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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Modern Leaders

In modern times Alben Barley,
Joe Robinson, Robert A. Taft and
Henry Cabot Lodge were all
esteemed as powerful leaders Of
the Senate, whose discipline and
personal influence could carry
their parties to victory in times
of crisis.
Both Barley and Robinson, who
served as Democratic leader from
1923 to 1887, labored in the
shadow of a power-wielding Pres
ident, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Both Taft and Lodge, who led
Senate isolationists in the attack
on the League of Nations, were
limited in their leadership by the
traditional Republican division Of
powers. The three posts from
which Lyndon johnson derives his
immense influence are divided on
the other side of the aisle among
three @. o P. Senators.
1t is also doubtful, to observers
OF the johnson reign, that any Of
his Democratic predecessor
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his opinion on the value of a
summit conference. Such meet
ing Of heads Of state. he said.
would only be damaging to the
morale Of the world, would bring
q feeling Of pessimism and. in q
way, hopelessness" If nothing
came Of it. A summit conference.
he observed, must be preceded by
assurances that progress would
be made on specific issues. He
recalled the spirit Of Geneva:
The proof Of the sanity and the
value Of the Geneva meeting ). !.
was concrete problems :. and
We got exactly zero progress"
Secretary Dulles, under radia-
ton therapy at Walter Reed Army
Hospital for abdominal cancer.
nevertheless kept his hand on the
tiller Of foreign policy. Thursday
he summoned Acting Secretary
Herter, Assistant Secretary
Livingston Merchant. and Deputy
Undersecretary Robert Murphy TO
his bedside. The State Depart
ment released no details Of the
conversation, but 1t was no secret
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lined yesterday when the Krem-
lin announced the Premier would
60 to Leipzig to attend that an
cient city's famous Trade Fair.
Diplomats were quick to guess
that MIR. Khrushchev would do
more than visit. Formal talks
toward q peace treaty. they sug-
gested. were probable.
And perhaps in belated recog-
milton that his speech of Tuesday
was a diplomatic blunder, Mr..
Khrushchev sent First Deputy
Premier Mikoyan and Mr.. Gro
myko flying of to Leningrad.
where yesterday they we're waiting
at the airport to greet Mr.. Mac
millan's party. The warm well
come was a surprise to the Brit
ons, since only Friday Mr.. Miko-
yam had accused Mr.. Macmillan
Of tough talk" on the Berlin
crisis.
on this side Of the water. Presi-
dent Eisenhower at his press con-
ference Wednesday. said he saw
little hope for a conference on
the Berlin crisis so long as the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Victory Party

The Democrats held their 1858
victory party in Washington last
night. But it was the heady air
of 1860, rather than the triumph
OF 1858, that gave 5000 guests a
special lifht.
Somewhere in the audience
that included Senators John F
Kennedy of Massachusetts,, Lyn-
don johnson of Texas, Hubert
Humphrey of Minnesota, and
Stuart Symington of Missouri.
was the next President of the
United States, party leaders were
convinced.
A word of warning came from
House Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Democrats must write a platform
on which all good members Of the
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Dulles Tenure:
HoIdfost

Despite calls from two Demo-
cratic Senators and many edito-
rial voices that the President act
to replace the ailing Mr.. Dulles.
Mr.. Eisenhower stood fast last
week. He told reporters that the
final decision on whether Mr..
Dulles remained at his post would
not be made until the results of
the present radiation therapy were
known.
Senators Humphrey and Sy-
mington agreed publicly that Mr..
Dulles ought to be replaced imme.
diately In the interest Of the Ma
ton.
II don't think Mr.. Dulles can
run the State Department from q
hospital" said the Missourian.
Both legislators warned that the
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Failure Of a Mission: 1859 Style

