davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Leisure

They've always liked movies, seldom have time for
them any They miss most, in their busy lives,
having friends in" Sometimes they round up group
at the last minute, when Dicks schedule opens up,
perhaps all go out to dinner.
They like good conversation with friends, don't go
for cards other games. At home alone, she and
Dick often discuss political questions-but mot violently
They never listen to the radio watch television,
except when she occasionally watches show with her
girls. people in Washington terribly busy. They
don't have time" The only program she ever re-
members Dick watching panel show that Florida
Senator George Smathers I'VE had house
guest from Florida who wanted to see it."
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Clothes

Everything buy. think Of the life live never
choose something just because like it. think Will it
pack? Is it conservative eneughP Can wear it long
time? Can I doll it up with accessories?
always before it sort of fun to get some one
thing that completely different, high style But
this is not appropriate avoid the spectacular.
I don't go overheard any more I used to. Maybe it's
age"
Evening star., 1959-11-22

nician and part-time department
store clerk.
After a brief fling as $7-a-day
movie extra, she taught shorthand and
typing in the Whittier (Calif.) High
School.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
The Woman Who Stands Behind the Man
Who Mig hit Be the Next President
BY ISABELLE SHELTON
Star stan Writer

The story of Pat Nixon is pure Cinderella.
Vice President Richard Nxon's reed-Slim,
strawberry blond wife, now 46, literally was born
in a tent cher father was an itinerant gold
miner).
She grew up on California truck farm. Her
mother died when she was IL, her father when
she was IT,
Pat paid her way through the University
of Southern California during the depths of the
depression with money earned as an X-ray tech
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Role as q Wife

Role as Wife
"Dck and I always have been team everywhere
we went The President sends US as team II don't
co. there is the loudest wall Where's Pat? The people
seem disappointed. Having children at home does
not seem to be good enough excuse. It's very difficult
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Her Children

She regrets not having more time to spend with her
daughters Trca, Is, and Julie H. When the four of
them are together, I'VE make it something special"
When Dick gets home for dinner (Which is sedom) I'VE
make it party
"The minute he walks in the door things start to
jump He turns on the music Immediately, and children
dog and four cats come streaming in q keep the
animals out the rest of the time.
He and Tricia have long talks about what's in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
The Noise and the Fury

Somewhere in what he calls "the
noise and the fury" of the battle of words
within his own party, Democratic Ma
tional Chairman Butler appears to have
lost track of how and where it all started.
In his own latest contribution, by tele-
vision on Sunday, Mr.. Butler suggests
that it all stems from a conspiracy to
GUST him from the party craftsmanship.
1t is correct, of course, that Mr..
Buffers resignation has been proposed
as one way to end the unusual situation
of a national chairman turning Sus-
tanned public criticism on the congress
Sional leadership Of his own party. In
fact, so unusual" is this intraparty
relationship that 91-year-old Senator
Green of Rhode Island himself men,
Der of the Democratic National Commit
tee, has labeled it as FIRST time in
history" and he has suggested in writ
ing that Mr.. Butler cease using the
Craftsmanship as "gun pit" for his can
nonading against the Democratic leaders
on Capitol Hill. In short, it was Mr..
Green's implication-and the record
bears him out-that it is Mr.. Butler
who has been the aggreSSor in this dis
play of family feuding.
In fact, all had been quiet in the
Democratic precincts on Capitol Hill
with respect to Mr.. Butler, as well as the
Democratic Advisory Council, until the
chairman opened fire on the record of
the Johnson Rayburn leadership 10 days
ago. To make things worse, Mr.. Butler
did repeat performance in news
conference, warning that the Democrats
cannot win in 1860 if they "ape the
Republican Party" and returned to his
battle-station again last week end. 1t was
in the course of this noise and fury that
the suggestion was first made in Capitol
Hill Democratic quarters that perhaps
Mr. Butler should resign if he cannot
resist the urge to talk like his opposite
number, the Republican National Chair
man.
Behind the noise and fury, however,
the feuding reflects a deep division
within the Democratic Party-roughly
along the liberal VS.. conservative line
which has so long existed. 1t is not
likely, furthermore, to disappear before
the 1860 national convention. If Mr..
Butler has in fact set precedent for
national chairmen, the effectiveness of
his strategy probably will not be subject
to accurate measurement until that
summertime date next year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14

