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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
Germon President Heuss' Comments
On Eost-West Problem Are Louded

trainers Of the new constitu-
ton. He was elected Presi-
dent in 1919. reelected fve
years later. and must. &C
cording to law. retire in 1859.
This month he will be 70.
He is loved and trusted. For
the average German. he rem
resents an ideal and the uni
flying spirit. He mas an enor-
nous sense OF humor. a pro-
found knowledge Of German
history. Is highly cultivated
and beyond knowledge pos
sesses wisdom.
So what he said on New
Years eve in one OF his
rather rare addresses is i'm
portant. ! do not yet have
the text and thought the
newspaper report I read must.
by Interpretation. have
sharpened his words. He GER
tainly neither directly nor by
implication attacked the
West German Foreign Min
lister nor Mr.. Dulles. and did
not unqualifiedly throw his
support" to George KEENAN,.
whose BIC broadcasts have
awakened a stir In London.
He spoke Of him approvingly
In a specific remark.
But his plea for greater
sobriety and "disentangle-
ment from the web OF slogans
and ideoloeies" was thor
ouehly Heuss. SO was his
quiet reprimand about the
hysterical reception given the
Russian "Sputniks," which
"in normal times would have
been admired, though, per-
haps, with mixed feelings Of
national envy on the part Of
those who might have for
gotten that the Russian
people have always possessed
ingenious men"
Equally characteristic was
his regret that the achieve
ment had been judged from
a purely military standpoint.
and his remark: II view
this phenomenon as a symp-
tom OF the psychological i'll
ness Of our time. Only In the
mind Of imbeciles does the
whole matter have anything
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
An Infusion of SeIfIessness

there are only q handful Of
men In the Senate on either
side of the aisle who do not
have ambitions TO be a pres
idential or vice presidential
nominee.
What answer does Congress
usually make to criticisms
about Its negligencep The
customary response Is that
the Executive should furnish
the leadership" and that. II
the Russians get ahead OF US
on "Sputniks." the admins
tration in power is at fault.
Certainly the incumbent par
~ Is responsible for recon-
negotiations. but under the
Constitution the Senate and
House have the primary re-
sponsibility for writing leg
islation and appropriating
funds. Just q year ago Con-
gress was In an economy
mood and was cutting ma
tionai defense expenditures
right and left. A budget Of
S7l.S billion was considered
q terrible extravaganza. But
today the Democrats are get
ting ready TO argue that may
be STA billion. which the
President is about TO propose.
isn't enough.
What the United States
needs more than anything
else today in public life is an
infusion Of selflessness. The
everybody for himself doc
trine which dominates the
economic situation and also
the political factionalism here
are not going to solve any
thing. When the leaders Of
both parties begin to demand
that there be an end to polit-
ical pickering over defense
and foreign policy and when
the so-called insurgents"
and headline-seeksr begin
to be criticized by their own
party leaders for their ire
sponsible utterances. some
sort Of effective discipline
will be achieved. Congress
may then como back in pub
lie esteem to serve the people
and help create throughout
the country an attitude OF
sustained and informed de-
termination
tRspreduesion Rishts RsSsTvsd)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
Prolonged and Insistent Airing of Issue
Expected to Be Most important lob

Congress viii vote new de-
Tense funds In an amount
falling probably between the
Eisenhower and Rockefeller
suggestions. And II will keep
talking and developing the
story in public as it unfolds.
As nearly as anything done
by Congress can be devoid Of
partisan politics. this effort
will be. Certain members will
get out Of line. but leaders
or both sides already are in
agreement that substantial
amendment in the American
position Is a must.
In most other respects the
prolonged session now in
pro=pect will be quarrelsome
and divisive. The most con-
troversiai issues will cut
across party lines, ana the
personal bitterness directed
at q Republican President Is
largely Republican.
TIE Presidents proposal to
extend the reciprocal trade
agreements for i've years
illustrates the tansled-skein
nature OF coming battles.
Reciprocal trade viii be in
charge OF a Southern mod
crate. Representative Hale
Boggs. Louisiana Democrat.
The fight on 1t will be led
by a conservative Repub-
lean. Representative Richard
Simpson Of Pennsylvania.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
American U. to Begin
Transport Seminar

