement on when jazz made
its European entry. Many say it
was first imported by the New
Orleans Rhythm Kings who visited
London shortly after World War /.
Anyhow, people took notice.
Here was something different
from the schmaltzy VienneSe
waltzes. warmed-ovef war tunes
and jerky. though hardly har-
monious jangle froI1p the New
World. called ragtimes
In the late 20s and early sos,
American musicians. in increasing
numbers Travelled over Europe with
the exciting sound that had come
up the Mississippi from Louisiana
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lie JAZZ HOT
Leading Cultural Export?

tlee Jazz, the new rage. IN the mia
'2os. /.
III jazz could be translated m. :
10 language" he said. ''it would
be met by an Injunction because
OF the obscenity OF t." :
IN Britain. the esteemed music .
critic Constant Lambert. heard .
Armstrong play just one time
That was enough for him. He
called Satch the greatest im-.,
presario Of our generation"
American jazz was in.
Photographs Helped i
improvements In the methods !.
Of recording and the spread OF
the phonograph into many Euro.
pean homes played an enormous.
influence in making American
music known. :.
Increased European radio.
broadcasting also nudged along
popular. or so-called commercial,
American music. =
Then came World War II and
officially American music went out !.
the back door when Hitler and
his soldiers marched in the front.
In Copenhagen "Porgy and
Bess" was prohibited at the Royal
Theater and Wagner operas took
its place.
The war. however. brought
hordes Of young American soldiers
to PARKWAY places. They brought
the latest Jazz with them.
AS the war moved towards its
climax V-discs, featuring top
American bands and singers,
flooded every theater Of fighting.
gifts Of the United States taxpay-
ers whether they knew 1t or mott.
The late Glenn Miller. then an
oficer in the United States Army
Air Corps. played his styled
music to millions in radio broad
casts and concerts.
Came victory and a return
towards normally.
American-type bands walled.
from the Palais de Dance and
from smoky cellars on the Left +.
Bank in Paris. :.
Eoosheods' Special
Suddenly. almost, the eggheads
discovered Jazz and 1t became in
tellectual.
Serious continental newspapers
and journals devoted thousands
Of words to the subject. Staid
newspapers such as the Sunday
Times and Observer printed
learned articles about it.
Sometimes they were gro
tesquely pedantic as serious young
men tackled an cart form" that
came out of the brothels and gin
mills of Basin Street, based on
the beautifully sad laments Of a
people two generations away from
slavery.
In the mid-50s one Of the in
tellectuals caught Satchmo in a
corner of Royal Festival Hall.
He began to third-degree him
about point and counterpart.
More than slightly bewildered. the
56-year-old New Orleans trumpet
player replied:
Il don't know. son-I Jes blow"
It was a typical answer to "a
typical Europeon question about a
basically simple folk music that
has become all the folks music.
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age his hearing by listening to his
own music but was born with one
ear less sensitive than the other,
was shocked and astounded.
Who does he think he is to
tell us how TO play jazz9 We
don't try to tell them how to Jump
on a grape"
American musicians = particu-
larry of the jazz variety-are
constantly surprised at the wide
spread and almost scholarly
knowledge of what many a for
eigner claims is the United States
only original contribution to art.
The first country in the world
to produce a well-documented
book on jazz was Belgium. The
author was Robert Coffin, law
yer, who turned out AUX From
tiers du Jazz" in 1882.
And. Frenchmen, Englishmen.
Swedes. Danes and Dutchmen
have been telling natives of the
48 States how to play lie Jazz Hot
ever since they'be been able to
distinguish the piano noises of
Cow Cow Davenport from the
organ chords Of Johann Sebastian
Bach.
The INTACT Of American jazz
and popular music on some of the
older countries Of the world has
been more of sock than a shock.
In varying degrees. Europeans
dance to it. sing it, make love TO
it, hum it in their baths, wash
dishes to it, eat with it in the
background, argue about it and
initiate it.
In many places it has all but
driven. out native and folk music.
When Benny Goodman and his
orchestra opened the American
cultural performances at the
Brussels World Far, 5000 ecstatic
jazz fans rocked the main square
for two hours. But Belgian folk
music group that performed be-
tween the orchestra numbers was
greeted with derisive whistles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
BY DANIEL NJ. herman
Snecial Writsr for The star

