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Leadership
Continued From First Page)

York, and also regarded as con-
sentative Indeed, there has been
talk for several years of sidetrack-
ing Mr.. Smell and putting in his
place more liberal Republican. But
that all came to nothing. In the
Seventy-fourth and Seventy-flfth
Congresses, the number of Re-
publicans in the House was so small
that it seemed to matter little
who was leader Mr.. Smell de-
clined to be a candidate to succeed
himself in the elections last month.
so the place he held as leader must
be filled when the Republicans meet
in party caucus just before Congress
opens January 3.
Mr. Martin has been assistant
leader of the House He also has
held the job of chairman of the
Republican Congressional Commit
tee. which had charge of the re-
cent campaign for the election of
House members.
AS result of the elections, the
number of members in the House
has been increased to 169-almost
double what it has BEEN Leader
ship of the party becomes increas-
ingly important-particularly as the
man who is chosen will in all
probability be a candidate for
speaker in the event of a Repub-
lican victory in 1870
Mr. Martin is a realist in politics
His friends say he has not allowed
the grass to grow under his feet and
that already many members of the
new House have agreed to support
him for the leadership Big in
creases in the Republican member
ship of the delegations from Penn
Sylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and other
States, however, assure many new
faces when the party CAUCUS con-
venes.
Ordinarily, Mr. Martin might be
expected to have an inside track
with these new members, since he
was chairman of the Campaign
Committee which helped to elect
them. He has warm friends in the
Pennsylvania and Ohio delegations,
as well as in those of other States.
Representative Otter of Pennsyl-
vania is a vice chairman of the
Republican Congressional Commit
tee, and might be in line for the
Craftsmanship of that committee if
Mr. MarIn should be elected minor
ity leader.
With the Republican membership
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BILE their sale at a moderate price of
perhaps $75 per outfit"
1t was four years later that the
first broadcast station was con-
structed. Broadcast of the Harding
Cox election returns on November
2, 1920, is generally held to be the
start of modern broadcasting.
Prediction Came True.
Months before that time, how
ever, Sarnof had written March
3, 1920 that he believed a salts
factory radio set could be placed on
the market within year and that
sales would reach 100000 sets for
gross of s75,O00,0O0 within three
years.. Sales of Radio Corporation
of America totaled $83 100000 the
first three years it manufactured
sets.
That firm was formed in 1919
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with Mr.. Sarnon as its first gen.
eral manager. Now he is its presi-
dent.
In 1922 broadcasting was hap
hazard business; there were no
regular programs and most listeners
used ar-phones to hear the phono-
graph records and extemporaneous
announcements and speeches which
went through the air. On June IT
of that year Mr.. Sarnof prepared
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a memorandum pointing out that
the universally of radio, "its great
est advantage" made any system Of
public charges for programs i'm
practicable.
Mr. Sarnoff then outlined broad
casting company to be financed by
contributions from radio manu-
facturers of per cent of their
gross sales.
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Do Not Neglect
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ESCAPE SUSPECTS BULLETS-Polceman H. o. Tut 9
precinct shakes hands with Policeman Donald Plant of No
precinct battle with John D. Kanada Note
of Plants coat off and another dangling by thread
duty talking Plant when they heard of the
shooting. He helped Plant subdue Kanada.
(Story Page AID Star Staff Photo
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Sweden's most active industry is
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Is Hitler Through With


