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Evening star., 1960-02-12
Rockefeller, MissiIe-Gop and Defense
Viewed as Shifting Issues in Cumpoiqn
S. WHITE

Vice President Richard
Nixon has long appeared all
but happily exempt from the
fact that into each (politicaD
life some rain must fall.
AS unchallenged heir to the
r republican presidential
nomination, he has occupied
a place far above the storm.
He has been able to look on
while aspirantS for the Demo-
cratic nomination have
fought among themselves for
the right to oppose him in
the November election.
Suddenly, however, the
weather has turned a bit.
Now, a few small clouds are
gathering over the prospect
for him.
/. He is under persistent
pressure from the Rockefeller
wing to declare himself a
progressive" and so to say
goodbye to all the bad old
conservatives"
2. Just as he is the
G. o. P.'s designated success
sor to Mr.. Eisenhower, so is
Mr.. Nixon the undoubted
inheritor of the growing
headaches of the missile-gap
argument.
8. There is now possibil-
ity that the peace" issue
may not look quite so good
for the Republicans - which
means Mr.. Nixon in the
fall as it has been looking.
Until the other day, Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller of New
York had not uttered the
name Nixon" since Deem
ber 26. That was the date he
removed himself from the
race for the presidential
nomination. In breaking this
brooding silence, the Cover
nor has said something only
guardedly - and maybe -
favorable Of Mr.. Nixon. He
quoted a promise the Vice
President himself recently
made. that the Republicans
would not stand pat on the
Eisenhower record.
This" Gov. Rockefeller
observed coolly, sis a clear
and fortnight statement"
What he didn't need to add,
so plain was his meaning,
was this: "And, now, Mr..
Nixon. let's see if you carry
through on that pledge"
AS to the defense debate,
this is the central political
reality: If the people should
decide these defenseS really
have not been enough. the
man hurt will not be Eisen-
hover, who is leaving an
office. 1t will be Mr.. Nixon,
who is attempting to assume
that office.
1t is increasingly doubtful
that the Republicans can ef-
Evening star., 1960-02-12
SONS OF PRESIDENTS TROUNCE
CANDIDATES IN CORES POLL

More Southwest Washngtonians want Franklin D.
Roosevelt, r- and John D. Eisenhower presidential
candidates this fall than any White House hopefus.
That's the story Senator Gore Democrat Of Ten
nessee told the Senate yesterday and he's sticking to it,
He said he conducted his poll Of 1872 Washington
residents Twenty-Five cent Of first and secondplace
votes went to the of the late President Roose
vet and current President Eisenhower, he said
In Southwest Washington, John traed Franklin, jr.,
by only vote.
Senator Gore didn't say who won his poll But his
point was that his methods the those used
by professional posers turned up unreliable results
Furthermore. he said he'd wager pollster Dr. Gallup
calf that Gore guesses presidential candidates would
be as accurate Gallup research The bet would hold
that is II Dr. Gallup agreed to include Franklin Roose-
Vet r and John Eisenhower (who his second
middle initial d. on the next list offered citizens poled
BY Dr. Gallup.
Evening star., 1960-02-12
New Threat to Texans Balance Seen
In Need to Guide Civil Riohts Bill

Democrats outside the South
and Republicans responsive
to Vice President Nixon's
1860 strategy of winning the
fall election in the big
States.
For a while it appeared
that they were more or less
resigned to their fate and
after making a record for
the folks back home would
call it a day. When they
canvaSsed their situation,
however, in the light Of
present realities, they con-
cluded they might easily find
themselves at the mercy of
the Vice Presidents ambi-
tions. 1t seemed to them a
bleak prospect and one de-
manding theE best efforts.
They have never felt that
way about President Eisen-
hover. They believe he is de-
voted to States rights; they
have felt he would protect
them from the extremists of
either party. But they have
noted that on domestic is
sues today the Vice President
is in the drivers seat, and
they are unable now to feel
that the President would
not yield to arguments that
Republican success this fall
might hinge on the civil
rights proposals Of Mr..
Nixon's intimate friend, At
torney General Rogers.
Evening star., 1960-02-12
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