gigantic production effort. The total
value Of the vehicles, for example, is
estimated at $l93 billion and the yearly
output now exceeds $40 billion. The
manufacturing industry alone employs
about 100000 workers, but there are
millions Of others drawing livelihood
from related supply and service in
duStrieS.
1t is trite to say that the American
economy moves on wheels, but there is
SUFFICIENT truth in 1t to give pause to
critics Of our free enterprise system.
The mammoth production and utiliza-
ton Of motor vehicles today have devel-
oped from the imagination, research and
engineering SkillS of men hardened in
the crucible of competition. From their
endeavorS, financed by private funds and
carried on by millions of workers, the
Nation has drawn strength for the needs
of war and peace. The record is an i'm
preSSive one and, fortunately, there is
no end In sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
Commuter Idea

We have seen buses equip
ped with both railway wheels
and pneumatic tires so the
vehicles can operate on rail-
way tracks and on paved
highways. If such equipment
is practical and not too ex-
pensive, it would add mate
rally to commuters conven-
fence in using the railway
line from Rockville to
Georgetown. Perhaps, COM
muterS could be persuaded
to use modern, air-condi-
TONED. rapid transit buses
which would operate on the
streets of Rockville, then
down the railway line into
Georgetown, then over the
streets of Washington into
the downtown area.
We do not believe that COM
muters can be persuaded to
use Anticipated, dirty, slow,
old railroad equipment. The
railroads will have to get
some new ideas and new
methods if they are to revive
passenger traffic
The idea would seem to be
worthy of exploration.
George Y. WOrthingtOn III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
Look Homeword, FroI

Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol
Romanovich Kozlov now has returned
to his homeland after having had a
pleasant and useful" two-week visit
among U.S. Vowing that his country wants
nothing but eternal" friendship with
the United States, he has graciously
wished all Of us peace and prosperity"
And he has archly reafflrmed Nikita
Khrushchev'S prediction - made two
years ago on an American TV program
that our grandchildren will live happily
ever after in Socialist Society-like the
one currently being run by the Kremlin
dictatorship.
Like Premier KhruShchev himself, of
course, Mr.. Kozlov has been at pains to
emphasize that this prospective "revolu-
tionary" transformation of our way of
life will take place voluntarily and peace
fully, with our children'S children recog-
nizing the superiority of the Marxist
system and therefore clamoring for its
adoption. Indeed, its many Splendors-
for instance, its fearless suppression of
free speech, its inspiring RECOMMENDATION,
its wise refusal to let the people vote for
candidates of their own choosing, its
admirable use of the secret police, and
its generally forward-looking policy Of
making the individual the servant of the
state rather than the other way around
will be so obvious to future Americans,
20 to 80 years from now, that they will
embrace it with wild enthusiasm. They
will do so because they will see with
clear eyes, and uplifted hearts, the evils
inherent in the foolish freedoms we cling
to today simply because our reactionary
Declaration of independence Subscribed
to by lot of Fascist minded antitotal-
itarianS like Thomas Jefferson) absurdly
af1rmS that God has endowed man with
certain unalienable rights" such as
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happi-
ness" After all, how silly can we bour-
geoiSie get?
Oh, well, let us drop this resort to
irony. Let us just say to Frol Kozlov, now
that he has Sojourned with us, that we
hope he will look very closely at his
own country, compare it with ours in a
true spirit of intellectual honesty, and
present his conclusions with complete
frankneSS to his boss in the Kremlin. If
our departed guest does this, which he
most probably will not, then maybe Mr..
Khrushchev will begin to understand
that his is the ancient, backward system
of tyranny, and ours the young, revolu-
tionary one Of freedom. Maybe, too, he
will not make the potentially grave mis-
take of Understanding our social, polit-
ical, economic and military strength
and our resolve to use that strength, if
need be, to preserve what we cherish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
Open Secret

