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Evening star., 1960-07-06
Ground Swelr for Johnson Is Seen
After Senator's Statement on ~

that we should not do Mr..
Khrushchev's divisive work
for him.
"I did not-and I will not
leap in to chew on Presi-
dent Eisenhower personally.
just as I have not and will
not spend my time now try
ing to destroy any in my
party or other parties who
might come to this high
Office.
Mistakes have been made
and inexcuSable ones. But
my interest and I believe
the interest of my fellow
Americans - is in curing
those mistakes, not in ex-
plotting them for political
partisan gain"
This is the kind of utter
ance that can win Republican
votes if Senator johnson is
the Democratic Party nom
inee. Even today it is one
reason why his strength has
been increasing inside his
own party. In fact, with the
backing of Speaker Rayburn
and a large number of SEN
ators and Representatives,
the Texas Senator emergeS
as the real challenger of the
delegate bloc accumulated in
the last few months by
Senator Kennedy through
intensive organization in var
ious States.
Lyndon johnson is a skill
full campaigner. He has
proved a natural leader in
Congress. In fact, if there
were a parliamentary system
in the United States such as in
Canada and Britain, he would
emerge as the logical choice
for Prime Minister. Inciden-
tally, he has held the post Of
majority leader for six years,
and on the last occasion was
chosen unanimously by his
Democratic colleagues.
Perhaps Senator Johnson's
strongest point in his Tues
day news conference was the
following:
After July, the band
wagons will be silent. The
dark horses will be out to
Evening star., 1960-07-06
WILLIAM S. WHITE

The pursuer has become
the pursued in the race for
the Democratic presidential
nomination and the hour Of
crisis is now approaching on
galloping feet.
The front-runner for two
years, Senator John F. Ken
nedy. is for the first time on
the defensive, though he is
still distinctly the favorite.
The challenger, Senator Lyn-
don B. johnson, has moved
into the open for the first
time.
Only days before the open
ing on July IL of the Demo-
cratic National Convention
in Los Angeles, Senator John
son has at last taken the step
which Senator Kennedy had
taken six months before. He
has become an open, all-out
candidate.
1t is obvious that this de-
velopment and those of the
holiday week end have at
least to some extent chal-
lenged Senator Kennedy'S
strong and commanding posi-
ton. Senator Johnson
charges and those of former
President Truman that the
convention had been ar
ranged in advance to favor
Senator Kennedy have forced
him into the position of a
man seeking more to protect
what he already has than to
expand what he has.
This does not mean, of
course, that the odds are still
not strongly in favor of
Senator Kennedy. They are.
What it does mean is that
Senator Johnson, coming up
so very late as he has, has
gained a lap or two though
he has many laps yet to go.
For both of these brilliant
young politicians (Kennedy
at 43 and johnson at SD the
great and terrible prize now
is time. Senator johnson
must make time run in his
favor between now and the
opening of convention ballot
ing. His capability to win the
nomination in the end must
be demonstrated to be high
enough to cause enough of
Evening star., 1960-07-06
Belgian Surveys Congo Problems,
Stresses Role of American Ideals

before they have tried us and
you. And don't think they are
stupid. You know some of the
tri b e S m e n are men with
pointed heads because their
mothers bound their heads
according to tribal custom.
Well, we had one of the chiefs
in our negotiation. We got him
in a tight place, and he said,
Surely, gentlemen, you would
not expect a man with a head
shaped like mine to think
But he bloody well could
think. And good"
1t is an old story. In the
new African nations there are
too few men who are edu-
Gated and experienced in ad-
ministration. They have raw
materials but no capital.
Therefore they call on colo
nial powers to provide capital.
France and Belgium suffer
now from the costs of Algeria
and the Congo. If the tribes
men with the pointed heads
can't get support from the
old powers, they will exercise
the ancient law of survival
and turn to Russia, as did
Guinea. That country is a
monument to de Gaulle's bad
guess.
Today the Czechs, Poles
and East Germans are run
ming Guinea to the sore dis
tress of both the United
States and France. What
Americans don't understand
is that the Communist ma
tions have a surplus of intel
lectuals, scientists, engineers.
doctors. ct cetera. They can
send them in fast and they
do so.
Belgium will be called on
Evening star., 1960-07-06
DORIS FLEEsON
Achilles Heel of Kennedy Foes