critical situation called for the
strongest possible leadership In
foreign policy.
Republican Senator's attacked
the suggestions.
"Cruel and unwarranted," said
Senator Capehart.
Even Democratic Senator's usu-
ally critical of Mr.. Dulles came
to his defense. Senator Mansfield,
an articulate member of the For
eign Relations Committee, called
for future negotiations to be con-
Quoted in Washington so Mr..
Dulles could lead them. Senator
Sparkman saw no need for re-
placing the Secretary.
Behind this bipartisan solicit
tude for Mr.. Dulles was apparent
ly q realization that. whatever
his policies, there just was no one
on the horizon to replace him
quickly. The Secretary's con-
duct of foreign policy has been
highly personal. The President
has left the task entirely to the
Secretary. and there appears to
be no official of the State De-
partment who has been close
enough to Mr.. Dulles to pick up
where he left of. Neither. at the
moment. is there any leader Of
Britain, France. or West Germany
comparable in stature to the
Secretary.
The real decision, Mr.. Eisen-
hover indicated Wednesday,
would lie with Mr.. Dulles him.
self. It was question of "dedi-
cation to duty and loyalty to
America" Mr.. Eisenhower re-
marked, adding: But If he ever
comes to the point that he cannot
be restored to that degree Of
health where 1t will allow him to
go and carry on his functions
without hinder, as imposed by his
physical condition, I know I
couldn't possibly keep him" But
even in such an event, the Presi-
dent said: HE (Mr. Dulles Is
going to make that decision; make
no mistake"
The Secretary's personal sssist-
ant, Phyllis Bernau, told news
men after a visit to the hospital
that Mr.. Dulles had assured her
he intended to resume his duties.
HE was quite sharp and full Of
beans" she declared. But there
was no direct word from the Sec
rotary himself or from the depart
ment as to his future intentions.
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While some Democrats privately
echoed the Proxmire complaints.
there was a general clucking of
tongues over his indiscretion in
taking the family row to the Sem
ate floor. There was also a widely
expressed opinion that the Wis
consin Senator was motivated
mainly by personal pique over his
failure to win seat on the Sem
ate Finance Committee.
Senator Neuberger, Democrat Of
Oregon, interrupted Senator Prox-
mire's speech to recall the Sem
ator's lavish praise of Senator
Johnson when the Majority Leader
was helping him win his campaign
for reelection last fall.
"A man should whistle the same
tune all the time" said Senator
Neuberger.
Consistency is the hobgoblin
Of little minds" retorted Senator
Proxmire.
Foolish consistency" replied
Senator Neuberger, quoting Emer-
son correctly.
Some others thought Senator
Proxmire, who has been in the
Senate less than two years, would
have been wise to heed Emerson's
advice on the hazard of striking
at kings.
Standing alone in his attack on
Senator johnson at weeks end,
Senator Proxmire could take SOL
ace in another Emerson maxim:
Whose would be a man must be
a on-conformist."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
when you strike at a
king. you must kill him. I"
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Democratic leader of the
United States Senate is vested by
tradition with an aweSome array
Of powers and prerogatives.
He wears an assortment Of hats
and bears an assortment Of titles
unmatched by any congressional
leader of either party.
His position as the leader Of his
party in the Senate is alone
enough to make him one of the
most powerful men in the Capitol.
But he is much more than this.
He is chairman of both the Demo-
cratic Policy and Steering Com
mittees as well.
The first post gives him a de-
ciSive voice in determining the
legislation that reaches the floor
Of the Senate for action. The
second places in his hands the
power to parcel out coveted COM
mittee assignments to fellow Dem
ocrats.
The extent to which he chooses
to employ his diverse powers as
an instrument Of personal leader
ship determines to a large degree
whether he will be regarded as a
strong or weak leader by his
party, and by history.
Lyndon johnson of Texas long
ago made the choice between
strength and weakness.
Now in his seventh year as the
Senate Democratic leader, and his
fifth as the Majority Leader, he
Yields a power rarely matched in
the Senate's 1S0-year history.
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how able, wise or good that Sen
ator may be-" he declared.
The ears of his Democratic col
leagues perked up.
1.-THE typical Democratic Sem
ator has literally nothing to do
with determining the legislative
program and policies of his party
in the Senate" Senator Proxmire
continued with feeling.
AS Republicans sat smiling at
the family fight, he beamed his
attack directly at Senator john
son and announced that he would
make a series Of speeches on the
subject.
II think I can show in the
course Of these speeches that there
never has been q time when power
has been sharply concentrated as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

Soviet leaders were "palpably in
transigent" on Western propo-
sails. He raped the Khrushchev
remarks as emphasizing this in
transigence "at the moment when
the logical purpose Of Mr.. Mac
millan's visit was to try to create
an atmosphere in which negotia-
tons would be possible -"
The attitude Of the United
States and the West, said the
President, must be:
First. that We are not going to
give one single inch in the preser-
walton of our rights. and Of dis
charging our responsibilities in
this particular region. especially
Berlin. There can be no negotia-
ton on this particular point Of
right and Of retention Of respon-
sibility."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