Demands? Is the Question
S. We must not be too confident
about the purity Of purpose Of those
who guided the affairs Of Czecho-
slovakia. The glory that was Czech
oslovakia was stained more, am
afraid. than most of us Americans
know. It is hard to believe all Of
the things, all of the methods Of op-
preston, charged against the
Czechs. Information concerning
their treatment Of the Sudeten Ger
mans in Czechoslovakio was distort-
ed by the Germans. There can be
no doubt Of that, because the propa-
ganda machine of DR.. Goebbels was
working overtime. There was
enough leaked through. however, to
show that the Prague government
was guilty Of some harshness. It
may have been that the Sudetens,
themselves, brought it on. OF that
there can be only a guess. On the
other hand, we have seen enough of
the pulling and snarling the sniping
and trickery of other minorities to
have reasonably good idea Of what
could have gone on within the con-
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fines Of Czechoslovakia during its
20 years of life.
What Of the settlement? Is Hitler
through with his demands? Are
there other underlying motives and
conditions yet to dealt with and
outside of the desires of the German
minority to get back to the Reich?
The answers to these questions
explains why I said at the outset
that the peace appeared only for
"a while" The Czechs probably
have been sold down the river" to
save the continent of Europe. I have
no faith in the man Hitler; almost
as little faith in Mussolini, the other
dictator. The Czechs are going to
be unhappy long time; they will
be resentful, and maybe they will
start something. Hitler doubtless
still wants the German colonies TAX
en- away by the Versailles treaty. It
would be strange, likewise, if he
did not want ''the Polish corridor"
restored to Germany. Each ambi-
ton constitutes fostering sore.
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Greed and Vengeance
ShOrt-Sighted Policy

3. The greed of the allied powers
and the vengeance which they
sought to wreak on Germany now
is proved, as it was charged in 1919,
to have been short-sighted policy,
capable of establishing peace only
until Germany recuperated and re-
gained some strength. OF course,
the victors were determined to pre-
vent Germany ever again from at
tempting to destroy the world and
promote her own selfishness, but
their efforts in that direction dis
played only the tendencies of hate,
none of the indications of caution or
far vision. Even though it be an
other generation and new leaders,
no virile nation, including our own,
would fail to fight back if the OPP
portunity ever presented. Germany
has been seeking, therefore, only a
restoration Of some kind. It ap-
pears that the buried hate among
them has been exhumed and made
to live again in the demagoguery
of Hitler. He has used it for his
selfish ends, to maintain his own
power, to satisfy an ego that some
folks regard as approaching an un-
balanced mentality. .g5 ~.
4. The German people have been
and continue to be people requlr-
ing inflexible leadership. Hitler sup
plies it. He promised them new
life. and he apparently has made
good on just enough of his promises
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Dead a! Woman's Eye. Civ.
Sight to Man and w

SAN FRANcISCo.-Two roe 1u.n
looking out now upon a world are sse
hadn't seen in years. a world Az.
hadn't known since they los, AZ, Icy
sight. They owe their repainos 'ei :.
sion to one Of the miracles Of nv
ern surgery. in which corne. ~
sue from dead persons is transn,, ~
ed to living people. us
The eyes Of Mrs. Marpare, r..
who died at 30 years, restored ,,a,,
to Reverend U. E. Harding ~ pa sa'
land. Ore. and Arthur Morton .,
a pianist Of Sacramento, cals
Il can see" Reverend HarS,.
said when the bandages were
moved. Il can see your hand
see colors. know what You loo,.
like" He was still blind in ono a .A
but from the other he could see Co. q,
the first time in 43 years. ~
When surgeons took the dres,,..
from Morton's eyes he stared for :
moment at the face above him. thoa
said, Things are blurred. Bn, :
can see." Then he tainted. MORT.
lost his sight in 1882.
The pair will resume their prjva,.
lives, Harding returning to his nae s
torate in a Portland church. Mor,or
resuming his study Of piano.
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Hitler Plans to Make
Germany Self-Sufficient

