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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-08
Murphy's Role

On Thursday, when 1t was an
nounced that Undersecretary OF
State Robert Murphy, ace "trou-
bleshooter" who had already an
nounced his retirement from the
State Department, would post
pone his departure in order to
accompany the President on his
tour, it was more than ever APP
parent that Mr.. Eisenhower was
planning no pleasure trip. His
mission, it was being said, was
deeply in earnest-to utilize to
the fullest possible extent his
prestige and popularity, in critical
areas of the divided world, while
the East and the West prepared
for a summit meeting that could
we'll determine the question OF
war or peace to come.
In the course of the trip, to
begin on December 4, Mr.. Eisen-
hover will have the opportunity
to talk with many key leaders OF
the world. He has expressed par
ticular interest in the prospect
for talks with midas Prime Min
lister Jawaharlal Nehru, who is
presently engaged in a potentially
dangerous border dispute with
Communist China.
The President In his news con-
ference remarks attached partic-
ular significance to his visit to
India, observing that cit is un-
necessary to go into the reasons
why Asia is so important" The
Indian subcontinent. he went on,
was "a nation Of 400 million peo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-08
TeIevision::
Cleanup

The week ends cool air and
cleansing rain, sped along by q
brisk wind. came none too soon.
For five days last week, @
stream Of sordid stories Of corrup-
ton and chicanery in the tele-
vision industry had poured from
a congressional hearing room.
polluting the atmosphere and
making many a citizen sick.
AS Chairman Harris Of the
House Subcommittee on Legisla-
tive Oversight rang down the cur
tain on the rugged quiz show phase
of the TV inquiry Friday. the re-
freshing wind and rain put to rout
the unseasonably warm, germ
laden air which had been hanging
over the city. This was good.
Washington had needed a shower.
literally and figuratively.
Testimony before the commit
tee told Of such unsavory practices
as these in connection with some
of the once-popular quiz shows:
Corrupting children by making
them a party to a fraud; pro-
ducers providing questions and
answers to many contestants;
kickbacks of part of the prize
money to demanding program
officials; paying to get on a par
ticular show; control by the spon-
sor himself of how long a con-
testant would stay on; paying for
"stolen" plugs on programs paid
for by legitimate sponsors; i'm
PRESERVATION of a law enforcement
officer and lying to the commit
tee and New York grand jury.
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THE FOREIGN SCENE
Utilizing the Asset Of Eisenhower Popularity

leader produced a genuine easing
of tensions in Europe.
In all the swiftly developing
preparations for what could easily
be the most momentous interna-
tional realignment since the be-
ginning of World War II, it
seemed almost certain last week
that the "go-slow" policies Of Gen.
de Gaulle and Chancellor Aden-
auer would prevail In Western
councils. There was no more talk
in responsible quarters Of a
December, or even q January.
summit meeting. Whatever the
outcome of the Western pro-
summit, the press of Mr.. Eisen-
hower's duties and responsibilities
in January appears to rule out
any meeting with Mr.. Khrushchev
before February or March at the
earliest.
Timing of the summit confer
ence will depend to a large extent
on the Western leaders decision
as to the scope of the meeting.
Mr.. Adenauer has already ex-
pressed his views that the sum-
nit talks be limited to a single
issue - disarmament. At the
Western pre- summit meeting,
however, the Chancellor seeks to
have full West German particle
patton in the whole range of in
ternational problems to be con-
sidered. In this he has Gen. de
Gaulle'S full support, and it APP
pears virtually certain that the
Bonn government will share in
the Western conference as q full
participant.
If disarmament were to be the
only admissible item for discus
sion at the East-West summit.
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pie struggling so hard to
raise its own standard of living
:" and was therefore, aside from
American interest in friendship
with India, of particular concern
to him personally.
Mr.. Eisenhower will travel by
let plane, with his usual White
House retinue. Mr.. Murphy will
be the ranking State Department
official on the trip, since Secretary
Herter will be preparing to attend
the regular meeting of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
Council in Paris on December Is.
On December 10, the heads-of-
state of the West-Mr. Eisen-
hover, Britain's Prime Minister
Macmillan, Frances President
Charles de Gaulle, and West Ger
many's Chancellor Konrad Aden-
auer-will gather, also in Paris.
for the "pre-summit" session
planned to coordinate Western
policy for later summit meeting
with the Soviet Premier.
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Defense:
Both Ways

