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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
Six Gu Students
Receive Awards

Six Catholic University un-
dergraduate students were
honored Tuesday night at the
annual activities banquet. ~
The Right Rev. Msgr. William
j. Mcdonald, rector Of the uni
versity, presented the Rector's
Award to William M. Wiecek Of
Cleveland who by his unselfisi1
devotion had made the greatest
contribution to the accomplish
ment of the aims and detectives
of the university"
Robert j. Talbot, 1904 Vest
ern avenue NV. was awarded
the Harris Trophy given to the
Outstanding scholar. gentle
man and athlete"
The Father Stratemeier Me-
mortal Award went to Steven
Frankino, of Butte, Mont, az
the outstanding senior based on
scholarship and citizenship.
The Marian Award for distinc-
ton in leadership, responsibility
and scholarship was presented
to Miss Barbara De Carlo, 1921
Lincoln road NE.
George Matthews of Ridge
field. Conn, was given the
Corbett Trophy as outstanding
trackman of the year and Miss
Eleanor Anderson, 4410 Fourth
road, North Arlington, was
| given a medal for rifle firing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
Science Academy
Honors DooIittIe

1t. Gen. James H. Doolittle,
American military aviation
pioneer, has been awarded the
Public Welfare Medal of the
National Academy of Sciences
for "eminence in the applica-
ton of science to public well
fare"
Gen Doolittle received the
medal during ceremonies at the
academy's annual meeting re-
Gently. The citation includes
the privilege of presenting
papers at meetings of the
academy.
Now chairman of the board
of the Space Technology Lab
oratories, Gen. Doolittle was
the leader of bombing raids
over Tokyo in the early months
Of World War II. He holds the
Congressional Medal, the Silver
Star, the Distinguished Service
Medal and the Guggenheim
Medal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
E. J. Kelly Park
Dedication Set

Dedication of the Edward j.
Kelly Park, Twenty-f1rst street
and Virginia avenue NV, will
be held at 11:15 am. tomorrow.
Speakers will include Repre-
sentative Kirwan, Democrat of
Ohio, who will make the dedi-
catory address, and Roger c..
Ernst, assistant Secretary of the
Interior.
The park, named for the for
mer superintendent of National
Capital Parks who died last De-
cember, forms an attractive set
ting for the entrance to the
nearby State Department Build
ing.
The park symbolizes the
great interest and pride which
Mr.. Kelly manifested in park
development and the preServa-
ton of natural and historical
values in the Washington park
system.
The program will include a
concert by the Marine Band,
presentation Of colors and cho-
raj selections by the Singing
! Sergeants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
BY WILLIAM HINES
Star Science Writer

House Majority Leader Nc
Cormack said today the prin-
cipal reason we are behind the
Russians in space is that we
have failed to take advantage
"of our own free enterprise
system in forging the worlds
future"
In a speech prepared for de-
livery on the House floor. the
Massachusetts, Democrat call
ed for a massive national eff
fort" in space - mot some
thing which can be solved by
just the Air Force or the Army
or q new exclusive national
space authority operating on
its own"
Mr.. McCormack's speech was
prepared in connection with
the dedication today Of the
Avco Corps research center
at Wilmington, Mass. The CEN
ter, dedicated to "far-out" pro-
jectS in the space propulsion
field, will be a leading private
enterprise scientific headquar-
tiers.
Mr.. Mccormack said the role
of private enterprise in the
explosive" revolution in as
tronautics now under way can
not be overestimated.
81 am convinced that we will
never solve the problem OF
leadership in this (space) field
by Government agency alone,
Mr.. Mccormack said. THAT is
the Soviet way, and I see no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
DAVID LAWRENCE
Warning to 'Soviets Needed

