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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-30
DORIS FLEESON
Dodd to Bottle PurteN in Connecticut;
Vance Democratic Choice in Indiana

In Senate nominating con-
ventions last week end. Con-
necticut Democrats made a
practicable decision and In
diana for the first time in re-
cent years opened up as a
real two-party battle-ground.
Playing it safe. Democrats
OF the Nutmeg State named
Thomas j. Dodd. a former
United States Representative
to run against the Repub-
lican incumbent. Senator
William A. Purtell. next fall.
Purtell is a Catholic and it
is estimated that upward OF
so per cent Of Connecticut
voters are Of that faith. Dem
ocratS there. since the death
OF Senator Brian Mcmahon.
have not had a widely known
Catholic in the top hierarchy
Of elected officials.
They, therefore. picked
Dodd, although many Of
them privately felt that the
wide international expert
ence Of former Gov. Chester
Bowles uniquely qualified him
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for the Senate in these times.
But Dodd achieved a major
ity on the first ballot and
Bowles promptly said he
would not AVIAN himself of his
earned opportunity to seek a
run-ot1 in a general primary.
The ticket now headed by
Gov. Abe Ribicoff and Dodd
is heavy favorite 10 win.
Senator Purtell who fought
vigorously and effectively Tor
his first term in Washington
has apparently neglected his
fences at home and suffers
as well from the general trend
away from his party.
Ribicod has been a popular
Governor with a heavily Re-
publican Legislature which
obliged him by standing in
his way too often for that
party's good. His opponent.
State Controller Fred Zeller.
is a Taft wheelhorSe who
arouses no enthusiasm among
the Eisenhower Republicans
Of the State.
The frequently notorious
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DORIS fLEEsoN
Test for Nutmeg, Hoosier States

politics Of the Hoosier State
is acquiring a fresh face in
Mayor Vance Hartke , Of
Evansville, who won the
Democratic nomination for
the Senate in a surprisingly
mild contest between war
ring Democratic factions.
Young, presentable and pos
Sessed Of a record for admin
istrative effectiveness, Hartke
could prove the 1858 Senate
sleeper provided the State
party decides to fight Repub-
licans instead Of each other
for a change and that the
campaign can be adequately
financed.
His opportunity lies in the
confused State Republican
situation plus the national
trend. Not only are Republic
cans at war with each other,
they are beset by scandals in
the big new highway pro-
gram. In these scandals Re-
publican labor leaders are in
volved so that their influ-
ence with their own unions
is leSSened.
The Republican candidate
against Hsrtke is Gov. Harold
Hsndley, a protege OF Sena-
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POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Republican civil war story: The FIRST famous Sherman
march was through Georgia TO the The second may be
via Goldnne TO the New Hampshire mountains
Republican Senator Bush wants a commission to set
ethical standards for Government officials Safest code
Take nothn' from MISUNDERSTANDING the job"
Washington Hostess Perle Mesta auburn wig OF
woman Of fashion these days may be said that another
woman's hair is her GROWING glory.
Carpenters Union Boss Hutchinson refuses tell Senators
about his Indiana land deals II silence is golden labor
leaders are striking 1t rich these days
Home Owners After losing his second finger in the
power saw, he Joined Do-It-Yoursel Anonymous.
Diners glossary: Olives-Dark- completed foreigners
Who they can't steady with the celery, drown them
selves Of remorse in Martins
The behavior Of the Russian leaders reminds you Of
Washington's weather you don't like it, wait five min
utes and it'll change-for the worse
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DAVID LAWRENCE