PfNNAoA "AAttA AoA AhN ShoA
There has been enough dis
paraging talk in Washington
recently about the double stand
ard" for a casual observer to
conclude that Congress is pre-
pairing to adopt some sort of
uniform code of sexual behavior.
The double standard referred
to, however, concerns a somewhat
more orthodox area of legislative
oncern-ethical behavior by Gov
eminent officials.
The problem is this:
Does Congress have a right to
insist that presidential assistants,
regulatory commission members.
and White House secretaries
adhere to more exacting stand
ard of conduct than Senators and
Representatives apply to them
selves?
The indignant congressional
reaction to the Adams-G oldflne
affair stems essentially from the
fear that a public servant who
accepts a gift may use his official
position to repay the debt.
Having built such a convincing
case on this point, some law
makers are dismayed to realize
that they may have fashioned a
boomerang, For there is evidence
to indicate that legislators habi-
tually indulge in precisely the
same sort of activities which they
condemn in employees OF the
executive branch.
1t has been pointed out, for
example. that many members OF
Congress accept gifts, lecture fees,
and-perhapS most important
campaign contributions from in
dividuals and organizations with
a stake in pending legislation.
Many even own stock in compa-
MES with a more than academic
interest in future laws.
Puts the Question
The most vehement denuncia-
ton of these practices has come
from Senator Richard L. Neu-
berger. Democrat Of Oregon.
What Senator Neuberger wants to
know is this:
Is Sherman Adams, with his
$4,000 rug and $500 vicuna coat,
more obligated to render unethi-
cal favors than a Senator or Rep
resentative who must beg every
few years for many times that
amount to finance his election
campaigns?
Senator Neuberger declares
6atly that Congress- is exercised
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Even in Moscow

Jazz is heard throughout Europe
in the oldest places.
Perla Mesta. the all-American
hostess and former Minister to
Luxembourg, was once a dinner
guest at the Hotel Moskva roof
garden. ->
With the ruby lights of the huge
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From the Seine 10 the volsa. oil Europe
Is jumping to Ls JoIz Hot. the iFoniic
two-beot music shot hos become AmsFi-
eos Ieodins cultured export. A noted
foreign correspondent who once played
drums in q Moscow CONDO kaown as the
krsmlin Krows. leods q hipstsF's pilgrim
ess through the fIOurishins ioIE shrinss
Of the Old World.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
BY EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press stan writer

LONDON.-Eddie Condor. the
American iazzman. cupped his
good ear TO hear better the star
ting disclosures Of a traveller Just
returned from the European con-
tinent.
Say that again." demanded
Eddie. "A Frenchman putting the
blast on American music2"
Yep. that's right. A French
Jazz critic"
Mr.. Condor. who despite the
claims Of detractors didn't dam
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BY ROGER GREENE
Associated Press staff Writer

The Juror that has swirled
around Bernard Goldfine's gifts
to Sherman Adams is little more
than a mild Squall compared to
storms that buffeted administra-
tons as far back as George Wash
lngton.
Political morality seems to
change with the times. Under
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Is anxious 10 see Gov. Fabus de-
feated. It's leaders are sure II
would help them In the North
this fall and IN 1860.
Foubus Could Lose
A Faubus victory is not at all
certain. He was heavy favorite
when he first entered the race.
but II hasn't turned out TO be
the kind OF contest he probably
hoped for and expected. His OPP
ponents, both strong candidates.
have spared each other attacks
TO concentrate all their fire on
the Governor.
Lee Ward. a State judge who
was defeated in race for State
Chief Justice In 1856. has called
Gov. Faubus' use Of the State
militia In the Little Rock crisis
an "act OF despotism." and has
charged. in effect. that the Gov
ernor is a tool Of powerful utility
interests in the State.
Judge Ward. an impressive
speaker (this has always counted
for a lot in Southern campaigns),
has said that he is opposed to pub
lie school integration. but would
not try TO prevent any commu-
nifty from integrating If 1t wished
to or If ordered to by the courts.
Chris Finkbeiner. a Little Rock
meat packer who is well-known
over the State, is an avowed mod
crate who has accused Gov. Fau-
bus of spreading hate" and dis
couraging migration Of industry
to Arkansas.
To win Tuesday. Gov. Faubus
must take more than SO per cent
of the total vote. If he does not,
he will face his leading opponent
in a runoff primary on August II
providing the Governor doesn't
run last on Tuesday nobody
thinks he WILD.
If he is forced into a runoff,
observers who know the Arkansas
political scene say that odds on
his denomination will drop con-
siderably. Many doubt he could
win the runoff. In the past, the
pros" and the party workers
have been in the habit of desert
ing an incumbent who couldn't
win in the first test.
Moy Be NeutroIized
Between now and August u, the
Governor may see his one and
only issue-his Little Rock seton
Of last September-neutralized.
AS proof of the wisdom of his
action, he has pointed to the June
81 Federal District Court ruling
that suspended indignation at
Central High School until 1861.
The ruling has been appealed and
will be heard by the Eighth Circuit
Court in st. Louis on August 4, a
week and a day before the runoff.
If the lower court order is
overturned and Little Rock is
ordered to continue indignation at
Central High, the implication will
be that the Governors famous
maneuver was failure.
When Gov. Faubus called out
his troops, have gave as his rea-
son the need to prevent wide
spread violence, which he said
was imminent. He did not act,
he said, to prevent indignation,
only to forestall violence and
keep the peace.
But in answering his opponents
attacks, he has since found an
other reason. He says that his
show of force was directed at the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, who
otherwise, he claims, would have
tried to integrate every school and
public facility in the State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Foubus Primury Fate Seen as Key
To Southern Segregation Toctics

