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Evening star., 1944-10-21

own party. 1t Is an unusual pre-
dicament for United States Sen
ator to find himself in.
Joe Ball wants a world security
organization-and no foolin'. He
wants it more than he wants to be
Senator or anything else. Naturally
being a Republican, he Is not COM
pletely convinced that the best way
to get what he wants is through the
reelection OF Roosevelt. But, not
so naturally, he seems to be even
less convinced that he will get 1t
through the election OF his own
party's candidate.
1t is not strange that a Repub-
lican Senator should have doubts
about any Democratic President
That's the way Democrats and Re-
publicans normally feel about one
another. 1t is unusual however, to
find Republican Senator equally
dubious about his own party's NOM
inee and even more unusual to find
him still publicly indicating his
doubt this late in the campaign.
Facts Disturb Ball.
Senator Balls trouble seems to be
that he has carried his journalistic
objectivity-his ability to look at the
facts-into his political life, and
some Of the facts disturb him. He
knows that the present situation Is
not greatly different from that OF
1920, when men like himself had
doubts about Warren Harding.
He recalls that these doubts were
allayed to some extent when Charles
Evans Hughes, Elihu Root, William
Howard Taft, Henry L. Stimson
William Allen White and Herbert
Hoover came forward to express
their belief that they could most
effectively advance the cause of in
ternational cooperation to promote
peace by supporting Mr.. Harding.
The signers Of that statement were
great men in their day. Theil
prestige was unequalled in the Re-
publican party. They were bigger
men than President Harding. II
was believed that Mr.. Harding, 6
weak man, would not dare disregard
the assurance they had given the
American people in his behalf.
But Mr.. Harding did. He failec
to lift a finger to advance the
cause Of international cooperation
to promote peace"
Mr.. Harding, as President, was
able to override these men who wer.
giants in their day. What giant.
would Gov. Dewey have to override
IT, having become President, he wer,
disposed to follow Harding's ex.
ample? Looking about, Joe Bal
probably sees none, none at leas
comparable to those of 1920. Wen.
dell Willkie is gone and there i.
none to take his place, In the
Senate itself there are few of the
Willkie-Ball type, such as Senators
Austin and Burton and, if elected
Gov. Saltonstall; and in the House
Representatives Baldwin of New
York, Hale of Maine, Eaton of New
Jersey, La Toilette of Indiana, Judd
and Gale Of Minnesota and q few
more. All good men and true, bu
lacking the prestige Of the Elihl
Root-Charies Evans Hughes group
Calculates Strength of Foes.
On the other hand, Senator Bal
has to calculate the strength of the
forces likely to make difficulties
when the security plan reaches the
Senate. There is no longer a master
strategist like Senator Lodge per-
haps, nor tactician like Brandegee
IN fact there remains only Hiram
johnson Of the crew that wrecked
the League of Nations. But Sena-
tor Ball cannot take too much com.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
Wife Of PAW Official
To Be Buried IN MaItinsburt

Funeral services for Mrs. Mar,
snodsrass. 80, who died Thursda,
In City Hospital, Martinshurg, w
Va, where she had recently under.
gone an operation, viii be held .,
4:30 pm. today at the family home
Windfall. near Martipsburs. Buria
will be at Old Tuscarora Presbyte.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
SAIuRnAY. ocrolrR III. ilX -

York City and was . graduate Of
Mills College, Oakland, Calf.
Besides her husband, she leaves
two sons, Cornelius stribling snod-
grass, jr.. . student ut Lafayette
College. and Francis Mattlsde snod-
grass. now at Hayerford College; ons
sister, Miss Sophia Mattlade, Chi
cago, and half-brother, Ensign
Robert z. LAndo. with the Navy
Evening star., 1944-10-21

AtOT lTOH1 Mill
nesota, On the
lean frame OF
this young news
p a p e r m q n
ed law :
maker has fall
len the mantle
of Poll t l C a
Enigma No. /,
With election
day almost here
he still is unable
to decide be-
tween President
Roosevelt an d
Gov Dewey. the
1ant,,if,aa of hix
Evening star., 1944-10-21

rian Church Cemetery st Martins
burg.
The wife OF Cornelius Striblins
Snodgrass. director Of the Foreign
Refining Division, Petroleum Admin
istration for War, she had lived In
the District since 1910 when her
husband assumed his present duties
They maintained residence at the
Marlyn Apartments, Thirty-ninth
street and Cathedral avenue NV.
Mrs. Snodgrass was born In New
Evening star., 1944-10-21

TONED In India: Donald NJ. and
Bruce Palmer, both Of Silver Spring
Funeral services will be held at
l pm. Monday at the Hines funeral
home. Burial will be in Arlington
CemeterY.
Evening star., 1944-10-21
RyLOWELL MELLETT.