Would a stranger receive
the same treatment at the
White House as a friend?
Would a friend who gave
gifts get better treatment
than a friend who didn't?
These questions are con-
ddered pertinent by many
readers who have written In
about the Sherman Adams
case. SO this correspondent
made inquiry a few days ago
and obtained the following
information from an ofiicial
source:
O. About how many letters
are received at the White
House In a typical month for
the attention OF the Presi-
dent or his aide. Sherman
Adams, which are referred
FOR action Of some kind TO
governmental agencies?
A. About 1887 we're re-
eeiyed in March, and for the
first three weeks in June the
total was 5.0le. Most Of them
were referred TO other gov
ornamental agencies without
any memos along with them
but all bore the stamped
signature Of Sherman Adams
as authorizing the referral
action.
@. How many Of these let
tiers required some form Of
notation TO be attached TO
the incoming letter Of in
quiry when 1t was referred
to a governmental agency?
A. About 1.l22 in March
and 694 in the FIRST three
weeks of June we're handled
that way. These were re-
quests that the agency take
appropriate action and make
a reply direct to the inquirer.
@. How many got a letter
of acknowledgment from
Sherman Adams stating that
the matter was being referred
to another agency?
A. About 100 in March and
424 in June.
@. On how many was fur
ther information sought be-
fore Sherman Adams could
make reply?
A. Replies to about 222
were held up pending receipt
OF further information re-
quested from the other gov
ernmental agencies on which
to base the replies. These
requests for information were
also signed by Sherman
Adams.
@. How many memos were
written by other members Of
the White House staff under
their own signatures referring
matters to other government
tai agencies and requesting
information?
A. About 200 during the
month Of June. This is APP
proximately the same num-
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DAVID LAWRENCE
White House Appeals Staggering

A wife appeals for help In
permitting her husband
who Is about 10 be deported
Ito remain In the United
States or 10 re-enter inn
mediately. This Is referred 10
the immigration Service. A
citizen asks II anything can
be done TO ascertain whether
or not a son missing IN action
since 1851 Is really dead.
The humane appeals
transfer Of a son In military
service to duty In the United
States because OF severe i'll
ness Of the father-are mixed
In with those which request
aid OF a material nature.
Citizens generally feel they
have a constitutional right
10 appeal to the President
or his aides TO take action
to help them in their business
or personal relations with the
Government. Whether or not
they are known personally to
stan members at the White
House. the requests are con-
sidered ON their merits and
the appropriate action Is
taken or information is re-
quested from the govern
mental agencies concerned.
When Sherman Adams
during a l5-year friendship
with a New England busi-
nessman occasionally ex-
changed gifts-as do many
persons in public life-he
could not have known that
the routine consideration he
gave to two requests for tn
formation from mis- friend
some day would oe regarded
as indiScreet. The record
shows that Mr. Adams has
handled this kind Of request
on the same basis as the
others he received from
strangers. He has asked no
favors and requested no &C
tion-leaving 1t to the irde-
pendent commissions to
me- c their own decisions. He
} 4nself has said It was i'm
Jrudent to have accepted any
gifts. but what he really
means is that 1t never -oc-
CURED to him that anything
he did for a friend equiva-
lent to what he did every day
for strangers would some day
be regarded as improper and
as a challenge to his in
tegrity.
II a mans conscience tells
a public servant he has not
improperly used his position
in behalf Of either a friend
or a stranger, he ought never
to resign from ONCE Just be-
cause he comes under fire.
To do so is to yield to the
lynch" spirit which often
in the past has punished
many a citizen because "ap-
pearances' were against the
accused. For Americas proud
boast is that SUSPICION is not
evidence and that nobody is
convicted for wrongdoing ex-
cept by due process Of law"
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tor William Jenner. who
months ago announced his
retirement. The attrition of
the isolationist right wing of
his party had left Jenner
much alone and he also
pleaded health considera-
tons.
The Jenner-Handley fac
ton is flercely at odds with
Senator Homer Capehart and
the Indiana delegation in the
House of Representatives.
Through the happy acci-
dent of a microphone left
open in the press room. their
uninhibited abuse of each
other was disclosed to the
Indiana public last spring.
making it difficult for them
to pretend to close harmony
now.
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Some Critics Fear Administration
VIII Yield TO Nosser to Avoid Wnr