mystery object is orbiting the earth Let's hone IL
doesn't fall Los Angeles this summer-or the Democrats
may nominate it.
khrushchev visits India Not the least the blessings
OF communism Is the fact that isn't so widespread vet
that guy can't get away from it all.
Disc jockeys are joining Payola Anonymous Rule No
member can be passed out under the table along with the
money.
Dick Nixon is amazed big storm has ragged for days in
the Midwest and no Democrat has blamed 1t on him yet
Modern progressive finance: The older generation is
always little behind but younger generation makes it
point to be in in advance.
Most of what is called Is dropping your own
to take Of somebody elseS.
Russia rejects Kes atom ban proposal a "step
backward AS specialists in the art Sovets believe the
only way to go backward Is by leaps and bounds
Evening star., 1960-02-12
Lincoln Closest to the PEOPLE

decisions of it's courts and
government. He would seek,
sincerely and with compass
sion, to persuade and con-
ciliate. He would do the best
he could. Carl Sandburg, the
magnificent biographer Of
Lincoln, said Lincoln was al
ways aware that rarely could
one choose between exact
right and exact wrong.
Usually the choice was be-
tween what was part right
and part wrong.
But Lincoln, while he
showed more patience and
compromise than any man
ever to occupy the White
House, would not avoid do
ing his duty. Nor would he
compromise principles.
So, we know today that
those who give to the Union
their second or third loyalty
would be heard but receive
no encouragement. The Un-
ion is our national life. It
is the sovereign. The great
struggle to agree on a con-
stitution was caused by the
fact that it would have
primacy. If this were not so
there would be no need to
have it Above all, Lincoln
would work to make the Un-
ion stronger and would in
spire all who love it to give
to it their unreserved first
loyalty.
This is the measuring of
Lincoln for us today.
Evening star., 1960-02-12
DAVID LAWRENCE

Disarmament is a long.
long way of. The latest move
by the Soviet Union. sum-
marily rejecting Americas
comprehensive proposal to
end nuclear tests, exposes
the Communist hypocrisy.
For several years now, the
Communists have been carry
ing on a worldwide propa-
ganda to ban nuclear tests.
Alarm has been spread con-
corning the dangers Of radio
active fallout, though no con-
elusive proof has been forth
coming to show that this is
as dangerous as has been
claimed. Many innocent per-
sons throughout the world
have been drawn into sign
ing petitions and otherwise
spreading alarm about radio
active fallout. Communist
agents have been busy be-
hind the scenes propagating
many such petitions. The net
result was that the United
States Government began to
explore the question of nego-
tiating a ban on nuclear
tests.
Now, however, after nearly
two years of conferences, the
United States is able to prove
that the Soviets are not sin
cere in calling for a ban on
nuclear tests. For America
proposed that all tests. ex-
cept certain ones conducted
underground. be barred here
after. Obviously. there can be
no radioactive fallout tnat
could be damaging to anyone
from tests carried on below
the ground.
The conclusion that will
be reached generally is that
the Soviets are not ready for
the inspection program that
would be required by an in
ternational agreement to
make sure that above-the-
Evening star., 1960-02-12
Soviet Bluff on A-Test Is Called

