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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
TOUR
Rockefeller Hits Political Frost
Along With Smog on Cost
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20 bandsmen played when
You're Smiling"
1t was, as things turned out.
the days last laugh. At q press
conference at the Biltmore
Hotel, where the Governor an
nounced he would follow his
usual practice Of granting
separate but equal facilities to
press and television reporters.
the magic-lantern people few
into a rage and with a great
huff and clamor began pack
ing up their equipment. Over
the chatter of their departure
the Governor said he had come
Ito discuss the issues"
Little Enthusiasm
Discussing the issues, how
ever, he Jared not much better.
Guest of honor at q Los An
geles World Affairs Council at
tended by 1880, he made q
long, discursive speech about
foreign policy in which he
seemed on the point Of defining
his differences with the admin
istration. but never did. He
was interrupted only once by
applause.
In the question-and-answer
period. he did take issue with
the White House on the matter
of the new Development Loan
Fund directive to buy Amer
lean" He said he didn't think
1t was necessary.
Afterwards, q lady in a mink
cape said to her companion,
my dear, you may have Just
shaken hands with the future
President of the United States"
It was a minority opinion.
At one of the many meetings
of the Republican Western Con-
ference, which the Governor
hopefully attended through the
afternoon, the vice chairman Of
the Republican Finance Com
mittee, Henry Salvatore, told
him in so many words that
California mas its own candi-
date for the presidency from
its own State and please not to
come into the primary.
Said a Montana party big
wig, as Gov. Rockefeller shoul-
dered his was smiling into the
room, Were all for Nixon. It
won't matter what he says"
Ladies in furs and brocades
eyed him coldly as he spoke Of
his delight in being among such
splendid party people.
Questions were invited. Not
one was asked.
Said one of them later, with
glasses and diamonds glittering
as she shook her head, 1--WE
never met Rockefeller, and I've
known Dick Nixon eight years"
BY dinnertime the Rookie
Teller supporters had distrib-
uted a letter from Thomas p.
Pike, chairman of the Los AM
geles Committee of 10000 for
Nixon for President. It said in
part: From what we hear on
the grapevine, all of the tickets
for the Western conference
dinner may be snapped up by
Californians for Rockefeller
and Dartmouth alumni groups
and a synthetic boom could
easily be organized" It was a
needless warning.
Ovation for Nixon
Nixon insignia. including a
new giant cardboard sign call
ing for nixon now" were
as thick as the Smog. The
mention of the Vice Presidents
name by Los Angeles County
Central Committee Chairman
Alphonzo Bell, one Of the many
Nixon men in smothering at
tendance, set of the evenings
biggest ovation.
Last years biggest Repub-
lican winner was obviously, in
Southern California, a long
Wav from home |,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
HEARNE
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COntlnue0 from rlrst rage
carried insurance and whether
there was any recourse he might
take in an effort to obtain
damages for Mrs. Hamlin's
dependents.
Police said Mrs. Hamlin was
knocked Al feet by the Hearne
car as she started across the
street near Riggs road and
First street NE. at 6:l0 pm.
She was pronounced dead on
arrival at Providence Hospital,
Mr.. Hearne told police he
slowed down at the intersection
to permit one pedestrian to
cross and only caught a glimpse
of Mrs. Hamlin at the last
minute when he heard the
thump of his right fender
against her body.
Young Hearne claimed diplo-
matte immunity and was re-
leased Wednesday night after
the accident.
The police accident report
quoted young Hearne as saying
he had just left a date at
American University. where he
is a student, and was on his
way to the University of Mary
land to meet another youth.
It was the second time in
little more than a month that
young Hearne, has invoked dip
lomatic immunity. On October
10 he was arrested with two
other youths in an alteration
with Eighth Precinct Pvt.
James M. Hicks. The fracas
occurred when q Connecticut
avenue restaurant operator
called police and complained
of loud and boisterous conduct
by Mr.. Hearne and his friends.
Pvt. Hicks said young Hearne
swung at him when he ordered
the trio to quiet down or get
out. In the ensuing melee, eight
policemen responded to a call
for reinforcementS. The two
youths with Mr.. Hearne were
charged with disorderly conduct
and later paid fines.
Mr.. Hearne. however, was re-
leased when he invoked diplo-
matte immunity.
Three Other Incidents
Police said the youth has
figured in three other disor-
derby incidents in the last 80
months. Each time, police
said, young Hearne was re-
leased under diplomatic i'm
munity. The incidents took
place on May 26, 1857; April 30,
1858. and March /, 1859, in
places along Wisconsin and
Connecticut avenues.
Five days after the incident
involving Pvt. Hicks, eighth
precinct commander Capt. DAN
lei o. Fletcher sent reports of
all four incidents to Police
Headquarters.
The report. described as
routine procedure in the case of
foreign nationals by Deputy
Chief Howard v. Covell, was
forwarded to the Commission
ers and thence to the State
Department.
Meanwhile, the boys father,
a highly respected member of
the diplomatic community here,
Cancelled an address he was
scheduled to make at a Cath
Ollie youth conference in Kan
sas City, Mo. His speech will
be read instead by Brian Dur
min, first secretary of the En-
bassy.
Ambassador Hearne, So, has
been an Irish diplomat for SO
years and was Ireland's first
Ambassador to the United
States. The Hearne family has
lived here since 1850.
Another Hearne son, John
Justin, was killed accidentally
in September. 1857, when a
gun went of in the hands of
a friend while they were ex-
aiming it. Ambassador Hearne
has two other children, Maui
rice, "a, and Mary Elizabeth, 10.
Even if the youth is judged
to be seriously at fault in the
auto fatality. officials will look
first to the Irish government to
make what amends it can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13
HERTER
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S@AN@A@e@SN@
press conference, whether he
wished Ito leave the impress
sion that the United States
has no view whatsoever as to
the rightness or wrongness Of
this issue between the two gov
ernments." Mr.. Herter replied:
Il think you are probably
correct. ! doubt whether any
American has ever been on the
border to see whether those
particular boundaries have
been properly delineated or not.
I'VE, naturally, presume that
the claims made by the In
dams are entirely valid claims,
but from the point of view of
what you might call an objec-
tive reading, we have no basis
to go on. We have only the
word Of q friend. |"
aH
Statement After Conference
Mr.. Herter's formal state
ment, issued after his press
conference, said:
1.-THE questions asked me on
this subject seemed to me d.
rected at the legal rights along
the borders, and my answers
accordingly related only to the
legality Of the rival. claims
There is the further and more
important point that, whatever
may be the merits of a dispute,
force must not be used to set
tie it. The Chinese Commu-
mist regime has clearly used
force and, in this respect, is
wholly in the wrong"
President Eisenhower is
scheduled to visit New Delhi
and some other parts of India,
from December 8 to IA. He is
to open the American exhibit
at the World Agricultural Fair
in New Delhi on December IL.
Indian diplomats privately
said the Herter statement was
unfortunate" in its timing.
They feared that anti-Ameri-
can and Communist elements
in India, particularly, would
seize on the incident.
Other Points Made
Mr.. Herter made these other
points at his news conference
yesterday:
Nuclear Tests-He favors an
extension Of the United States
unilateral suspension Of nuclear
weapons tests beyond Decem-
Der 81 "if it were a matter of
weeks only while we were still
talking" with Britain and
Russia at Geneva about a
worldwide ban. He would
have Serious doubts" about a
longer moratorium period but
until we know how these talks
are likely to turn out I think
1t is foolish to speculate in
advance about any extended
moratorium"
Summit Conference.-The had
hoped the East-West summit
conference could be held be-
tween March l and mid-April,
but Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev's late March trip to
France would put the summit
somewhere presumably in April
at the earliest possible date"
He made no mention of French
PRESIDENT de Gaulle'S an
nounced plans to visit London
in early April. But even June
or July would not be too late
for a summit meeting. A Sec
ond Western summit confer
ence before the East-West
meeting has not been dis
cuSSed.
Military COMMUNICATIVE
certainly have no present in
tention Of changing any of
our present commitments" in
NATO or elsewhere. I'VE have
discussed among ourselves the
possibility that the Western
European nations might >. be
willing to undertake the larger
share Of the costs of some of
the defense operations in Eu-
rope. However, these discus
sionS have not even begun with
the other nations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-13