Transportation ofiicials will
attend a three-week seminar
beginning today at American
University.
The 10th Institute Of Indus
trial Transportation and Traf-
nc Management. conducted by
the university's School Of Bust
ness Administration, is designed
TO acquaint the executives with
new developments In their field.
The institute. directed by DR.,
Lewis c. Sorrell. professor OF
transportation. will include lee
lures and field trips to the In
terstate Commerce Commission
and the Potomac Yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
DOROTHY THOMPSON
The Words of q Statesman

TO do with such economic
ideologieS as socialism or
capitalism"
Important. also. his re-
lection Of the ancient Clause
witz theory-valid for its
time-that war is "a con-
tinuation Of political policy
by other means" POLITE
cally comfortable war can no
longer happen. War must APP
pear today as a declaration
Of political bankruptcy"
But DR.. Heuss did not
call tas Aneurin Bevan is
doing in Britain for another
summit conference with the
Russians. On the contrary.
he expressed awareneSs that
such conferences conducted
in the glare Of publicity de-
generate into propaganda
rostrums. He pointed to two
postwar settlements result
ing from so-called secret
diplomacy" - that OF the
Trieste dispute between Italy
and Yugoslavia and the rails
ing OF the Berlin blockade.
And he expressed the hope
lessness Of conducting success
full negotiations II lcgalistic
and military considerations
prevail over political.
The speech is obviously
that Of a wise and experienced
statesman. and should re-
ceive serious consideration.
This columnist wishes IL had
been made by President Ell
senhower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07

The most important con-
trihution to come from the
returning Congress will be its
prolonged and insistent air
ing Of the position in which
the country has been placed
by the achievements Of the
Soviet Union.
In that endeavor congress
sional leaders will have the
help and support Of impor-
tant segments Of business
and industry. including the
vital area Of communica-
tons. A deep concern is felt
in such circles with respect
TO recent Developments. II
has not been allayed By
White House optimism or
daunted by efforts to muffle
all alarms in Q blanket Of
security,
Last week end. for ex-
ample. saw publication Of a
Rockefeller fund report pre-
dieting a world balance-of-
power shift to the Soviet
Union within two years un-
less the United States acts
immediately. The panel Of
laymen. industrialists and
military leaders recommended
a broad corrective program.
including a SO billion annual
increase in defense spending.
The new media. including
Tv. were heavily weighted
with this and related stories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
Returning legislators Report Sentiment
Booking Eisenhower and Dulles

first. Only In the face Of
palpable proof Of III will and
turbulence by Moscow would
the people Of Britain take q
chance with our proposed
missile sites. Prime Minister
Macmillan is said 10 have
told President Eisenhower In
one Of his recent personal
communications.
Mr.. Macmillan's proposal
for a nonaggression pact with
the USSR is. OF course, naive,
and he knows 1t. The Krem-
lin has q well-established
record Of breaking every pact
and every solemn pledge IL
has ever given to another
country or TO Its own people.
II would take many pages to
recite all the promises on
which 1t has reneged. Thus
Mr.. Macmillan's, latest move
for relaxation by q nom
aggression pact is regarded
in Washington as a mere ges-
ture for home consumption.
But it is from the old re-
liable. Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer. that we must ex-
pect the most important move
toward Soviet German rap
prochement. Nobody can
doubt the strong pro-Amer-
ican sentiment of the head Of
the Bonn government. But
he is being hard-pressed by
his own people who are in
sisting that everything must
be done to bring about unifl-
cation Of the old Reich. IN
der this pressure. Mr.. Ade-
nauer and his associates have
reached the conclusion that
this unification can BE-
achieved only with RusSia's
consent. And he has decided
TO take the necessary steps
toward that end. regardless
OF how unpalatable this may
be to his American friends.
The 82-year-old Chancel-
r." s'~n believes he NAV be
able to become the pace
maker for some further con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07