Since the death of Wendell Will
kie some part OF the large place he
filled in public affairs has come to
be occupied by Joe Ball, Junior Sem
Evening star., 1944-10-21
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Eve
ming Star Informa tion Bureau, 3I6
! street NE, Washington 2, d. c.
Please incloSe three t3) cents for re-
turn postage.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
THE GOOD DIE YOUNG

Somehow it was rather frightening TO read Of the
death Of Mitsuru Toyomo - frightening because so
few of us had ever heard Of him. He died in his goth
year. carrying to his grave the unchoIIenged dstnc-
ton Of having been one Of the most evil men in re-
corded human history.
1t is impossible to cotoIog all his crimes here
Toyomo was professional ossossn, q man who COM
bined the bloody ruthessness Of Black Hand leader
and eoneter chief He founded the Black Dragon
Society," He planned and engineered every Japanese
for the post SO years. He controlled the courts
terrified the press dominated the emperor. He or
roneed the alliance with Genoony He wiped out the
peoce-Iovine officials in the cobnet ossossinatons
Of 1892 and 1886 He was the ouhor Of the Greater
Eost Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere TOTO was his protege,
his hand picked choice for war premier.
Toyonoo was the man who decreed Peorl Horbor.
His murders direct and indirect, must surposs those
of Hitler or Hnnmler.
The evil thot he did lives after him. and the lost
war he started will cost yet more innocent lives be-
fore it erinds his country to defeot But at least the
prime Of the japanese poison seems TO have
been removed.
And millions Of Americans who never before
heord the name Of Mitsuru Toyomo can breathe O
sigh of relief thot the earth is at lost rid Of him.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
Bv KENNETH THOMSON
pinch Hitting for Erskine
JOhnSOn)

Since the Hollywood Victory
Committee came into b n &
three days after Pearl Harbor,
the actors and actresses who
constitute the organizations tall
ent pool have made 32,499 free
appearances.
At one time we might justifi-
ably have thought that such a
figure would be record that we
could stand on.
But this war has changed
values. We have had TO raise our
sights considerably above the
horizon Of three years ago. We
know now that no matter what
happens in other industries and
fields Of activity, Hollywood is a
long way from reconversion.
Recently l attended a confer
ence in New York called by
Brig. Gen. Joseph w.. Byron,
chief of the Army's Special Serv-
ice Division, to discuss the
Armys plans to fill the off-duty
time Of American soldiers be-
tween V-day and demobillza-
ton.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
. BARBS

Getting wrong numbers makes
you wonder how phone operators
ever succeed at their calling.
Let's keep cool over the coal
situation. When winter comes 1T
Will be time TO get hot about II.
You wonder if some Of these
politicians viii DC on the Job as
much as they are after it.
Some women become nags be-
cause they are married TO jack
asses.
The question is raised Of what
Co do with those German gem
erals. on. Just toss them on the
JunkCr pile,
Wonder if the billboards are
still out there along the coun-
try roads?
The man who stole a beaver
from the 700 so he'd have a pet
probably will face the charge of
petty larceny.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
THE PROPER ANSWER

