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To-Day and TOMORROW
nv WALTER LIPPMANN

acted with insight, with foresight
and with courage. To be sure,
without a much stronger State De-
partment Mr.. Acheson's principle
would remain a noble aspiration.
But there is reason to hope that
under Secretary Byrnes there is to
be a real reorganization, and not
only a few new faces, the shift
ing of some office furniture, and
some new titles on an organization
chart.
The root Of the trouble with the
State Department has been that
it has not conducted United States
foreign policy. Whether this was
because it couldn't, wouldn't, or
wasn't allowed to, the fact is that
it hasn't. Under President Tru-
man, who has such clear con-
ception OF how to delegate author
ity, that cannot go on, and there
can be no doubt that Secretary
Byrnes takes the same view. 1t is
that in our foreign relations the
ctate Department must, subject to
the approval of the President in
matters of high policy, be super
ior to all other departments and
agencies OF the government, includ-
ing the armed forces. all special
missions abroad, and not exclud-
ing even the White House secre-
tariat,
All this is implied, and we may
assume intended, in Mr.. Acheson's
statement. That his remarks were
addressed to General Macarthur
is incidental: they bear upon the
whole problem OF making and con-
Quoting foreign policy. Until the
State Department has re-estab-
lished its proper authority. moth
ing substantial will be accom-
plished by "reorganizing' it. The
department will not attract, prob
ably it will not seek seriously-or
if they are appointed, it will not
hold-men who have the compe-
tence and eminence needed to de-
termine foreign policy.
It is often said that one must
not send boy on mans errand.
It is no less true that good men
will not devote the best years OF
their lives to running boys err
rands. II any one doubts this let
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,1p AcaEsoN,s REMARKS

NIX. ACdESON . NCt'AA
The Acting Secretary OF State,
Mr. Acheson, went back to first
principles, that the civil power is
superior to the military, when he
laid it on the line that 'the occupa-
tion forces are the instruments OF
policy and not the determinants of
policy" After General Mac
Arthur's statement Of Sept. H.,
some one in high authority had to
reassert this fundamental prln-
ciple.
For General Macarthur did not
confine himself to making public
estimate of the forces he would
need after July, 1916, in order to
occupy Japan and Korea; he took
it upon himself to refer to the size
and character Of our "Paclflc
forces'' and of "our projected reg
ular establishment. Now the size
and character of our Pacific forces
is a question of the highest policy,
involving not only the occupation
of Japan but our whole position
in the Pacific and Eastern Asia.
That policy must be made in
Washington, and nowhere else.
Recent reports from Germany,
notably Mr.. Raymond Daniels
dispatch in 9TH e New York
Times" of Sept. 20. suggest that
there too Mr.. Acheson's statement
is timely and appropriate. There
are indications that somewhere be-
low General Eisenhower the SUI
coordinate commanders are max
ing policy rather than executing
it. The evidence is sufficient to ask
whether a full official and indie
pendent report is not about due
on how far our German policies
ane directives have been carried
out.
For it is no ones interest, least
Of all that of the Army, that mill
tary commanders should think, or
should appear to think, that they
make political policy, or that they
NAV on their own motion amend
il.
There can hardly be any serious
difference of opinion that in seiz-
ing the occasion at the end OF hos
tilities to reassert the supremacy
Of civil authority Mr.. Acheson has
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ing up with the Joneses to end
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ing up with the Joneses to end
all such -eras.~--.~..--- .-..-....
Remember, Mama hasn't been
able to go in for household gadgets
for a long time. And while you
thought -smugly that the days. of
having to have something, just
because the girls in the bridge
of the past, the urge for buying
was just dormant.
Now it is coming to life again.
And you might as well be pre-
pared. Maybe Mama hasn't started
selling you on all the stuff she
needs yet. But her friends have al
ready sold her. And the next step
is selling you.
So take your feet down off that
old sofa. Your days of taking il
easy are. over. Mama wants
THINGS again. And you know
Mama well enough to know that
if she wants them she is going
to have them. sG.f
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him make list Of men who would
be invaluable in the State Depart
ment and the foreign service but
are leaving Washington.
The Pearl Harbor investigation
will show, If it is thorough, that
for many years before the out
break Of war, foreign policy was
conducted without making sure OF
the military force to support it. If
an inquiry were made into what
happened after Pearl Harbor, it
would show, l believe, that as our
military power grew, there was no
corresponding and commensurate
development Of foreign policy. The
contrast, for example, is striking
between the thoroughness of our
war plans, their reasoned grasp OF
detail, an d the generalities of our
political plans. The plan Of the
joint chiefs OF staff for the inva-
sion Of Japan is in comparison
with the political directions for oc-
cupying Japan as an architect
specifications for building house
to a real estate agents description
Of a house.
Here is the real reason why
among the conquering generals
and. their colonies there is a ten
dency to act as Independent poten-
tates. Their instructions from
Washington are couched in such
general terms that the men on the
spot can by Interpreting the in
structions do what they themselves
think best.
For Germany and Japan we
shall almost certainly have to
come to the appointment of civil
liam high commissioners, able to
interpret United States policy and
vested with authority over the &C.
cupation.
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Mama Starts
On A Buying
Spree Soon
Bv RUTH MILLETT