Britain's urbane Prime Minister
Macmillan went TO Moscow last
weekend wearing q Russian-style
fur hat. broad smile. and an ex-
preston Of peaceful co-edstence.
LET us have negotiations and we
shall have peace" he told his
welcomers ct the Moscow Airport.
For q few days there was Q
balminess almost springlike in the
wintry Moscow climate. Foreign
correspondents were Ming glad
tidings Of friendly conversations.
cordial toasts. warm social affairs.
1t was beginning to look as II the
spirit Of Geneva" that all-too-
brief interval Of startling rapport
which followed the summit con-
ference at the Swiss city in 1855.
was about to be reborn.
But. alas. like the 1855 spirit"
which evaporated like any wrath
when dour Vyacheslav Molotov. at
the ensuing Foreign Ministers
Conference, chung grimly to the
old Soviet ''nyet," the 1859 pros
pect also vanished into thin. cold
air.
On Q day when Mr.. Macmillan
and his party, accompanied by
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrea
Gromyko. sped by motorcar caval-
cade to the Soviet atomic city"
Of Dubna, some 90 miles from
Moscow, Premier Khrushchev eff
fectively exercised the spirit"
before it materialized.
While his distinguished British
guest inspected the laboratories
and technical facilities Of Dubna
in innocent qualification that the
visit so far had been so successful,
Mr.. Khrushchev lowered O new.
icy boom. He told an election
rally crowd in the Kremlin's great
halls that the Soviet Union re-
jected the Vests proposal for a
foreign ministers meeting on the
Berlin crisis.
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it is today in the Senate" Senator
Proxmire added.
He complained that the caucus
system Of setting party policy has
been abandoned by Senator john
son. and accused him of debating
policy without bothering to get
the approval of his colleagues.
Here the Senator from Wiscon-
sin was on rather shaky ground.
1t is true that Senator johnson
holds few caucuSes, normally only
one or two a year. This is in the
pattern OF strong" Democratic
leaders and, indeed, has been one
Of its chief distinguishing fea-
lures.
It is not necessarily q mark Of
the dictatorial hand. On the con-
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Khrushchev's BIuntness

The Khrushchev remarks were
obviously planned in advance, for
the speech was broadcast. Besides
rejecting in blunt terms the idea
Of a foreign ministers meeting
as "a waste Of time" the stocky
Soviet leader repeated his earlier
warnings that Russia would go
ahead on its own to turn over
control Of Berlin to the Commu-
mist East German regime.
He also warned that any West
ern attempt to violate the integ-
rity of the German Democratic
Republic win be regarded as q
violation Of the sovereignty Of the
republic and as the beginning Of
war. Soviet troops and Ger
man Democratic Republic troops
stand on German territory and no
one dares violate the border of
the German Democratic Republic
by land, by water, or by air"
Plainly, the Premier was once
again emphasizing that the Com
munist bloc would prevent, by
force Of arms, any Western at
tempt to stand pat in West Berlin,
even by airlift as was successfully
done in the blockade of 1889.
The West, he warned, must decide
to accept the existence of both
East and West Germany and sign
peace treaties with both. If this
were not accepted, he said. then
the Soviet Union would unilater-
ally conclude separate peace
with East Germany. This would
withdraw Soviet occupation forces
from Berlin, and turn over the
four power agreement existing
since l945 to the East German
regime.
The effect Of the Khrushehev
blast on the Macmillan visit was
instantly freezing. The scheduled
talks, social events, and trips
continued; Soviet hospitality was
proper and punctilious. But
there was no question that the
prospects of cordiality on which
successful negotiations might
later be based had disappeared.
On Thursday the Premier and
Mr.. Macmillan met again for
further exploratory talks, but
there was nothing to explore.
Little was said. and nothing &C
complished. When later in the
day Mr.. Macmillan's party left
by air for Kiev in the Ukraine,
Mr.. Khrushchev pleaded a tooth
ache and stayed home.
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grasped the power Of his various
posts with such relish or welded
1t. with such zest.
There have been numerous COM
plants about the johnson power
tactics, particularly among Senate
liberals. but they have been stated
in private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
THE NATIONAL SCENE
A Strange and Unexpected Political Fight

trary, many Senators feel that the
holding of frequent caucuses is
the mark of weak leadership.
Senator johnson has built his
reputation to a large degree on
his ability to employ the man-to-
man approach in building party
unity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
A Senator Speaks

