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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
The Kennedy View

The sharp words exchanged by
the two Democrats on the Senate
floor lent an unexpected flavor to
a remark made in q speech to
Democratic women the same day
by another Democratic presidential
contender, Senator Kennedy of
Massachusetts,.
The Democratic Party, he as
serted, has historically Stunned q
display Of unanimity. Discounting
predictions that Democrats will be
riven by factionalism as 1860 APP
proaches, he cited the public feud
carried on without damage to the
party by two of the most famous Of
all Democrats, Thomas Jefferson
and Andrew Jackson.
After jackson accused Jefferson
of cowardice and disdain for the
law, Senator Kennedy recalled,
Jefferson replied:
II am much alarmed at the
prospect Of seeing Gen. Jackson
President. He is one Of the most
unfit men I know Of for such a
place. He has very little respect for
the law. His passions are terrible.
He is a dangerous man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Steel:
Bitterness

Both labor and business can
price themselves out Of the mar
ket with distressing results--labor
with a high rate and no job
and business with a high price
and no sale :"
The speaker was former Secre-
tary Of the Treasury George M.
Humphrey, now chairman Of the
National Steel Corp, and his
words underScored q hardening
of management lines in steel wage
negotiations.
Growing bitterness last week
marked the contract talks be-
tween the Nations IL biggest steel
producers and the United Steel
workers. As Mr.. Humphrey was
addressing his fellow steel execu-
tives at the American Iron and
Steel Institute meeting in New
York, David ]. Mcdonald. presi-
dent of the Steelworkers, was ac-
cusing big Steel" Of bad faith
in the negotiations.
Our discussions have gotten
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
Diplomatic SIowness
Proved at Geneva

look at disengagement in the sum-
mer of 1856.
Harold StaSSen was in the Gov
eminent then, and his disarma-
ment Office devised a set of hypo-
thetical conditions under which,
largely through arms control and
inspection, the West could feel
secure even if NATO and other
American alliances were to afro
ply as one direct result Of dis
engaging.
The ultimate verdict in 1856 was
that under foreSeeable conditions,
diSengagement probaly would be
too dangerous to risk. Neverthe-
less, Mr.. Stassen was allowed to
go to the U. N. Disarmament Sub
committee in the spring of 1857
to see what conditions the Rus
slams were prepared to help create.
Before the exploration could be
taken very far, Mr.. StasSen -
pressing ahead perhaps too eagerly
lost the confidence Of the Brit
ish and French, and had to be, or
was, disavowed. Thereafter the
Russians dynamited the subcom-
mittee and negotiations were
broken of.
1t was at this point in the his
torical narrative that the Geneva
conference Of May, 1859, began.
The Reel Background
What Geneva really is all about
could be put many ways. But per-
haps the best way would be this:
At Geneva the West is trying to
find out what compensating con-
tribution to Western security and
European stability Russia would be
prepared to make if the West, for
its part, agreed to release its pres
sure to roll back the Soviet empire
beyond Germany, 1isengaging in
stead from contact with that
empire
In other words; What price dis
engagement?
The Western asking price is
German unity within NATO.
measures to bar surprise attack.
and such extensive inspection as
to tear the Iron Curtain to shreds,
perhaps setting currents of free
thought at work in undermining
the basis Of Soviet tyranny.
If all this were done, the West
has said it would make what is
now East Germany kind Of neu-
trail zone at the center of buffer
area in all of which there would
be arms ceilings and mutual in
Spection.
The Soviet answer has been to
demand disagreement on the
basis Of a divided and inpotent
Germany. refusing to pay any sig
nif1cant price at all, except per-
haps agreement to a test ban.
which is really not much of a
concession to the West.
It will take time to reconcile
these concepts. The glacier will
not crack up or melt over a week
end.
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Kentucky:
Not Happy

