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Evening star., 1945-06-07
|Dr. Merton B. Waite,
Plant Disease Expert
To Be Buried FRIDAY

Funeral services for DR.. Merto1
Benway Waite, 80, Agriculture De
partment scientist who first dis
covered insect-transmission of plan
diseases, will be held at 1l:3O am
tomorrow at the Hines funeral home
Fourteenth and Harvard street.
NV. The Rev. Orris G.. Robinson
pastor of Calvary Methodist Church
will officiate. Burial will be in Glen
wood Cemetery.
DR.. Waite died Tuesday at Gar
field Hospital after a short illness
He retired in 1885 from the director
ship of the fruit disease division O.
the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soil!
and Agriculture Engineering a.
Beltsville, Md, after IS years tenure
At his residence at 1447 Euclid stree
| NV. he continued to collaboratt
with department scientists.
In 1891 he succeeded in starting
an artificial epidemic of pear blight
by injecting bees with the disease
His papers on the spreading of plant
infections by insects were published
almost at the same time that Theo-
bald Smith, Cooper Curtice and F
l.. Kllborne, also of the Agriculture
Department., proved that ticks
spread Texas fever among cattle
The twin discoveries led to mos
quito experiments which resulted in
the conquest of yellow fever and
malaria and made the Panama
Canal possible.
Later experiments by DR.. Waite
proved that the missing key to de-
pendable orchard crops of apples,
pears, plums and other fruits was
ross-pollination among breeds.
This revolutionized orchard plant
ing and fruit marketing.
DR.. Waite was born in Oregon,
ILL.,, and received his B. S. degree at
the University of Illinois in 1887.
He came to Washington the follow
ing year to work in the Agriculture
Department. In 1919 he received a
doctor of agriculture degree from
the University of Maryland. He
was fellow of the American AS
sociation for the Advancement of
Science, a charter member of the
American Phytopathological Society,
founder and past president of the
Botanical Society of Washington,
member of the Washington Acad-
emy of Sciences and of the Cosmos
Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hurdle Waite, and two
sons, Capt. Merton Waite, Army
Medical Corps, who returned re-
Gently from duty in Italy. and Capt.
Maiden Waite, Army small arms in
StrllctOr
Evening star., 1945-06-07

president Of the C1O, who also was
a White House caller today.
Mr.. Green said that "at least
$13 ,000, 100000 must be restored to
workers if we are to create an ade-
quate postwar market for the prod
ucts of full employment" This, he
explained in a statement, means
an average wage increase of little
more than 16 cents an hour for a
40-hour week to our 10000 900 wage
and small-salaried workers, includ
ing Government employees. It will
require an increase of little more
than 20 per cent above present wage
rates to restore this $4,000, 900, ,00C
to workers buying power
Mr.. Green told newsmen he did
not get any commitments. from the
President on the wage question, but
that President Truman had said he
was considering the whole eco
nomic picture.
The CIO several days ago urged
20 per cent wage increase on Pres
ident Truman to Offset the pros
pective loss of wages when war
production falls of.
Mr.. Murray said that in addition
to talking over recoversion prob
lens with the President, he advised
Evening star., 1945-06-07
Okinuwu
Continued From First Page !

to the front lines was carried bv
hand. Planes were used to drop
supplies by parachute.
New Airstrips Completed.
Despite the miserable weather
conditions, new airstrips have been
completed on Okinawa and Ie Is
land offshore, and tactical air force
lighters are flying missions against
kyushu, southernmost of Japan's
mainland islands, from newly-con-
structed bases.
A few japanese planes attacked
American shipping off Okinawa
Tuesday evening. Two American
vessels were damaged. Five enemv
aircraft were shot down
The military government on Oki-
nawa already has 148,O0O civilians
under its jurisdiction. and great
numbers are coming inside Ameri-
can lines daily.
Front reports said the civilians
have been highly cooperative. One
main factor in gaining their conf
dence has been hospital treatment
provided the Ill and wounded.
Evening star., 1945-06-07
Police Officer Dies
On Day Of Ceremony
Planned in His Honor

