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By HENRY LOWRIE
Washington.
) hear some Senators talk in Washington you would think that nothing could be surer than that General Elsenhower will be the next President of the United States.
Indeed so far as they are concerned he in practically elected.
It seems
the shiliv-shallying that has been keeping America on tenterhooks for months is over.
It was not too easy to interpret the statement issued by Eisenhower at his SHAPE headquarters. But his supporters found it simple and straightforward.
on:
Said Henry Cabot Jur., self-appointed manager of the "Eisenhower for President" campaign: "He will be nominated by the Republicans and will achieve an overwhelming victory at the election in November."
And then his enthusiasm for the man and his campaign carried him This marks an historic moment in the history of our country. It means America will have the kind of inspired leadership it so urgently deserves."
continue to devote my full at- of tention to the performance the vital task to which I am Resigned."
And Senator Frank Carl- sen (Republican from Kan- sas), who long ago climbed the Eisenhower aboard
"There bandwagon, said:
And that. Raid Senator James Duff, Pennsylvania Republican,
is no doubt that Eisenhower in Washington, "is a clear-cut to ly supporters will be nominated in July declaration
and elected in November. that he will not let them down."
There is no question as to or his his Republicanism availability for Republican nomination."
T
was bad news for the Democrats. Several of them were surprised into "nu ment reactions.
rom-
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Virginia Democrat Senutor Willis Robertson went only And now that Eisenhower A
that particular tle further when asked for has eused
his
He pursed reaction. tension, another springs up.
lips and said "Hmmm". Will President Harry Tru- man run for re-election upposition to the man
Be call- publicly admires?
1!1
Hummings
*A baton in every knapsack' up to date
by Cummings:
HISTORY?
OF
U.S.A
RULES
GENERAL EISENHOWER
FOR PRESIDENT!
OF
CONGRESS
US.A. CONSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL
ECONOMY
"May I trouble any future Presidents to do a little arms drill...?"
I See So
That My
Loudon Express Service
Many Eyes
Stars Burn
ERE I am in this deal in millions out of the ephemeral city limelight. where, make-believe and financed There was further consterna-
theby far-sighted then when
bankers, amung he tion
New York Times, usually pro- flourishes the fanciful Democratic. und
the Chicago phenomenon that is the
they would Times announced
motion-picture industry. lend their powerful support to Eisenhower.
ed him "our greatest living American."
No Indication
HE
JE has given no indica- tion, of course, and only
" the other day he said: have made up my mind and wili
the right say when time arrives what I will do."
Eisenhower's entry into the cumplicated preliminaries of an
for
He had come straight from Bing Crosby charming and having super "crew" haircut. relaxed as ever- had to dash Had to do it for my new film. away to keep an appointment, he founded on Near here,
date with Dore on Beverly Hans Andersen," he explained, said: "Got Hills and Belair, dwell the "My wife, Sylvia, hasn't seen it Sabary? Let me touch you
luck." yet. Let's show her." 100,000-dollar-a-film stars with picture-book Holly- Mrs Kaye, a dark-eyed, clever In a beautiful room, from the reserve windows of which I looked out on wood houses and swimming woman whose immense
sets off her volatile husband's the 400 pools, with meat at 10s. 6d. electric energy, took one look at Metro's fabulous organisation, I acres that comprise a lb., domestic servants who Danny's cropped head and said: met Mr Schury and liked him on
"You certainly do a thing when sight. a demand and get £1,000 year, and daily helps who you do it, don't you?" and we drive up in their own limou- went in to dinner. sines.
Having been whirled for two days and nights from American presidential election Chicago not a gangster in means a wide split in the Re-sight-through the vastness publican party. Foremost so far that is
the Rocky Moun- the other entries is tains and the cattle-studded among Senator Robert Tail, "Mr Re-
himself. And plains of Wyoming, in the publicanism"
luxury, Harold Stassen, who threw his 100-mile-an-hour hat into the ring at the end of streamlined Union Pacific last month, denied that he was in there merely to "stop Taft" train "City of Los Angeles," that he had I'm sitting amid bright sun- made a deal to withdraw if shine, tropical palms, orange Eisenhower was willing to run trees, and the swimming pool of my dreams in the famous Beverly Hills Hotel.