The 3612 votes polled by Gov.
A. B. Happy Chandler of Ken
lucky at the 1856 Democratic con-
vention were not enough to make
him a serious contender for the
White House. They were, however,
a measure Of his tight control
over the 80 Kentucky delegates.
1t had been Happy Chambers
hope to control Kentucky's votes
again at next years nominating
convention.
His hopes were dashed last week
by the decisive defeat of his pro-
tege, 1t. Gov. Harry Lee Water
field, in Kentucky's gubnatorial
primary. The victor was Bert T..
Combs, who was backed by former
Senator Earle c. Clements, Mr..
Chambers arch-enemy in Ken
tucky's faction-ridden Democratic
politics and director of the DEM
ocratic Senatorial Campaign Com
mittee.
The victory of the Clements
forces leaves Mr.. Chandler, barred
by law from seeking reelection as
Governor, without power or posi-
ton to influence Kentucky's dele
cation to the 1860 Democratic
convention.
The likeliest beneficiary among
Democratic presidential aspirants
appeared to be Lyndon Johnson,
an old friend Of Mr.. Clements
who may control the 1860 Ken
lucky delegation as tightly as
Happy Chandler ruled the 1856
delegates.
While the Senate Majority
Leader continues to disavow
presidential ambitions, his chances
of winning the nomination are
generally considered to- have i'm
proved in recent months, though
Senator Kennedy of MasSaollu-
sets remains the front-runner.
If Mr.. Combs becomes the new
Governor of Kentucky, as ex-
pected, he will be the titular head
of the States delegation to the
1860 nominating convention. Ac-
cording to reports circulating in
washington last week, he is
ready to join Mr.. Clements in
backing a johnson boom at the
convention, If such a boom ma
terializes.
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THE NATIONAL SCENE

absolutely nowhere. There has
been an absolute refusal by the
companies to bargain in good
faith" he told a National Press
Club luncheon.
The steel producers have thus
far stood firm on their proposal
for a one-year wage freeze to curb
imitation. The union is asking a
substantial wage boost and wide
range Of other benefits for $780,
900 steelworkerS.
The sharp talk from both sides
last week left prospects gloomier
than ever for averting a national
steel strike when the unions pres
emit contract expires June 80.
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The Senate.
Lion and Gnot

When Wisconsin's junior Sena-
tor, William Proxmire. attacked
Lyndon johnson on the Senate
floor. last February, the Democra-
tic leader reacted like a lion buzzed
by a gnat.
To Senator Proxmire's charge
that Senate Democrats had no say
in determining their party's legis-
lative policy. Senator johnson
made no reply.
He held his silence for three
months. until last Thursday. Then
Lyndon Johnson, who rarely dis
plays his temper on the Senate
floor, made it clear that the lion
had not forgotten the gnat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31
BY WILLIAM r. FRYE
Contributing Writer