For many years the American
public has been assured by Pen
tagon officials that the bombers
Of the Strategic Air Command
could penetrate Soviet defenses
in strength and deliver blows
which would destroy the USSR.
At the same time these officials
have declared that any Soviet air
attack against the United States,
even though they had the ad-
vantage Of a certain element Of
surprise, could be blunted by our
defenses. New supersonic aircraft
and nuclear-tipped missiles which
"can destroy whole formations Of
enemy bombers" would do the
trick.
Why or how the United States
could have 1t both ways, in view
Of the fact that Soviet fighter
planes, radar and antiaircraft
missiles are equal to ours in quail
ity and perhaps more plentiful,
never has been adequately ex-
planned.
Last week SAC began taking o
more realistic approach to the
difficulties 1t faces in carrying
out its mission as the Nations
presently No. retaliatory force.
In a joint announcement with
the Federal Aviation Agency, 1t
said it was setting UP seven train
ing zones for its B-52s and Bats
in which its bombers would prac-
tice low altitude attacks. The
reason: increasingly effective So
Wet air defenses have compelled
it to revise its tactics and come
up with a low-level system which
will ENSURE penetration of Rus
sian defenses, survival Of crews
and success of the attack"
Why low level attacks when
navigation is more difficult and
bomberS cannot attain their best
speeds and drink up more fuel
ION the deck" than they do when
flying at $4,000 feet and above?
Radar is not very effective against
low-hying aircraft 1T develops
blind spots-and most missiles and
Jet interceptors do not perform
we'll at such attitudes.
Elsewhere on the military front,
Defense Secretary McElroy and
a group of his advisers, including
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Chair
man of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff
but emitting the secretaries OF
the Army, Navy and Air Force,
yesterday took cruise down the
Potomac in a yacht to consider
the new $40-$41 billion defense
budget, for fiscal 1861.
Mr. McElroy's selection Of the
officials who accompanied him
raised some eyebrows. The De-
tense Reorganization Act last year
took the service secretaries out Of
the chain of combat command.
but affirmed their role in admin
istration, personnel and the budget
process.
On the other hand, the Joint
Chiefs have never been directly
concerned with the budget; they
were to stick to their principal
job of the strategic planning and
direction of the combat forces.
The Potomac cruise, aboard the
Navy yacht Sequoia, indicates q
further downgrading Of the serv-
Ice secretaries and the elevation
of the jos chairman to a position
closer to that of q single chief Of
staff.
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History of the Case

A Federal District Court in
Pittsburgh granted the Injunction
on the Governments request on
October 81. A few days later, the
Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit Court in Philadelphia up
held the lower courts order. The
Supreme Court. at the request OF
the union, agreed to review the
case. 1t heard Government and
union arguments last Tuesday.
In the past, many an expert. on
the basis of the tenor OF the
courts questioning of the con-
tending parties, has gone out on a
limb to predict the ruling. And
often the court has sawed the
limb of.
Nevertheless, the sharp interro-
CATION of Arthur Goldberg. coun-
sci for the union, by several JUS
tees produced general feeling
that the court would decide in
the Governments favor and end
the strike, at least temporarily.
In his brief before the court, Mr..
Goldberg had contended that the
Taft Hartley injunction provi-
sions were unconstitutional be-
cause they gave the courts mon
judicial" functions and that, in
any event, the provisions may not
be invoked unless there is a real
threat to the national health or
safety and one did not exist.
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Politics.:
Risks