The letter from Mrs.
Joseph R. Mccarthy refers to
the New Masses, long out of
existence, as described by an
Attorney General of the
United States as a 'Commu-
mist periodical :"
The New Masses openly
called itself a Communist
periodical, without waiting
for the Attorney Generals
opinion. But there are those
who cannot trust their own
thinking, even the evidence
of their own eyes. To them
nothing is true o. false until
a Government official has
pronounced it as such ex
cathedra and by virtue of
his Office. Even a plain fact
cannot be believed until 1t is
given official sanction.
Stephen Rock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
Free Enterprise Record

Neither the exact time nor place Is
known, but statistical event Of some
significance in the history Of the Ameri-
can economy was recorded few days
ago. Rolling off an automobile assembly
line was the 175-millionth motor vehicle
quilt in the United States since 1896.
The nearest the Automobile Manufac-
turers Association could come to spot
ting" the occasion was to place it on a
day when more than 1000 cars, trucks
and buses were produced in nearly 100
plants scattered, surprisingly to the un-
informed, over Is States.
There are other statistics to prove
the overall economic meaning of this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
BohIen's Critics

AS Democratic Senator Mike Mans
field has said, it will indeed be shame"
II the piddling prejudiceS of few Old
Guard Republican Senators are per-
mitted to bar the doors of the State
Department to Ambassador Bohlen, now
stationed in Manila.
There have been indications that
Mr.. Bohlen wants to return to the State
Department, where his qualifications as
an expert on Russia can be usefully
employed Secretary of State Herter has
expressed his real admiration" for the
ambassador, and has said that he hopes
he can be induced to stay in the diplo-
matte service.
Against this are the objections raised
by Republican Senators, including Sena-
tors Bridges and DirkSen, who have been
Bohlen critics since at least 1858. They
do not want Mr.. Bohlen placed in any
advisory capacity in the State Depart
ment because, they say, he was an ad-
wiser as we'll as an interpreter under
Franklin Roosevelt and because he has
defended the Yalta agreements. (Mr.
Bohlen has said they were good agree
mentS, the trouble being that the Rus
slams didn't live up to them.)
This kind of criticism is Small-time
stuff. Whatever one may think of the
Yalta agreements, Mr.. Bohlen'S role with
respect to them certainly was minor
one And it is ridiculous to suggest that
there was anything in that role which
disqualif1es him now.
1t is more important to consider the
interests of the American people than
the prejudices of few Senators. II
there is a job in the State Department
for which Mr. Bohlen is specially quail
fed during this difficult period in our
relations with the Russians, he ought to
be called back to Washington and in
stalled in it. We hope the President and
Mr.. Herter will listen to Republicans like
Senator Goldwater, who voted against
Mr.. Bohlen when he was named AmbaS-
sador to Moscow in 1858, but who now
says he has changed his mind and thinks
the ambassador would be very good as
an adviser. Men who never change their
minds about anything, no matter how
mistaken they may be, should not be
allowed to control this situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
Nonportison Issue

President Eisenhower and
Vice President Nixon are
right about imitation. 1t must
be conquered. and will def
nitely be an important issue
in the 1860 presidential cam
paign. This writer believes the
people of this country realize
that it is a detriment to the
welfare of the average family.
Whether it is political on
the administrators part or
not, there certainly is a great
deal Of leadership shown by
trying to stop imitation. If it
continues as it has for five
years, this country will not
survive as a leader in either
domestic or world affairs.
The Democrats should get
on the ball and go along with
Mr.. Eisenhower on that most
serious problem of today. If
they do not, they will lose
out, especially with a man
like Butler heading their
party. They have one strike
on them already with his
ideas.
Daniel b. Felker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14