Underneath all of the problem,
too, lies Hitler's program to make
Germany self-sufficient, to make
the nation independent of foreign
sources of supply. The Rumanian
oil fields, rich and productive, are
coveted by more than one nation.
England and English oil interests
maintain a rather definite control,
but it is a control. that can be brok-
en- easily. On the other side OF
Rumania is the dictator, Mussolini,
who displayed the true character OF
his soul by his rape of Ethiopia. Put
these things together and draw your
own conclusion, mindful always that
to the north lies a great Russian
bear, governed by an individual
with different concepts, ruled by a
steel boot, a people who can be fired
with hatred for the Hitler type Of
government. Some say even that
Stain is only awaiting an opportun-
ity to jump astride Hitler's neck.
Anyway, just remember that Stain
is over there, too.
Finally, in Britain and in France,
there are differing groups. Prime
Minister Chamberlain. Daladier. I
wonder if two men, especially, with
regard to CHAMBERLAIN, ever carried
greater burden when they went
to meet Hitler; when they were
seeking to prevent catastrophe by
what the Czechs partisans called.
selling the Czechs down the river?"
Politically, both Chamberlain and
Daladier will have to fight for
their lives within their respective
nations of England and France. One
or both may sink into oblivion as
result of the courage shown. And
who knows what underlying mo-
tives existed in addition to a fear
of q general war? Their trip to
Munich on September % was q
fateful trip, one which we IN the
United States may have to wait
several years to fully understand.
And so, the final question Is; can
Hitler bring his own people back
from the brink of war, from the fer
vor of war preparation. to the LIE
and economy of peace? That Is
q very real problem.
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Bruckart's Washington Digest
Peace Bought by Pieces of Nation
Likely to Last Only for "A While
Much in Situation in Cent raj Europe Has Not Been
Told; Roosevelt and Hull Handled Affair With
Ability; Versailles Ire atty Blamed for Trouble
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
National Press Bldg, Washington. DC.

World war that President Wilson
oined the phrase. self determine
ton of peoples. It was in those
negotiations, too. that Lloyd-G George
of England, Clemeneau of France,
and Orlando of Italy, traded Mr..
Wilson out of everything before
they would agree to his idealism,
founding Of the League Of Nations.
No one an say that Woodrow Wilson
lacked sincerity; and it was this
deep sincerity, ironically. that was
preyed upon by the other three VIC
torious nations. Mr.. Wilson yield
ed when majority of Americans
knew at the time that he was being
trapped.
2. Europe has been made, by fate,
the abiding place of many racial
and human types. They are races
and types which have characteris-
tics and traits, training and tradi-
ton that never have mixed, and
never will mix. Central Europe is
melting pot where nothing ever
has melted. self determination of
peoples would mean the segrega-
ton of each and every type and
race. It is a possibility, of course, to
segregate them as Mr.. Wilson the
orized, but it. is not at all probable.
Mr.. Wilson supplied those people
with a new idea and then allowed
the "big three of the Versailles
conference to capitalize on his aims.
There has been some measure of
fighting about it ever since.
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SEE WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY

~. Wax door latches and chscka "a
small item, but important grease
would soil your clothes)
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29. Fill battery to proper level
80. Clean corroded battery terminah
81. Grease battery terminals
80. Inspect battery cables
80. Thoroughly clean interior OF CT
81. Clean all glass windows, tncluo-
ing windshield, etc.
IS. Check all light bulbs
SO. Inspect and initiate tires to proper
pressure
81. Clean steering wheel
38. Check and fill radiator
80. Inspect wiper arms and blades
20. Lubricate every other item =
listed and recommended BY your
car manufacturer and a. shown
on the Texaco Chek-Chart
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to provide him with continued pow
er. Most people who have been able
to study Hitler's programs at close
range declare the whole house Of
cards eventually will collapse. But
for the moment, there Is faction, -
and the hope and the desires and
the expectations Of the German peo-
pie provide fertile ground for the
dogmas and the demagoguery Of q
dictator. They will not be "subju-
gated"
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Root of All the Trouble
Lies in Versailles Treaty