UNITED NATIONS, N. "
Diplomacy is often likened to an
iceberg in that fully six-sevenths
of it is below the surface, invisible
to the unaided eye. Geneva has
reminded the world of another
respect in which the iceberg is an
apt smile: Diplomacy moves with
glacial Slowness.
The EaSt-West conformation
which began this month in Geneva
is the first stage in a process
which probably will last for years.
1t could last decades. The lice
age" of the cold war is ending
and the glacier is beginning to
melt away.
1t should not surprise anyone,
therefore, that in the first few
weeks the respective peace plans
have been miles apart, there has
been little or no sign of give and
take, and both sides seemed pre-
occupied with selling their cases
to world opinion.
This initial stage-the Sparring,
the process of feeling each other
out-may well take all summer.
Agreement Not Expected
No one in a position to know
really expected Soviet Foreign
Minister Gromyko to agree readily
to negotiate on the basis of the
Western package plan, or to &C
cept the Identification of Ger
many in freedom, or to strip away
the Iron Curtain and invite in
U. N. inspectors.
What Mr.. Gromyko has done
has been enough to let the initi-
ated hear the rumble and crack of
inner riffs and assures.
He has repeatedly expressed
anxiety over the prospect that
West Germany may get atomic
weapons - thus enhancing the
value of one key Western bargain
ing asset, namely, the capacity to
give or withhold West Germany's
atomic capability.
The Soviet Foreign Minister has
expressed interest in the curbs the
West would propose to place on
the military might Of a reunited
Germany, inplying-or at least
inviting the Intermediate under
some conditions Moscow conceiv-
ably might be prepared to see
Germany reunited, even though it
would mean rolling back the Iron
Curtain to the Polish German
frontier.
He has also shown interest in
Western ideas on European secur-
ity-as well he might, since they
hint, if very distantly, at a will
ingness to undertake a kind Of
disagreement If all the condi-
tons. including German reunif1-
cation, were right.
The National Security Council
in Washington had its first hard
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vote margin after rancorous hear
ings.
Senator Anderson, Democrat Of
New Mexico, whose personal feud
with Mr.. Strauss lit the fuse to
the confirmation controversy. in
dictated he would make full use
of the new issue on the Senate
floor. He predicted it might in
fluence. the votes of some Senators
who have withheld Judgment up
to this point on the Strauss case.
A Com m cree Department
spokesman later denied that Mr..
Erpf had been definitely selected
for the post. The financier was
described as only one Of several
persons under consideration to
head some aspect Of the transpor-
tation study.
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who don't get their way to put
the blame on the leadership"
Then he added in cutting tones:
1T does not take much courage,
I may say, to make the leadership
a punching bag"
AS to Senator ProXmire's charge
that he employed "one-man rule"
over Senate Democrats. Senator
johnson said:
This one-man-rule stuff is a
myth.
This theory that one man is
able to tell GA other Senators how
they shall vote does not exist. We
ought to expose this fraud for what
IL iS -
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couldn't remember whether We
stayed there two summers or Just
one. II Just one. 1t would have to
be 1902. Pop also wrote that the
pictures were taken by Miss Nor
ton, and that it was the Loving
Cottage, Maple avenue. I remem-
Der Mr.. Loving (although only 5
at the time) but he escaped Will
liam's memory. William wasn't
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must have been the Nicholas or
mid-block house.
Please write me again and help
us decide which house it was.
Several Of the oldest residents will
sleep uneasily until they find out.
I must confess. too. that the news
papers are interested. ] have said
there could be no story until I
have heard from you again.
E. A.
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How 1t Started

In otherwise lack-luster debate
on District Of Columbia appropria-
tions, Senator Proxmire rose to
side with Senator Gore. Demo-
crat of Tennessee. in a complaint
that Democrats had no overall
economic policy"
Mr.. johnson replied that it has
become the practice for Senators
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31

In this correspondence Mr.. Thurber's
letters ore given almost in full. Mrs.
Aeosto's hove been condensed, except
fer the first one. M. Thurber's
newest book, THE Ieon With Ross"
q story Of the late Harold Ross. editor
Of the New Yorker. hos just been
published.
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Falls Church
December II, 1858

Dear Mr.. Thurber:
The entire town is on its ear.
Where on Maple avenue did you
live? I've been in touch with
everyone. There we're, we're pretty
sure, only three houses standing
on Maple avenue in 1901. One was
at the far end Of the street, closer
to the crossroads Of the village. It
is now the LeFevre house-a large
frame house with a tower effect
on the second floor. The next one.
the Nicholas house, is in the mid
die Of the block, a very large af-
fair. which once had porches on
both floors. The third is at the
corner closest to the railway
tracks. This is now the Wright
house. We figure 1t must have been
one Of these. The picture would
settle this once and for all.
I first called woman who
moved on the street as a bride in
1908. She was very excited be-
cause she thought I'd had letter
from Edna Ferber (She loved $50
BiglD. We got down to cases after
a bit and she said you would have
to have lived on our side of Maple
If you had deep yard. Mr.. Lee
Fevre, who moved into his house
In 1921. insists he had seckel pear
trees, although the Misses SIAM
baugh. his neighbors on Great
Falls street. say not. The Misses
Stambaugh Josephine and Annie
May have lived here all their lives
and they are older than the
Messrs. Thurber. They say the
McInturffs, who owned the Le-
Fevre House In 1901, did not rent
u for the summer. They say it
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West Cornwall, Conn.
January 8, 1859