Secretary Of State Dulles
and other representatives OF
the Executive are making a
strong point that the billions
spent every year on foreign
aid are actually increasing
the defense and security OF
the United States itself.
In recent DAYS some Con-
gress members have asked
privately how many friends
and allies this country will
have left II we renege on the
definite pledge given less
than a month ago 10 Leba-
mons President Glamour
that We would protect his
country against those who
want to place 1t in the do
main Of President Nasser OF
the United Arab Republic.
The United States pledge
was not given lightly because
We want all countries TO re-
main free. II was given with
the full realization that II
Nasser's supporters In Leba-
non. backed by volunteers
succeeded in dispoSing Of the
present pro-Western govern
ment the Middle East viii be
handed over to the Soviet
Union lock. stock and barrel.
There is an unacceptable
parallel between our present
attitude in the Lebanese
crisis and that of Britain
and France toward Czecho-
slovakia 20 years ago.
The two governments had
given solemn pledges to
President Benes that they
would not permit Hitler to
dismember his country. They
eventually yielded because
of Prime Minister Chamber
lain's firm belief in peace
in our time"
Chamberlain and Daladier
put their seal Of approval
on the partition of Czecho-
slovakia at Munich. fully
convinced that they had
saved the world from catas-
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CONSTANTINE BROWN
MU. S. Keep Lebanon PIedqe?

take It's own good time be-
fore II grapples with the
problem, II may be that by
the time II Is prepared 70
offer and vote some pious
resolutions President Cha
noun will be ouSted by the
rebel forces and further &C
tons will become unneces-
sary.
The inability OF the U.N.
10 stop Russia's aggression
by proxy was suspected by
President Glamour and his
shrewd Foreign Minister
Malik.
It Is for this reason that
as soon as the rebellion
started In Tripoli and suf-
fieient proof OF UAR parti-
cipation was collected. WASH
ington was asked TO help.
The administration. mind
full that the fall Of the pro-
Western regime in Beirut
would have a devastating
effect on the rest Of the Mid
die East, promised full pro-
lection to the Glamour
government.
The 9th Fleet was rushed
TO the Eastern Mediterran-
can. on June 10. 1t was with
in less than an hours sail
from Beirut. The British
sent some Of their naval
units as a token OF solidarity
with the United States and
also dispatched paratroopers
to Cyprus to reinforce our
Marines II necessary.
Then the enthusiasm to
help the pro-WeStern Le-
baneSe government slack
ened. The fear that a clash
in that area might disturb
the equilibrium in the Mid
east gripped our policy max
ers in the same manner 1t
did Prime Minister Cham
berlain when Hitler de-
manded the Sudetenland.
Whether the forces in our
government which point out
the disaster of Chamberlain's
policies will prevail remains
to be seen. g
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Thousands of Communications Seek
Variety of Bids for Official Attention
ben as hi other months.

Der as In other months.
Q. Out OF the total number
Of inquiries that Governor
Adams himself acknowledged
and referred TO governmental
agencies. how many came
from individuals with whom
he has had a personal ac-
quaintance?
A. Not more thsn / per
cent OF the 100 In March and
the 424 In June. And most OF
these came from persons In
his home area-citizens who
were his constituents when
he was Governor Of New
Hampshire or when he served
In Congress.
The above information is
entirely apart from the in
quiries made by members Of
Congress who write to the
White House In behalf OF
constituents desiring some
action be taken by govern
mental agencies. The same
source estimated that for the
two typical months men,
toned above. there were l43
such letters in March and
i56 in the FIRST three weeks
in June.
The general public has
little idea Of how extensive
are the telephone calls to
the White House. They av-
erage 1000 per day and. as
for members of Congress,
their calls to the executive
ofhces average about 100 per
day. Sherman Adams per-
sonally takes at least 80 Of
these calls a day.
What are the nature OF
the requests from members
Of Congress? One member
wants import duties reduced
on tobacco. Another urges
action by the mediation
service in a strike. Another
wants clemency for the son
o. a constituent. A Senator
wants the President to sup
port certain legislation de
sired by his constituents.
One Congressman for
warded two crates Of aspara-
gus in behalf Of a constitu-
ent. Another Congressman
requests that money be APP
propriated to enlarge Gus
toms facilities in a port in
MS QlSJrlcJ.
AS for mail from the gen.
eral public, it is Of a wide
variety. One citizen appeals
for aid for a four-year-old
child who is going to die for
lack of medical attention.
This is referred to the Depart
ment Of Health, Education
and Welfare. Another citizen
begs clemency for an indi-
vidual convicted Of murder
on circumstantial evidence
and due to be electrocuted.
This goes to the Department
ment Of Justice.
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lHLLIAM S. WHITE
AHouse Where istoryIs Made