When an ambitious politician
(and there are really no other
kindD puts his prestige on the
line. he takes o calculated risk.
When he has his eye on the
White House or the United States
Senate. the risk, like the possible
reward. Is greater.
Gov. Robert 3. Meyner, per-
sonable Democratic leader in New
Jersey and one Of the large stable
Of presidential dark horses, led
q vigorous two-pronged cam
paign this fall to recapture the
State Senate from the Republic
cans and to put across q refer
endum calling for Jersey Turn
pike revenues to bolster the fall
tering commuter railroads.
When the tally was completed
in last Tuesdays vote, Gov.
Meyner suffered q double defeat.
His referendum was swamped by
. 2-to-1 vote and the Democrats.
although they picked up two
seats, failed to take control Of
the State Senate.
The Senate setback sharply re-
stricts the Governors room for
maneuvering in 1860. II the
Democrats had won, he could
have resigned as Governor and
run for the United States Senate.
in the event he did not make first
or second place on the presi-
Dental ticket. But under New
Jersey law, the president Of the
State Senate succeeds the Gov
ernor II the latter resigns.
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Kennedy Criticized

Mr.. Kennedy, meanwhile, was
himself under attack. The Team
sters Union, target Of the Senate
Rackets Committee on which Mr..
Kennedy played a leading role,
called on its members to oppose
him in the various presidential
primaries.
The Transfers also disclosed
that they would try to unseat Sc
Congressman who voted for the
tough "Kennedy-Landrum- Grit
fin" labor bill last September. OF
this group, 81 are Republicans and
two Democrats.
Senator Kennedy was the ap-
parent target of another group
which does not look with favor on
his presidential ambitions. Last
Wednesday, the Baptist General
Convention of Texas advised its
1.6 million members to consider
carefully before voting for a Ro-
man Catholic candidate. A reso-
luton approved by the group said
"the Roman Church is both q re-
ligion and an ambitious political
system aspiring to be state" Mr..
Kennedy is a Roman Catholic.
This week, Gov. Rockefeller, like
many a man before him. goes
West to try to win fame = he
doesn't need fortune. He will in
wade California, the home State
Of Vice President Nixon, leading
Republican presidential candidate,
on a tour he hopes will indicate
he can make strong race for the
1860 top prize.
In a four-day trip which will
take him to Oregon and WASH
ington, too, Mr.. Rockefeller win
deliver three major speeches, at
tend II meetings with @. o. p.
leaders and hold 10 news confer.
ences and television interviews.
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BerIin's Banner Battle

AS a sideshow to the larger
performance in the SUBMITS big
top, a flag dispute in Berlin last
week threatened to bring new
East-West showdown.
The German Democratic Re-
public Communist East Germany
until recently has waved the same
national standard as has the Ger
man Federal Republic West Ger
many. Then change was made
the addition of a Communist
emblem-and the new East Ger
man banner was affixed to stats
at all the stations of the Berlin
elevated railway. Since East Ger
many controls the entire elevated
system in both East and West
Berlin, this was easy to accom-
plish, but proved to be impossible
to maintain. West Berlin police
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mittee announced that 1t would
look into the disc jockey matter
next month.
The list of witnesses who told
Of the answers-in-advance decep-
ton from first-hand knowledge
included Xavier Cugat. orchestra
leader; a preacher who wanted
to win big money so he could be-
come a Protestant Father Flan-
agan" and help orphan boys, and
Charles Van Doren, the best
known contestant Of them all.
BY all odds the most dramatic
testimony was that given by Mr..
Van Doren, 33-year -old scion Of
the noted literary family.
His moment Of truth" came
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would quit II a Republican were
to take over the State House and
its political patronage. Now the
experts are inclined to write him
of for 1860. Republican Senator
Clifford Case. who is up for re-
election next year, is breathing
easier. He did not look forward
to q race against Mr.. Meyner. I
On the Republican side, Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller Of New York
was challenged on q leading issue
by Senator John F. Kennedy.
front-running Democratic Presi-
Dental hopeful. The boyish-
looking Bostonian raped the
Governors plea that the United
States resume, unilaterally. the
testing Of nuclear weapons. He
called the Rockefeller proposal
"unwise" and damaging to the
American image abroad"
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q relatively early date could be
set. Most observers last week.
however, discounted the possibility
that the West would accept the
Adenauer formula, and even more
seriously doubted that such q
limit on the agenda would be &C
ceptable to the Kremlin.
In general, Mr.. Eisenhower's
remarks on Wednesday were seen
as lending support to the view
that he had abandoned his earlier
insistence that a summit meeting
should be earlier rather than
later" British Foreign Office
officials were reported somewhat
dismayed at the seemingly altered
tone of the Presidents observa-
tons on the subject of the East
West summit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-08