cators-that many see as the
key 10 peaceful acceptance.
The Democratic Party nationally
is anxious 10 see Gov. Fabus de-
feated. It's leaders are sure II
would help them In the North
this fall and IN 1860.
Smyrna times., 1958-10-16

cussions were held on events
for the coming year, and plans
were made for trips to mus
Gums, hikes, hoseback riding,
and bike trips in the area. The
first event is to be held this
Saturday, October Is, when
scouts will motor to Bombay
Hook for a beach hike and a
lookout. The second meeting
of the Girl Scouts was held on
Oct. 7 when an election was
held for secretary and treasurer
for the three groups, with
Sandra Mitchell being named
as secretary, and Rebecca Will
ley, treasurer. Patrol leaders,
and assistants, have been chos-
en-, with jeanne Abba, patrol
leader for Group One, and Vel
ma Hurd, assistant. Patrol 2
leader is Eunice Zeigler, assist
ant Charlotte Sylvester. Group
III leaders are: Sandra Turner,
and Nancy Wheatley. The
girls are to try a new system
for the year by setting up a
Court of Honor which will COM
bine the three groups into one
unit. Adult leaders are Mrs.
Julia Mast, Mrs. Virginia Cub
bage, Mrs. Elizabeth Loder,
Mrs. Lena Hutchinson, and Mrs.
Betsie Ely, with Hope Hutchln-
son named as Squire FOR the
group.
A card received from MIR. and
Mrs. Elmer E. Vert from Ports
mouth, Virginia, while on a
tour of the area.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Bod!ne
have recently moved into The
former John Knight residence
on South Rodney Street.
The contract for hald-sirfac-
ing and curbing North Reed
Street has been awarded to the
E. Earle Downing Construction
Co. Work is to start immed-
lately.
Recent property transfers is
David N. and Mary r. BoggS, a
dwelling on S. Rodney Street,
from John E. and Lulu Knight.
Sgt. and Mrs. Jack Brock,
us. Air Force, now based at
Dover, have moved into the
Wheatman apartment on Nam
Street.
The weakly wit: Don't cry
over spilled milk, there's enough
water in it already.
Smyrna times., 1958-10-16
CLAYTON

Ewel's-St. Paul Church Notes
The Rev. Frank Baynard, pas
tor, announces services foi
Sunday, October 10, as follows,
Sunday School will convene al
10 o'clock, and will be under
the direction of G. Francis
Downs, superintendent. Rev
Baynard has chosen for the
sermon subject Living Waters
as the Sabbath message at the
III O'Clock worship service, and
is taken from John 4: lao.
The Contact Club, Arthur
Thomas, president, will hold a
Masquerade party October 20
in Fellowship Hall, beginning at
s o'clock.
TheCommission on Education
with Roy Rogers, chairman
will hold meeting in the
Church parlor October 81, be-
ginning at 7:30.
The Senior Choir will hold
rehearsals October l6, begin.
ming at 7 o'clock with Mrs
Julian Dunning, director.
The Junior Choir, with Mrs.
Preston Burris, director, will go
into rehearsal at s o'clock to-
night.
Today's Meditation: What is
meant by the religion of Jesus?
The answer is that the whole
universe is on the side of values
lived and taught by Jesus
Christ. The whole universe has
a grain running through it that
is best seen in the values lived
and taught by Jesus. So there
is a divine support for way
Jesus translates His way into
cur own lives. There is a di-
vine upholding beneath every
effort to win Gods way. If it
were not so, it would make a
mockery of Calvary and the
long travail of history.
The Devotional Reading for
Today: Therefore do not throw
away your confidence, which
has great reward. For you
have need of endurance, SO
that you may do the will of
God and receive what is prom
ised.-HebreWs 10.35-36.
The first meeting of the
Autumn-Winter season of the
Clayton Girl Scouts was held
Sept. 80, in Town Hall. Dis
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COMMENTATOR

he U. S. Embassy in Monro
via, Liberia.
Liberian Embassy staff
members present included
John w. crigsby. first seere-
fary and consul, and Mrs.
crigsbY Magnvs A. Jones
financial sttsehe; Abraham
James, second secretary
James n. Stevens, third sec.
.'efary, and Edwin o. Fahn.
bvlleh, acting student ad.
visor.
David M. Thomas, Ii.
beria's newly-appointed con-
sui general in New York,
was present. So were two
Liberian Foreign Service Of
ficers - Frank J. Stewart.
Inspector, and Lucien Sara
g0ssa, auditor of the Foreign
Service Inspection c mn.is-
sion.