Last Monday Senator Proxmire,
Democrat of Wisconsin, arose on
the floor of the Senate to air his
feelings publicly.
"The junior Senator from Wis
consin wasn't sent to this body to
delegate his authority as Senator
to any other Senator no matter
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Test Ban:
Gloom

Besides administering a heavy
blow to Western hopes for mod
Grafton on Berlin. Mr.. Khru-
shchev's speech Tuesday dimmed
prospects for world ban on nu-
clear weapons testing. The Pre-
mier lambasted Western insist
Continued on Page AIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Rockets:
Life and Death

The life story of Abner Uongie)
Zwillman read like the Horatio
Alger saga of a dead end kid.
Born to poverty, he turned to
Continued on Page AIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01
Eisenhower on Summit

Mr.. Eisenhower repeated the
well-known views of Secretary Of
State Dulles when asked about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

party can stand. he cautioned In
a speech, if they want to elect .
President in 1860.
Evening star., 1959-10-26
Miss Clarke
MdrrieS
Mr.Byington

Mr.. and Mrs. George
Charles Clarke of Belmont" &"
Leesburg, Va, announce the
marriage of their daughter
Dorothy Jeanne to Mr.. HON.
er Morrison Byington, III,
son of United States Am
bassador to Malaga and Mrs.
Byington, jr.
The wedding took place
october % at All Saints
Episcopal Church in Chevy
Chase, Md.
The bride attended Holton
Arms School, the Graham
EckeS College Preparatory
School in Palm Beach, Fla,
and George Washington Uni
versity.
Mr.. Byington was gradu-
ated from Andover Academy
and Yale University. He is
a member of the Yale Club,
the Metropolitan Club and
the Chevy Chase Club. He is
a foreign service officer with
the State Department.
The couple is residing at
the Alban Towers until they
sail November IL for Genoa,
Italy, where Mr.. Byington
will serve as vice consul.
Evening star., 1959-10-26
Engineer Wives
See School

More than 100 wives Of
Army officers toured Fort
Belvoir on Saturday to see
what their husbands are
learning at the United States
Army Engineer School.
A simulated atomic bomb
explosion was one of the
highlights Of the demonstra-
tions shown to the women.
Brig. Gen. John H. Dudley,
assistant commandant of the
school, greeted the women on
their arrival and officers from
the school acted as guides.
Among other demonstra-
tions, the wives examined
floating and fixed bridges
built by the students.
A coffee hour, with Col.
Frank j. Polich, director of
the Department of Mechani-
cal and Technical Equipment,
as host was the social feature
of the trip.
Evening star., 1959-10-26
YOURS
u. S. Army Committee Asks
To Bon Cary Cooper Movie

Secretaries of State Dick
Rubottom and Tom Mann
were at the champagne to-do,
as were Deputy Chiefs of
Protocol Bob Corrigan and
Clement Conger. the Span
ish Ambassador and Countess
de Motrico, Polly Guggen-
helm, the Morris CafritZes,
the president of the Export
Import Bank and Mrs. Sam
Waugh, the Polish AmbasSa-
dor and Nine. Spasowska,
the Dominican Ambassador
and Sonora de Thomen and
Uruguayan Counselor and
Sonora de Palacios, who are
among the more attractive
young diplomatic couples.
FOREIGN MINIST TER
.TORNGREN of Finland, who
said his country sends to
Russia only 18 or 19 per cent
of its exports while Iceland
sends them about 33 per
cent, heads his country's del
egation to the United Ma
tions. He and his wife came
down to Washington just
for the charming dinner in
their honor Friday evening.
1t was quite a dinner. too.
Frederick Reinhardt, coun-
selor of the State Depart
ment, who was circling
Washington in a plane while
the rest of us ate, moaned
when he saw the menu upon
his eventual arrival after
dinner.
The gold-crested cards
read: borScht, filets de sole
"Baumaniere," " faisan (pheas-
anti "charbonniere," Salade,
fromages (cheeses), Char
lotte lapone (rich whipped
cream, cake and cloudberry
DESERT; Pouilly Fuisse 1858,
Chateau Haut-Brion 1858,
Lanson Black Label.
Enjoying this repast were
Chilean Ambassador and
Sonora de Muller, Mrs. Rein
hardt, Chief of Protocol and
Mrs. Wiley Buchanan, the
Sam Pryors down from
Greenwich, Conn; the James
Pomeroy Hendricks, the vice
president of the Export-Im-
port Bank, Lynn Stambaugh;
Axel Serrup, an attractive
bachelor from the Danish
Embassy; Helen Sioussat,
and the AXE Backstroms of
the Finnish Embassy. Mr..
BackStrom is the diplomat
who arrived in Washington
about month ago, rode the
first day in a car that was
demolished in an accident
Evening star., 1959-10-26
RununiQnS
Celebrate