Papa, your personal peace is
over. Mama has the old buying
CLEAN tn her eye-and what is
worse-so do all her friends.
The talk over the bridge tables
these days goes something like
this: 1.-The very first thing I'm
Going to buy is dish washer, and
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French Elect Herriot
To Official Position

PARIS, Sept. %. -GR-Edou; I'd
Herriot, prewar French premier,
was elected councillor general in
the Rhone department in today's
cantonal elections, as an estimated
rs per cent of Frances history.
Results of the election, in which
women had ballot rights for the
first time, were awaited keenly, as
the voting is expected to be baro-
meter of the general election sched-
uled October 81.
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JAYCEES TW0-DAY
CONFERENCE ENDS

After a two-day round Of meet
ings and social activities the East
ern district conference of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
which was held at Carolina Beach
ended yesterday afternoon with
a three-hour boat trip, the cour-
tesy of the Carolina Beach as
ISOLATION.
The weekend activities began
with an informal dance held at
the Bame hotel on Saturday night
in which approximately 100 Jay
Gees and their wives attended.
The nine o'clock Sunday break
feast was held at the Palais
Royal hotel after which followed
the morning session presided by
Vance T. Forbes.
At the morning session Bob
Howard, president of the Will
mington Jaycees, welcomed the
visiting members and introduced
Walter Cartier, secretary to the
Wilmington Chamber Of Com
merce to the members who gave
a short talk.
Clubs in the eastern district
who gave highlights OF their &C.
tivities were:
Williamson chapter, who has
recently been organized with a
membership of Is members ex-
pect to hold Charter night in the
near future when they will receive
their charter from the United
States Junior Chamber of Com
merce, thus making them a full
pledged chapter.
Rocky Mount reported the high
light of their quarterly activities
was '.Rural Youth Day. in which
the chapter sponsored a day Of fun
and frolic for 1900 All boys and
girls.
Goldsboro reported that they
sponsored eight boys who attend
ed the Civil Air Patrol and they
are also endeavoring to support
an outdoor swimming pool.
New Bern reported that they
are giving special aid to the farm
ing communities.
Greenville chapter told Of the
Fathers Day bond drive in which
they sold over 100000 war bonds,
and they also appropriated funds
to help support the high school
paper
Wallace reported Of promoting
and estimating the cost Of re-
grinding and steming tobacco
plant to aid the farmers in their
communities.
Wilson chapter gave report on
the sponoring Of a Veterans
Guide, to help the returning veteran
to locate the various offices and
agencies and they are also
Sponsoring golf tournament for
Eastern Carolina. The Wilson
chapter is also responsible for
organizing the Williamson chap.
ter. -...
The meeting closed with short
talks from Mr.. Forbes, and Raw
Bandy, past national vice presi.
dent, who talked on the WAYS to
organize new chapters.
Ray Bandy, chairman Of state
awards, explained to the new and
old members, that awards are nre.
sented to the chapter at the end of
each quarter for the most o1,tstsnd.
ing project completed during the
past quarter and that the awards
for this period will be given At ! the he
annual state meeting to be held
in April at Rocky Mount. u
Concluding the final meeting I'll
the conference, John Thomas
chairman of state postwar plan,
ming committee. gave a short taljx
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friends buy. Then there'll be a
race to see which one can out
decorate the others, and out will 60
the comfortable old sofa and in
will come something in pale chart
reuse you won't dare put your
feet, on :. --..,.-....-- T., ,..-...-..-
It's going to be an era of keep
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on the necessity of putting post
war planning into operation, and
Elliot O'Neal, past president Of
the Wilmington chapter, talked on
&c. I. Joe Returns.
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Alfalfa is. probably a Spanish
version of tn, Arabian word al
facfacah, which means the best
sort of fodder.