Dwight D. Eisenhower, at SO,
the third eldest man to hold the
Office of President of the United
States, will wind up his final term
as Chief Executive on January 20,
1861. He cannot, under the provi-
sionS of the constitutional amend
ment sponsored by his own Re-
publican Party, seek reelection,
even if he would. Traditionally
in American politics, a President
who cannot or will not succeed
himself experiences steadily
dwindling prestige as the end of
his term nearS.
But however much Mr.. EiSen-
hower's prestige may be lessened
in domestic affairs, his status in
the international scene today is,
by all accounts, exceptionally
high.
Diplomats are nearly unan-
imous in ascribing the Presidents
heightened stature in world af-
fairs to:
His vigorous assumption Of
personal responsibility for United
States foreign policy after the
death of former Secretary Of
State John Foster Dulles.
The somewhat astonishing
success of his talks with visiting
Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khru-
shchev in September.
Last week Mr.. Eisenhower con-
firmed reports that he will take
an extended trip, next month,
that will bring him to nine cap
itals of Europe, the Middle East,
Asia and Africa. At his press con-
ference on Wednesday, the Pres
ldent told reporters that he would
visit Rome, Italy: Paris, France;
Ankara. Turkey Karachi. Pah-
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For Smaller Motions

On Thursday Paul Henri Spaak.
Secretary-G General of NATO, told
Mr.. Macmillan and Foreign Sec
rotary Selwyn Lloyd in London
that some way must be found to
permit NATO's smaller members
to share in the formulation Of
Western policy prior to the sum-
NIT conference with the Russians.
The British leaders were de-
scribed as receptive" to Mr..
Sparks suggestions; to be any
thing less, some diplomats pointed
out, would be to risk serious weak
ening of NATO particularly if the
summit meeting with the Soviet
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National Safety

The high tribunals ruling, IN q
five-page paper. rejected the
union contentious. Noting that
the union and Government were
at odds over what the law meant
by national health" the court
said:
I'VE need not resolve this ques-
ton, for we think that the judy
ment below district COURT is
amply supported on the ground
that the strike imperils the ma
tional safety. Here we rely upon
the evidence of the strikes effect
on specific defense projects. -"
Justice Douglas, the lone dis
senter, said that he did not
agree that the national safety
was imperiled because he did not
believe it takes 100 per cent of
the workers to produce the steel
needed for national defense when
80 per cent of the output is de-
voted to" non-defense projects.
The decision came as the
deleterious effects of the shut
down of SO per cent of the Nations
steelmaking capacity were spread
ing rapidly. More than 100000
auto workers have been laid off
because of steel shortages. Tens
of thousands of workers in other
industries dependent on the metal
also are idle.
Even though the steelworkers
are returning to their jobs, things
will get worse before they get
better. This was underlined by
a disclosure by the Kaiser Steel
Corp, which signed a new con-
tract with the United Steelwork-
ers OF America on october 26,
that its first post-strike shipment
OF steel will be made November
20. This means that it will have
taken nearly four weeks to get
the first dribble of production
going after the shutdown.
The end of the strike came
shortly after Senator Morse said
he would seek legislation next
session which would give the
President added powers to halt
strikes which threaten, national
crises.
Labor and management now
have got the ball again, knowing
full well that a new strike will
occur next January rs and with
it possible restrictive legislation
from Congress, if no settlement
is reached during the effect of
the Injunction.
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sooner with the truthH (He won
$4,000 in II weeks In 1956-S1
on the Twenty One show and
kept between $4,000 and $3.50
after taxes) Mr.. Van Doren said
he was frightened and added
that he didn't want to walk out
on his $50, 000-a-year Job he sub
sequently was given by NBC as
o consultant.
Virtually all the reaction has
concerned Mr.. Van Doren'S par
ticipation in the TV hoax itself.
Overlooked by many is the most
disturbing thing Of all: Mr.. Van
Doren's contempt for one Of the
Nations basic institutions. the
grand jury. He admitted that he
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last Monday morning before o
packed caucus room in the Old
House once Building as he said:
II would give almost anything
I have to reverse the course OF
my life in the last three years.
I've learned q lot about good
and evil. They are not always
what they appear to be. I was
involved. deeply involved. in q de-
ception."
He then told the now familiar
story of how he was persuaded
by the shows producer to par
ticipate for $1,000 and the chance
to help increase public respect
for learning.
Why hadn't he come forward
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THE WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE
Steel: Back to Working and Talking