less q specific solution IA
reached on the Berlin prob
lem. for example. II would
serve notice on the foreign
ministers here that they must
accomplish something tangi-
BILE. and II would put an end
10 the triviallties which are
using up valuable time. cer-
tainiy. the soviets knew In
advance that the four-power
conference was 10 be particle
pated In by the representa-
tives OF the four governments
only and that there was no
intention to admit any other
governmental representatives.
even though II was recog-
nixed that various advisers
from other countries fright
come here TO give their views
informally 10 any OF the four
foreign ministers. But for the
Soviet envoy to try 10 crash
the gate at this late date and
get East Germany, roland
and Czechoslovakia into the
conference is TO introduce
frivolity and responsibility
into the whole affair.
The representatives of
Britain, France and the
United States did not come
here to engage in a propa-
ganda debate or TO wrangle
over procedural details. They
came with the sincere pur-
pose Of reaching agreement
on fundamental issues. I'M
less President Eisenhower
taxes q hand ana quietly DuJ
firmly lets it be known that
he will not go to a summit
conference unless specific
problems are disposed Of,
there will be more and more
delay and less and less
chance of anything being &C
complished by the four for
eign ministers.
Following submission Of the
package plan, an announce
ment by the President that
he will go to a summit con-
ference only If there is a So
luton reached here on the
West Berlin issue could have
a salutary effect on the whole
situation and perhaps salvage
something out Of what seems
to date to be only an adj
venture in Soviet propaganda.
(copyrighs, 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
RALPH McGILL
Miss Lucy of Clio, a Real Lady

somewhat pompous ones, feel
like fools. In time she be-
came a legend. She was not
afraid to go anywhere. In
deed, it did not occur to her
to be fearful. She was a born
missionary. And wherever
error was, she went. She fig
ured that If an editor or an
industrialist had sinned and
erred he would be glad to
know that repentance was
indicated.
The sinners, of course,
would have enjoyed below
ing back at some male CLIO
representative, swapping cpl
thets and accusations. But
when Miss Lucy came calling
with her sweet smile, her
Virginia accent and her COM
plete innocence of anything
save the presence of error
and wrong, it was different.
Some of them used to swell
up and grow red. But Miss
Lucy usually Soothed them
down by assuring them they
surely could see the error of
their ways. It was either
calm, or burst. So they
Gained. 1t was like a teach
er handling a bad little boy.
She died looking upon
John L. Lewis as one of the
great men of our time. But he
broke her heart when he
ceased relations with Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and went
chasing off after strange po-
litical gods on the G. o. p.
Olympus. She simply left the
Mine Workers division and
stayed with CLIO.
She was a genuine person,
without guile or any deceit.
And she was a great lady in
the full meaning of the word.
I'll always remember with
affection Miss Lucy, of the
Mine Workers and the CLIO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
FuIbright Viewed as Aiming to Give
Committee Top Say on Ambassadors

censed over the injustice per-
petrated by that type Of NC
Carthyism" on one Of the
"ablest men In the State De-
partment." Yet he now en-
courages harassing tactics
when the Democrats have an
overwhelming I'll to 81 ma
jority on the Foreign Rela-
tons Committee.
There was no serious rea-
son except rank partisanShip
for the harasSment OF Mrs.
Clare Boothe Luce, who had
proved herself one Of our
best ambassadors at a criti-
cal time-the Trieste crisis in
Italy. The same applies to the
difficulties placed before
young Ogden r. Reid. ambas-
sador-designate to Israel.
There is no question that in
the past the Foreign Rela-
tons Committee has been too
lenient with the contribu-
tors to the party chests who
received diplomatic appoint
ments as a reward for their
contributions. And we had
some real lemons. 1t had been
taken for granted over the
years that Presidents had to
dispense important diplo-
matte jobs to the heaviest con-
tributors. We don't have titles
and decorations, as, for in
stance, Britain, to reward
those who help a political
party financially. Hence, the
Democratic and Republican
National Committees distri-
butte important embassies to
the heaviest contributors.
In the first three terms of
the Roosevelt administration
this manner of appointing
ambassadors was practiced
on a wide scale. The explana-
ton: Only a person with a
fat checking account could
afford to serve as ambaSSa-
dor to most European or
South American capitals.
The Eisenhower admins
tration, more than that of
Mr.. Truman, who increased
the number of ambassadorial
appointments from the For
eign Service ranks, departed
from this rich mans system
as much as possible.
The politically favored
still were appointed to Eek
pensive jobs" such as Britain,
France and Italy. But there
are posts that the we'll
heeled disdained in the past.
Such is the case of Brownie"
Reid, a serious-m minded for
mer publisher of the New York
Herald Tribune. He has no
more experience in diplomacy
than, say, Joseph Kennedy,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