As President Of the Federal
German Republic, Theodor
Heuss has no political power.
AS in all republics with a cab
met system. the Premier Cor
Chancellor Is effectively
chief Of state. Though the
President appoints" the gov
eminent. the selection is made
by the parties. according to
their strength in parliament.
and the President ratifles a
prepared list. He stands. in
deed. above the battle"
But Theodor Heuss has
enormous influence in West
Germany, within the govern
ment. among the deputies.
and with the people. He
knows every outstanding per-
sonality in all walks OF life.
His capacity for making
friends actually saved his life
during the Hitler regime. On
the list to be liquidated. po-
lice officials repeatedly shut
fed his name TO the bottom Of
the file. In hiding. he was In
touch with the underground
and when American occupa-
ton forces discovered him he
was half starved.
Although now above poll
tics in the narrow sense. he
has had long political expo
rience. During the Weimar
Republic he was a leading
deputy Of the Democratic
Party. and a disciple Of the
great Friedrich Naumann. a
social-liberal who influenced
many distinguished and in
trepid Germans. procession
ally. Or. Heuss was an editor.
and like all good journalists
has q disposition 10 view
issues from all sides and come
10 objective conclusions.
He is q great conciliator.
Although close TO Chancellor
Adenauer when he and the
late Socialist, Kurt Schuma-
cher. we're barely on speak
ing terms. DR.. Heuss always
received the Socialist leader.
He was the first Minister
Of Education and Culture in
the Bonn government after
the war and one OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07

Members OF Congress re-
port that their constituents
especially in the Middle West
ARE giving President Eisen-
hover the benefit Of the doubt
and blame our lag In military
preparedness on his sub.
ordinates.
At the same time. Congress
members Just back from their
home States report almost
unanimously that Mr.. Elsen-
hower's popularity would take
q real and permanent nose
dive II he agreed TO meet
Soviet Boss Khrushchev In
q summit conference.
There Is o strong anti
appeasement sentiment In
the Bible belt" known In the
past for its isolationist ten
denotes. according TO SEN
ators and Representatives
from that area. who,add that
their people feel that Secre-
tary OF State Dulles Is doing
q pretty good Job. The Mid
die Western legislators in
tend to communicate these
sentiments directly TO Mr..
Eisenhower or through Sher-
man Adams at the earliest
opportunity.
In the meantime, however.
the administration is being
pressed by our West Euro
pean allies to do something
toward improving East West
relations besides supplying
guided missiles TO our allies.
This pressure, which took
Mr.. Eisenhower and Mr..
Dulles by surprise at the
NATO parley in Paris last
month. is now being con-
siderahly increased.
Even the British who APP
pesred TO accept our offer TO
place rocket missiles on their
territory point out now that
1t would be difficult to. over
come popular opposition to
this project unless We have
exhausted every conceivable
effort TO talk TO the Russians
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

likes secretary gets nahbed for driving 30 miles hour
Ofcer Where think you're going LADY,? She: Nowhere
but the boss to show Of urgency about It.
to tell the Speaker in House debate He's the who
can't Get word in edgewise.
Rockefeller Financed report urges So billion for
national defense Smart these Rockefees AS between
and the national defense they pick the cheap
est one to finance.
Russia 800 000-man cut in armed forces.
There's doubt whether Khrushchev couldn't afford to
give every uniform-or man SputnIk.
Congress opens session. Every day will with
g missile whste-and end In rocket racket
Industry says II made 800 million pairs OF shoes In the
United States last year Well may not be the first in
things but we're FIRST in last.
Democrats trying 10 corner the market popular
issues Senator Mcclellan has become the No racket buster
and Leader Lyndon johnson the No. rocket booster
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
CONSTANTINE BLOWN
Middle West View on Defense

fcrences between East and
West. He is reported TO have
discussed the subject with hia
allies al the NATO meeting
in December and intimated
that the withdrawal Of the
allied forces from Germany
would not be too great q price
TO accomplish the German
unity goal.
The American and British
divisions (there is only .
token French unit between
the Elbe and the Rhine are
no longer there as occupa-
ton troops. They are there
with the approval Of the
German government which
has become an active member
OF the NATO. II the forth
coming talks between Bonn
and Moscow result in Soviet
consent for uniiication on
condition that all foreign
RUSSIAN and allied troops
be withdrawn from divided
Germany and the resulting
government selected in q
free election declare its neu-
trality. there are strong signs
that Mr.. Adenauer will be
willing 10 accept such terms.
The Germans and some
other North Atlantic pact
members are gradually reach-
ing the conclusion that ID
the prospects Of a Soviet
military aggression against
Western Europe have become
extremely remote; % even
II this we're the case. the
conventional military forces
Of the NATO cannot pos
sibly hope to resist for long
the Russian military masses:
and ~ America appears to
have lost its deterrent power
and has barely enough
strength for self-defense.
The present struggle is. in
the view of our West Euro.
pean associates, one between
the USSR and the United
States. And they see no
reason why they should be
sucked into such an ARRAY
If 1t occurs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
DAVID LAWRENCE