Ayouno wonoon customer in q Cambridge, Mass,
restaurant fired volIey Of crockey the other day
which. if it wasn't heard throughout the land, GER
tonIy should have been.
Whether the volIey was accidental or de'0ero'e
is moot question which the court has yet TO sette'
But it came as the direct result Of question put to
the customer by waitress. %
"Don't YOU know there's war on? the waitress
had asked.
Those have become fighting words And we think
thot anyone who has been asked them IS deVoutY
hopnq that the Cambridge customers reaction was
deliberate and that when the time comes the Judge
will awe her grateful nations vote OF thanks rather
than fine.
"Don't YOU know there's on?"
Those words are the only valid excuse for the
s,,npression Of free speech in wartime that we can
think Of They form one of the most stupid rhetorI-
col questions ever phrosed. They ore moddenjn9V
unonswerobIe like the use of what do you soy''
as greeting. They ore none, inePt, inexcusobIe.
In the case Of the young lady from Cambridge,
they are also insulting She knows there's war on
She has three brothers and fionce in the serVce
A cousin was killed on GuodoIconol. She herself is q
seven.tn,e blood Donor And her subversVe oct which
called forth the waitress tountng question was re-
quest for squash instead Of potatoes the blue plate
lunch.
But back to those words In lesser measure they
are an insult to anyone to whom they ore addressed
They proclaim that the questoner thinks SO little or
your intelligence as to believe that you can be struck
speeches. and demolished by such q threodbore
cIiche They express the doubt that your feeble un-
derstondine could comprehend any more pertinent
or persuasive appeal for selfsocrtlce and tor0eor-
once.
And Of course they imply that the Questioner is
paragon Of patriotism. Thot is probably the least
endurobe thing about them. For usually this question
is offered as on unossoiobe excuse for the absence
Of courtesy, good manners good temper, none Of
which qualities has yet been frozen.
So something like that opening voIIey Of china
ware from Paul Reveres old neehborhood was bound
to happen. The only wonder is that it hasn't hop
pened sooner, oftener and more violently. Or maybe
it hos, and we just didn't hear about it.
Anyway, we're all for it. And we think the Proc-
tise might be adopted more generally
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
BY PETER EDISON

Biggest battle developing in
the 55-nation - 54 without Rus
STA - conference on Information
al Civil Aviation at Chicago will
come over formation of an In
ternational Aeronautic Author
ity to control postwar CONNER
cial flying. Three main points of
view are:
l. Formation of an interna-
tional cartel with tight control
and broad power 10 allocate
routes and assign airlines of GER
tain countries to fly to specified
points and no others. largely on
a monopoly basis This may be
taken as the British and French
theory.
2. Absolute freedom for the
planes of any nation to fly any
place at any time, subject only
to regulation for the safe of
safety and military security.
This theory would be advan-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14

make spade TRICK. If he leads
diamond, he will give his oppo-
nent stuff and a ruff. Easts
proper play is the king of clubs,
which is loser anyway.
When l saw the hand played,
East made the mistake Of play
ing the three of hearts. Declarer
played the four from dummy,
West played the ten and North
won. The club finesSe was taken,
and when it held, dummy's king
of spades was caShed and the
spade finesse taken, losing to
East's queen. East led back a
spade, his best play at this point.
North won and led the nine Of
hearts, and when it held, he was
able TO discard his two losing
clubs on the ace and jack of
hearts.
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1t is a tremendous project.
DWARFING THE OLYMPICS

There will be an athletic pro-
gram which will make the
Olympic games look like an
afternoon on a sandlot play
ground. There are plans for
courses in music, arts and crafts.
G.. |. shows will probably call
for every soldier formerly in
show business 10 be transferred
from his wartime job TO Special
Service, and there will naturally
be great expansion of film dis
tribution by the Army Over
seas Motion Picture Service.
The program also includes
live, professional entertainment
which throughout the war has
been provided by USO Camp
Shows, Inc.
USO Camp Shows is setting
up to continue its operation for
al least two years after the war.
The Hollywood Victory Com
mIttce is concentrating now on
sending screen personalities into
the 90 Army and Navy general
hospitals on the Camp Shows
circuit.
| wonder how much the public
knows the extent TO which Hol-
lywood and the motion picture
industry have been converted TO
war effort. Your neighborhood
movie has continued 10 have
films TO show. There has been
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
. BEHIND THE SCENES,
IN WASHINGTON .