But let us quit kidding ourselves
about the European situation. Why
dodge around the bush concerning
the underlying facts and the blame
that attaches, including such blame
as belongs to us?
We must recognize these facts:
1. The root of all the trouble is
imbedded in the Treaty of YER
sailles. In that treaty, written IN
1919. there were injustices that
could only lead eventually to a
head-on collision. It was in the YER
sailles peace negotiations after the
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It appears that the world Is go
ing to be spared a general Europ-
can war for q while, and yet It
should be recognized that the peri
cd of peace that has been bought
with pieces Of a nation Is likely to
be only "a while" From all Of the
information available in Washing
tons diplomatic corners combined
with the judgment Of men who
know European politics and Eu-
ropean human nature-it seems that
the balance is SO delicate as to per-
NIT powder keg being fired by
an inconsequential firecracker.
Nevertheless, that Is much that
has not been told about the situa-
ton. Little has been said, for in
stance, about the basic problem in
the center of Europe, nor has there
been real frankness about the part
which American representatives had
In the original setting Of the pres
ent day grief. American political
conditions domestic politics -obvi-
ously constitute one reason why
there has been only infrequent ref
erences to the underlying causes of
the trouble. A more important rea-
son, however, Is that had there been
much talk about our original in
terest, there would have been many
more suggestions from abroad that
Unle Sam should come in and act
as arbiter. Surely, there was no
one in this country willing that
President Roosevelt should do that.
Mr.. Roosevelt foresaw that posi-
bility early; so he confined Amen-
can efforts to earnest pleas for
avoidance of war, for use Of COM
mon sense methods of settlement.
I think that Mr.. Roosevelt and
Secretary Hull Of the state depart
ment handled the extremely deli
cate situation with fine ability. The
pleas which went out to c0ntending
forces carefully avoided possibility
of entanglements; yet, even the bull
headed Hitler must have felt the
pressure that was represented by
them, pressure on whatever ma
chinery within that he calls his
mind and heart. More than that,
public appeal by the United States
certainly gave added courage to the
Europeans who were trying to solve
the problem without paying ten
million lives and billions in money.
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Pays $500 for Old Stamps;
Finds One Worth $50, 1000

LOS ANGELES.-A few months
ago. Warren r. Du Bots purchased
a stamp collection from an estate
for $500. Included was 1-cent blue
issue which he marked for sale at
So. It went unsold. A short time
later he found it bore Baltimore.
Md, first-day cancellation of Au-
gust IL. 1861. Jubilant, Du Bois
checked with experts. The stamp
is worth $4,000.
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Father-Arithmetic bad. How is
that?
Ted-Oh, the mathematics teach
er is not my type.
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Snake Enemy No. 4

So full OF venom 10 one snake
found in India that the grass and
underground through which il
rasses is scorched.
Evening star., 1938-12-15
Associated Gas Probers
Hear Of Lobby Costs
81 the Associated Press.

81 the Associated Press. s ~ z-
The Federal Power and Pennsyl-
vania Public Utility Commissions
made fresh start yesterday in their
three e-year old attempt to deter
mine the effect of Associated Gas
g. Electric financial operations on
affiliated companies operating in
Pennsylvania.
A day-long hearing brought testi-
mony centering chiefly about the
expenses of fighting the Wheeler
R~vburn bill in Congress in 1885
and the apportionment of these and
other costs among various companies
IN the utility system.
Walter Biddle Saul, chief utility
counsel, entered formal objection
to the proceedings at the start of
the hearings and fought commission
counsel with legal objections every
step of the way. He was overruled
on virtually every count.
The only witness of the day was
j. A. Wilhelm, an accountant for
mefly employed by the Pennsylvania
commission, who said he was now
employed ION a temporary basis"
by Public Utility Investing Corp, a
unit of Associated Gas & Electric.
Wilhelm testified the expense of
opposing the Wheeler Rayburn
public utility bill aggregated $685.
23l, for which the Metropolitan
Edison Co. was charged S129, 1923;
Northern Pennsylvania Power Co.,
$l7,439, and the Pennsylvania Elec-
trio Co., $15,296.
Evening star., 1938-12-15
R. F. {. Adjunct Offers
Notes December 19
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
r. F. c. Chairman Jesse H. Jones
announced yesterday that Federal
National Mortgage Association, an
adjunct Of r. F. c., would offer $50
O00,0 900 Of its is per cent five-year
notes to the public on December 10.
The Reconstruction Finance Corp.
owns the entire capital stock Of Fed
eral National Mortgage.
The issue, to be offered through
loan agencies, and the income de-
rived from them will be exempt from
Federal, State. municipal and local
taxation, except surtaxes, estate, in
heritance and gift taxes.
Evening star., 1938-12-15
Merger Of St. Paul
With {. & n. Urged
Before !. T.. T..
Counsel for Committees
Pictures Advantages
Of Consolidation
BY the Associated Press,