smell of the White House.
This atmosphere is dry and
underplayed and even a bit
honey. This smell is rather
like that Of a home where
the floors are always well
waxed.
Nowhere are there any OBJ
trusive guards. There is none
Of that marching and stamp
ing Importantly about-none
Of the feeling of concealed
tommy guns and so on-thst
might be expected in such a
place at such a time in his
tory.
Indeed, there are mayors
Offices in this countFy-and
any number of Governors
Offices where everybody
takes 1t bigger. so to speak,
and where there is a far
greater aura Of brass and
braid.
Ont on the street is a some
what shabby business district
world parliament, where
that could be lifted up and
put down in nearly any city
in the United States without
seeming out Of place. This
street, but for literal geog-
raphy. is as far away from
the White House as any
Oklahoma City or Omaha.
For the White House is the
only one Of the six faces of
official Washington that. in
a benign sense. is a false
face. 1t looks absolutely
nothing at all like what is
really is this gardened,
quiet house where Lincoln
EN- ncipated the slaves.
where Wilson proclaimed a
world parliament, where
Franklin Roosevelt prepared
the destruction OF Hitler and
. Toto, where Harry S. TIU-
man ushered in the atomic
age.
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18th 6 G Open 1O:30-9 Thurs.
TIN g K 1919 Thurs.
3ll3 18th 1909 Thurs.
44s3 CONN. 1909 Daily
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1900 Pennsylvania Ave. Is Quiet Place,
Executive Headquarters of Free World

that-a white house. That
is. it is simply a large house,
white in color and Colonial
in design, with big, still
grounds.
This correspondent does not
mean to try sentimentally to
pass it of as just a vine
powered cottage. The point
is that it looks like some
body's house-if a well-heeled
somebody's-and not the least
like the keystone of a mas
sive offieialdom and the place
where odern history is
largely made.
The buildings on either
side look far more likely for
such roles as these. One, the
squat. heavy Treasury Build
ing. looks about like what it
is-a kind Of supernatural
bank. The other is q fantas-
tically elegant, gingerbready
sort Of structure topped with
cornices and curlicues and
filled with great, ornate stair
ways, gilt and marble and
festoons of every kind.
This is the old State De-
partment Building and it is
very much in character. One
look at it and you can mag
Inc tall silk hats. diplomats,
secret treaties and all that.
But this building is now used
for the overflow of the see
ond-string Offices attached to
the White House proper. In
this establishment, in a word.
the bigger you are the less
impressive is your Office.
1t is not physical descrip-
tons, however, that are pri-
marily intended here. What
is more sought is to suggest
the human atmosphere and
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Sixteen hundred PennSyl-
vania avenue in Washington
has long since replaced No.
10 Downing street in London
as the worlds most signifi-
cant street address.
The White House is ex-
ecutive headquarters Of the
United States of America
and actually of all the free
world. Downing street, as
the Prime Minister'S place.
is the center both of the par
liamentary and administra-
tive life Of Britain and. in
directly. Of the sprawling
British Com m onwe alth
thrown casually across the
world from Capetown, South
Africa, to Ottawa, Canada.
But the White House is,
In fact, the center and the
symbol Of the vast influence
In this world Of the whole
Brltish-American race - and
Of our national adaptation Of
that race in the large. able
and agreeably tough melting
pot society that has so en-
riched this ersewhile outpost
Of the now dead British
Empire.
Nowhere on earth is so
much power exercised in so
small a space as the White
House. And nowhere on
earth-not even in the pleas
antly smoky-looking. Charles
Dickens sort of place that is
No. 10 Downing streets so
much power held with so
little pomp.
For the White House
apart from the ugly, func-
tional annexes that are called
the West Wing and the East
Wing--iS in appearance lust
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trophe. A year later Europe
was afiame.
There are indications that
the United States. still the
most powerful country In
the world. intends 10 emulate
the actions Of Britain and
France Of 20 years ago.
Our enthusiasm 10 pre-
vent further advances OF in
ternational communism in
highly sensitive areas Is
waning.
The fundamental policy
OF this administration TO
roll back" the Soviet Union
to her natural boundaries
has been abandoned long
ago
The question asked by a
mere handful OF Congress
Sional leaders who believe
that the international situa-
ton is fan more important
to this Nation than the in
diScretions OF sherman
Adams is whether our peace
loving President and our
United Nations Ambassador
Lodge are about to write of
Lebanon.
For II no positive action is
taken quickly either by the
u. N. or by the Western
powers, there is no doubt
that a Nasser man will soon
head the Lebanese Republic.
The United Nations is a
cumbersome machinery for
the preservation of peace.
Its success depends entirely
on the desire for cooperation
between the members of the
Security Council. This means
that the USSR which engi-
neered the whole Lebanese
affair is expected to CO.
operate with us and to deny
herself the fruits of the plot
she herself organized.
The general impression at
U. N. headquarters in New
York is that that body will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-16
r.H.C.King, IA, Dies;
Procticed 40 Years