tageous to the smaller nations
like the Netherlands and Sweden
which will want TO fly across
other countries.
3. Something in between these
two extremes, with freedom to
fly anywhere but with regula-
ton of rates, national subsidies
and similar competitive prac-
tises, and limitation on rights TO
pick up or discharge passengers
and freight in domestic transport
within any country's own bor-
ders. This is the position favor
ed by most American interests
wanting free competition.
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Rowing Reporters

faCturerS themselves aren't 100
per cent sure of their market is
the number of quizzes and ques-
tionnaires they are distributing
in order to find out.
Moreover, flying conditions
are not all they should be, yet.
There must be more airfields,
better navigation aids, improv-
cd servicing facilities, low-cost
hangers. Air enthusiasts point
out that private flying is now at
the same stage Of development
as the automobile in the imme-
diate post-World War I days.
They foresee development Of air
highways and flying facilities
following the same pattern that
marked the growth of the auto
motive industry.
Manufacturers Of private
planes have concentrated their
efforts on safety, and emphasize
spinproof factors, ease of con-
troll, and stability. They point
out that town markings, air.
parks, and navigation aids
should make it possible for any
one at the controls of plane
to- fly safely after passing a
simple course in rules of the air
and map reading.
Surveys have indicated a vast
future market for private planes.
Price is a major factor. The
public wants a practical, safe,
inexpensive plane. Two major
reasons given by people who
indicate no desire to own a
plane are indifference and fear.
HELICOPTERS POPULAR
Hciicoptcrs have captured the
public imagination, with an
overwhelming percentage indi-
eating a preference for them.
Ease of landing and parking,
case of operation, safety, utility,
and economy are given as rea-
sons for this preference. Surveys
show that IS per cent of prospec-
tive buyers want planes for rec
reation, and only 35 per cent
want planes for business, includ-
ing committing.
A vast majority expect TO pay
at least $500 for coupe
and $4,000 for a four passenger
sedan" Incidentally. aircrafters
see an important market for
Limousine" type cabin planes,
with room for at least six pas
scngerS and a pilot chauffeur. "
The four-place family sedan
type of plane has been given
preference by most prospective
buyers
One Of the most disputed fac
tors in postwar aviation fore
casts is the disposition Of war
trained airmCn toward private
flying. Some see in the 425,000
men who have had flight ex-
pcricnce a tremendous market.
Others believe they will have
had their fill of flying. Still
another group believes that men
who have flown Liberators and
FLYING FortreSScs will have no
desire for little "putt-putts.'
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
BY DAVID A. STEIN
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT


ST. LOUIS - If anyone tells
you that you can take-off and
land a plane all by yourself,
without any previous flying OK
perience. believe him. | know,
because I've just done it, with
out ever having been at the con-
trolls Of a plane before.
When / climbed into a little
two-seater, the instructor simply
said, Take over" He pointed
out a red-knobbed throttle. TO
gain speed, he said, should
pull the throttle forward, then
simply reverse the process TO
slow down. That's all the in
struction | was given before l
TAXED the craft out TO the rum
way.
The plane had an ordinary
steering wheel. When had gain
cd speed of about so miles an
hour, I was told simply TO pull
the wheel toward me. We rose
skyward. To turn right or left.
] turned the wheel Just as |
would in an automobile. To land,
| simply slowed down, pushed
the wheel forward, and the tri-
cycle landing gear took care of
the rest. I had flown this Err
coupe without the instructor
having so much as touched the
controls.
After such a flight. you won't
be a full-fledged pilot, Of course.
Before you can solo. CAA rules
require at least eight hours of
dual instruction. But once YOU
have experienced the thrill Of
lifting flying fliVCr into the
air and bringing her down safe
ly, you'll have a new and CXCit-
ing impression OF the posSibili-
ties Of postwar private flying.
You will be able TO fly Ia
places that now seem remote.
Vacation resorts. country clubs,
remote lakes and beauty spots
now outside your time range
will be within easy flying dis
lance. Just as the automobile in
flucnCcd the growth Of Subur-
ban communities. the develop
mcnt Of highways, and the CX-
pansion of such allied indus
tries as steel and oil. the pop
ular airplane is sure to have far
reaching effects.
Air highways will have to bc
built, complete with landing
strips. air service stations. hang
ar facilities, and "aCrOtClS'
where you can find a place to
sleep and a bite TO cat. Air de-
partment stores will offer parts
and supplies for your flivvcr
plane You II want an iucNpCn-
sive hangar ia your back yard
Millions of man hours of en-
ployment will be provided 10y
the growth of private flying.
NOT PERFECTED YET
The postwar flivvcr plane IL
self hasn't yet been perfected 10
the point where John Q. Citi.
zen will be satisfied that II has
everything that he wants m an
aIrplane. Best proof that manu-.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-Does the fisherman in
Canada have a legal advantage
over his brother angler of the
United States?
Ayes. In Canada fish are
measured from tip of mouth to
middle of caudal fin; IN the u.
S., from tip Of mouth to end OF
caudal fin.
Q-How many telephones are
there on battleship?
About 1000.
Q-What is believed to be
Germany's oldest city?
A-Trier, where Americans
first entered in force: founded
1000 years ago by the Roman
Emperor Augustus, and first
named Augusta Treverorum.
Trier has a cathedral begun in
the 4th century, and a bridge on
foundations buiI> in % B. c.
Q-How many doctors and
pharmacists are in the armed
services?
A = $4,000 doctors, 10000
pharmacists.
Q-What may be TIE next
thing in public transport at
street level?
A-WireleSs electric street
cars. A Soviet scientist has de-
veloped a system Of placing con-
ductors at intervals underground,
and they form an electromagnetic
ic field from which power can
be picked up through coils.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14