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then l want che
Of those new
W a S h ing ma
chimes that does
everything but
hang up the
clothes, a n d
then"
Every woman
has her eye on
some S u p e +
6 a d g ct, and
then, of course
she'll have to
have all !. the
g a d gets her
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JUST REVEALED By THE NAVY details
through two and half without being
Conraed in size with pencil Of the
tiny that worked the fuse pictured op with beow)
made shells burst uncanniy close
enemy Navy photos lnenatona Soundphotos)
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State collections of taxes on in
dividYal incomes were an IA aH-tlme
record of $3.50, 900, 900 III 1915.
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Kaiser Again Accept,
Clothing Relief TIL.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2s.-,s
President Truman TO-DAY W. m-
upon the United States to cor. ssAed
clothing again to prevent "inc .,uu's
able hardships" among VIZ. ealcul'
1erer S in liberated areas Of E,, 'sl'
and the Pacific. Europe
He asked Henry J. Kaiser. w..
Coast lndustrialist, to head tha w.t. west
similar to the one held n ussvs
Kalser's direction last su ~tue'
Kaiser has accepted. 'p'ng
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F. Francis ii Scott Key, who WRIT.
The star-spangled Banner "'' i
1884, was a Baltimore attornev %
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House. He expected to return b,,.
between 1880 and 8 D. m. ''''s
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BUY VICTORY BONDS
Evening star., 1945-08-04
|4-Lane Severn Bridge
lin Annapolis Area
Proposed After Study
Ey the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 4.-The Mary
land State Roads Commission will
submit a detailed plan for construc-
ton of four-lane bridge across the
Severn River in the Annapolis area
and construction of regional high
ways in that section of Anne Arun-
del County to the Federal Public
Roads Administration within three
weeks.
The State body made the study
under an ALLEGATION of $38, 900 from
the Federal agency.
The program calls for roads to
facilitate the flow of traffic through
Annapolis, throughways in the VII
cinity of Annapolis to carry traffc
en- route to Baltimore and Washing
ton, and construction of adequate
feeder roads from the Sandy Point
Ferry and the water front communi-
ties of Anne Arundel County,.
The program was designed % as
not to interfere with the projected
expansion of the Naval Academy
and with the knowledge that the
Navy Athletic Association planned
to build a stadium of 100 ,006- person
capacity in West Annapolis.
The report will be sent to the
Federal Works Agency in Washing
ton and further details will not be
divulged until then, State officials
said
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Montgomery School
Improvements Urged

The Executive and Advisory Com.
mittee of the Montgomery County
Civic Federation has urged the Boare
of County Commissioners to "in.
crease the efficiency of the county
school system and to see that fund,
are provided for all necessary pur-
poses to bring the school system ul
to its previous high standards"
The committees action was taker
on the recommendation of the
Schools Committee and followed the
Board of Education's recent reques,
for s423, 900 for reconditioning pres
ent plants, purchasing new and en-
larging old school sites, and financing
an emergency new building program
The boards program would be fl
nanced from capital funds.
william B. Horne, newly elected
president of the federation, an
nounces the appointment of the fol-
lowing committee chairmen:
j. M. McShane, membership;
James A. Cosgrove, constitution and
by-laws; Walter H. McClenon, legis-
latio1l and legal action: Samuel
Stonebraker, public utilities; Wash
ington I. Cleveland, roads, streets
and bridges; Henry Smelling. public
safety; Allan B. Fay, sanitation and
public health; Dwight Collins,
schools; DR.. Harold P. Morris, social
welfare; George Schultze, internal
county improvements; Mrs. j. Reed
Bradley, publicity; Lewis B. Sims
budget and finance; Royal H. Car
lock, program achievement: Charles
H. Squire, archives; o. M. Kle, char
ter, and Rhees Burket. postwar
planning.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Registrations to Close