him less than Senator john
son.
Much that could happen
depends at this point upon
the Johnson temperament.
He clearly finds it intolerable
that another Senator should
be preferred to him. He
wants to be President with
a passion for power and au-
thority which less self-con-
f1dent men could not begin
to appreciate.
1t will be extremely hard
for him to give up in time to
do anyone else any good at
all. Even if he resigned him
self to his own defeat, tim
ing would be Of the essence;
Furthermore, it would be
necessary for him to talk
small when the mechanics of
the switch were arranged so
that he would not be cast in
a power-behind-the- throne
role.
The introduction Of the
health issue could not have
been avoided; Republicans
would have brought it up if
Democrats didn't. Senator
johnson had a massive heart
attack; Senator Kennedy for
some time has been in rela-
lively precarious health be-
cause of his war service. Both
have been doing the work of
10 men all year, and the
most noticeable effect has
- been on their dispositions,
which would be true of men
in perfect health.
The second Eisenhower
and the fourth Roosevelt
elections appeared to show
that the public is less in
terested in health than per-
haps it should be. Anyway.
it has the facts and it is en-
titled to them.
Evening star., 1960-07-06
DAVID LAWRENCE
Serious View of Serious Future

pasture. And we will stand
face-to-face with whatever
destiny this century holds for
us-with one man as our
leader, the one man that we
choose this year, the one
man standing out in front
to lead us.
"All the forces of evil in
this world will stand poised,
ready to strike at freedom
through whatever weak
nesses America may show.
Those forces will have no
mercy for innocence, no gall
lantry toward inexperience,
no patience toward errors ...
There will be little time
to learn this job. We can
only anticipate that the next
President will be greeted by
the threat of a Russian sub
marine base in Cuba, less
than 100 miles from our
shoreline. He will be met by
efforts to penetrate internal
ly into the republics of this
hemisphere. He will be met
by new ultimatums over Ber-
lin. He will be met by attacks
upon the security of Ameri-
can bases throughout the
worldly insults to the
American flag and embassies
abroad-by in dignities S
against our citizens any
where"
This is a realistic picture
of what the future may hold
in store for America. That's
why the search goes on for
that someone with the
greatest possible maturity
and experience" to whom
former President Truman re-
ferred in his statement last
Saturday.
Already Senator Kennedy
has plainly said that he will
consider Adlai Stevenson for
Secretary of State. Yet Mr..
Stevenson has lost the con-
fidence of millions of Ameri-
cans by his partisan attacks
on the Eisenhower admins
tration since the Paris con-
ference. These have played
into the hands of Mr.. Khru-
Shchev. So it will be interest
ing to know if Senator john
son, too, will favor Adlai
Stevenson as Secretary Of
State.
copyright, 1960)
Evening star., 1960-07-06
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Lyndon johnson announces for President This is the
greatest surprise Za Gabor came out in favor
of men.
Jack Kennedy says he's ready for the White House
And behind him is brother Bob, then brother Ted-better
known ready Teddy
Lyndon Johnsons managers claim Kennedy has an
ament of the adrena glands You might say Johnsons
Los Angeles headquarters doing gland office business
Jack Kennedy compares himself to such young as
Napoleon Alexander the Great and Christopher Columbus
The only he overlooked lingo Johansson who in
vented the do-ityomse sleeping pill before he 30.
Harry Truman apparently had two important aids
handy when he made out his list of Democrats qualified
be President-a telephone directory and blindfod.
Political theme song: Stuart symngton-'I Can't Get
Started With You"
Fdel Castro makes long political speeches at midnight
You're not whether he's trying to drive Cuba into the
yawning chaSm of communs-or yawning into the chasm
of communism.
Evening star., 1960-07-06

The Democratic ticket is to
be Kennedy and Johnson-or
else Johnson and Kennedy.
The ground swell for the
Texas Senator for the presi-
dental nomination is grow
ing, He has carefully avoided
giving offense to the Massa-
chuSetts Senator.
But the lines are drawn.
Senator johnson argues i'm
plicitly that he is more ex-
perienced in national and in
ternational affairs than his
rivals. Certainly his state
ment over television and
radio on Tuesday was states
manlike and politically effec-
tive.
Senator johnson very
wisely painted a picture of
how serious are the affairs
of the world today and
pointedly argued that, when
Senator Kennedy was cam
paigning in the primaries
and lining up delegations,
things were different in the
world than they are today.
Senator johnson declared:
Sixty days ago the future
looked vastly different than
it looks today. Men were talk
ing confidently of far diff
ferent things than they talk
of now. Then came the Paris
conference-and Mr.. Khru-
shchev unmasked the future
in all its grim challenges to us.
-. The American presidency
itself has a far different role
than it did when some began
seeking TO Tie up tnoSe dele
gates who will be the con-
vention voters"
Senator johnson accused
the Communists of moving in
"to kill off" and "downgrade"
the presidency as a world
influence. He added:
IF they can destroy the
worlds trust in this great
Office, the Communists can
destroy the leadership of
freedom itself. That is why
after the Paris conference
Il. for one, felt so strongly.
as one who shares the respon-
sibility of national leadership,
Evening star., 1960-07-06
RALPH McGILL
u. S. Ignites Freedom Fires