Tired, Grim
Lots of Americans He denied, too. thought he was waiting for Eisenhower to make up his mind for him. They felt that if Fisenhower ran, Truman would not. And if he does not run, who is the likeliest Democrat to op- pose Eisenhower?
is
HSENHOWER has
when
of
suddenly become Stars whe
stars
bewildered. get
Their lives become a bed of neuroses.
Bob Hope, who, with Bing Crosby, is universally po- pular here, says: "On tbe screen we're target: but when
you
a moving
meet us in
Their house is off the great 23-mile-long Sunset Boulevard, spacious and the ultimate in comfort.
The decor is by ex-ilkm
Collie
"We are not worrying about vision, and I speak for the whole industry," he told me. "Let vision worry about us."
Mr Schary is definite that the star only way to contend with vision
is to make high-quality hunk,
Knox
Hollywood
person and there is something Bill Haines, who is about us you don't like, brother, interior decorator. we're a sitting goose."
now
He agrees with me
that the greal strength of vision lies in its actuality, on-the-spot monopoly.
"We can't compete with that," he said, "and we don't intend to try. The solution will probably an be that every cinema will include 'vision' with its big picture a screening of a big fight, a world Danny showed me his
own conference, or some important movie, in colour, of his recent trip event as it is taking place." to Korea lo entertain the Ameri-
do
He is
troops,
to
no great
In and out of the hotel moition to be President. He will run only because he thinks hall stroll movie stars whose
1. is his duty and because there
at London
a
I have already mel so many of the attendance demand by 15 Euficient American people.
premiere disorganised the the big stars that my eyes burn.
They do nol, as supposed, frivol Can and Commonwealth The answer appears to be
There
was no sign that he traffic but here evokes no until dawn. They work all day and gave a running commentary. Estes
Kefauver. 48-year- relished there activities
office after making remark. They merely merge at the studio, go home to quiet tld, slow-speaking Senator he left his
his statement, He looked tired into the
evenings, and if they dine out, from Tennessee, whose face and
very expensive so at their approved restaurants, flashed his grim and just
familiar to famous grin for only a moment scenery. as
1 had lunch with Walter and Americans as either Tru- at photographers, to whom he
Ruth Pidgeon, and where they man's or Eisenhower's be- wryly commented: "There is no
Hollywood is not really are safely in baulk from the of film shortage
in the New he headed the com-
Hollywood at all--not as X-ray, and not always too kindly, cause
Year, I see " ear. I see. which
we think we know it. It is eyes of the columnists. grilled mittee
Immediately behind his state-
from months but a small hard-working, racketeers last year and ment apart
coreful deliberation were seven he did it all on TV.
and over-glamorised section hours of conferences with among others, General Alfred of the 400 square miles that Kefauver is holding off
make up Los Angeles, where definite announcement that
While Elsenhower has always public transport is practic- he will accept the De been tagged the man most likely ally non-existent and every mocratic nomination, but to succeed Truman, Gruenther
tely one owns a car on the in- Congressman Wayne Hays, is known as the man most likely one of his admirers, from to succeed Eisenhower. He has stalment plan.
been his right-hand man In Ike Ohio, said that he would be Paris, and he is the man
himself wants to take over nominated.
when he finally comes back to He added, to convince the States for the hurly-burly any sceptics: "I have been of American politics which he in politics for 20 years and has successfully avoided for so you will have to assume 1 know what I am doing."
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was asked what he
would do if Truman de-
Elsenhower
Gruenther.
long.
The
not coming back gland for at least two years. MR SCHARY summed-up the une "You have had enough of me for whole situation very neatly. a while. I should imagine," he "We don't know that vision is said modestly.
already shaped to a pattern in He owns a vast television set. the States. It will prove the we never look at it,” he said, same with you. A man buys a Every
in
away from his sponsor
Hollywood sel. He stays
to cinema for six weeks. He comes would give his eye tooth Danny for vision; but he like the back and says he has beard rest, is waiting to see which way good movie is showing. He stays this highly contentious cat jumps. away for four weeks, then for two. And then comes to the Determined to discover how movies, as before, every week. DANNY Kaye telephoned to me
-movies intand to the moment I arrived: "I the
cope Vision is one more form of enter- fetch you at
into the vision-there are seven tainment to be fitted seven; come and with dine at my house. Just a simple programmes alone in Hollywood pattern of family life."