Sam Ragland, At, colored, special
policeman, who was to have been
honored tonight for his exploit in
killing, with single shot, the slayer
of brother officer here last March
died suddenly early today at Gal
linger Hospital.
The policemen had attended the
circus last night, and was on duty
until 1890 am. today in the vicinity
of Fifteenth and H streets NE.
Stricken at his home, 203 Virginia
avenue Sc. he was rushed to Gal
linger Hospital. where he died about
6 o'clock Death was due to high
blood pressure, according to Coroner
A, Magruder Macdonald
Never Knew of Award.
Officer Ragland had been invited
to attend special meeting Of the
Sentinel Club, an organization of
colored policemen and flremen. The
friends who invited him did not tell
him that he was to be presented
with specially engraved watch. a
purse and a scroll for his exploit
He probably died, friends said, with
out knowing of the honor
What will be done with the watch.
scroll and purse was being studied
this morning by committee of the
club according to Policeman Sam
Scott of the police homicide squad.
The incident which led to honors
for Mr.. Ragland occurred on March
4 at Florida avenue near Holbrook
street NE, in the presence of large
crowd OF Sunday afternoon strollers.
Avenged Fellow Officer.
Policeman William J. Weston, jr.,
38, colored had been shot twice in
the back by Lester Oates, AZ, col
ored, after the policeman had pre-
vented him from being served an
other glass of beer in a nearby res
taurant, according to police reports.
Mr.. Ragland, who was in uniform
in another nearby restaurant, heard
the shooting and ran out. He saw
Policeman Weston slumped against
a wall, his pistol undrawn
Get that man, he's killed me-"
FollCeIldu weston gaSpeQ. he dleC
a few moments later.
Officer Ragland ran after Oates,
who had fed a short distance. He
called to him to stop. When the
warning was disregarded, he fired
at Oates, and the fleeing man
dropped. A coroner's jury declared
the case was one of justifiable homi-
eide.
Mr.. Ragland had been employed
at Gallinger Hospital, police said,
and also had done valuable service
in patrolling the area near Fifteenth
and H streets NE.
Mr., Ragland is survived by his
widow. Funeral services had not
been completed early today.
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of a new tactic" being used by
Super Fortresses.
First" said Tokyo. discussing the
Yokahoma raid last week, "a forma-
ton of 10 B-29s flew over the city
and dumped explosive bombs, there
by chasing our civilian air defensive
units to air raid shelters. Then,
after that. the enemy dropped in
cendiary bombs, thereby slowing up
the initial fire. e-prevention activities. ="
The broadcast, recorded by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion. suggested the defense units
could cut damage and speed their
work by noting the time of descent
and distance of dispersion of bombs.
1t takes As seconds for a bomb to
fall from 10000 meters, the broad
cast said, adding:
Thus, you can run quite a dis
tance in the opposite direction after
sighting the explosives.
Evening star., 1945-06-07

him that the CIO still wants rep.
resentation in the International
Labor Organization. He said he
told Mr.. Truman he had discussed
this matter with President Roosevelt
about year ago, and had gotten
a sympathetic hearing, but that
later he had withdrawn his request
for representation because of op-
position by the AEL, which repre-
sents this country in the ILO.
The American representative in
the organization is appointed by the
President.
Evening star., 1945-06-07
Mother, a Children Die
As Flames DESTROY Home
BY the Associated Press

BY the AssOclateC Ffess.
MAHTOWA, Mimi, June Mrs.
Vivian Doan, 20, and her four small
children perished yesterday when
fire swept their two-story frame
home near here.
All five victims were found dead
in their beds. Mrs Doan's husband,
Robert, was absent when the fire
broke out.
Investigators said they believed an
exploding bottle of cooking gas
started the fire.
Evening star., 1945-06-07
Green and MURRAY
Urge Pay Raises in
White House Visit

William Green. president of the
American Federation Of Labor, told
President Truman today that s23,-
600 900, 900 will be Topped from the
annual income of American workers
when the 48-hour week is cut to 40
hours during the reconversion Pc
riod, unless the Little Steel formula
is relaxed.
The President also heard another
request for relaxation of this wage
fixing standard from Philip Murray,
Evening star., 1945-06-07

SAN FRANCISCO, June 7 LP).-
The Tokyo radio today complained
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CEMETERY LOTS,