Registrst tions for children enter
ing the Berwyn kindergarten will
close August Is. Children who will
be years old prior to January are
eligible to attend. Registrations
should be made by calling Berwyn
291-J.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
.Rives Matthews Sells
His Weekly Paper

From Yesterdays Last EdittonJ
Ey the Associated Press.
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. Aug. s.
Sale of the weekly Somerset News
to two Crisfield publisher brothers
today ended the seven-year owner
ship of Rives Skinker Matthews,
crusading young Princess Anne edi-
tor who became embroiled in numer-
Gus political feuds during his tenure.
, Hammond w. McGrath and
Joseph S. McGrath, publishers of
the weekly Crisfleld Post, said they
had bought the paper from Mr..
Matthews for an undisclosed sum,
and that Mr. Matthews had said
he planned to 60 to st. Louis. Mr..
Matthews father lives in that city.
Mr.. Matthews, career in Princess
Anne hit a high spot in June, 1943,
when eheY saecused State Controller
Evening star., 1945-08-04
SS3,333 Spent in Year
To Support Young ReynoId!

(From Yesterdays Last Edition.)
BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 3.-The educa-
tion and support of Christopher
Smith Reynolds, 12-year-old son OF
the late tobacco heir, z. Smith
Reynolds, and former torch singer
Libby Holman Reynolds Holmes,
cost $83, 1888 during the last year
his guardians reported today.
+ The expenses we're listed by the
Safe Deposit 6y Trust Co. as part OF
money paid to Mrs. Holmes, along
with $5,l92 she expended on his
100000 estate Of SIS acres near
Stamford, Conn.
The estate of young Christopher,
who was born shortly after his
fathers death, declined slightly
during the year to s5,582,194, the
guardianship report filed today in
Orphans Court disclosed.
There was an investment income
of $18o,o00 from stocks and bonds,
but attorney fees, Federal income
and property taxes totaled $83 ,33l !;
taxes and insurance outlays on the
estate, $4,787; attorney fees and
expenses In acquiring the property,
$640; attorney fees and trust ex-
perses Of a, North Carolina litiga-
ton, $4,000. There was q loss Of
$l20,380 on securities sold.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
PIunkeH, Tuck Plan
Final Speeches as
Primary Draws Near
BY the Associated Press.

Moss A. Plunkett, Roanoke (Va.)
attorney. and 1t. Gov. William M.
Tuck Of Halifax today entered the
final stages of their campaigns for
the Democratic gubernatorial nomi-
nation in Tuesdays primary elec-
ton.
Mr. Plunkett, who returned to his
home city after Statewide tour,
is scheduled to speak at $3.50 o'clock
tonight over Radio Station WDBJ
in Roanoke. He will 60 to Bedford
Monday, where he will make the
final radio address of his campaign.
Mr.. Tuck will wind up his cam
paign with an address at $50 pm.
today over Radio Station WRVA in
Richmond. Monday he will attend
rally at Alexandra and then will
return home to vote and await
election returns. @.s
In a talk last night over Station
WRVA, Mr.. Plunkett declared he
was in favor of a program of prog
ress, especially real educational
program"
Outlining his platform, Mr..
Plunkett said he favored lifting
the farmers out of the mud with a
real farm-to-main highway road
program" diversified industrializa-
ton, democracy in elections and fair
play for all parties and all factions.
For many years" he said, II have
been actively associated with the
movement for better schools, free
textbooks for all school children,
better pay for school teachers and
all things needed to lift Virginia
from the low rank she has occupied
among the States of the Nation in
the field of education"
Meanwhile. 1t. Col. Charles r.
Fenwick Of Arlington and Lewis p.
Collins of Marion, two of the three
candidates for the Democratic NOM
ination for Lieutenant Governor,
will wind up their campaigns in
radio addresses Monday night. The
third candidate is Senator Leonard
G. Muse.
Col. Fenwick will speak over
Radio Station WRVA, while Mr..
Collins will speak from Lynchburg.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Lord Arnold, Former
Labor Minister, Dies