Armed Forces Day of the
Rumanian Peoples Republic
was celebrated last evening at
the nations legation here at
a cocktail party.
The Rumanian Military
Attache and Mrs. Manoliu
and Acting Air Attache and
Mrs. Cucu were hosts at the
informal $50 to $3.50 event.
Evening star., 1959-10-26

1--WE know there is no SOUL"
said the woman, because our
doctors are very clever and
they have examined the
human body thoroughly and
could not find it,"
Fleur Cowles Meyer. in this
country for the opening Of
her exhibit in New York Of
paintings of flowers, whipped
down to Washington for a
brief visit, and will now head
West to visit her family.
She said all As of her
"magic realism" paintings
have been sold and she has
commissions for 35 more.
Her book, 1.-The Case of Sal
vador DALI" which is now a
best-seller in London. will
come out in this country in
April. And she has a new
book in the making, a col
lection of anecdotes relating
to herself. In addition to all
that, she also is getting
ready to put a televised dis
cussion group on a British
network.
THE FIRST LADY of Mic
aragua, the beautiful bru-
net Sonora Isabel de Somoza,
was the guest of honor yes
terday at a reception given
by her sister-in-law, Sonora
de Sevilla Sacasa. and her
husband, the Nicaraguan
Ambassador and dean of the
diplomatic corps.
For the late afternoon af-
fair the two women (between
them the mothers Of Is chill
dren) wore white evening
gowns, Sonora de Somoza'S
handsomely encruSted with
white paillettes. With Gamer
as flashing in front of them
and soft Latin music ema-
mating from a quartet behind
them, they received a num-
ber of the official contingent.
FINNISH AMBASSADOR
AND NINE. SEPPALA, who
entertained at dinner Friday
night in honor of their For
eign Minister Rolf Torngren
and his good-looking wife,
was there. So were the Am
bassador of Mexico and Sem
ora de Carillo-Flores, Aus
tralian Ambassador and Mrs.
Beale, Uruguayan Ambassa-
dor and Sonora de Lacarte,
who will be leaving Washing
ton in two or three months
for a Western European
post, and Philippine Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Romulo.
Perle Mesta was there
chatting with Deputy Under
secretary of State and Mrs.
10y Henderson. Assistant
Evening star., 1959-10-26
By BETTY BEALE
Star STAFF Writer

A United States Army
Committee is recommending
to the high command that
Gary Cooper's newly released
picture, "They Came to Cor
dura," be banned from all
Army posts or troop installa-
tions, Brig. Gen. William
Quinn, Army Chief of Infor-
nation. revealed last evening.
At a party given by Mr..
and Mrs. Marquis Childs for
Fleur Cowles, Gen. Quinn
said he believed the Air
Force and Navy committees
that had received the same
report of the film would
make similar recommended
tionS.
The reason for the criti-
cism is that the film, in the
eyes of the armed services,
degrades Americas highest
decoration, the Congressional
Medal of Honor and conse-
quently will raise doubts in
the minds of the American
people about all holders of
the medal, living and dead.
The Childs' party for Fleur
Cowles, now Mrs. Tom
Meyer of London, drew Gen.
and Mrs. Omar Bradley, Mrs.
Mike Monroney, fresh from
a fascinating tour of Eastern
Europe; Nan McEvoy, the
Dick Wilson's, the Richard
HARNESSES. Paul Melons
philanthropy assistant, Mon
roe Bush, and his pretty
wife; Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Merrill and the Joseph
CaSeyS.
While waiting for her Sem
ator husband to adjourn and
join her in Europe, Mary
Ellen Monroney travele d
through Russia alone and
had the most interesting trip
of her life, she said. She was
in Tiflis, Georgia, when the
Lunik achieved its mission,
but not a single Russian she
talked to mentioned it to her.
She did not even know about
it until she reached Vienna
four days later.
ALTHOUGH THE RUS
SIAN PEOPLE knew about
the Lunik, they seemed to
have little information about
their own Premier, Nikita
Khrushchev, and were eager
to hear about him from an
American.
The StrangeSt comment she
heard, said Mary Ellen, was
made by a Russian woman
in a discussion of religion.
Evening star., 1959-10-26
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