to lend large sums which it
does not have and cannot
raise without increasing taxes.
The BelgianS know much of
what is lent will be lost be-
cause of the nature of a trib-
aliSm which is far short of
Western ideas of integrity in
government. The Congo is a
most complex web of tribal
antagonisms and distrusts. 1t
is unready for self-govern-
ment. Yet to wait would be
to lose all.
II do not pretend to I'M
derstand the southern
United States" said the Bel
gian leader, but we do un-
derstand the meaning end
power of Jefferson, Patrick
Henry, Lincoln. and so on.
And we also understand your
man Faubus, who, like Jacques
Soustelle in France, thinks
guns and missiles will solve
all revolutions.
1--WE are a tiny country"
he said. But we are faith
full to NATO and common
sense. We know the Congo
is a mess of tribalism and
conflict.
Maybe we acted too fast
by a few years. But to have
delayed would have lost all.
The world has had a surfeit
of Faubus and Soustelle. We
cannot efford either. And 1
am not sure we can afford
the cost of freedom. Let me
tell you that freedom is ex-
pensive. Especially the kind
encouraged by Jefferson, Lin
coin, Henry, Wilson, Roose-
velt and Eisenhower. Will
you understand that it is
they, not FaubuS, who is the
major influence? And will
you ask your Congress to
help defray the cost of what
their heroes have started?"
Evening star., 1960-07-06
Seen Springing Ahead q Lap or Two
Although He Has Many More to Go

the decisive and still un-
committed delegates to con-
tinue to hold of from Sena-
tor Kennedy.
Senator Kennedy, for his
part, need not necessarily
force time to run with him.
But he must at all costs hold
time still. If it should begin
clearly to run with Senator
johnson all predictions of a
quick and easy Kennedy vic
tory would have to be dis
carded.
Senator Kennedy has al
ways conceded that unless he
made the nomination early
he would not make it at all.
Senator johnson has always
conceded that he had no hope
for an early or easy victory.
He has always known that
he could expect victory only
in a situation where Senator
Kennedy had reached a crest
and then had begun to de-
cline from that crest.
Discarding on each side
what would seem to be pro-
paganda claims, Senator
Kennedy ought to run up in
the neighborhood of 600 votes
on the first ballot and Sena-
tor johnson in the neighbor-
hood of 500.
Since 761 are required for
the nomination, Sen a tor
JchnSons strength must al
ways advance, ballot by bal
lot. But Senator Kennedy
cannot afford, even though
he is ahead, not to advance,
also ballot by ballot. For his
minimum psychological ne
cessity is to show overpower-
ing strength from the start
to support the consistent
claims of the Kennedy camp.
Senator JohnSon's minimum
necessity is more modest. He
need not show overwhelming
strength if only he can show
progressively rising strength.
Thus it is that the hackers
Of other presidential aspir-
ants-Senator Stuart Sying-
ton and Adlai E. Steven
Son-will in the end deter
mine the Democratic nom
inee. If many of them do
not soon lean in Senator
Evening star., 1960-07-06
DORIS FLEESON
Logging Stevenson-Symington Drives
Viewed as Forcing Johnson to Attack

SACRAMENTO, Calf
The basic weakness of the
stop Kennedy drive is the
failure of the Stevenson
Symington forces to attract
any substantial following to
merge with Senator Lyndon
Johnson's Solid South.
This is the real reason for
Senator JohnSon'S last-min-
ute aggressive attack on
Senator Kennedy, which is so
divisive of the party and so
unfair to the merits of both
candidates. But Senator
johnson has found himself,
with the convention only a
few days away, holding the
fort almost alone and unable
to SubStantiate his claims of
heavy support from the
Southwest and Mountain
States.
That there are even soft
spots in the South is widely
suspected though not at this
time provable.
Meanwhile, the political air
is packed with evidence that
Senator John Kennedy has
reserve support to put into
his first-ballot drive, much of
it centering on the personality
of Gov. Edmund G. (Pat)
Brown of California. Gov.
Browns ability to waltz on a
thin dime is legendary, and
it is a brave prophet who
would predict his course as
fixed on any one hour or day.
This much is known: He
has given his promise to an
nounce his personal support
of Senator Kennedy. The
Evening star., 1960-07-06
RALPH McGILL