WHAT'S the matter with
Congress? Doesn't anybody
trust Il any more2 Il II con-
cerned solely with politics
and personal ambition. and
Is everything that II does,
therefore, discounted a. "po-
litically motivated7"
These questions are asked
because the country has
lately been told that it, fate
Even its survival-ynay be
dependent on what 1t does
about the so-called Gather
Report" and now the Rookie
Teller Report" Here are two
comprehensive promo unce-
ments on what our national
defense should be and how
much money should be spent
ito catch up with the Rus
SLAMS" but the American
people viii start asking where
Congress has been all this
time and why the facts have
not been studied and issued
before in the form Of reports,
too. by Congress. itself,
The Rockefeller Report"
is the work Of 20 prominent
citizens. some Of whom used
to hold responsible positions
in the Government and some
of whom are influential in
the Aelds of science. foreign
policy and defense. Like the
Gather Report, 1t has q
sense Of urgency" but It
does deal largely with gem
eralities. Typical Of these is
a sentence in the formal con-
illusions which says:
This is clearly not q time
for eomplacency; II is just as
clearly not q time for hys-
terra. What is required
throughout the country is an
attitude of sustained and in
formed determination"
The average man will have
a hard time coming TO grips
with a paragraph like that.
He is being told not to get
excited but that maybe he
shouldn't remain too calm.
There Is q single word in that
paragraph which means more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
End Of Political Bickering on Defense
And Foreign Policy Held Vital to U. 5.

than any other--it's the word
Informed"
But how are the American
people TO become informed?
To give out all the confiden-
tial information the various
governmental agencies collect
would be to Inform" the
Russians. so that's not prac-
teal. Then what's left? u
might be called Informed
observations or interpreta-
tons" The Rockefeller
Commission had talks with
various ofhcials and got con-
siderable background on what
has been happening In the
national defense situation.
but at best this Is fragment
tary.
But isn't It the function Of
Congress TO do all this? The
heads Of governmental de-
partments and agencies will
tell everything they know TO
congressional committees on
an of : the record basis.
Sometimes members OF Con-
gress preserve secrecy. and
sometimes they leak" bits Of
such testimony TO the press.
But, by and large, the execu-
tive departments informa-
ton Is available 10 Congress
sional committees. Yet Con-
gress has not taken advan-
tage OF the opportunity 1t has
to inform the country. Either
there are issued some Bit
terry partisan comments from
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. which causes the
country TO lose respect for
those who play politics with
American foreign policy. or
else there is a diyersionary
tactic into unimportant and
trivial fields such as whether
a prospective ambassador
can pronounce the many
syllahled name of an Asian
prime minister.
Congress has been steadily
losing prestige because 1t is
self-centered and politically
minded. Lately press dis
patches have stated that
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-02-06
First Books On
Labor A Gift
Now On Order

Last April Carpenters Union
Local 105, as part of its
fiftieth anniversary celebra-
ton, presented to the East
Cleveland Library check for
$500.00. This gift was intended
for the purchase Of books on
organized labor selected by the
Library.
The Library is ordering the
new titles on this subject as
they appear. The collection will
be of great use to the inter-
ested general reader and to
college students taking courses
in economics.
Some of the titles received
are listed below:
What Do You Know About
Labor, by Myers; Seventy
Years of Life and Labor, by
Gompers; Comparative Labor
Movements, by Galenson; Con-
temporary Collective Bargain
ing; Nine Lives for Labor, by
Kelly: When Labor Votes: Uni
versities and Unions in Work
ers' Education, by Barbash.
Practice of Unionism, by
Barbash; Labor in America, by
Faulkner; Communist Party
VS.. CIO, by Kampelman; Union
House, Union Bar, by Joseph
son: World of David Dubinsky,
by Danish; Labor, Institutions
and Economics, by Kuhn; Labor
and Industrial Relations, by
Lester; Causes of Industrial
Peace Under Collective Bar
gaining, by Golden.
Shape-up and Hiring Hall,
by Larrom; Union Solidarity,
by Rose; Social Responsibilities
of Organized Labor, by Fitch;
Automobile Workers and Amer
ican Dream. by Chinoy; Equali-
ty Of Opportunity, by Hope.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-02-06
g; oEosy!
ITS Icy