maneuver? The fact is the
Soviets know that ending
tests Of nuclear weapons is
not the answer to the wor-
ries Of the world. Peoples
cannot be certain Of peace
until the actual production
Of nuclear bombs is prohib-
tied and both sides have de-
stroyed the nuclear bombs
they have already produced.
1t is not the tests which
constitute a menace to the
world. but the continued
production and possible use
OF the nuclear weapons. Ap-
parently the Soviet govern
ment is not interested in any
agreement along these lines,
and possibly it considers that,
If 1t does sign a treaty to ban
nuclear tests, it will be forced
to go further-to stop pro-
duction and use.
So long, on the other hand,
as there is propaganda mile
age in talking about tests and
keeping the subject from be-
ing disposed Of by agreement
at Geneva or elsewhere, the
SovietS are likely to continue
arguing that they alone favor
the movement against radio
active fallout. Only gullible
people and misguided paci-
fists hereafter will accept
their arguments. Politicians
hereaboutS, too, who have
gotten headlines out of pleas
for abolition Of nuclear tests
are left without much op-
portunity to carry on their
crusades.
For the United States has
really called the Soviet bluff,
and all the world knows now
that the Moscow regime does
not dare to sign a treaty
agreeing to inspection so as
to end nuclear tests and
eventually to terminate the
production or use of nuclear
weapons. Thus have hopes
for disarmament once more
been dashed to the ground.
(Copyright, 1960)
Evening star., 1960-02-12

least one face like Lincoln's,
long-furrowed. with deep-set
eyes, and a solemn, brooding
look Of sorrow unexpressed.
I never hear the old hymn,
This world is not my home,
I am but passing through"
without thinking Of Lincoln
and Of how often each of us
feels alien and alone, know
ing loneliness, griefs and
fears which seem to have
come down through the CEN
turies. These we can never
make articulate, even in our
own mind.
1t is a custom of ours, in
thinking of the great men in
our past, to ask what they
would do today. It is a ques-
ton impossible to answer,
save in general. 1t is so with
Lincoln.
But, we can be somewhat
specific. He would do no less
today than he did in 1861. He
would do everything he could,
even to finding places where
the Constitution would bend
a little, to save, nurture and
strengthen the Union.
He would be patient. He
would understand the plight
of those distressed by new
needs of the Union, or of
those angered by some of the
Evening star., 1960-02-12
RALPH McGILL
Civil War Presidents Greatest Goal
Called Making the Union Stronger

February is the month in
which was born the man who
provided the military founda-
tion on which the political
architects would erect the
spiritual and constitutional
form of our union of States
... George Washington.
It also is the month in
which was born the man who
saved that union-Abraham
Lincoln. And soon, in April,
we will pause to remember
and honor Thomas jefferson.
1t was he who gave us the
declaration of principles. 1t
was he who insisted on the
early addition of the Bill of
Rights to the Constitution.
And he it was who doubled
the size Of the Nation with
the unauthorized Louisiana
Purchase, which action the
carping legalists of the time
declared to be unconstitu-
tional. There are always those
who view the Constitution as
something to prevent national
progress. denying the right
to employ it's deliberately
created flexibility to care for
the general welfare, as spe-
cif1cally provided in the pre-
amble.
1t was Lincoln who saved
ali that Washington had
done. It was Lincoln's quiet
stubbornness which saved the
Declaration and the Bill of
Rights. Indeed, his life and
death caused them to be
bolstered and expanded.
AS deeply craven as they
are IN our hearts and minds,
Jefferson and WASHINGTON
somehow remain frozen in
the bronze statues in parks
and halls of fame. We know
Of what they thought and felt.
But, somehow they take on
something of the quality of
myth and legend along with
their humanness.
1t is Lincoln whom we all
feel that we know. He is in
our minds much as is some
grandfather or ancient uncle
remembered out Of our boy
hood against a rural back
ground Of simplicity, quiet
ness and vigor of personality.
In almost every old family
collection Of portraits or
daguerreotypes, there Is at
Evening star., 1960-02-12
Rejection of U. S. Offer for Partial Bar
Called Admission Reds Want None