fourth In the ofiicial State De-
partment order OF Preced-
ence." which is based on the
date Of presentation Of creden-
tials. He has served in Wash
ington since April II. 1850.
Diplomatic immunity for
families of diplomats stationed
in the United States was estab-
lished by q 1870 act Of Con-
gress, The law recognizes that
only the government Of a coun-
try-not the Ambassador here
can waive diplomatic i'm
munity. It also establishes
American practices and proce-
dures under international law
and custom.
Diplomatic immunity extends
to all bona flde dependents Of
diplomats who are students re-
gardless Of age. the State De-
partment said.
The report fled with the
State Department by city off,
cials on october IS disclosed
these four incidents. according
to Capt. Fletcher:
May, 26, 1857 Police Pvt.
Robert A. Matthews, on patrol
near the grounds Of the Hot
Shoppes Restaurant, 4340 Con-
necticut avenue NV, at l am.
saw David Hearne walking In
the driveway with a bottle Of
beer. He said he ordered Mr..
Hearne to stop and told him,
I'm placing you under arrest
for disorderly conduct for
drinking beer in public" Two
other policemen came by and
assisted Pvt. Matthews in put
ting Mr.. Hearne in the scout
car.
At that point, some of Mr..
Hearne's friends came out of
the Hot Shoppe and removed
him from the police car. In
the ensuing scuffie. all three
policemen were kicked and
roughed up. A policeman in
trouble" call was radioed by
one of the officers and a large
number of other police hurried
to the scene.
All the youths were taken to
the eighth precinct station,
where Mr.. Hearne identified
himself and claimed diplomatic
immunity. Ambassador Hearne
was called, came to the station
house and apologized to the
police for his sons conduct.
Then he took him home.
April 80, 195S-Pvt. Henry F.
Shortz was walking in the 1900
block of Wisconsin avenue
NV. at / am. when he saw
five young men walking toward
him noisily. He said one of
them was carrying a beer mug
which he broke on the sidewalk
just as the officer approached.
Pvt. Shortz said he tried to
quiet the youths but they used
abusive language toward him.
He placed them under arrest
and escorted them to a patrol
box.
He identified David Hearne
as the one who tried to egg
the other youths on to beat
him up at the patrol box and
quoted the young Irishman as
saying, after a scout car ap-
peared on the scene with two
more policemen, I'VE still out
number them five to three"
Mr.. Hearne claimed diplomatic
immunity at the precinct and
was released.
March 1. 1959-Corpl. Her.
bert Rutt and 1t. James P.
Pruitt were eating in restau-
rant at 4241 Wisconsin avenue
NV. at 1855 pm. when a man
they identified as David Hearne
approached them. He COM
planned to Corpl. Rutt that he
had been cut off from beer
service and wanted to know
why. Corpl. Rutt said he told
Mr.. Hearne to go and every
thing would be all right. He
said Mr.. Hearne got noisier
and abusive.
Corpl. Rutt said he grabbed
the youth and escorted him out
the front door, where he re-
leased his hold. He said the
young man cooked his fist as if
to swing, but 1t. Pruitt grabbed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
Resignation for Illness Is Viewed
As Most Severe Blow to President