DR.. Harry Clifton King. "a.
. prominent eye. ear. nose and
throat specialist. died Monday
at his home at 1900 Clifton
street NV.
A native OF Washington. Or.
King was a stan member Of
the National Homeopathic Hos
pital and had practiced here
more than 40 years.
DR., King was a graduate Of
the Emerson Institute and the
Hahnemann School OF Medicine
In Philadelphia. He also had
done graduate work In medi-
cine in New York and Phila-
dclphia.
During World War I. DR..
King joined the Army Medical
Corps as a captain and COM
manded Ambulance Company
40
He was q member OF the
American Institute OF Home
opathy and the Homeopathic
Medical Society.
Survivors include his wife.
Mrs. Barbara King OF the home
address. and q sister, Miss
Ethel King. Of 1882 Massachu-
sets avenue NV.
Services will be held at Q am.
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c. N. McLendon,
Master Sergeant

MiSergt. Charles Newton Nc
Tendon. USMC. SO, attached
to the supply department at
Marine Corps headquarters
here. died Sunday Of q heart
attack at Dewitt Army Hos
pital. TT. Belvoir. Va.
Sergt. McLendon had been
in the Marines for Is years.
He was born and raised in Or
lando. Fla. He came to this
area two years ago from Camp
LeJeune, N. c.
Survivors include his widow
Mrs. Gertrude McLendon. and
two sons. Richard Allen and
Robert Martin McLendon, all
Of $500 Russell road. Alexan-
dria.
Funeral services will be at
I pm. tomorrow In the Ft.
Myer Chapel. Burial. with full
military honors. will follow in
Arlington Cemetery.
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Mrs. Clare Brevoort Tucker
Brayton, 50. died Monday at
3Si6 Huntington street NV.
She had been living there with
her daughter. Mrs. George
Gregg Fuller. and retired Con-
sui General Fuller.
Her father. Joseph Tucker,
had been Q consul general in
Central America, q colonel In
the Army Medical Corps during
the Civil War. and the founder
Of Marine Hospital. San Fran
cisco.
She was the last Of his i've
daughters, who were known as
the Five Tucker Girls, all Of
whom married prominent men
in the San Francisco Bay area.
Her mother was Wihelmina
Havemeyer. and she was the
last Of the family to be born in
the old Havemeyer home in
New York City. 4
Mrs. Brayton was educated in
private schools. She studied
violin and singing in Berlin,
Germany.
Her first husband was Philip
Aston williams. He was the
nephew Of Steve ellis. a close
friend Of Mark Twain. and q
descendant Of the Aston family
Of South Carolina and the Will
liams family Of Virginia.
After his death. she was
active in several charitable or
CARNATIONS. She was decorated
for her work with the Red
Cross, the Army Canteen Com
munity Chest and Ladies'
Relief.
Her second husband was
Edward Lacy Brayton, who
died about so years ago. He
was president and founder Of
the Pelton Water Wheel Co..
now a division of Allis-
Chalmers Manufacturing Co.
Besides her daughter. Mrs.
Brayton is survived by q son.
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Mrs. Minnie Fuy

GLENS FALLS. N. Y, April
is R.-MrS. Minnie r. Smith
Fay. 81, Of nearby Still Bay,
lied in Glens Falls Hospital yes
terday. She was the mother
Of Elton Fay Of Silver Spring.
Md. Associated Press military
affairs reporter in Washington.
Her husband, DR.. Albert s. Fay
of Schenectady, died in 1916.