ground tests are really
abolished. The Soviets all
along have tried to limit or
restrict the nature of the
inspection. Here is a govern
ment which poses before the
world as anxious to Secure
an end to nuclear tests, and
yet it balks on methods of
inspection. even though neu-
trail personnel are to be in
charge.
The implication is plain
that the Soviets have been
pressing for the end of nu-
clear tests solely as a propa-
ganda device and that they
have counted all along on
Americas refusal to agree
to their terms. But the United
States now has openly chal-
lenged the Soviets. Moscow,
on the other hand, is, in
effect, telling the world that
1t does not want to stop nu-
clear tests that produce
radioactive fallout.
The conferences at Geneva
have been protracted. They
have taken on at times the
appearance of a game. The
Soviets back and fill and,
when the propaganda oppor-
tunities open up. they try to
put the United States in the
position of wanting to con-
tinue the spread of fallout.
But, it will be asked now,
why are the Soviets insistent
that their own kind Of in
spection alone must be ac-
cepted and that all tests, in
cluding those underground
tests which cannot as yet be
detected by any system, must
be terminated? For, if the
Soviets sincerely wanted to
stop the tests permanently,
they could do so overnight
by adhering to the American
proposal.
What is back of the whole
Evening star., 1960-02-12
Senator Johnson's TiqhtWre Act

1t is already clearly appar-
ent in the House where Rep
resentative Halleck runs the
Republican show in close CO.
operation with Mr.. Nixon
that the old give-and-take
days are over. The political
club spirit always suffers
some damage in presidential
years but rarely so much as
now.
The SouthernerS, therefore.
have caucused and are pre-
pared really to fight the civil
rights bill dictated by elec-
ton year politics, even
though they know their ef-
forts cannot avert some new
law. Democrats are resigned
to a month of party stress
and strain which Republicans
naturally VIII exploit fully.
Senator johnson can do
nothing to avert this; his
problem is to avoid as much
mayhem as possible both per-
sonally and for the party. He
has a time problem. too; he
has to get the Senate ad-
journed by July first so that
Senators can get to the ma
tional conventions and pro-
tect their interests.
He has not had much luck
acquiring a Southwestern
coloration, so his Southern
support is more important to
him than ever, but the big
State hurdle remains. One
consolation he has. He will
be steadily in the headlines
for weeks to come.
Evening star., 1960-02-12
DORIS FLEEsON

For many years the best
balancing act in politics has
been Senate Majority Leader
johnson darting back and
forth across that Democratic
tight wire called Mason and
Dixon's line. 1t often seemed
that he would topple down on
the south or north side, but
always he has managed a
triumphant dash to safety.
This agility, so especially
marked on the civil rights is
sue, accounts in large part for
his Senate reputation. 1t is
the true base of his claim
to be the apostle of the
political center.
Next week the show gets on
the road again with an added
spice Of danger for Senator
johnson who has enlarged
his goals to include the White
House. He has to guide a
civil rights bill through the
Senate which will dim his
Southern image without an
gering the South and at the
same time afford protective
liberal coloration in the big
industrial States.
His ability to achieve that
result constitutes the only
real doubt attaching to the
impending debate. The
Southerners concede that a
bill they won't like will be
passed by q coalition Of
Evening star., 1960-02-12
Pressures on Nixon Risino

become more and more a real
concern to Nixon.
Finally, as to peace" Re-
cent Soviet pronouncementS
have made it hard TO find in
Washington a single author
ity who now believes the
Summit meeting Of May will
produce any real easement
in the cold war.
This does not necessarily
mean ultimate failure. It
doesn't mean that Mr.. Nixon
doesn't still have an enor-
mously useful issue. But 1t
does mean that its net value
can well have been greatly
reduced by November.
Evening star., 1960-02-12