relations with international
communism and some OF our
own allies have entered a
phase requiring not only deep
thinking but also deep con-
victions and more than a
veneer of knowledge.
Unlike the last six years,
Mr.. Eisenhower will have to
guide the steps of his new
Secretary Of State personally
and rely entirely on his own
judgment in matters such as
Berlin, the summit con-
ference, the Middle East and
the Far East. Mr.. Dulles
successor will find it hard to
be as fully conversant with
European, Middle Eastern
and Far Eastern affairs as
Mr.. Dulles. One does not
acquire a deep knowledge of
international affairs merely
by visiting some foreign coun-
tries as a VIP Tor otherwise
The Kremlin manufactured
Berlin crisis and the pending
meeting of the foreign min
listers (to be followed in all
likelihood by a summit gath
ering) are, in fact, less
dangerous and important to
the destinieS of this country
and the free world than what
is in stock for us in the
Middle and Far East.
1t is there that the real
trouble lies, and Mr.. Dulles
recognized this fact long ago.
He has impaired his convic-
tons, based on facts, to the
Chief Executive, who is said
to be sharing them. Because
of the state of the world, Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
Doubt Arises That the President
Will Select Herter as Secretary

ease with Bob" Murphy or
Doug" Dillon than with the
Boston Brahmin. Congress
is confused and Mr.. Herter's
friends are warmly indig-
nant.
But Mr.. Eisenhower has a
long history of hating to
face up to the loss of priz>!
associates. His poignant out
cry about Sherman Adams
Il need him"-came when it
was clearly in the cards chat
Mr.. Adams would have to go.
In due course, Mr.. Adams
went-and under the worst
possible circumstances for
the Republican Party, for ne
went. not as a matter of
ethics, but after Republicans
lost the Maine elections in
which he was an issue.
1t could be that the PreSi-
dent, brought finally face to
face with the indisputable
fact that Secretary Dulles
can no longer serve him, had
simply failed to think things
through when he talked with
reporters at Augusta. It is
thoroughly possible on the
basis of past performance
that he will be truly surprised
to discover that he has pro-
voked a torrent of specula-
ton about what he meant to
indicate regarding the next
Secretary of State.
II he is at all sensitive to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
Bus Line Appeals
Rival ice Order