Ike calls for balanced budget. An educational step
Few people under rs years of age have
The Texas Legislature changes its 1860 election laws
This is known the Lyndon BILL
Secretary Heer challenges Russia to deadly earnest"
talks Well not too deadly. The idea to keep the talks
aive-and shoot the breeze
Ike will fly to the Air Force Academy Colorado. He
figures the air cadets at least deserve to what plane
looks like before they graduated.
Steel workers ask for 38-hour week Outmoded think
ing. The 1860 Democratic platform will urge oneday week
half of which will be spent resting up from the six days off,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14

Republicans in the Senate
feel themselves so over
whelmed By the Democratic
majority that they remain
passive when appointees 10
the ofiicial family OF the
President are being clobbered
by the "other side" which
keeps n vigilant eye on the
1860 elections.
There is much indignation
In the Republican ranks. not
only over the harassment
OF Secretary Of Commerce
Strauss, but also over the
antics of the Foreign Rela-
tons Committee. Under the
firm leadership of Senator
william Fulbright, the COM
mittee feels It should not only
confirm but also designate
our ambassadors. who repre-
sent the President Of the
United States as, well as the
Government.
Hence, the bitter quip
in the Senate cloakroom:
when will Fulbright. who
is putting. the Presidents
appointees through the PAGES
Of a stringent oral examina-
ton, also demand a written
test?"
Some Republicans recall
when Senator Fulbright
boiled over with Indignation
at the successful effort Of the
late Senator Joseph Nc
Carthy in 1850 to block the
appointment of Philip Jes-
sup as special ambassador to
the United Nations. Senator
Mccarthy accused Mr.. Jes-
sup of having belonged to or
of still belonging to a num-
Der of left-wing organizations
which were on the Attorney
Generals subversive list.
The ArkanSan was incensed
over the "impertinence" of his
colleague from Wisconsin,
whom he described as the
most offensive witness" he
had ever seen. The Mccarthy
testimony was so well docu-
mented. however, that the
subcommittee voted against
Mr.. Jessup's confirmation.
The ranking Republican on
the subcommittee, Alexander
Smith, declared that despite
his close personal friendship
with the appointee, he could
not vote for him. So did Guy
Gillette. a Democrat on the
subcommittee of five.
Senator Fulbright was in
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President Urged to Deci0re Summit
Depends on Geneva Accomplishment

oE1SEvA-There Is an OBJ
vious weakness In the Ameri-
can strategy I'd the four
power conference here. and
only President Eisenhower
can remove IL.
The Soviets have been re-
peatedly told by the press Of
the world that. no matter
what happens az the Geneva
conference, there win be q
summit conference anyhow.
Under such circumstances, the
Soviets are saying 10 them
selves: "what difference does
II make II we turn down the
'packaee' plan and every
thing else7"
Here are four governments
represented by their highest
officials vested with the re-
sponsibillty OF conducting
diplomatic relations with 9TH
err countries. and yet. In
effect, the world Is being told
that these men are mere fig
ureheads and that what they
do or say here doesn't make
the slightest difference TO the
heads Of their respective gov
ernments. for those four chief
personalities must gather
here later this summer any
way.
Why should the President
Of the United States permit
such a farce to go on? If the
United States means what 1t
says-and certainly the tele-
vision speech last week by
Secretary of State Herter, APP
proved by the President, ex-
pressed courageously the
American viewpoint = why
should there not be serious
negotiations here and agree
ments reached that could be
formally ratified later by the
heads of state?
But the way matters look
now. this conference is to
be a perfunctory affair. with
a good deal of wrangling on
details and with a final COM
munique confessing to the
world that the four foreign
ministers have failed in their
duty. Presumably then only
the four heads Of state can
straighten 1t all out. This
may be the Communist con-
ception Of the whole negotia-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
Key to Space Victory
Seen in Free Enterprise

reason why free men should
initiate it."
The House majority leader
called on all Americans to en-
grave in their minds the word
IN a g n e t o hydrodynamics. :"
That is a field of physics which
may ultimately give us the
clue to a workable thermonu-
clear power plant"
DR.. Arthur Kantrowitz, di-
rector OK the Avco laboratory,
is considered a world leader in
the magnetohydrod y n a m C
field. Much Of his work has
been centered on the use of
rarified, electrically charged
gases as a ship propul-
sion medium. 1t is believed q
space-ship propelled by such
means could reach the highest
speeds theoretically obtainable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14