good care, a proper diet, and
keeping her colon clear.
These fine animals are part
of the great number of most
ly unseen and unheard Of
friends of mankind, living in
homes and stores everywhere.
Much has been made Of
the faithful dog, and he de-
serves all the kind things
said about him, but often the
faithful cat is forgotten eX-
cept by its owners.
The cat is affectionate, in
its way, but this way is not
that of the dog, as most peo-
pie know, except those I'M
fortunate persons who at
tempt to "roughhouse" with a
cat as they do with a dog.
The house cat, whether
SiameSe, Persian, or just
plain alley cat, reSentS such
treatment, which only fright
ems it.
AS the annual kitten crop
comes into the light of day,
it is necessary to educate
young children to respect the
rights of cats. One of the
main rights is to be treated
as a cat, not as a dog.
\ 4
This means that little chill
dren should not be allowed
to hug and squeeze kittens
except under adult supervi-
sion.
1t means, since most kit
tens are born in spring and
summer, that they should be
carefully watched for fleaS
and worms. The former can
be attended to at home, the
latter demands the care Of a
good veterinarian.
The cat, young or old.
usually does not like to get
wet. Never battle a cat as
you might a dog. The cat
will more or less take care
of itself in this respect, If
given clean quarters.
Every cat has a personality
of its own. Ardent dog lovers
may dispute this, but every
cat friend knows that no two
of them are alike.
There is young Spootzie,
for instance.
She came from the down.
town pavementS and alleys,
and now in headquarters in
Chevy Chase she is suspicious
of small rugs between rooms.
So she jumps over them!
Her white and gray body
describes an arc, and she is
across, without her white feet
once touching the offending
rug.
No other cat in the world,
we believe, does this cute
trick in just this perfect way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
of Love and Laughter

I find a great deal Of
pleasure and satisfaction in
your new column "Of Love
and Laughter"
Recently the column con-
tanned some sage philosophy
about friends" and con-
firmed my feelings on the
subject.
There is always some home
spun philosophy which many
readers can identify them
selves with in the column,
and I look forward to read
ing it whenever it appears.
Thanks for adding this fea-
ture to your paper.
Rose E. KOenig.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
AMVETS' Stand


your July 2 editorial, Check
rein on Pensions"
AMVETS' position has
been in direct opposition to
that of the veterans groups
which have urged increased
pensions. In fact. the pen
sion scales which we pro-
posed to the House Veterans
Affairs Committee were even
more restrictive than those
established in the House-ap-
proved bill III. r. 1880. In
particular, AMVETS feel
that only $1,000 of the wife's
earned income should be ex-
empted in computing the vet
Grams base income for pen
sion, whereas the present bill
exemptS from family in
come so per cent of the
wife'S income. Considering
the spouse's income is a mat
ter of simple equity among
the veterans affected. Why
should one veteran receive
minimum pension payments
because he has a limited
amount of independent in
come, while another receives
maximum payments because
he had put his liquid assets
and income producing prop
erty in his wife's name?
AMVETS' urging that nom
service connected pensions be
based on genuine financial
need dates back to 1857 when
we adopted a policy state
ment that "the present non-
service connected pension
program is deficient in that
it fails to distinguish between
various levels of need. thus
resulting in thousands of
veterans and widows being
denied benefits or having to
exist on a small pension with
no other income, when many
other fortunate individuals
having considerable income
and resources receive the
same pension payment"
AS a veterans organiGa-
ton, we have walked alone.
And we were the only or
ganization to steadfastly
support the philosophy Of
pensions based on need. 1
am pleased to note, however,
that two other major orgari-
cations are now supporting
the HouSe-approved bill.
I want to make crystal
clear the difference between
pensions and compensation,
a difference not clearly I'M
derstood by many. Pension
relates to non-service con-
nected disability. Compen-
sation relates to injuries or
illness incurred as a result of
military service. The House
approved pension bill will in
no way adversely affect the
compensation paid to vet
Grams with service-connected
ailments. However, unless a
pension system based on need
is enacted, the whole veter-
ans benefit system could
topple because of unreaSon-
able burdens on the national
economy.
In proposing a realistic
service connected pen
sion system, which will pro-
vide adequate pensions for
those who need them. AM
VETS are motivated by a de-
sire to perfect a sound, en-
during structure of benefits
without milking the taxpay-
ers. We are citizens with a
stake in the national econ
omy, as well as veterans.
Winston E. Burdine, MD,
National Commander,
AMVETS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14