Safeway Trails. Inc. yester-
day asked District Court to
strike down a Government or
der allowing another bus COM
pany to operate between Wash
ington and Glen Burnie, Md.
In a suit field with the court,
Safeway Trails attorneys Max
well A. Howell and Charles B.
McTnnis commended that the In
terState Commerce Commission
hao acted improperly in grant,
ing permission to operate be-
tween the two points to the
Baltir'ore and Annapolis Rail-
road Co. The ICC action, the
sulI said, places the company
in "ruinous competition" with
Safeway Trails.
The suit asked for a tempo
rary restraining order against
the ICC action, pending the
converting of a three-judge
court to settle the issue. Safe
way Trails said it would ask q
permanent ban on the carry
ing out of the ICC order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
RALPH McGHL

A letter from a graduate
student at the London School
of Economics does an explor-
atory operation on anti
American criticism in Eng
land.
The more extreme critics,
he writes, have seized on a
word restored to common
usage by the Red Chinese
conquest of Tibet and now
condemns United States "su-
Zerainty" over Britain. The
reference is, of course, to
United States missile bases in
England. Some of the United
States command was so I'M
wise as to speak of Russia's
being vulnerable to attack
by these weapons. The Brit
ish, who recall the bombings
by Hitler's Luftwaffe, are not
moved to cheerful thoughts
by such ill-advised saber-
rafting.
The Communists, with typ
ical celebrity, seized on this
comment and replied. Pre-
mier Khrushchev said that if
war came, RusSia's first at
tack would be on Western
bases in Italy, England,
France and Germany. He did
not use the word atomic, but
he limited so as to be under
stood.
There is a great reservoir
of faith in, and affection for,
America, says the London
correspondent. The amount
of genuine anti-Americanism
is small. But there are peri
DDS when tht British become
extremely annoyed with
some of our policies. Our
politics seems to them ire
sponSible. (ThiS may be be-
cause no foreigner can COM
prehend the complexities and
subtle nuances of our poll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
DAVID LAWRENCE
Strauss as Commerce Secretary

penheimer confessed that he
had lied, but this was only
after the American Govern
ment had established in other
ways the case against the
Russian.
Usually when a cabinet
officer is UP for confirmation
by the Senate. there is the
customary inquiry as to his
views on public questions.
The feeling has always been
that the President has a
right to choose cabinet Of
ficers sympathetic to his own
policies, irrespective Of the
views of the political OPP
position. So it seems strange
that any extraneous issues
should be interjected into the
Strauss case. 1t is a mystery,
too, why there is a protracted
delay in the Senate in acting
on the Strauss appointment.
1t looks like an attempt to
block it by delay till the end
Of the present session when,
If not confirmed, the nomina-
ton expires.
There are some Senators
active in the fight against
the confirmation of Mr..
Strauss who have their own
antipathies-such as are in
volved in the controversy over
Government control of the
public utility industry-all of
which are unrelated to the
friction among the scientists.
Some of the scientists, on
the other hand, have subtle
ways of exerting pressure on
. the Government and on Con-
gress, itself. One of the most
active of the scientists on the
propaganda front was called
before a certain committee
for an investigation of his
con-. cctiocs with c. =
nist-front organizations, and
the rumorS on Capitol Hill
are that some Democrats of
prominence helped to sup
press the inquiry that was
planned.
The Communists will be
happy if they can just "get
Strauss" 1t is doubtful
whether the Senators are
aware of the true nature of
the underground battle be-
ing waged against a loyal
American whose courage en-
abled America to develop the
hydrogen bomb as a factor
in its deterrent force against
the Soviet Union.
(copyright, 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16