TWO BURIAL SITES 0ot), desirable loca
tion, near main gate; reasonable; Con.
sressional Cemetery. Phone HO. 1872.
Evening star., 1945-06-07
Osaka
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In this second raid in two days
the Tokyo radio said, the fighters
appeared to be primarily interested
in broadcasting propaganda leaflets
over the city of Kagoshima.
Japs Minimize Damage.
Enemy radio reports indicated
only about 10 Super Fortresses
dropped high explosive bombs or
Osaka, while the greater part of the
force concentrated on setting new
fires. While the total bomb weight
was not announced, the sky giants
normally carried around 5000 tons
OF incendiaries on such fire raids
Fires were started "in the areas
around Osaka Castle" 10th century
home of Japan's rulers which was
converted into headquarters for the
4th Army Division, Tokyo admitted
The castle Is in the northeastern
section OF the city a stones throw
from the arsenal. 1t is surrounded by
industrial, commercial and military
installations. Japanese dispatches
insisted almost no damage was
sustained by military installations
in the city"
Strangest phase of enemy broad
casts was absence of the usual
prompt and exaggerated report on
the number of B-29s shot down
More than eight hours after the
strike the only such claim was a
recapitulation on Tuesdays Kobe
raid, asserting a new record had
been set Of SO B-29s shot down and
l60 severely crippled The 21st
Bomber Command here announced
eight were lost over Kobe.
Marked for Tokyo's Fate.
Today's devastation added to the
lis square miles of Osaka city
where the population averages 5000
to a square mile-burned out in
bombings March IA and June |.
This second blast in less than a
week at Japan's second largest city
apparently marked it for the fate
already befallen Tokyo, the largest.
Recently the 2lst Bomber Command
said the B-29s had erased all tar
gets they had set out to smash in
the capital city. Later the bomber
command announced that "the prin-
cipal portion Of Yokohama tTokyos
port city, is virtually destroyed"
Three square miles in the indus
trial heart of Osaka were burned
out June in a 3.200-ton incendiary
strike by 450 Super Forts, escorted
by $50 IWo-based Mustangs. The
fires set then sent up smoke for
27000 feet.
IF Japan persists in fighting this
war to a finish" said Gen. George
c. Kenny commander of the Far
East Air Force. at Manila, yester-
day, "she is liable to find the Jap
anese islands reduced to nothing
but menace to navigation"
Osaka's industrial areas embrace
production units for machinery, ma
chine tools, chemicals and alum
mum. The city also is a shipbuild-
ing and major railroad center.
Tokyo Radio Complains
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Evening star., 1945-06-07
IS. EurIe Hoover Dies;
Presbyterian Leader
By the Associated Press.

BY lHe ASSoc1ated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June is
Earle Hoover, 66, vice moderator OF
the General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in 1884 and con-
tractor who specialized in building
churches. died yesterday.
He had served as a director of the
American Sunday School Union and
Executive Committee member of the
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America.
Evening star., 1945-06-07
Sir John Marriott Dies

WELLS, Radnorshire, Wales, June
7 tPl.-Sir John Arthur Ransome
Marriott. 85. historian and former
fellow and lecturer of Worcester Col
lege. Oxford, died in Wells, it was
announced TODAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-15

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Evening star., 1945-11-14
Workers Riohts
From the London Daily Herald

from the London Daily Herald.
1t may well be that the machinery for
dealing with workers claims and GREW
ances can be improved. But it cannot
be improved by resorting to unconstitu-
uonal methods-methods which weaken
the authority Of the trade union move
ment In the eyes of the employers and
OF the nation. This great structure OF
British trade unionism, built by long
and painful effort, is today an invincible
weapon for the assertion Of workers
r1ghts-provided that the workers use
u with confidence and do not fall back
upon unarmed combat, which in effect
Is what they do when they strike un-
omcially. Britain's need for industrial
expansion Is acute. It is inevitable that.
during the turnover from war to peace
production, grievances will be felt in
many Industries. But between the two
wars, the machinery for dealing with
those grievances by joint negotiation
was vastly improved. The interests of
the dockers, and Of all workers, viii best
be served by loyal adherence to this
system and by loyal support Of the
democratically elected trade union
leaders.
Evening star., 1945-11-14
Soviet Trial Balloon
By Maj. Georxe Fieldins Elio,

An event which may well be one of
the most important and significant post
war occurrences is receiving far less at
tention from the American press than
1t merits.
This event Is the lifting Of the Soviet
censorship on outgoing news dispatches
fled by American and other foreign
correspondents in Russia.
Surely 1t is not necessary to remind
ourselves that the central political
problem Of our times Is the establish
ment Of full cooperative effort, based
on mutual confidence, between the
Russians and the great western democ-
racies.
II this problem can be solved, or even
II we can see clearly that 1t Is progressing
toward satisfactory solution, all other
international problems become, by that
fact, soluble.
II it cannot be solved, then no other
major international problem is soluble:
Not at least on the basis Of world co-
operation, which alone is q durable So
luton Of most such problems.
It has long been clear that the great
stumbling block In the way Of bringing
about q state Of mutual confidence be-
tween the Russians and the western
world Is mistrust. Mistrust in this case
is largely based on ignorance. The
Russians know very little about the
western world, though they are coming
to know more through all sorts Of con-
facts, cfIlcial and unofncial. We know
very little about the Russians, and so
FAR the Russians have tried their best
to prevent us from knowing anything
more than has been set for thin oficial
handouts. ~
II that policy Is being changed. II the
Russians are now taking the flrst step
toward the breaking down Of the arti-
hcial barriers which have contributed
50 much to creating the present DIM
culties, No should greet this evidence
Of changed attitude with hearty ap-
prsctatio0 and with renswsd hope.
Evening star., 1945-11-14
We Believe in Signs