BRUSSELS.-After a dip
lomatic dinner I asked a gen.
tleman high in the troubled
Belgian government about
the problem of the Congolese.
LET us see," he said. "You
are here from Paris and be-
fore that you are here from
the southern part Of the
United States. Let us say
thank God we did not have a
Jacques Soustelle who, you
might say, is the Orval
Faubus of France"
Belgium is not happy about
giving up the Belgian Congo.
The Belgians know what
they have lost. They do not
yet know what they have
gained, if anything. But they
know they could do nothing
else.
IF you will pardon me-"
said the Belgian State De-
partment man, what you
Americans overlook in your
understandable obsession with
the Russians is that African
revolutions are not getting
their impetus from Karl Marx
or Khrushchev. They are
inspired by the rights of man,
and they quote your Jeffer-
son, Patrick Henry, George
Washington, Lincoln, Wood
row Wilson, Franklin Roose-
welt. and Eisenhower. You
Americans bloody we'll forget
you are the most revolu-
tionary force in the world.
1T is true" he said, that
these new African nations
may turn to Russia. But not
Evening star., 1960-07-06

Kennedy strategistS have key
figures in reserve among the
California delegation to fol-
low Coy. Browns lead. An
informed source believes that
about so votes will be avail
able to the Massachusetts,
Senator on the first ballot.
Others on the delegation
are urging the Governor to
wait upon a caucus of the
delegation set for Sunday in
Los Angeles. This would seem
to be in his own interest,
for the Stevensonians in this
State are ardent and prob
ably unforgiving. Am ong
Kennedy doubters are still
delegates who feel it would
be in the States interest to
adopt the unit rule, which
would make California a rich
prize indeed.
The Johnson strategy,
which includes the contro-
versial recess of Congress,
seems at first glance to be
self-defeating. BY making
it so much of a personal iss
sue between himself and
Senator Kennedy, he may
be painting himself into a
corner from which he can
only escape by overlapping
into support of Mr.. Stevenson,
Senator Symington or Repre-
sentative Chester Bowles.
For with each move Sena-
tor johnson makes, fright
ened liberals and elective Of
ficials in the pivotal States
who fear the towering Tex
ans anti-consumer attitudes,
jump into the Kennedy camp.
They do not love Senator
Kennedy more; they only fear
Evening star., 1960-11-06
Al Man Seized
Ten Years After
Fleeing Andrews

DEs MONIES. Iowa, Nov.
(AP).-Ten years Of fight have
ended in Des Moines for ar
alleged Air Force deserter now
under arrest by the Federal Blu.
reau Of Investigation.
Frederick II. Oliver. 81, whom
the FBI said was from st. Louis
said:
II haven't had o moments
peace In 10 years. I'm happy
very thappy, it's over"
The FBI said Olive escaped
from the detention barracks al
Andrews Air Force Base ir
Washington in November. 1850
He was being held there on do
sertion charges. 4
His life as o fugitive was 9
series of short stays In room.
ing houses around the country
ending always In o sudden de-
parture, Olive said.
Olive, who said he at one timi
planned to be o career service.
man. told agents he had come
to Des Moines two weeks ago
He was arrested at Q roomine
house in Des Moines.
Evening star., 1960-11-06

dence of polls that they are
ahead in New York, whose IS
electoral votes could tilt the
tight battle for the White
House either way. They rate
the Empire State as leaning
Democratic while Republicans
show it undecided.
Both parties now agree that
Maryland is leaning Demo-
cratic. It had previously been
rated by the Democrats as un-
decided. Republicans think vir-
ginia is clearly for the G. o. P.
but Democrats still hold that
it is only leaning In that d.
|rection.
Both sides see the tide as
running in their. direction in
the closing days of the cam
paign. Republicans say their
estimates are on the conserva-
tive side in several States.
Democrats predict the surge for
Senator Kennedy will win him
most Of the doubtful States and
several Of those they list, as
leaning Republican.
Evening star., 1960-11-06
Cuba Seizes
Ex-Labor Aide