The vanguard Of 100000 strik-
ing steelworkers has begun re-
turning to the mills. Soon the
fires will be lighted m the blast
furnaces. Production is to be re-
sumed in the Nations biggest
plants after a shutdown Of 1l6
days, the longest in history.
This is the situation providing
q new backdrop for pay-hungry
labor and prof1t-hungry manage
ment as once again they prepare
to try to negotiate a contract
agreement which will keep the
men on the job.
The United States Supreme
Court brought it about yesterday
morning when it announced an
historic decision, 8 to l, uphold
ing the constitutionality Of the
Taft-Hartley Act emergency in
junction provisions.
Under the laws terms, strikers
must return to their jobs for a
period of 80 days when there Is
q determination by the courts
that threat to the national
health or safety exists.
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Lied to O grand Jury. This Is an
extremely serious matter, the
usual penalty, upon conviction,
being Q sentence Of i've years in
jail.
District Attorney Frank 8.
Hogan Of New York said last week
that probably 100 Of $50 witnesses
questioned by the grand jury in
its investigation Of TV quiz show
rigging had lied. He promised to
take UP the matter with o new
grand jury.
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Disc Jockeys Next

In addition, there was testimony
of commercial brides" paid to
disc jockeys for plugging certain
records on radio and to several
newspaper columnists for men,
tioning products or companies in
their columns. The Harris COM
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stan; New Delhi. India; Teheran,
Iran; Kabul, Afghanistan; Athens,
Greece, and Rabat, Morocco.
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Written off for 80

It IL highly unlikely Mr.. Mey-
ner, whose term expires IN 1862,
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offer" If they accept. the strike
would end. If they reject 1t, the
strike can be resumed at the end
of the 80-day period. The Presi-
dent then would report to Con-
gress, perhaps recommending spe-
cial legislation.
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Obituaries, Page CO
TruveI, Pages c-S-ll
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off a fight over whether 1t
should be repudiated.
Opponents Of the report
argued that the ABA would be
accused of retreating from its
Chicago stand unless the report
was slapped down.
Supporters commended that
rejection would lend further
weight to the belief that the
ABA had criticized the SUI
preme Court.
After an hour-long wrangle.
the House agreed TO accept the
report defending the court.
But specifically said 1t was not
approving it.
The House also said 1t was
standing firm on the recon-
mendation of six months ago
that Congress pass amend
ments to strengthen laws deal
ing with national security.
Smith Bill Supported
The House of Delegates in q
day of hard work yesterday
also lined up the 95.000-mem-
Der ABA behind legislation
pending in Congress to provide
that both State and Federal
laws can occupy the same field
unless they conflict or unless
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the bright hope" for the Juve-
nile Court experiment was in
danger unless juvenile courts
received sufficient legislative
support.
The Judge spoke in Miami
Beach, Fla, where the ABA is
holding It's annual convention.
He said the next 10 years
must see:
/. Application Of juvenile
court procedures which keep
"overzealous representatives Of
the State" from intervening in
the private lives of parents and
their children.
2. Development of scientific
procedures for assessing the
needs of juveniles coming be-
fore these courts.
3. Construction and adequate
stating of juvenile institutions,
unless these things. are done
promptly. the. juvenile court
movement is in grave danger of
laundering" said j u d g e
Ketcham.
The Judge also urged that
juvenile court judges be quick
to protect individual children
and their parents from "the en-