If the President of the
United States were not
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1t
would have been possible to
write plainly last night that
Acting Secretary of State
Christian Herter would not
be the next Secretary of
State.
No other conclusion would
be possible in the light of
the Presidents ambiguous
remarks at Augusta about a
successor to John Foster Dull
les. The President has known
for weeks, possibly months.
about Mr.. Dulles sad fate.
Critical negotiations with the
Soviet Union are marching
inexorably to the center of
the world stage. 1t is no
secret that they find the
Western allies at odds on
many of the important mat
tiers to be considered.
Mr.. Herter has meantime
been placed in charge at
both an April % meeting of
Western foreign ministers
in Paris and a May II con-
ference of those ministers
with the foreign minister Of
the Soviet Union.
Now the President has APP
parently undercut him, and
the inevitable speculation
has begun that Mr.. EiSeH-
hover finds himself more at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Secretary Dulles Withdrows

Eisenhower will be compelled
henceforth to make decisions
on his own and inspire In
stead Of being inspired by
his new Secretary Of State.
He will find many pitfalls in
his way, especially from the
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. which appears to
assume a more active par
ticipation in the administra-
tons foreign policies since
Senator Fulbright, Democrat
of Arkansas, has become its
chairman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
DORIS FLEESON
A Successor for Mr.. Dulles

the reaction of leading Sena-
tors on whom he must rely in
foreign affairs, he will move
instantly to clarity the mat
ter. No time should be lost to
give the new Secretary
status, power and responsible
ity to fit his august role.
Mr.. Herter has much to
forgive, whether or not he is
finally named. In this power
conscious Capital, he has
been denigrated to some de-
gree, whether or not by in
tent.
Perhaps the President does
have doubts about him aid
would prefer to work with
others. There is ample evil
dence that a mans person.
atty weighs heavily with Mr..
Eisenhower; he can scarcely
stand to listen to men who,
in the vernacular, rub him
the wrong way.
Senators in their discus
sionS of the curious manner
of the Presidents announce
ment regarding Mr.. Dulles
stressed principally that the
present sta tie Department
team of negotiators should
not be broken up. They know
they must let the President
have the Secretary he wants
and they are prepared to do
so. Most of them feel Mr.
Herter should be named and
tried to help him by stating
that preference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Cuba's Ffdel Castro visits Washington If he gets any
financial help here, itIl be by a whisker.
They're calling Stu Symingtons presidential boom sonic
boom You can't feel it, but the distant rumble has
Humphrey and Kennedy scared to death
Vice President Nixon finishes his tax return just before
deadline Joint declaration: He made it, Pat spent it,
Senate Democrats oppose Clare Luce Ambassador to
Brazil They claim her tongue is sharp she's the female
Harry Truman of the finishing school set.
Senator Humphrey wants to make April is africa
Freedom Dayust to take mind of income tax slavery
day at home.
Democratic Senator Proxire says his party failed to keep
is promises Proxmre is Washngtons ideal player.
Nobodys quite what team he's
vote to double funds curb stream pollution
This not clean the rivers but it wash out IkeS
budget
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-16
BY the Assoeis ted Press

President Eisenhower'S per-
feet record on vetoeS was in
Jeopardy today as Congress
voted to take some authority
from Secretary of Agriculture
Benson.
Sent to the President yeSter-
day by a 254-131 House vote
was a bill to strip from Mr.
Benson his power to veto OF
approve loans made to CO.
operatives for rural electric and
telephone programs.
This was three votes short
of the two-thirds needed to
override a veto, but 40 Demo-
'crats weren't present and pre-
sumably could be rounded up
for a showdown on a veto.
only five Democrats present
opposed the bill, while Is of
the 142 Republicans on hand
supported it. Only 10 Repub-
licans were not accounted for.
The Senate vote last week
was 60-27 for the bill, more
than enough to override a veto,
While there was no assurance
the President would diSapprove
the measure, his Senate and
House leaders opposed it and
his own legislative spokesman
the Bureau of the Budget
fought it. So did Mr.. Benson
Not since he took office in
1853 has President Eisenhower
been reversed on a veto, and he
has exercised his veto power
freely by rejecting 1877 pieces
Of legislation.
The bill before the President
would leave the Rural Electro
f1cation Administration under
the general administrative guild.
ance of Mr.. Benson but would
cut off the Secretary's loan veto
power.
The final word on loanl
would be vested in the REA ad,
ministrator, David A. Hamil
an Eisenhower appointee.
Until the Republican-con'
trolled SD Congress in 1853 re-
organized the REA, the admin
istrator had the last word OF
loans.
Democrats contended . re