Dear Betty:
In this mornings mail I got the
following stuff on the Maple Ave-
nue. mystery from my brother
Robert:
81 have pictures of the house.
frame of course. one closeup
showing Nom and us three boys
sitting on the porch. The other
was taken from a distance with
William standing on the porch
with a stick in his hand. A neigh
Dor girl is sitting in a chair behind
him. At the other end Of the porch
Nom is sitting in chair and
Jamie and are sitting on steps in
front of her. All of this informa-
ton was written on the back Of
the pictures by Pop. The date was
August 1902, not 1901. William
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Unfortunately for the quest,
the description in this letter
matched every house on Maple
avenue at the time and the
name Loving Cottage actually
confused the situation more.
At this point Mrs. AcoSta tele-
phoned Mr.. Thurber for pic
tures.)
Falls Church
March 16, 1859
Dear Mr.. Thurber:
AS I told you over the telephone,
confusion has reigned since your
last letter. The phrase Loving cot
tage" seemed to confound everyone.
One authority insisted that the
Loving cottage was on Park ave-
nue.. Another said it was on
Broad street. Someone gave me
the name Of Bill Loving whose
family had lived in Falls Church
at the turn Of the century. He
wrote his father who is rs and
would have been 18 or so in
1901. This is what he said: The
Lovings lived all over Falls Church
in the 40 years they lived here.
They lived on Maple avenue from
1895 until 1910-but-they lived in
what is known as the Ogg house.
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West Cornwall, Conn.
November 90. 1858

November 20. 1858
Dearest Elizabeth:
don't think you know about
all the houses I've lived in, be-
cause one Of them was a house
on Maple avenue in Falls Church,
Va. This was 81 years ago, in
the summer Of 1901, when my
father had q job in Washington.
My mother couldn't stand the
heat Of the city and so we rented
this house on Maple avenue, but
I can't remember the number now.
It was there that, one Sunday, I
was struck in the left eye by an
arrow fired by my older brother.
He was seven, and I was six, and
Robert was four. and I'm sure We
all threw up together, too. My
father was on a fishing trip, of
course, when I got hurt. 1t is too
late now for you to assassinate the
doctor, who must have died years
ago, and who did not have the
left eye removed soon enough.
The operation was finally done by
the great DR.. Swami Burnett,
whose wife, a dozen years earlier.
had written Little Lord Faunt-
leroy"
When I was a code clerk in the
State Department in 1918 / went
back to the house on Maple ave-
nue., and it seemed pretty much
the same. We had q big back
yard and an apple orchard, and
there were some seckel pear trees.
Our best apples were big yellow
ones called Sleeps Nose. A
quarter Of mile from our house
was q big estate with a winding
driveway. called The Evergreens.
and q family named McSween
lived there. My brother Robert,
now Civilian was IS in Oc-
tober-still has some photos Of
the Maple avenue house, ] think.
and If he has. III send them to
you. A lot of good things as well
as bad happened in that house.
Falls Church was quiet little
village then, and often wonder
what it has become.
My wife Helen and I both loved
your letter. one Of the best and
funniest I have ever got. and we
have shown it to all our friends.
I love your loving me and I love
you, too.
Thanks again for your lovely
letter, and I hope hear from you
again. And my love to your hus-
band and children, as well as you.
Cordially yours,
JAMES THURBER
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the World Bank and lives in
Paris. Washington was also the
home Of my favorite American
Of this century, the late Elmer
Davis, to whom I dedicated my
last book of fables.
I always think fondly Of Wash
ington and Falls Church, and
have enough memories Of both
places, most Of them fond, to
fill book. Love to you and all
the other Acostas from Helen and
me. AS ever,
JIM THURBER
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Mr.. James Thurber.
West Cornwall, Conn.
Mas M r-,,,,rh.~.

