Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-16

F, of the Washington's Gridiron c
President Nixon, members Of
the Supreme Court and digni-
taries from the United States
and foreign countries staged
the clubs 73d annual dinner
/ ct Statler- Hilton hotel.
I In accordance with the clubs
I adage, 1.-THE Gridiron may scar.
/. but it never burns" the news
{ paper correspondents spoofed
/ and made not-so-gentle fun of
such diverse matters as Secre-
tary of State Dulles reluctance
to engage in a summit meeting,
the space race between Russia
and the United States. the Pen
tagon's interservice rivalry and
the 1860 hopes of both Repub-
lican and Democratic presiden-
tial possibilities.
McKelway Inaugurated
During the course of the eve
ming, Benjamin M. McKelway
of The Star was inaugurated
as Gridiron president. succeed
ing Marquis w. Childs of the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Welcoming the guests in the
traditional speech in the dark
of Gridiron presidents, Mr.. Nc
Kelway said:
1--WE meet here this evening
on another fateful IdeS Of
March. And we find ourselves.
as in Washington we so often
find ourselves, completely in
the dark. Twenty-Five years ago
this month we heard that all
we have to fear is fear itself.p
In the meantime. Mr.. Nc
Kelway continued, the beep-
beep of the satellites circling
the earth has warned us 1--WE
must find the light or stumble
In the darkness"
"Great Discoveries"
"But there is great hope" he
said This is an age Of great
discoveries. Jim Hagerty. on q
quick trip to Washington from
Georgia via Arizona, discovers
Elizabeth Arden wants hin g
cream. He presents it to Harold
Stassen, with the compliments
of the Secretary Of State.
Discontinued Republicans
discover that If they can by
pass Sherman Adams they can
take their troubles directly to
the President = provided. Of
course, they can discover just
where the President is.
1.-THE Democratic leader Of
the Senate, Mr.. Lyndon john
son, discovers the potentialities
of outer space and plans to
annex it to Texas, as a new
congressional district.
"All of us discover the new
Nixon, only to discover that
nothing has happened to
change the old Truman.
TosetherneSs Doctrine
Lied by the Chief Justice. the
Supreme Court discovers things
in the Constitution that nobody
knew were there before-in-
Guiding the doctrine of togeth-
erness. Togetherness means
putting the 101st 'Airborne Di-
vision and Gov. Faubus to-
gether, in Little Rock. at the
same time.
"Old Virginia discovers that
a Byrd in the Senate is worth
two in the apple orchard. But
perhaps our greatest discovery
as a Nation-if we have really
discovered its that in knowl-
edge there is strength"
$ Music was provided by the
United States Marine Band
Orchestra under the leadership
of Maj. Albert Schoepper, the
clubs music director.
Four new members were ini-
tiated into the Gridiron Club at
the banquet. They are Edgar
Allen Poe, of the New Orleans
STimes-Picayune; Robert Roth.
philadelphia Bulletin: John w.
FARRELL. the Omaha World Her.
ald, and Walter T. Ridder, Rid
der Publications.
Z Race to Space
s The outer space tone Of the
evening was set in the opening
&skit, which depicted politicians
dressed as scientists-or was it
scientists dressed as politicians
singing to the tune of the
i"Marine Hymn:
"With our nucleonic satellites,
We will win that moonbeam
race.
The country may run out of cash
But we'll run outer space"
On mundane problems, the
club saw Secretary Dulles stur-
Oily maintain an attitude OF
negative aloofness to Commu-
mist Chief Khrushchev's re-
peated invitations for a sum-
NIT meeting. Sang Mr.. Dulles:
II am a vet'ran Of statecraft,
My grandpappy showed me
the ropes,
And practice since then has
convinced me
That in this business good
guys are dopes. :"
Between songs and skits, the
500 guests heard speeches by
Attorney General Rogers, who