son-Rayburn type Of leader
ship. He apparently is seeking
to convince Senator johnson
and Speaker Rayburn they
had better mend their ways.
Neither Senator johnson nor
Speaker Rayburn yield easily
to pressure.
However, the fight now
launched by Mr.. Butler
brings into the foreground a
split in the ranks Of the Dem
ocratic Party-as, indeed, q
similar split plaques the Re-
publican Party. 1t is a divi-
sion between the progressives.
liberals, radicals or whatever
title you wish TO call them,
and the moderates. conserva-
tiveS and rightists.
Buffers Program
Chairman Butler is con-
WINGED that the Democrats
must go down the line for the
liberal program he and the
Democrats who believe with
him have advanced. Other
wise the presidential election,
he insists. will be lost. He
figures that his party must
stand in Congress and out
for a strong civil rights pro-
gram to hold the Negro vote
in the Northern-and even in
the Southern-States.
He wants the Democrats
in Congress to back the big
Federal spending programs
that have been advanced by
the liberals-for public hous-
ing and for all kinds of So
called humanitarian projects.
He favors amendment of
the Federal labor laws to suit
the labor union leaders in
order to hold the labor vote.
He wants the liberals plan
for easier money adopted,
hoping that he will have with
his party a considerable sec
ton in the business world
which may make money out
of such a program.
This brings to the fore the
economic issue on which
President Eisenhower and the
Republicans have taken a
strong stand. The President
has declared his strong OPP
position to inf1ationary Gov
eminent spending. He also
has told business and labor
they must help hold the line
against imitation by keeping
prices at a reasonable level,
and wages, too. In the Presi-
dents opinion. the Demo-
cratic leadership in Congress
has been willing to go along
with too much big spending,
although the leadership has
changed its tune materially
because Of the recovery the
country has made from the
business recession of a year
ago.
This economic issue Is
pressing constantly to the
fore, both inside and outside
Congress. For exam ple,
Senator John F. Kennedy of
Massachusetts, a leading
contender for the Democratic
presidential nomination next
year, has succeeded in getting
a favorable report from a
Senate Labor subcommittee
on his bill to increase the
minimum wage from. 81 to
$125 an hour. If adopted,
this will result in forcing
wages higher all along the
line. The labor union leaders
are fighting tooth and toenail
for higher wages in steel and
other industries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-14
East German Suggestion

Averell Harriman's proposal that
the West should consider some kind OF
de facto acceptance of East Germany'S
Communist regime makes good bit of
sense.
This is not exactly new idea. In
fact the late John Foster Dulles limited
at much the same thing while he was
still Secretary of State. The problem,
we suppose, is to find formula which
would extend an appropriate measure Of
recognition to the East Germans with
out, at the same time, alternating West
Germany'S Chancellor Adenauer. Still,
1t is fact that the West Germans, in
a variety of trade relationships with
East Germany, are already operating
under system which closely approaches
de facto recognition.
Mr.. Hartman, in CHS telecaSt,
did not spell out what he had in mind.
He thought that "in some ways" it
Knight be of value" to give the East
German government "a little more &C
ceptance, a de facto acceptance, not
recognition in the diplomatic sense, and
then perhaps there would be develop
ment in East Germany along the lines
of Poland"
The vagueness of this language is
a measure of the difficult nature of the
problem. The main thing. however, is
not to become prisoners of frozen atti-
tudes. We ought to reserve enough free
dom of action so we can make some kind
of political bargain on East Germany if
and when it appears to be desirable to
IN