I sought out the one man most likely to have the answer. He སྨོན Mr Schary's last words, to me. Bang on the dot he erupted Mr Dore Schary, 46-year-old before I was waved into another The movies add up to just into the hotel, his head adorned production chief Di Metro- gleaming Cadillac, were: "Vislon
l; here here, by a tiny round cap, clad in sports Goldwyn-Mayer. industry
to stay. And so, Mr another
Knox, B the motion-picture television, shirt, khaki trousers, and a cor- where radio,
Every top executive and star, industry." clothing, automobile, aero duroy jacket. His wavy locks, so
long the pride of London even of the great rival corpora-
Americans hourly continue to plane, and other factories audiences, had vanished,
tions, respects him. When I told
fascinate me.
They test an Englishman by "ribbing" him, and then wait to see how he reacts. If he laughs, his are the keys of the city.
Syria-Middle
meal."
East
Question Mark
IT is unlikely that the proposals for a Five-Power in worne West need not have monotonous regularity
need not have monotonous regularity that they name. You must be brother of
AS
the
I have stopped counting the times executives and stars in Hollywood exclaim: "Collie? Cute Lassie." Haven't got the whole bunch of keys yet. It's quite a In December 1949,
target. supreme ruler of Sria, General Hinnawi, was deposed by his chief of staff, Colonel Shesheidy, and spent some months in prison. Rather than be put to the. ex- The Army acted. Sheshekly, pense of a public trial, Sheshekly the chief of start, gave his released Hinnawl and, by an coincidence; the deposed orders, and within twenty-four odd
were dictator was assassinated any other, they expected a fav- hours; the new Ministers
Beirut shortly afterwards,
When Egypt the The cided he wanted to try for TT is unlikely that the re-election, and replied: "I
(consisting Parliamentary dle East Command
majority, had
I don't anticipate that con-Sheshekly means very much of Britain, the United States, made one serious mistake.
France, Turkey and Egypt), the stead of having a soldier tingency."
to the average Briton,
Western
Powers looked hope- Minister of Defence, as was did not have to
Yet the future activities fully to the other Arab states customary, he took that office tell his bosses in Washington what he intended doing. They of the colonel may mean a asking them whether they would himself,
selves with it. of their first hint of his will- great deal, for Sheshekly is be prepared to associate them- ingness to be a candidate when they read his statement on the the absolute ruler of a country which, by its news tickers.
Elsenhower Issued his state- geographical position alone, rent to clear the air after Senator Lodge officially put his is of vital importance to our defence plans the Arab name in the race.
It said: "Under no circumstate of Syria. stances will I ask for relief from
this aselgnment in order to seek
Syria is a key state in
nomination for political office, the Arab League,
From Syria, more than from
aurable answer.
They very nearly got it.
in Damascus gaul.
Sheshekly tras now been in complete control since the coup on November 29. On December
Having
deposed Hinnawi, the less 3, he appointed his right-hand Sheshekly retired to Honest old Hussein Hakim, man, Fawzi Selou, Minister of dangerous Job of chief the Prime Minister, was definite Defence under Hussein Hakim,
of staff, though he セロー drated to wield considerable and I shall not participate in
Since its grant of inde ly in favour of the plan, but his as Hend of the State. But the the pre-convention activities of
Foreign Minister, Faydi Atas!,
From that obscurity, he has others who may have such an pendence from the French was equally strongly opposed worries of the Western Powers inuence behind the scenes. intention with respect to me after the war, it has shown The Cabinet split, and Hussein are not yet at an end,
now.emerged to become Syris's Of course there is Do question
Hairim resigned.
For the
they do not know what new milliary dictator, oftens to organise in pursuit although a member of it.
Three weeks of intensive poll- Sheshekly's political views are,
But in view of past history, tical negotiation followed, at the whether he will favour the West end of which Dr Marnur Dawa or Egypt and they do not know his expectation of life is not rated very high,, and it is the Syrian dis lesby emerged as Prime Mimis- whether, If he does favour the scarcely surprising that Byria
he will be in power long forms a very large-
question Wils right in an attempt to place like the Egyptians, who domi- ter. The West was horrified.
enough to do anything effective, are on the troubled Middle- before me next July at duly nate the Langue, but atendido
transcend mylly too, they disclos
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of the right, of American a sturdy independence from the activities of the League, thelr.com
"I realise that Senator Lodge and his associates are exercising
common convictions.
absence
Eastern scene.“
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