HAVANA, Nov. s (AP)-Da.
vid Salvador. former boss oi
the big Cuban Federation OF
Labor, was under arrest today
Jon charges Of ccnspiring against
the government after trying to
fiee by sea. =.
Military agents swooped down
on the fiery leftist and several
others aboard o yacht as II
sailed away from Havana last
night.
A communique said Joaquin
Agramonte Milina, ex-chief OF
Castro's 26th July revolutionary
movement in Camaguey Prov
ince, was among those seized
There was confusion as to how
many were aboard. Radio
broadcasts listed seven, the gov
ernment communique six.
AL face o military tribunal
on conspiracy counts, punish
able by death.
The government said the
men had $13.5O0 on them and
planned to join counter revolu-
tionaries in Miami "who are
supported by the United States
Government"
Mr.. Salvador worked In 9
Camaguey sugar mill before
joining Castro forces in thl
fight against former dictator
Fulgencio Batista. When Eide
Castro seized power, MIR. Saliva.
dor was given the labor post.
He became one of the flrst
Castro officials to blast th'
UNITED States. But while MIR
tSalvador was considered a left
list. he opposed Communist In
filtration Of the ederation'!
hierarchy.
He later was secretly expelled
from the Labor post and re-
placed by extreme leftist Au'
Igusto Martinez Sanchez. In
formed sources say Mr.. Saliva
dor went underground severa
month ago to oppose tn
Castro regime.
Evening star., 1960-11-06
Union Award Set
For Mrs. Never

George Meany. president OF
the AFL-CIO. will address the
1860 Murray Green award din
ner at 1880 pm. November Is
in the Grand Ballroom Of the
Mayfiower Hotel.
Mrs. Agnes e. Meyer. author
and the widow of Eugene Meyer
publisher Of the Washington
Post and Times-Herald. will be
presented the award by Joseph
A. Beirne. president of the
Communications Workers oil
America and chairman of the
AFL-CIO Community Service.
Committee.
The Murray Green Award Il
given each year by the ALL
CIO to individuals and organi-
cations for achievements ir
health and welfare.
Evening star., 1960-11-06
Smear Material
Flooding Nation.
Democrats Say
stsr staR writer

The Democrats complained
yesterday that an ''unprece-
dented food Of last-minute
smear material" is being cir
culated against their presiden-
tial candidate, Senator Ken
nedy.
The party chairman. Senator
jackson. called for an inyesti-
cation In Q telegram to Charles
p. Taft, chairman Of the Fair
Campaign Practices Committee.
Senator J Jackson said he
wanted to call Mr.. Taft's at
tention "to the scurrilous Ne
tion-wide advertisements and
to the hundreds Of thousands
of highly Objectionable leaflets
which have appeared In the
last "a hours"
Mr.. Taft's committee said
Friday 1t had sent six anony-
nous political smear sheets to
the Justice Department for In
vestigation.
Included, the committee said,
was the first reported instance
Of "a bona fide effort to rally
Catholics to vote q certain
way" Most Of the others were
anti Catholic propaganda de-
signed to hurt Senator Ken
nedy, q Roman Catholic.
The non.partiSan COMMITTEES
reported that both presidential
and vice presidential candi-
dates had been subjected to
false accusations Of bigotry.
Evening star., 1960-11-06
5000 Students
In Purdue Row

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Nov. :
(AP).-An estimated 5000 Pur-
due University students fought
q rock-throwing battle early
today over painting a cannon
outside the campus armory
-Four students were reported in
jured.
Rocks crashed through three
windows in the Navy Armory
near the center Of the big
campus.
The cannon-painting prank,
q perennial in campus shenan-
igans, apparently grew out oi
o pep rally held last night al
o preliminary to the Michigan
State-Purdue football game to-
day. Michigan State won the
game. II to 13.
Navy and Marine ROTC ca
diets were waiting with o fire
hose when the cannon painter:
arrived. The hose was cut ir
the fracas, which continued
for about two hours.
Evening star., 1960-11-06
Veeeturiuns Meet

DR.. Raymond West will speak
at an open meeting Of the Tri-
State Vegetarian Society at 6
pm. Wednesday at Capital Me-
mortal Church, Fifth and r
streets NV.
Evening star., 1960-11-06
G. @. P. BuIIish on Victory
AS Democrats Ploy Wory

Symbols: DDemocsatie; RepubIcsn; Id leaning Demo.
Cgasic; Ii Leaning Republican, UUndecided