Brush fires, started APP
parently by spontaneous COM
bustion, are burning in such
widely separated parts of the
country as California, Michi-
gan and Florida for Chester
Bowles for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
There is no BowleS candi-
dacy. He says he does not
take an active candidacy for
himself seriously. He also says
he is suspicious of what
presidential ambitions do to
a man in public life. 1t re-
mains that he has a vocal and
increasingly active group of
supporters.
If Mr.. Bowles eventually
comes anywhere near nomi-
nation, it would be one of the
most astonishing events in
politics. In the first place, he
is in the House of RepreSen-
tatives, which is not supposed
to produce presidential candi-
dates. In the second place, the
Democratic Party in Connec-
ticut is solidly committed to
Senator Kennedy, and a
prime requirement for success
is supposed to be the un-
vavering support of the folks
at home.
Mr.. Bowles possesses,
nevertheless. many of the
characteristics of a success
full candidate. He has just
turned So and is safely with
in the accepted age bracket
for a President. He has had
experience as OPA admin
istrator, as Governor of Con-
neeticut. as Ambassador to
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Ex-Governor Viewed as Long Shot
For 1860, Despite Political Assets

India, and as a delegate to
the United Nations, to which
he is adding his present ex-
perience in Congress.
Physically, he is the pic
ture of an ideal candidate.
He is a strong-looking man
with good shoulders and a
biggish head. His face is
open and friendly. He has a
good voice and speaks per-
Suasively. He is serious with
out heavineSs. And he has
that great virtue in a candi-
date, a nice family.
But it is the Bowles mind
and character which his sup
porters find most appealing.
He is a liberal, but he has
no interest in a rehash of
the New Deal. New times
call for new solutions, he
thinks. He believes that what
is important is purpose and
direction, not details.
He manages to be an egg
head without being often
sive about it. He both reads
and writes intelligently. And
when hard problems arise
he has the humility, he says,
to hire someone smarter
than he is. to solve them.
Mr.. Bowles' supporters be-
lieve their man has three
political assets Of potential
power. They think his par
ticular qualities are the kind
which can arouse the kind OF
enthusiasm which can win.
They believe his name Is al
ready well and favorably
known to the public.
Most largely they are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
Descendant of Virginia Gentry, Famed
AS Mine Workers Aide, Is Dead at II

ceived a request from a Miss
Lucy Randolph Mason. They
Just had to see what a female
coal miners representative
looked like and what she
would have to say. They ex-
pected, of course, some hard
bitten, blowsy sort of Carrie
Nation character armed with
a coal pick.
And, at the appointed hour
would come Miss Lucy. She
was small. Her hair was pre-
maturely gray. Her face had a
pink glow to it and she
blushed easily. She wore gold
trimmed glasses. She spoke
with a broad-A Virginia &C
cent. She was well educated
and well read. She was better
versed in economics than
most of those with whom she
met. She was ready with sta
tistics. And she was, as they
say, a born lady. She never
had to act like one. She was
one. And everyone knew it.
She flabbergasted and de-
flated them. And because she
was always so sweetly I'M
conscious of this fact, they
couldn't really become too
angry.
The publishers, editors and
industrialists who hauled of
and let the CLIO have the back
of their hand usually made
some reckless charges and as
sertions. 1t was discomfort-
ing, to say the least, to have
this sweet-faced, gray-haired
lady sitting there calling them
to account for their sins. 1t
was the more so because she
patiently would dissect the
published charges and reveal
them as empty or false.
Miss Lucy must have made
several hundred men, often
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
Gunsmith- Runcher
Makes Few Sales

RADIUM, Colo. (AP). -
Henry Hinton runs a ranch in
northwestern Colorado, blu t
when he can, makes guns,
especially heavy muzzle-load-
ing rifles like those used by this
Nations earliest settlers.
Mr.. Hinton says he spends SO
much time on the old f1int-and-
ball muskets that no one could
afford to buy one. So he occa-
sionally gives one to a friend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14
DORIS FLEEsoN
Brush Fires Burn for BoWIes

banking on the fact that Mr..
Bowles would be as fully ac-
ceptable to Gov. Stevenson
and his supporters as he
would be to Harry Truman
and his followers. They view
with diSmay a possible split
among liberal Democrats at
Los Angeles. They think a
Bowles candidacy would
provide a solid answer to the
problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14

