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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
When Is Nepotism Justified?

see. Some members Of Con-
gress have put relatives on
the payroll as once assist
ants at salaries ranging from
$4,000 to $1,000 q year. Do
these employees give full time
TO their work? How much Of
this money Is q gift Of public
funds? To whom should
members Of Congress be ac-
countable on such things?
The leaders Of the Demo-
cratic Party who are so quick
to denounce any conflict Of
interest" on the part Of ON
cials in the Executive Branch
Of the Government have done
nothing to ferret out the
facts about the use Of public
funds for campaign purposes
when temporary employees in
large numbers are put on the
payroll Of members Of Con-
gress.
An inquiry by Congress into
made as to the conflict Of
interest" In those cases where
members Of Congress whose
campaigns have been A.
nanced by labor-union groups
still feel they have a right
to cast a vote on pending
labor legislation. Judges on
the bench disoualify them
selves II they hold stock In
any company appearing be-
fore them In court. Yet
several members Of Congress
accept labor-union funds for
their campaigns, though the
Federal law says contribu-
tons by any labor union or
corporation to the election
of members Of Congress are
forbidden.
An inquiry by Congress into
its own household affairs has
long been overdue. Unless
soon begun. the cry will be-
come Nationwide that peo-
pie in glass houses shouldn't
throw stones. and Congress
will be handicapped as 1t
faces It's duty to investigate
any conflict Of interest"
cases happening outside as
well as inside congressional
Offices.
tcopyrikht, 1851
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
Congressman Believed Misusing Funds,
But No Inquiry to Fix Blame Is in Sight

This means that some men,
bers could put on as many
as $50 personal workers at
Government expense during
q campaign. How many mem
bers did this In the last cam
paign? The public has a right
to know. Wasn't this. after
all, a campaign contribution
made with public money?
Putting relatives on the
payroll is an old custom. In
some instances the employees
have been qualified. as In the
case of wives who had previ-
ously served In q secretarial
capacity. But who Is to be the
Judge? Who represents the
public interest In deciding
those cases on their merits?
Should any member put his
son or daughter on the pay
roll while such persons are
students attending school
and when they obviously can
not give their whole time to
the job? Would the people Of
the State or district say no
other person was as well
qualified for the post?
Plainly, since no machinery
exists through committees Of
Congress for passing on such
cases. 1t is natural for the
public to accept the infer
ences being made In the
press.
Basically. the American
people are sensitive to
scandal in public Office. The
scandals" during the Tru-
man administration helped to
defeat the Democrats in 1852.
In recent months the Demo-
Gratis have been trying to pin
the corruption" label on the
Republicans by emphasizing
the Sherman Adams episode,
though there has never been
W vered the slightest proof
Of corruption on his part. He
himself admitted he had been
"imprudent" because he had
not looked a gift horse in the
mouth.
But in the recent cases the
evidence Is plain enough to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
SkiIls Required to Get Best Results
Quite Unlike Those Needed in Industry

in the labyrinths, literal and
otherwise. Of the Pentagon.
It seems to this observer,
however, that there is an
even more basic point: The
Pentagon. though superficial
ly the Government depart
ment most nearly compar-
able to the great industrial
corporations. is actually the
department most clearly il
Illustrating why businessman
methods win not work In
most governmental affairs.
Problems Are Not Alike
The great trouble. In a
word, is not simply a too
rapid turnover in the busi-
nessman heads Of Defense.
1t is that these are not the
right heads in the first place.
The relationship between
running the Pentagon and
running an industrial con-
Germ is more apparent than
real. The fundamental prob
lens Of industry are produc-
ton and sales. The proper
method is prudence for ulti-
mate profit. The fundamen-
tai problems Of the Defense
Department are the uses of
production. These uses are
not and cannot be prudent:
indeed they are essentially
imprudent-that is, daring
and full Of costly innova-
tions.
What are required are I'M
avoidably wasteful and con-
sciously competitive and
overlapping production sys-
TENS the ultimate goal Of
which is not profit or even
order as such but simply mill
tary strength.
BY law we cannot, and we
should not. have q Secretary
of Defense who is a profess
sional military man. All the
same, the Secretary of De-
Tense must have at bottom
the same single overmaster-
ing concern Of any field COM
mander: To have plenty Of
weapons to shoot and trained
men to shoot them in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Cyprus Accord lisa BIowto KremIin

