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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-13
Shaken by Defeats and Outlook for 80,
Leaders Run Gomut of Sef-Criticism

A great mental expert once
testified in a murder case
that drunkenness was "the
temporary loss OF the power
of self-criticism." On that
magnificently deadpan but
very sound definition the Re-
publican Party is as sober as
a dozen judges, as tee-total
as any charter member of
the Women's Christian Tenn
prance Union.
Self-criticism is going on
within the national G. o. P.
organization with an almost
desperate candor. This was
the real, the true, atmos-
phere as the Republican Ma
tional Committee met over
the week end to transact the
traditional business of pre-
pairing for the party's 1860
national convention.
Beyond a doubt, realism
has raised its gray, but new
erthelesS absolutely necessary
head within the Republican
Party. This is extraordinary
news in a quiet way. The
G. o. P. for the better part of
20 years at least has tended
to be quite long on a hearty
rah-rah optimism often hav-
ing little relationship to the
hard facts.
Until lately a bleak objec-
tivity was, in private at any
rate, a fairly common char
acteristic only of the Demo-
cratic professionals. Now, the
roles have been all but re-
versed. If an unseemly politi-
cal intoxication exists. it is
among the Democrats. The
Republicans are so aggres-
sively determined to cast
Pollyanna out of their lives
that they are making a posi-
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G. o. P. Candidate Must Garry Party,
Rival to Rely on Democrats Strength

a majority of the voters
while running under the
minority party banner. He is
Senator Thruston Morton, a
self described moderate.
His congenial task as
chairman is to so gentle the
G. o. P. factions that they
can whoop it UP for either
the more conservative Nixon
or the more liberal Rockefel-
Ter, whichever seems indi-
Gated when the national con-
vention gavel falls in Chicago
next summer.
At the same time, the hust-
ings practically everywhere
we're resounding to the voices
OF Democratic hopefuls bent
on winning friends in the
party organizations and
pleasing the people of key
States. Senators Humphrey
and Kennedy are taking pre-
primary swings around the
country, and Senator Sym
ington, the Missouri dark
horse, came out of the stable
in Kansas.
Senate Leader johnson
only a few days ago felt
compelled to plead with his
fellow-Texans to cooperate
with his strategy Of waiting
for the front-runners to ex-
haust themselves. He is
thinking, he told them. only
of being a good legislator
An organization waiting Tor
J-Day, however, is building
quietly.
This is all tAcit admission
that the greatly priced DEM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-13
DORIS FLEEsON

The 1860 crystal ball is
still clouded with respect to
the person of the next Presi-
dent, but some political reali-
ties stand out clearly in it.
They are:
/. The Republican candi-
date for President must carry
his party to victory next
year.
2 His Democratic opposite
number must depend on the
demonstrated strength of his
party to see him through.
3. In Vice-President Nixon
and Gov. Rockefeller of New
York, Republicans unques-
tionably have the two best
known political figures in the
Nation after President Els
enhower.
4. The Democrats, in spite
of IS Governors and top
heavy congressional MAORI
ties, have no such standouts.
There is nothing in sight
today to interfere with the
prospect that the next presi-
Dental contest will take place
in actuality between a Re-
publican personality and the
Democratic party. TIL e S e
workings of the law of COM
pensation are privately ac-
knowledged by professionals
in both parties. and their &C
tons reflect them, no matter
what they say in public.
Republicans proved it last
week end when they chose
as national chairman an
agreeable Kentuckian who
bad demonstrated his bor-
der State his ability to win
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tive virtue Of emotional aus
terity.
There are sound reasons.
And these reasons are being
even more fully and starkly
outlined by the Republican
National Committee staff
people than by their Demo-
cratic opposite numbers.
The Republican congress
sional defeat last year, COM
ing atop two others in 1854
and 1856, has long-term i'm
plications that become the
more chilling the more close
ly they are inspected. In sum,
unimpeachable Republican
research studies now plainly
indicate that a Republican
congressional victory in 1860
is highly unlikely in any
event and that a Republican
presidential victory cannot
nationally be expected short
of these pre-conditions:
/. A bitter and destructive
North-South row among the
Democrats that would leave
the party altogether and not
merely partly broken along
Mason and Dixon's Line.
2. The nomination by the
Democrats of a presidential
candidate who was more the
choice of a hopelessly dead
locked national convention
than of a convention willing
to draw reasonably together
for party victory.
3. A marked success by the
Republican nominee, whether
he be Vice President Richard
M. Nixon or Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller of New York, in
convincing great masses of
voters that he would be a far
safer choice in a troubled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-13