-
Dear Mr.. Thurber:
Because I feel that / know you
% well--knowing. as ! do, the
houses in which you've lived. your
brothers. your parents, your maids
and your dogs--I feel that / may
make bold and tell you ! love you.
am getting old and fat, my
last permanent didn't take. my
five children have been throwing
UP for days. singly and in pairs.
my husband Is at convention at
some posh hotel and I'm sorry for
myself, see? Il was In this mood
that ] went 10 bed last night. like
Niobe. all tears. With my last
ounce Of strength opened your
latest collection, Alarms and
Diversions" and / laughed Did
you hear what / said? I
LAUGHED. My children came in
to see what this strange sound
was. and they laughed. They love
you, too.
N$4A1 AAAs AbCAe w yO0 ACoAAJ
know how good you are? Have
you ever written q bad or clumsy
liner Have you ever failed to see
the half-sad humor Of any situa-
tion2 I doubt 1t.
This is the first fan letter I
have ever written. edo all your
correspondents say thisO I know
other writer's I enjoy. many Of
them friends Of yours. I've ale
ways been sorry / didn't write
John McNulty. God rest his soul.
and certainly Z. b. White Is very
fine. But 1t is you i truly love.
And now ! have told you SO, and
I'm glad.
feel that I am in your debt
and If there Is anything I can do
for you, you have but to ask. I
cannot imagine what this might
be-. but / live quite near WASH
ington and perhaps ] could assas-
sinate someone for you.
ELIZABETH C. ACOSTA
(MRS. r. j., jr.)
1923 Maple avenue
Falls Church, Va.
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With Thurber A Correspondent,

49, ~uuS~
The Lovings subleased the house
for three summers while they
sojourned In Westmoreland
Courtyard here is where the
Thurbers must have entered the
picture.
He went on with the names OF
the immediate neighbors (Crocker
the postmaster was next door and
Andrew Smith with the Southern
Railroad was across the street,.
All this has enabled me to pin 1t
down almost for sure as the
Nicholas house which is next door
to me.
The only doubt now is one
neighbours insistence that the
Loving cottage was on Park av-
enue. So, II could see the picture
1t would stop all conversation.
e. A.
This letter contained q ref
erence to an invitation to Mr..
Thurber to visit Falls Church
and to speak to the Friends
Of the Library Of which Mrs.
AcoSta Is chairman.
April 8, 1859
Dear Betty:
I still love you. too. I also love
your husband. that enemy Of the
friends Of the library. Friends of
libraries from Lampasas, Tex, to
Westport, Conn.,, keep after me to
come down, or up, and speak. I
have to turn down such requests,
only taking on one or two things
every five years, such as the dedi-
cation speech at the opening Of
the new English Building at Ohio
State this fall. That university is
full Of animal husbandry buildings
and ] must do the dedication talk,
since the building will be named
after the late Prof. Joe Denney.
who once said millions for ma
nure, J, but not one cent for litera-
I am asking my brother in Co
lumbus to have a photostat made
OF our snapshots of the Falls
Church cottage, that now cele-
brated controversial house. don't
think he will give up the originals
even to you, but the reproductions
will serve just as well.
I liked your description Of the
effect of good news lin a previous
letter.. 1t puts me in mind of a
favorite quotation of Elmer Davis.
which I hope can get right, How
beautiful upon the mountain are
the feet of those bearing good
tidings." Good tidings are as rare
as whooping cranes.
Cordially, as ever.
JIM THURBER
April "a
Dear Betty:
Here is the evidence (pictures),
exhibits A and B, 1902 and 1918.
Robert says he will kill us both il
they are not returned the way
they will arrive, and in the same
container.
Love, in haste,
JIM THURBER
Friend of the enemy of the
friends Of the library.
The photographs ended the dis
cussion. The Thurbers had lived
in the Ogg House, though they
knew it as the Loving Cottage, and
present-day Falls Church knows
it only as the Nicholas House. 1t
has been remodeled many times.
1t is next door to Mrs. AcoSta.
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The photographs ended the dis
cussion. The Thurbers had lived
in the Ogg House, though they
knew it as the Loving Cottage, and
present-day Falls Church knows
it only as the Nicholas House. 1t
has been remodeled many times.
1t is next door to Mrs. AcoSta.
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This letter contained a ref
erence to an invitation to Mr..
Thurber to visit Falls Church
and to speak to the Friends
Of the Library Of which Mrs.
AcoSta Is chairman.
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April "a

Dear Betty:
Here is the evidence (pictures).
exhibits A and B, 1902 and 1918.
Robert says he will kill us both il
they are not returned the way
they will arrive, and in the same
container.
Love, in haste,
rrur THHTTDDED
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