fectively retort to Democratic
criticism simply by saying it
is all Just partisan politics.
There is plenty of partisan
politics. But there is also
some genuine, and not parti-
san. alarm for the Nation, it.
self.
This has now been illus
trated by the anxious COM
ments Of Speaker Of the
House Sam Rayburn. In 40
odd years in public life Mr..
Rayburn has been amply
partisan on every question
but two: Foreign and mill
tary policy.
In these two areas, he
would never publicly chal-
lenge this country's strength
before the world for partisan
motives. The Eisenhower ad-
MISUNDERSTANDING the
President and Mr.. Nixon
knows this. The Democrats
know it. Indeed, Mr.. Ray
burns traditional reluctance
to attack any President on
such grave matters has
brought him much criticism
In his own party for being
too soft on Eisenhower"
And Mr.. Rayburn, at rs,
isn't running for President.
True, he is surely running
his fellow Texan, Senator
Lyndon B. johnson. But old
Mr.. Sam would not, for him
self or for Senator johnson,
question this Nations mill
tary power if he didn't believe
he needed to do it for the
Nations sake. Mr.. Rayburn
may be very wrong in his
critical defense estimates.
But he is not irresponsibly
wrong, as no major politician
in either party would private
ly deny.
So, the defense storm is
becoming a real one, and will
Evening star., 1960-02-12
grams at a cost Of $I4o.6 mil

grams at a cost Of $l4o.6 mil
lion.
The decrease resulted mainly
from a reduction in supplies of
some foods available for dona-
ton, particularly dairy prod
ucts, and to a reduction in the
number of needy persons in
this country applying for free
food through local welfare
agencies.
The number Of needy persons
in this country receiving such
food totaled 3,627,000. This
compared with a peak Of SO
million last March.
Evening star., 1960-02-12
U. Food Grants
Decline 6 Pct.
By the Associated Prssa

The Government gave away 6
per cent fewer pounds of food
to the needy at home and
abroad and to the school lunch
program during the last half
of 1859 than in the like period
a year earlier.
The Agriculture Department
reported the donation at a to-
tai of 1.378,000,00O pounds, ac-
quired under price support pro-
Evening star., 1960-07-29
Russian Di pIomot Coo|s His Heels
AS Lumumbo Refuses to Meet Him

the phone call to the Prime
Minister but no appointment
was set at that time.
In giving his account. Mr..
Marof made it very explicit he
was not, in passing messages
back and forth, acting as an
intermediary" between the
Russians and Prime Minister
Lumumba. He also emphasized
that in serving as Mr.. Lumum-
ba's liaison man, he was not
representing Guinea but had
been appointed by the other
African representatives at the
United Nations in act in this
capacity.
The Soviet Embassy's at
tempt to deliver a private mes
sage to an official guest of the
United States was described
by a State Department SpokeS-
man as unusual, perhaps, but
there's no law against it,"
The spokesman observed
further that if Mr.. Lumumba
had seen fit to receive Mr..
Smirnovsky and companion
during his free time at the
Blair House. I'VE wouldn't have
objected. That's his business.
He added that official guests of
the Government are given as
much liberty to see and talk to
whomever they like "as you
would give a weekend guests
in your home"
Mr.. SmirnovsKy did get at
Continued on Page C-3, Col. /
Evening star., 1960-07-29
REBELS DIE EASILY
Non-Conformists Get
The eG.O.P. Message

address with folded arms-an
attitude that ranked here as a
gross gesture of Terry Carpen-
terism.
The episode so shook Chair
man Halleck that he snarled
at Senator Cooper of Kentucky
when he had the temerity to
make an unscheduled bid for
recognition.
$ Senator Cooper, as it turned
out, merely wished to resolve
that Republican National
Chairman Morton, a disap-
pointed vice presidential hope
full, was a peachy fellow.
Chairman Halleck gave him
the gimlet eye that fell SO
literally on Goldwater dem
onstrators the night before.
The Louisiana delegation,
which Wednesday night dis
graced itself by registering 10
votes for Senator Goldwater,
was anxiously falling in line.
AS Mr.. Lodge was earnestly
exhorting the delegates on the
subject of love, their chairman,
pointing out that the Boston
Brahmin had won the unani-
nous backing of the State. said
See DELEGATES, Page AS
Evening star., 1960-07-29
POLITICAL NEWS
ON INSIDE PAGES