Stockholders of the Chicago 81
Northwestern Railway and the Chi
cago, Milwaukee, st. Paul & Pacific
Railroad told the Interstate Com
merce Commission today "tremend-
Gus savings" would result from con-
solidation Of the two vast systems.
The protective committees for
holders of Northwestern common
stock and Milwaukee preferred stock
are asking the I. c. c. for permis-
sion to present a reorganization
plan based on a consolidation.
Both the Northwestern and the Mil
waukee now are in the process Of
reorganization.
E. R. Johnston, representing the
two committees, told the I. G. c.
that consolidation was feasible
and in the public interest"
1T is foolish to continue to op-
crate parallel lines" Johnston said.
"A strong railroad is the best
guard against abandonment of un-
profitable branch lines, and we feel
that If we can bring these two
roads together the problem of
abandonment of branch lines will
not be a serious problem"
Johnston called it an Ideal sit
uation for testing out the question
Of whether consolidation is a solu-
ton Of the railroad problem" He
contended that the committees plan
presented an effective method for
dealing with every minority interest.
The committees claimed their
plan would make possible an an
nual saving of at least $4,000 900.
The commission said recently that
the reopening of the hearings and
the making of a complete record
on the basis of the committees
consolidation proposal might post
pone indefinitely" completion of the
Northwestern and Milwaukee reor-
ganization proceedings.
Samuel H. Cady, attorney for the
Northwestern, supported the con-
solidation proposal, while counsel
for life insurance, institutional and
savings bank bondholders led the
opposition.
Cady said possible economies far
exceeded the $4,000 900 annual es-
innate of the stockholders COM
mittees.
Kenneth F. Burgess, Douglas
Smith and Fred N. Oliver, repre-
senting institutional, life insurance
and saving bank bondholders, con-
demned the consolidation proposal
Burgess called it the most amaz-
ing and extraordinary" plan ad-
vanced in any railroad reorganiza-
ton proceedings, and said 1t was
based on "unsound propositions
both at the law and fact"
1T is like an old-time politica
platform" Burgess said. 'It prom.
ises everything to every one"
Evening star., 1938-12-15
Dollar Goes Down
On London Mart
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 15.-The United
States dollar lost 5s of cent in
terms of sterling in foreign exchange
trading today. Closing rate was
e67@2 to the pound, compared with
overnight New York sterling at
$467ls.
French francs finished 17762 to
the pound, against 17769 yesterday
PARIS, Dec. Is (P.-The United
States dollar was quoted 37975
francs (2633 cents to the france in
final foreign currency dealings to-
dav and compared with 2628 cents
to the franc in New York overnight.
Exchange on London, 177.64.
Principal rente issues in the
bourse were: per cent, 81 80 francs;
412s "a" 8795; AIS 1887, 1507O.
Evening star., 1938-12-15
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. l5-Railroad
loapS kept well out in front of a
generally advancing bond market
today.
BY midafternoon gains of major
fractions to a point or more were
recorded by Big Four" 412s, Balti-
more & Ohio 412s of 1948, Delaware
& Hudson refunding 4s, Southern
Pacific As of '68 and Northern Pa
cific IS.
Utilities and industrials displayed
! a steady undertone, but advances
were hampered by tendency to
take profits after the three-day rise.
Utilities Power e. Light SIS, recent
| strong spot of the utility group, lost
more than a point. Western Union
4l2s continued to lag but the 5s re-
covered 2 points Of Wednesdays de-
cline, which followed on unfavorable
earnings reports.
United States Governments were
quiet with trend a shade lower.
Foreign dollar obligations were
mixed.