Cyprus issue on terms ac-
ceptable to both and to the
Cypriots as well, NATO can
face up to Soviet challenges.
Even the militant national
ism of the pan-Arab Nasser-
ties must now reckon with a
West that no longer suffers
from the disunity attending
the Cyprus question.
There has been speculation
that the new rapport between
Ankara and Athens might
bring about a revival Of the
Balkan Alliance between
Turkey, Greece. and Tito's
Yugoslavia. At this writing.
however. 1t is quite safe to
assume that the military as
poets Of the alliance will not
be revived. Cultural. eco
nomic. and other similar ties
will be strengthened. newt
ably. But the Yugoslavs are
now more neutralist than
ever, and the determination
of Tito to keep out of any
military grouping, whether
West or East, will prevent
, the rehabilitation Of the
military alliance for the fore
seeable future.
American policymakers are
not neglecting the oppor,
tunity- afforded by the sue
cessful termination of the
fostering Cyprus issue. Once
again the West has demon
stratei to the colonial and
formerly colonial world that
Moscow's worn-out charges
of Imperialism are completely
without validity. Even Mas
ser is impressed, and the
prospects for a further thaw-
ing Of the 1ong-frigid rela-
lions between the United
Arab Republic and the West
are much enhanced.
1t is to be hoped sincerely
that the illness Of Secretary
Of State Dulles will not slow
down the necessary efforts to
rebuild the Vests fences in
the Arab world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
DORIS ELEEsON
The Loyal Opposition's Dilemma

White House as his sounding
board. It is the best in the
world. Democrats speak with
many voices and there will
inevitably be differences
among them.
An immensely difficult
amalgam Of craftsmanship
and politics is indicated for
all the Democratic leaders. 1t
is very probably going to
separate the men from the
boys in unlooked-for ways.
1t probably is fortunate
that the man in dead center,
Chairman Fulbright of the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, cannot be num-
bered among the presidential
aSpirants. His Arkansas base
led him to choose reaction on
civil rights; he is a signer of
the Southern Manifesto.
Effectively he has, like Kan
sas City In the song, gone
about as far as he can go.
His future now rests with
his capacity and industry in
his present post. He has only
just inherited 1t from the
aged. failing Senator Green
Of Rhode Island, precisely
because Green could not lead.
Senator Fulbright is speak
ing the language of prudence
about a conflict with the
Executive Branch on foreign
policy. But 1t would be i'm
possible to exaggerate the
strength Of his feeling that
the present policy is one vast
pitfall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

President has altered the cli-
mate somewhat by a show Of
strength In the last few weeks
when 1t finally had to be adj
mitted that Secretary Of
State Dulles was seriously Ill.
But public confidence when it
has once been shaken in mat
tiers Of this kind is not easily
regained.
The Democrats, who are
nothing If not keen politi-
clans, are insure on two
counts--how long it will take
the country to scent the
change and whether the
President can and will keep
II up.
They know how difficult it
would be for them technically
and Enthusiastically to force
changes In the Eisenhower
budget direction. They see
clearly the political danger to
them.
For If they decide to split
with him by demanding new
missile programs and unbal-
ancing the budget they must
not only be right, they must
appear to be right in the eyes
Of the voter in the short run.
That short run. of course, is
to them the time elapsing be-
tween now and l960-or con.
ceivably between now and
Armageddon.
The President speaks with
a single voice and has the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

The spectacular. and GER
tainly gratifying settlement
Of the Cyprus question has
dealt the Kremlin one Of the
greatest blows 1t has ever
received In the long years
Of deliberate fishing in troub-
led waters. At the same time,
the Cyprus accord has put
new, massive. and sturdy
stone into the bastions Of
NATO.
At the least, the settlement
Of the bloody. senseless con-
flict on that once-placid
Mediterranean island has
ended an embarrassing episode
for the West. At the most.
the Cyprus agreement. reach
ed essentially by the indivi-
dual efforts Of Greece and
Turkey. may pave the way
In time for a political con-
cord Of those two once-hostile
nations that could conceivably
approach political confedera-
ton.
The ending Of the Cyprus
discord and the establishment
Of an independent republic
on the island. In which the
Greek majority will share the
responsibilities of govern
ment with the Turkish mi
nority. means to the Atlantic
alliance the re-establish-
ment Of its vitality important
outpost in the Eastern Medi-
terranean. The London agree
ment. in one swift stroke, re-
moved the biggest single
weakness Of the Western posi-
ton in the entire Middle
East.
There have been. of course,
the usual diatribes in the
Soviet press and over Radio
Moscow's broadcasts. The
Cyprus settlement. say the
Russian propagandists. was
the result Of American i'm
perialist pressure on Turkey
and Greece. Those two ma
tons. both members Of NATO,
are represented as reluctantly
reaching an agreement under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