Eisenhower Confident Republicans Will
Win. Poae AS
Texts Of Nixon. Lodge Acceptance
Speeches. Poee Al
Delegates Porty Spirit Marks Final
Session. Pose All
Happy Nixon Thonks CoIifornions for
Help. Poee 40
Nixon Hostility Stems From EorIier
campolsns. Pose A-9
Kennedy Johnson Meet on Defense
Fund BOOst. Pose AS
AREA REPORTS
Morton Bolks District PIeo. Page AS
Virsinio PIons Tough Fight for 6. o. P.
Pose AS
SocIETY-H0ME
Mrs. cobOt Lodge Tops With Her
Grandchildren. Poee C-l
Pot on Go From Morn Til Night.
Poee C-l
Womon Chief Of Stote? Pooe c-2
Evening star., 1960-07-29

Man at the door, who ar
ranged the appointment" Mr..
Smirnovsky, I'VE have an ap-
pointment. That is sufficient. I"
When the pair emerged from
the house 35 minutes later they
hurried to a waiting limousine
and Immediately drove away.
The Prime Minister'S refusal
to see them was disclosed later
by Achkar Marof, a United
Nations diplomat from Guinea
who was chosen to serve as Mr..
Lumumba's interpreter and
public relations" man for the
Washington visit.
Given Instructions
Mr.. Marof said he had been
instructed by Mr.. Lumumba to
tell the Russian diplomats in
the waiting room that the
Prime Minister did not wish to
receive any callers. According
to Mr.. Marof, the Congolese
dignitary was too tired from
the rounds of his two-day of
fetal visit to grant private au-
diences last evening.
He said he had delivered Mr..
Lumumba's message to the
Russians "in the presence of
two Marines and a third man
from the State Department. 1t
is no secret"
Mr.. Marof said the Russian
Embassy had telephoned the
Blair House yesterday morning
to say they had a communi-
cation to give" He reported
Evening star., 1960-07-29
BY AMELIA YOUNG
Star stan Writer

The visiting Prime Minister
of the Congo, Patrice Lu-
mumba,, refused last night to
grant a private audience to the
Soviet Charge d'Affaires here,
Mikhail Smirnovsky.
Mr.. Smirnovsky had been
trying all day to get an ap-
pointment with the Congolese
leader to deliver a "communi-
cation" He and another un-
identified Russian got as far as
the waiting room of Blair
House. But, after cooling their
heels from 7 pm. to 7:30 pm,
they were turned away by an
aide to Mr.. Lumumba.
The two Russians apparently
believed they had secured their
appointment. They showed up
at the Presidents guest house
Immediately after Mr.. Lu-
mumba returned from a 5-to-7
O'Clock reception in his honor
at the Mayflower Hotel.
Finally Admitted
The Soviet diplomats were
told to wait on the steps. Then,
about a minute later, they we're
allowed to enter. An American
attached to the visit, who was
inside the guest house at the
time, reported this exchange
at the door.
Man at the door speaking,
do you have an appoint
ment?" Mr.. Smirnovsky, Yes.
Evening star., 1960-07-29
ITO Road Deaths
Reported in Area
So Far This Year

There were 2O,214 traff1ce
accidents and 110 traffic deaths
in the Washington Metropolitan
Area during the first six
months of 1860, the Metropoli-
tan Area Traffic Council said
today.
The accident figure included
10,494 in the District, accord
ing to Anthony L. Ellison,
chairman of the councils traffic
safety education committee.
There also were 7,413 per-
sons injured in traffic accidents
during the first six months of
the year. Mr.. Ellison said.
He pointed out that the traf-
fic accident rate decreased eight
per cent during that period
while the fatality rate increased
nineteen per cent over the rate
for the entire year of 1859.