The American people may
'Not realize II yet. but the
Congress isn't going TO do
anything at this session that
really will put an end TO the
racketeering In labor unions.
This Is already conceded pri-
vately by the leaders on both
sides.
Actually. none Of the pro-
posed measures. even II
passed, would eliminate the
corruption that has been ex-
posed at the hearings con-
Quoted by Senator Mcclellan
and his committee.
One Of the most significant
comments has just come
from George Meany, presi-
dent of the AFL-CIO. In an
interview in the TRENT issue
Of 'Dun's Review and Modern
Industry" Mr.. Meany pointed
out that the uniors alone
cannot stop the abuses. Here
is an excerpt:
Q.--'Do you believe that
the labor legislation now
pending in the Congress will
provide adequate power. to
curb these abuses?"
A. - Adequate power?
Frankly, these abuses could
not be stopped by the unions
alone. The trade-union
movement is trying to do
what it can in this field. We
think we have some moral
responsibility to do this. But
the AFL-CIO has no legal
responsibility to curb COR
ruption in union locals. We
aren't a Acknowledgement
agency, and we don't have
the power of subpoena. We
couldn't possibly call a
trade-union official before
our council and say. We are
suspicious; we don't like the
way things are going Ger
tainly we would not hesitate
to take action where we had
proof of wrongdoing or cor
ruption. But we must have
the proof, and we haven't got
the machinery to go out and
make these investigations.
80, to answer your ques-
ton, we don't feel that the
requirements Of the Ken
nedy-Ervin bill would elimi-
nate corruption. We do think
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Volunteer Workers
Sought for Hospital

An appeal for volunteer serv-
ices at st Elizabeths Hospital
has been issued by the Catholic
Hospital Committee.
Individuals are needed as in
structors, recreational leaders
and receptioniStS. Organiza-
tons are wanted to take part
in the ward adoption pro-
grams" under which monthly
ward parties are arranged. In
terested persons should contact
the Rev. Wilbur F. x. Wheeler
Catholic chaplain at 81. Eliza
beths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-13

"The only memorials which
have lasted through the ages
are those whose sole purpose
lis to memorialize."
The Robert Taft Memorial
Tower, to be dedicated at 10
a m. tomorrow, should last for
that reason, says Wheeler Will
Iliams, the noted sculptor who
created the 10-foot-high bronze
statue of the late Senator that
stands at the bottom of the
tower. The tower is on Capt.
toll Hill, off Constitution ave-
nue..
Many feel memorials should
be something useful" he COM
mented this morning. Il think
lit should be evident that any
memorial embodying utilitarian
| features-such as plumbing
cannot be a lasting memorial
because its usefulness is lin
tied in time"
He cited the Lincoln Memo
rial: "a much better memorial
than a hospital that soon will
wear out and be torn down."
Job Took az Years
Mr.. Williams, whose work is
known throughout the world
spent two and half years on
the statue. He never had met
Senator Taft, although he knew
his father, the late President
as we'll as his son, William, and
others in the family.
Before beginning his work, he
embarked on a study of Severa,
hundred pictures of Senator
Taft. And as he studied his
career. he began studying his
character.
The sculptor was even giver
a suit of Senator Taft's clothes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-13
Taft Sculptor Prefers
Memorials That Last