The cherished legend that
any and all large public af-
fairs are best directed "by
businessmen with business
like methods" is collapsing
before our eyes.
The bankruptcy of this no.
ton is being shown in the
very agency which is the
largest buyer and affords the
greatest opportunity for a
certain managerial skill. But
1t is a skill quite different
from that required in busi-
ness, and this is where the
rub comes.
This agency is the Depart
ment of Defense. In spending
$40 billion a year it dwarfs
our biggest private corpora
tons And on its proper func-
tioning rests the physical
survival Of the United States.
The second Of the big bust
nessmen to head Defense in
the Eisenhower adminiStra-
ton. Neil McElroy. has given
notice that he Is unlikely 20
last out the Administrators
own tenure. He is understood
to feel that he must fairly
soon return to private life
unless ne is to sacrifice an
income running to six figures
for the $4,000 pay of the
Secretary of Defense.
2 Kinds Of Labyrinths
Mr.. McElroy has been one
Of the country's great busi-
ness success stories-soap
and allied products in his
case So. too. was his pre-
decesSor here, Charles E.
Wilson, the former president
Of General Motors.
Much has been soundly
said that handing the De-
Tense post about from one
corporation executive to an
other is a poor way to run
a railroad. There is special
point in this observation
since this particular railroad,
the Defense Department, is
so immense that anybody
needs at least two years
simply to know his way about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
Massive New Strength Put Into NATO
With Signal Victory in Middle East

the whiplash Of Washington.
The Cypriots. the Communist
legend goes on, are once
again the victims Of colonial
ism and imperialist exploita-
ton, this time made in the
U. S. A. instead Of Britain.
And. Of course. the fact that
the British, by the terms Of
the Cyprus agreement. retain
full control Of their military
bases on the island is made
much Of by the Moscow
Spokesman.
But the Red carping can
not obscure the fact that the
free world. for the first time
in a long and weary decade.
has scored a signal triumph
In that most vital area Of
the world. the Middle East.
western victories there,
whether against militant
Nasserism or subversive Com
munism, have been notably
lacking.
Since any action In inter-
national affairs must have its
corresponding reaction. 1t is
notfsurprising that the
Kremlin. almost too obviously.
has begun tightening, the
screws on Iran. Here the aim
is two-fold: First, to force.
If possible, the withdrawal Of
Iran from the Baghdad Pact,
and second, to create the
conditions essential to justify
direct Soviet intervention in
Iranian affairs.
But with NATO'S Eastern
Mediterranean bastions re-
paired and bolstered, the West
does not need to accept the
Soviet intrigues and naked
presSures in Iran as, for ex-
ample, it had to accept these
things in last summers raq
revolt. Today, with Turkey
and Greece reconciled to a
practical settlement of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
WILLIAM S. WHITE
Defense Is Not Like Big Business

most efficient, but not neces-
sarily the least costly and
most prudent. way.
Can't Quite Mesh
It Is at this vital point that
no typical big businessman,
however honorable and able
in his own field. can ever
quite humanity esh as
Secretary Of Defense with the
military professionals. And
it is their fighting and COM
mand skills that in the end
are the truly vital factors
in national security. Business
Is one thing, and q good thing.
Security Is quite another
thing. Il Is not useful to
attempt to compare q pear
ana a porcuptne.
For while "The Brass" have
the highest respect in theory
for private enterprise, they
are like all professionals
everywhere. It is the art that
comes firSt--and last. too
and in this case 1t is the art
Of war. Not even the most
sound Of normally business
like considerations must get
into the way Of this.
The real Job Of a Secretary
of Defense. in short. is this:
l. To get for the services
the money they really need
or resign in the attempt.
2. To crack down on them
instantly when they try to
intrude beyond their own pro-
fessional sphere.
8. But to stay out Of their
way on matters of strategy
and tactics and the employ
ment Of weapons, which these
professionals have devoted
lifetime careers to learning.
It Is a job not for a bust
nessman but for a master
politician A politician who
can lead and persuade; keep
a hard grip upon policy but
a very relaxed grip upon OPP
erations. Good politicians are
no more and no less noble
than businessmen. 1t Just
happens that they don't care
much about money but are
endlessly interested in power
and policy. This is the kind
Of drive that is needed at the
civilian top in the Pentagon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
DAVID LAWRENCE