"Ice on the streets is al
ways dangerous" Police Chief
n. S. Weaver warned today.
land a slight rise in temper
ature or a little sunshine can
make that same ice even more
dangerous within period of
minutes.
Chief Weaver reminded
motorists of scientific tests
conducted by the National
Safety Councils Committee on
Winter Driving Hazards. These
tests show that automobile
braking distances on wet ice
are twice as long as for ice
comparatively dry.
A car travelling 20 miles an
hour, for example, will skid
about ia feet if the the tenn
perature is zero. That's too
far" the chief commented, yet
if the temperature moved up
to 80 degrees, that same car
travelling AT the same speed
would skid 235 feet-more than
twice as far"
The chief observed that the
increa sed braking distance on
moist ice was enough to put a
driver. passenger or pedestrian
in the hospital.
"To reduce this danger, "
said Weaver. first and most
important. reduce your driving
speed. Second. a good set of
tires with plenty of tread for
slushy pavements, and set
Of reinforced tire chains for
ice. deep or hard packed snow
will provide solid footing for
easier starting and safer stop
ping. Chains will reduce brak-
ing distances by so per cent
or more on ice or snow, and
provide the most reliable go
traction when severe conditions
prevail. The National Safety
Council has proved this with
its continuing series of skid
tests" he concluded.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-02-06
SIX SKIES

Department Of Education film
entitled "City Fire Fighters"
This led to the discovery by the
children that the father Of one
Of the girls in the class was a
real fireman.
Well, you can take over from
there. A trip was arranged for
the boys and girls to 60 to the
Marloes ave. fire house, and
after that to the adjacent police
station. Before the day Of their
visit, they worked out a list Of
"things we would like to see,"
and read in their textbook
about some Of the things they
might expect to find at these
very special places.
The trip itself was very
educational one. The children
heard from Captain Skeel at the
fire station, and Lieutenant
Hartford at the police station,
all about the equipment, ap-
paratus, living quarters, and
other things at these two places
similar to those that they had
been reading about. After they
returned to school, they COM
posed class "Thank you" letters
to the officers of the two serv-
ices who had shown them such
a good time.
MAYFAIR
The fifth grade students of
Miss Evone Anderson at May
fair School have discovered Pen
Pals. This came about from an
item in a school magazine,
which told how to go about get
ting the names of children in
some other city. and exchang-
ing letters with them about
their respective home towns.
The names they got, for no
particular reason. were from
Hornell, n. Y. They began to-
learn all sorts of facts about
that southern New York town
its location. size, industries.
schools. special attractions, and
many other things. In return,
the Mayfair children filled their
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-02-06
Deaths
Mrs. Ruth X oenig

Private services were held
Saturday, February End for
Mrs. Ruth Koenig. 49, of 1928
Elsinore ave. Her dead body
was found hanging from a
clothes rack in dry cleaning
plant at 1910 Prospect ave.
where she was manager.
She is survived by her hus-
band from whom she was
separated but with whom she
had spent the previous evening
in the rear of the store; three
children, Mrs. Harold Corrigan
Mrs. Patricia Getting and Mrs
Sally Waterbury; a brother
John Bales; TWO sisters, Eller
Gallagher and Mabel Springer
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1958-02-06
John II. Cradle

John II. Cradle. associated
with his father, Charles j.
Cradle in the Morse-Crable Coal
Co. of this city, died February
2nd in Cleveland Clinic Hos
pital. aged As years. Private
burial was in Acacia Park, Feb
ruary 4th, following services in
st. Paul's Episcopal Church of
East Cleveland. The first mem
Der Of the Cradle family came
to this Western Reserve in 1885.
Mr.. Cradle is survived by a
daughter, Nancy Of Winter
Park, Florida, his father and
two aunts. He was a member of
Pentalpha Masonic Lodge and
resided at 1888 Shaw View ave.