Then, along with the regular
grist Of entertainment, Holly
wood has been turning out
training films. Col. Frank Capra
who used TO be a considerable
asset to Hollywood - recently
told me that his Signal Corps
film unit has 81 training and
orientation films in production.
Also, studios have trained men
for such vital war tasks as pho
tographing battle action to pro-
vide tactical information on
which combat plans are based.
The principal difference be-
tween Hollywood and some other
places is that HollyWood's war
JOB Will outlaSt the war.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM T.. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

There is an interesting point
in today's hand. North found
himself in quite a contract, espe-
cially when he lost the first two
tricks. At this point East was in
the lead. What should he play?
If he leads a spade, he will not
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-14
HOW THE CARTEL
PLAN WOULD WORK

Inc first idea involves diVis-
ion of territories and granting of
monopoly rights. For instance,
the United States would be Civ
en- rights to fly to South Amer
lea and to Hawaii. On a recipro-
cal basis, the United States
might be given right to fly to
certain western European ports
and to Australia, Singapore and
China. The British would be Civ
en- monopoly rights to all her
dominions and colonies.
The same with the Russians,
the French, the Chinese or any
other nation. Each nation would
have full sovereignty of its own
air and who could fly in it or
land on its soil.
The effect of any such split
ting up of the worlds air bust
ness would be to limit the eX-
panSion of u S. international air
transport. A number of the dele
cations from other countries,
singly or in concert, may be eX
pected to support this theory CT
how international avi a I i O n
should be rigidly controlled. For
the sad fact is that many ma
tons with international aviation
ambitions of their own fear COM
petition of the United States.
They fear mechanical excellence
of American transport planes,
skill of the American pilots, ag-
greSsiveness of American air
transport business.
The whole effort Of these
countries which want to check
the American aviation industry
will therefore be bent on keep
ing down expansion of American
interests in the international air.
IT'S UP TO US TO
CONVINCE THEM
The job of the American dele
cation at Chicago will be to
convince delegates of other pow
erS that these fears are ground
less and that the policy Of divis-
ion of territory and absolute
control of commercial flying by
an international air authority is
a short-sighted policy,
The fact that American COM
bat planes and pilots have been
thrown into the air all over the
world to keep that air free has
no weight in this case. This is
cold and calculating business,
which is much harder game
than war and played for bigger
stakes. q,
To the argument that the
United States aviation industry
has gained great advantage
during the war in the building
of long-range transport and
heavy-bombing planes which
could be flown over the oceans
while nations nearer the front
built short-range combat planes,
the United States has offered in
discussions preliminary to Chi
Cago to make these American
planes available to other coun-
tries for their own commercial
aviation developments.
While this sounds like a gen.
erous offer, it has received a
cold shoulder. What OF h e r
countries want are planes built
in their own factories. Selfish
nationalism rises higher no
where than in this jockeying for
position in postwar commercial
flvin0