Fy the Associated Press. 4.
HINDHEAD, England, Aug. A.
Lord Arnold, ST, who served in two
Labor governments and then re.
signed from the Labor party in l93t
in protest against its foreign policy
died yesterday.
A member of the party since 1922
he was an intimate friend of the
late Labor Prime Minister Ramsay
Macdonald He was made Under.
secretary of State for Colonies ir
the peerage and, in the second Labor
administration Of 1929 1881, served
as paymaster general.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
13 Hurt, 7 Seriously,
As Arlington & Fairfax
Bus Strikes Tree

Thirteen persons were injured,
two seriously. yesterday afternoon
when an Arlington g. Fairfax Motor
Transportation Co. bus left the road
and struck a tree on South Second
street near Cleveland street, Ar
hngton.
Police said George C. Porter, '21
of 3443 North Twelfth road, Ar
lington, bus driver, told them he
was forced of the road by another
bus of the same company. The
accident happened shortly after 4
pm. as the bus was bound for the
Columbia pike area.
Five of the 13 injured, including
Mr.. Porter, were hospitalized. Taken
to Arlington Hospital were Mr.. Por-
ter and Bernard Majerus, SO, of 170s
South Nelson street, Arlington, pos
sible fractured skulls; Mildred
Smith, II, Route 8, Vienna, Anna
Lima, %, Route 2, Vienna, possible
leg fractures.
Sergt. John A. Miehm, Is, sta
toned at Logan's Cantonment Area
Dundalk, Nd, and who lives at 3911
South Sixth street, Arlington, was
admitted to Fort Myer Hospital with
contusions of the chest and leg.
Five others were treated at Arl-
ington Hospital and dismissed. They
are:
William Stuart, 40, of 350l South
Thirteenth street; Won Beamer Bur
CESS, "a, OF 3108 South Twenty
fourth street; Rosie Lowe, %, OF
2ll9 South Pollard street; Lucy
Brown, Al, of 2l32 South Oxford
street, and Evelyn Mcneil. "a, OF
1404 South George Mason drive, all
of Arlington.
First aid was given three persons
at the Navy Annex infirmary. They
are:
1t. william Childs, 20, q. S. N.
26l4 South Sixth Street; Patricia
Bonhan, rs, I'LL South Quincy
street, and 1t. r. A. Childers, 35
U. S. NJ, 1412 South George Mason
drive. all of Arlington.
Capt. James j. Scott OF the Airing
ton police said no charges have
been placed against Mr.. Porter pend
ing investigation.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
New Arlington Church,
Seeks Building Fund

Members of Trinity Presbyter-
ian Church, newly organized con-
gregation in Arlington County, have
launched a drive to raise $65 900 for
construction of church building.
Organized in May, 1914, by the
Home Mission Committee of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States, the Trinity congregation has
been holding services at 52H North
Washington boulevard. There are
1856 members now listed.
Present building plans call for q
church with a seating capacity Of
300 to $50 persons. There is to be
a Sunday school unit for 400 per.
sons.
Evening star., 1945-08-04

Snack bars for Indian troops have
just been introduced at railway sta
tions in India,
Evening star., 1945-08-04

Speed victory by buying bonds
through payroll savings.
Evening star., 1945-08-04

French West Africa has been
under strictly controlled economy
since January 1, 1913.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Oppose Airport Project

The Edgemoor Citizens Associa.
ton has joined the Bradley Hill.
Citizens Association in asking the
Board of Zoning Appeals to deny
the application of the Washington
Aviation Country Club for permit tc
operate an air park or other avia.
ton facilities,
Evening star., 1945-08-04

J. Millard Tawes of using a State
automobile on a trip to Georgia for
his sons wedding. Mr.. Tawes' "A''
gasoline ration book later was re-
voked for one year and State
government order went out for strict
check on private use of State-owned
cars.
Shortly after the story appeared
the then States attorney, Prentiss
Evans, now in the armed forces,
filed criminal libel charge against
Mr.. Matthew'S move which at
tracted national attention and drew
to the support of the editor the
American Newspaper Publishers
Association. The. indictment was
nolle-prossed in the fall of 1943.
Evening star., 1945-08-04
Cornixul to Be Extended

The Kensington Volunteer Fire
Department, which held carnival
all last week. will continue the show
another week because of the recent
bad weather. The carnival Is being
held at Lincoln avenue and Old
Bladensburg road. Kensington.