tIon. but IL hardly seems
plausible that the Western
governments would be par
ties 20 such a hraxen artifice.
II Is true that President
Eisenhower has said several
times that there would be a
summit conference only II
the results &C the foreign
ministers conference here
justify Il. But newspaper
writer's generally and. In
deed. the diplomats In Lon
don have discounted that
statement 10 such an extent
that the feeling Is rather
widespread about the cer-
tainty OF q summit meeting,
no matter whether anything
substantial is achieved at the
current conference.
The tragic fact is that the
diabolical hand Of domestic
politics has something 10 do
with 1t all. In Britain, for in
stance. the two major parties
are at each others Threats
all the time. Prime Minister
Macmillan has postponed the
election that is in the offing
because he says he doesn't
want the critical situation in
the world to be a matter Of
political combat. But he
added that he thought the
chances Of his party would
be better a little later on,
anyhow, though he didn't
say whether he meant after
a successful summit confer
ence.
It ought to be clear to ev-
erybody that a summit con-
ference can hardly be q long
drawn-out affair and that q
week devoted to such an oc-
casion would be a lot Of time
for the President to be away
from the United States. 1t
would be impracticable to
undertake any lengthy nego-
tiations at a summit confer
ence. So. unless the major
part of the agreements to be
reached are completed here,
it would appear to be futile
for the President to go to any
conference.
If Mr.. Eisenhower an
nounced now that he has
not made up his mind to go
to a summit conference I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-14

A very kind, sweet lady,
characterized, too, by all the
graces of the old Virginia
of plantations and the gentry,
is dead at n. And she would
understand if the news of it
brought reflective smiles along
with affectionate memories.
She was Miss Lucy RAN
dolph Mason. And she was
all the name implies. She
was of THE Randolphs of
Virginia. She was of THE
Masons of Virginia. Her FAM
lily tree was festooned with
great names and deeds famil-
lar to historical America. The
blood in her veins was bluer
than indigo. Compared with
Miss Lucy, the average OAR
notable was a parvenu inso-
far as Revolutionary War
forebears were concerned.
That she was for II years
q public relations officer for
John L. Lewis mine workers
and for the CLIO, at a time
when both were considered
as afhliates of the devil, was
always a wonder and, at
times, a warming, hilarious
fact, productive of many re-
markable stories.
In the early days of the
CLIO, John L. Lewis was re-
garded as an ogre, or worse.
Mostly worse. The CLIO was
looked upon as monstrously
dangerous and wicked. Men
and women, too, of conserv-
alive bent, were brought
close to apoplexy at the men
ton of either.
Some of the worst of these
were newspaper publishers
and editors. They would
never have let a male CLIO
emissary darken their door.
But, somehow, they could
never resist when they re-
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finance the highway program
through a lean period. The
House Ways and Means Com
mittee proposes to rely mainly
on a bond financing plan.
The resolutions committee
here lodged a direct stand or
either of these methods.
Compromise Attempted
This was an attempt at a
compromise between Governors
who proposed that the Federal
Government earmark the tax
on auto equipment and acesso-
ries for highways and others
who liked a proposed resolution
which would have gotten Mr.,
Eisenhower of the hook on the
gasoline tax boost.
Democratic Gov. Herschel
Loveless of Iowa led the forces
for the equipment tax, Gov,
Christopher Del Sesto of Rhode
Island, a Republican, spon-
sored the gasoline tax proposal
which would have backed the
proposed increase from 3 to
Az cents and said, Nov the
responsibility to act is up to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-05

from the President. The steel
resolution repeatedly leaned
over backward to avoid criticiz-
ing the administration for not
doing more to halt the walkout.
The Governors consider the
financing of the vast interstate
highway program the number
one problem facing the States,
and the resolution repeatedly
starts out with that premise.
Then it axes a middle-of-the
road position by repeatedly
urging Mr.. Eisenhower and
Congress to come to an agree
ment on some method of sup
plying enough money to meet
what the Governors consider a
fiscal highway crisis.
No Stand on Method
1t avoids taking a stand on
which method is best but offers
the President and Congress the
assistance of the Governors ex-
ecutive committee to help find
out.
Mr.. Eisenhower proposed an
increase of 11a cents a gallon
in the Federal gasoline tax to