Integrity transcends every
other issue with the Aneri-
can people. They resent any
misuse Of their money by
public officials and usually
defeat at the polls any candi-
date who is mixed up with
what they believe to be Q
public scandal.
Last week the Democratic
Party. which Is in control Of
Congress. got a black eye with
the American people. Stories
telling how newly elected
members Of Congress put
their relatives ON the public
payroll, irrespective Of their
qualifications, we're spread on
many front pages from coast
to coast. One member rented
the front porch Of dis own
house back home and charged
the Government for it.
This same Democratic ma
jority In Congress frowned on
Sherman Adams because he
accepted O gift Of hotel lodg-
ings and q vicuna coat-not
paid for by any public funds
even though he did no more
than write routine letters of
inquiry to governmental
agencies about the cases Of
the donor in question.
But today it is the peoples
money which is being mis-
used. and. from all appear
ances. the Democratic-con-
trolled Congress isn't going to
do anything about it-not
even set up a special COM
mittee to investigate all such
cases and pronounce judy
ment on those that are on
the level and those that
aren't.
There are abuses which APP
proach scandal in the pres
ent system. A member Of
Congress can hire as tempo
rary aides for $50 or SIS a
month any Of his constituents
for the period Just before
election. This comes out of
his Office allowance for per-
sonnet based on the popula-
ton Of his district or State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09
U.S.. Aid to Paraguay
Is Defended by Envoy

have not even been uncrated
because most Of the land Is not
suited for mechanical cultiva-
ton.
They need plows and equip
ment for oxen first then, later
tractors" Mr.. Ploeser said
This country can be developed
into an agricultural gold mine
II they move slowly and don''
get impatient. Experts say
Paraguay has such good soil
climate and water that It could
feed 20 million people eventu.
ally"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-09

ASUNCION. Paraguay. Mar.
10 tAP) United States aid to
Paraguay is carefully controlled
and Is not going into the pock-
cts Of government officials.
United States Ambassador
Walter Ploeser says.
Opponents Of President Al
fredo Stroessner in Paraguay
are bitter about aid the United
States has given this small In
terror country Of Ia million
people.
They claim 1t has enabled
Gen. Stroessner to remain IN
the saddle. and that much Of
the aid has funneled into the
pockets Of corrupt officials Of
the Paraguayan government.
Accounting Given
This is absolutely not true. "
said Mr.. Ploeser in an inter-
view. The United States has
given Paraguay total of about
$23.5 million in aid through
loans and grants.
Lets examine what this aid
Is" added Mr.. Ploeser, q st.
Louis businessman.
Mine million has gone toward
providing a system Of running
water for Asuncion (even those
who criticize United States aid
here say this is a worthwhile
project). Eight million Of that
was spent for equipment from
the United States, which we
know went into the project.
and enc million for local sal
aries. This wasn't enough TO
pay all the local salaries so the
Paraguayan government had to
make UP the difference.
zone million went to seven
Mennonite colonies here for
farming equipment and ma
chimes to develop agriculture.
I'm not about to criticize the
honesty Of the Mennonites."
SIS Million for Road
1.-TWO and a half million
went to ard-top the road from
Asuncion to the town Of Presi-
dent Stroesner on the Brazilian
border. They provided the labor
through the Army Engineers
and we supervised the funds
put up.
"Five and a half million is a
standby sterilization loan put
up by the United States Treas
ury after the International
Bank granted Paraguay a loan
when they initiated currency
reforms two years ago. That
money is supervised by an In
ternational Bank employee who
has an office in the Paraguayan
Central Bank"
Mr.. Ploeser added that SIS
million went to build an airport
and that he got an additional
100000 from the Export Inn
port Bank so that Jets could
land there.
Pan American Always will
be here with Jets in a few
months and Braniff says they
will be here with Jets before
the year is out. he said.
"a two million dollar =
plus loan went to the Interna-
tional Products Corporation
here, which is owned by United
States and Dutch interests for
plants, agricultural equipment
and material to stimulate ex-
ports" Mr.. Ploeser said. This
was a loan from the Develop
ment fund to private enter
prise.
And finally, about a million
and a half went to aid for
public health, medicines, agri-
cultural aids and such which
went where 1t was supposed to
60. That's all the aid, and we
kept an eye on all Of 1t.
Remember" he said. this
money is loan and not gift.
and Paraguay has never failed
to pay back an international
loan in its history"
Mr.. Ploeser said mistakes
have been made in the past in
aid to Paraguay. He recalled
that the United States sent
tractors here years ago which
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12
st. Peters Church