the seams of which Mr.. Will
lliams measured infinitely.
In a way, he was prepared.
He had completed a memorial
| to Senator Taft in the Cincin-
natl cemetery where he is
buried.
THAT was sort Of an ad-
vance study" he said.
Heads Artists League
Mr.. Williams. who is presi-
dent of the American Artists
Professional League and a past
president of the National Sculp-
ture Society, was visibly wor-
ried this morning.
1--WE got to get down to the
tower to see if the seal has
arrived" he said.
The seal is of bronze, de-
signed by the sculptor as a
posthumous great seal for the
Senator. An American Eagle
/ is poised on the symbol of the
/ State of Ohio, which is the sun
rising over the Alleghenies. 1t
is encircled by II stars: Ohio
was the 18th State of the
Union.
II finished it at the foundry
last Tuesday" Mr.. Williams
said. tits to be placed on the
door leading to the staircase to
the bell tower. / hope it comes
before tomorrow"
The ceremony will be at IL
am. tomorrow. The tower is
the lone monument to "Mr. Re-
publican" on the Hill. Senator
Taft died of cancer July 81
1858.
The Robert A. Taft Memo
rial Foundation, Inc, was sci
up in August, 1854, to perpetu-
ate the memory and ideals Of
the Senator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-13
Leaders Reported Privately conceding
Conqress Session Won't End Corruption

1t would curb some Of these
people because they will have
to report all their financial
transactions. We think the
Kennedy Erwin bill is a step
in the right direction. but the
read problem Of corruption is
the failure Of the law
enforcement authorities TO
act. The juke box and coin
machine business points 1t
up quite clearly. Here's one
Of our big industries, in the
billion-dollar class, and It's
honeycombed with gangsters
and thugs operating with
the connivance of greedy
businessmen and with the
cognizance of the law-en-
forcement authorities.
ut is quite obvious that
the real answer to corruption,
whether in unions or any
where else, is better law en-
forcement. Nobody runs to
the American Bankers Asso-
citation every time a cashier
defaults or somebody on the
inside robs a bank-they ex-
pect the local district at
torney to handle that. When
companies engage in bushes
frauds, nobody runs to the
Chamber Of Commerce or the
National Association Of Man
ufacturers and says, What
are you going to do about law
enforcement No. they ex-
pect the local district at
torney to do it,"
This correspondent read
the foregoing quotation to
Senator Mcclellan and asked
him for his opinion on it.
The Arkansa- Senator said:
"They say they do not have
the power. and that = cor
rect. They can't stop a Hoffa
That's why laws are needed.
If they had t. I'd
would be di''~ -"r's-
ing 1t, we probably wouldn't
need az Lon laws, or SC
many laws. But the: cannot
deal with people like Ia
and it's 0e~o tive |tat VIC
enact laws to at least curb
you never comple 'rcvent
crime of any kind.
CT wonder why thu
local district attorney,
haven't done more on this
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unpredictable. OF course, but
perhaps likely since Khru-
shchev really seems deter
mined on going TO the sum-
mit-the Western statesmen
might be able to build a
solid foundation for the
summit by outlining plainly
the positions on which agree
ments might be possible.
This would mean, as a prac-
tical matter, combining the
talks at the summit to ex-
actly those areas. and only
those, where the West could
be reasonably certain that
agreements would be kept
because 1t would be in Mos
cows interests TO keep them.
Dealing with the Russians
across the green baize of the
corfc"-''~e table, cbv'ouslv. is
q tricky proposition. Even
language Is d tremendous
barrier--not the usual Lam
guage barrier between Rus
sian and English, French and
German-but the fact that
the Communists mean differ
ent things than the West
when they use words like
democracy" for example. or
"free elections"
In the past, Western nego-
tiations with the Sovie t
Union have produced either
nothing or defeats for the
West. Negotiations resulted
in the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
Korea and Wet Nam, be ii
recalled. And other negotia-
tions, such as those at Tehe-
ran and Yalta and Potsdam,
were Systematically and al
most completely violated al
most before the ink was dry
on the sigma lures.
But where it can be dem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-23

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or moize. Regularly
800 7.l9
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45-RPM records Ample space for oIbuns too. This
handsome rack will core for and protect your valuable
records Built of heavy oouee quoy Steel triple plotted
in bross for lasting beauty.
W5t-4om. Entertainment Center Floor North Building
a also Chevy Chase
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-08
Fish Departs
Dock
By Progress

One of those to be relocated
as the result of the Southwest
redevelopment program moves
this week end to the Commerce
Department Aquarium.
The victim of progress is a
3-pound catfish, born in the
Potomac River. but raised at
the Southwest Fish Market.
James M. Ingley of Quality
Seafood. Inc. a wholesale fish
house on the Maine avenue
wharf, said the catfish was
picked up about four years ago
with a batch of perch.
THE boys kept him as =
pet" Mr.. Ingley said. I'VE put
him in an aquarium here and
hand fed him from the day we
found him. When We got him,
he was no bigger than a min
now"
But this week end. the firm
moves to new quarters at 81
Third street Sc. The old fish
wharf is due tn be torn down
under the redevelopment plan
I'VE didn't have the heart to
throw him back in with al
those wild cats" Mr.. Ingley
said.
The Commerce Department
agreed to provide a home.
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FIRST BOUT ON AT GENEVA:
SQUARE VERSUS ROUND TABLE

Soviet and Western officials already arguing at
Geneva the shape of the table at which the Big -Four
Foreign Ministers will sit
The Kremlin wants round table at which the
Polish and Czech Foreign Ministers sit as full
participants
The West wants a square table with Britain. France
and the United States side, the Soviet Union on
the other.
The United States insists that fifth powers can
be invited to the conference full participants although
they may be brought in for consultations
The preconference dispute forecasts several days of
procedural wranglng at the Geneva Foreign Ministers
Conference opening Monday.
On one point the two sides have agreed: West and
East German advisers will sit behind the Big Four, not
at the table
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Appointment to See
Queen Is Just That

LONDON, May 8 (AP).-A
wide-eyed American girl clutch
ing a tiny camera kept a date
with the Queen of England out
side the gates of Buckingham
Palace today. The Queen drove
right on past and Veronica
Martineau, IL, dissolved into
tears.
The encounter was by royal
appointment. Two months ago.
while she was studying at the
Catholic school in Methuen,
Mass, Veronica wrote to Buck
ingham Palace and asked when
she could see the Queen.
The reply came back that
the Queen and Prince Philip
would be leaving the palace at
IL am. Friday, May 8. for an
engagement in the country.
IF you could be at the palace
gates when they drive out, I
feel sure you would be able to
see her majesty" wrote a lady
in-waiting.
Veronica was therN an hour
early with 300 other persons.
Pin neat in a gray linen two
piece with a white feather hat
on her head, Veronica bobbed
excitedly around in the front
rank.
II talked at Dad "a poultry
farmer in Methuen for two
years to get this trip.
II had to work special hard
at school and take my tests
early so as to keep UP my
grades"
Mom-red-haired, English
born Mrs. Rose Woodley Mar
tineau-confirmed that Veron-
lea was the only one of her nine
children who wanted to see the
Queen bad enough to come to
London.
This is the biggest day Of
her life," she said.
At nine minutes past IL. the
Queen drove out looking cool,
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ONeill was treated for shock
and taken home.
The youth, a freshman study
ing business and finance, was
a son of Albert e. Kogler, an
investment broker Of nearby
Corte MADEIRA, Calf, and OF
Mrs. Harold McGrath of San
Francisco.
They were at his bedside
when he died.
Young Kogler's death was be-
lieved to be the second known
fatality from a shark attack In
California coastal waters. A
17-year-old youth was killed
| by a great white shark al
Pacific Grove. 100 mil IS south
of here, in 1852.
Several vicious hut non
fatal attacks have been re-
corded.
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National Airport
Traffic in April
Exceeds All '43