Services at St. Peters Epis-
copal Church on the fifth Sun
day in Lent, Passion Sunday,
March Is have been announced
by the rector, the Rev. F. sgd
ney Bancroft, as follows: Holy
Communion, 8 am; Church
School, 10 am. Morning prayer
and sermon, ii am. The topic
at the final in the course of SER
mons on the Occasional Offices
of the Church will be 'In Sure
and Certain Hope" Christian
Burial. The first activity plan
ned by the St. Peters Fellow
ship Group will be a square
dance and box social in the re-
creation room of the Church
School House on Saturday,
March IA at 7:30 pm.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12
Asbury Methodist Church

The Rev. w. H. Revelle, Jr.,
minister, announces services at
Asbury Methodist Church for
Sunday, as follows: Churc h
School, with classes for all ages,
10 am; Morning worship, fifth
Sunday in Lent, IL am. Nursery
for toddlers during the service.
At. $50 pm, intermediate
Youth Fellowship and Senior
Youth Fellowship will meet. Ev-
ening service, 7:30 pm. Wom-
ans Society of Christian Service
general assembly meeting, Tues
day, March II, 7:30 pm. The
program, with the theme mid
die East Pilgrimage" will be
presented by Mrs. Thomas Rus
sell. On Wednesday, March Is,
$50 pm, Church membership
class for youth; 7::30 pm, Sen
ior Choir rehearsal. Thursday,
March l9, 7:30 pm, Commun-
ion Youth Choir rehearsal. On
Friday, March 20, $3.50 pm, the
Junior Choir will rehearse.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12
Haskell Accepts
Craftsmanship For
POtluck' Dinner

Former U. S. Rep. Harry G.
Haskell, Jr., has accepted the
general chairmanship of the Del
Mar-Va Boy Scout Councils
first annual ''Potluck" dinner to
be held Saturday, May 8, in the
State Armory at Tenth and Du-
Pont Streets, Wilmington.
Council leaders are planning
for the dinner to be the biggest
affair ever held in this area for
Scouters and their wives.
Featured will be nationally
known speaker, recognition of
Scout unit leaders, a boy speak
er, and the presentation of Sill
yer Beaver awards for outstand-
ing service to boyhood through
Scouting.
More than $500 are expected
to attend. The dinner Will be
similar to a covered-dish supper
on large scale.
in previous years, the Del
Mar-Va Council has presented
its awards at its annual meet
ing. This year, the two func-
tions are being held separately.
The annual meeting will be held
in the Dover Hotel on March l9.
Charles F. Daley, Jr., a Will
mington attorney, will serve as
general vice chairman for the
Potluck dinner. Com nit e e
chairmen are: ]. Sharp Queener,
program; John E, Healy II, ar
rangements; ]. German Walsh,
promotion; and Mrs. A. Felix
du Pont, Jr., hospitality.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12
First PRESBYTERIAN Church

The Rev. o. c. Jones, minis
ter, announces services at the
First Presbyterian Church for
Sunday, March Is, as follows:
Morning worship, IL am; Sun
day School, 10 am. A Church
Family Night has been arrang-
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12
Lovegroye Ends
Medical Course

Army Sergeant First Class
John E. Lovegrove III, 30, whose
parents live in Smyrna recently
completed the advanced medi-
cal specialist course at Fitz-
simons Army Hospital, Denver.
During the 46-week course,
Lovegrove was trained to assist
in the clinical and administra-
tive operations of Army post
and field station hospitals. Ser
geant Lovegrove entered the
Army in l948 and was last sta
toned at Fort Bragg, N. c. He
attended Smyrna High School.
Smyrna times., 1959-03-12

ed for Sunday evening at 6 pm,
The Rev. James Holsey of Snow
Hill, Md. will present a program
on Alaska. Members and friends
are invited to attend. Mrs. Har-
old Senger is in charge of re-
freshments. On Tuesday, March
IL, Circle No. 5 will meet at the
home of Mrs. Lawrence Ellery
at l:30 pm. On March l9, Cir
Gle No. 3 meets at the church at
8 pm. The Adult Choir meets
for practice on Wednesday at
s pm.