National Airport, believed al
capacity years ago, toppled OLD
traffic records during April
Director L. w. Burton said
today.
In the 80 days the airport
handled more passengers than
it did in the entire year OF
1943-two years after it opened.
The passenger total for April
reached 454,300, a 10 per cent
increase over March, which
also had set a record. The 1943
total figure was 360.563.
Aircraft movements for April
we're 26,746, an increase of al
most 2 per cent over the pre-
vious record set in March.
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839, 800 for a score of agencies,
the House group sharply cut
the cSC's appropriation re-
quest.
The $18.8 million voted for
the csc for the new fiscal year
was a reduction of $1,365.00O
from the budget estimate and
$891,500 less than this years
appropriations.
1.-THE cost of operating this
agency (the CSC is high for
the work it does, especially
when it is recalled that about
rs per cent of all the job place
ments are made by the depart
|ments and not by the commits
sion," the House group de-
clared.
"COver-Up" Charged
The House group also criti-
cized the Budget Bureau for "a
studied attempt to cover
up Government liabilities by
refusing to build up the Civil
Service retirement fund.
The total is $252.348,200 less
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swan a few strokes, but then l
thought to myself:
"'I can't just leave him here.
II was scared. / didn't know
what to do, but / knew l
couldn't leave him.
Il turned around and took a
couple Of strokes back.
"He just kept screaming and
screaming it was a horrible
scream. He was shouting
Help me. help mel
Finally / told him: The
only way can help you is If
you lie still on your back
lie back and relax
He did that. If he hadn't, ]
never would have been able to
get him back"
HE didn't scream after that
The pain must have been aw'
full but he didn't complain.
After telling the story Miss
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A|paugh Deals
AreScrutiniized
Contracts Hunted
In Lester Case
By JAMES F. MOSER, Jr.. and
HERMAN r. SCHADEN
star stan Writers

BY JAMES F. MOSER, Jr., and
HERMAN r. SCHADEN
star stan Writers
MANASSAS, Va, May ST.
The business relations between
Luther A. Alpaugh, Lake jack
son real estate developer, and
the man he is accused of STAY
ing, Richard L. Lester, sr., were
under study today by Prince
William County authorities.
Alpaugh, 54, was indicted
by a special grand jury yester-
day, an unexpected develop
Iment because another man had
been charged nearly six months
ago with the murder.
Vice president of the real
estate firm for which Mr.. Lester
had worked IL years, Al
paugh was arrested within two
hours after the jury returned
a true bill. /.
Composed and apparently
self assured. he accompanied
law officers to the courthouse
and, after pleading not guilty
was released at 5 pm. under
/ $4,000 bond.
Declining to comment to
newsmen, Alpaugh smilingly
climbed into a car with his
fearful mother. Mrs. Chris
tine S. Alpaugh; brother.
Woodrow, and sister and
brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Winfield. They had
/ See LESTER, Page Ala
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President Plans
Weekend Rest
At Camp David

President Eisenhower headed
for a week end of relaxation at
his Camp David Md retreat
after a visit with John Foster
Dulles at Walter Reed Army
Hospital today. =
The President drove to
Walter Reed about IL am. to
see the former Secretary OF
State, under treatment there
for cancer.
He was going on from the
hospital to Camp David, in
the Catoctin Mountains, near
Thurmont, Md.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said George
E. Allen, Washington business
man and personal friend of the
President. would be with him
at Camp David over the week
END.
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than the President had re-
quested and $406, 703,140 less
than the same agencies were
given this year Biggest allot-
ment was 5000. 226, 900 for the
Veterans Administration, which
was given all but $9,259,000 OF
what it requested.
1858 Veto Recalled
The committee cut $145,348,-
200 from new funds requested
by the various agencies anc
ordered returned to the Treas.
ury SLOT million of unobligatec
carryover money which the
General Services Administra'
ton had requested to buy criti'
cal and strategic materials fol
the defense stockpiling pro-
gram.
In a report written by Rep
resentative Thomas, Democra'
of Texas, the committee saiC
the Budget Bureau had refused
to approve a Civil Service Com
mission request for $773.734,00
to finance the Government
share of payments to the civil
service retirement fund.
Because of past failures o
the Government to pay its sharI
of fund benefits. the COMMITTEES
said. this fund is defunct b.
over $20.6 billion.
The committee did not adj
anything to the bill to NEE
the extra payments. 1t notet
that it had done so last yea
and Mr.. Eisenhower vetoed tn
bill. Mr.. Eisenhower said a
the time the fund had ampl
money to meet current needs
See FUNDS, Page Al;
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lovely and apparently unaware
of the American girl in the
crowd.
Stepping cody out of the
crowd, Veronica flashed her
camera at the big car as it sped
away. Then she crumbled into
tears waving and crying
and waving.
Did you see the Queen?"
"Oh yes" sobbed Veronica.
Did the Queen see you?"
"Oh yes"
did you get your picture?"
"Oh yes"
did you. :"
"Oh mother" howled Ver-
onica.