Washington probably is subject to
more intensive regulation of those
things which affect the city's out
ward appearance than any other city
In the country. But it would be hard
to find a city which has made a
more horrible nightmare of its traffic
signs, especially those which relate
to parking.
A section of the five-year postwar
program of the Department of We
hicles and Traffic sheds some light
on why this condition exists in
Washington. The multiplicity of the
signs results largely from the in
sistence of the courts that many
signs be placed in each block as noti-
dcation to the public that restric-
ton is in effect" In other words, If
the Commissioners ban parking, the
ban evidently must be advertised by
signs hanging on every tree and
every lamp post. No other city in
the country, according to the Traffic
Bureau, is required to place such
frequent notice land it does not seem
that it should be necessary here"
There are not merely too many
signs, but they are now rusty, un-
slightly, repetitious and confusing.
The Traffic Bureau wants to replace
the necessary signs with more dura-
bic and attractive material, estimat-
ing that about $4,000 will be needed.
But before starting this program it
might be worth while for the cor
poration counsel's Office to go into
the matter in some detail and to
find out whether steps cannot be
taken, either through new legisla-
ton or new regulations acceptable
to the judges, which will eliminate
the present necessity of draping
the trees and cluttering up the curbs
with signs.
The present condition probably re-
suits from line of Police Court de-
cisions giving the illegal parker the
benefit of the doubt, but this is COM
plicated by the readiness of the mu-
nicipal authorities to place mo park
ing" restrictions at the most unex-
pected locations and for the most
unexpected reasons.
The hodge-podge OF traffic signs
merely reflects the parking regula-
tionS,
Evening star., 1945-11-14
On the Record
BY Dorothy THOMPSON

The atomic bomb is central In the
discussions between the President and
the British and Canadian Prime Min
tiers. 1t Is reported that the President
wants to "outlaw" it. and Mr.. Attlee to
internationalize 1t and all other scien-
tific developments through the United
Nations Security Council, provided Rus
sia makes frank statement Of terri
torial aims and political policies"
The general view of many scientists
is expressed by Prof. Einstein in
the current Atlantic Monthly. which is
that the United States, the Soviet
Union and Great Britain should form
world government, with the Soviets
submitting the constitution, this gov
ernment to take over the use and con-,
troll Of atomic energy
All these solutions" are based in,
some degree on fiction-the Presidents
on the fiction Of "outlawry," which is
either Q futile gesture-like the Kel-
logg-Briand pact-or presumes the cx-
istence Of an enforceable law governing
the behavior Of great sovereign powers:
but no such law exists.
To put atomic bombs at the disposal
Of the Security Council is to agree to
nothing. The Security Council cannot
act against a great powers veto. There
Is not an inch of this earth that is not
In sphere Of influence" or interest"
OF one another OF the great powers.
nor Is there spot where interests are
Identical. Therefore, the great powers
could never agree on where or how to
use the atomic bomb. nor be restrained
from 1t unilateral use.
To agree to share all future scientific
discoveries In the field Of warfare on
the basis Of frank statement" has the
fictional content of "outlawry." Mr..
Attlee wants "iron-clad guarantees"
that the other nations will work with
honesty" But atomic warfare is a real
thing; honesty" is a quality capable
OF many interpretations.
To share all scientific secrets under
iron-clad guarantees for safety could
only logically mean to abandon all
national armamants, but nothing Of the
kind is dreamed of.
Prof. Einstein has spent his life
in the realm Of pure" science. We
owe the atomic bomb, we are told, to
one OF his mathematical formulas. II
politics were an exact science, the for.
mula he presents would be meaningful
It is "pure" politics-ie. pure fantasy
1t presumes the possibility that the
present governments Of the United
States, the Soviet Union and Great
Britain would conceivably create q
Evening star., 1945-11-14

world constitution and thereafter sub
Ject their policies, armaments, factories,
mines, formulas, ETC., to the inspection
and control Of world government,
That matter was negatived in San
francisco. 1t is being further negatived
in Germany. There four powers are
governing a commonly defeated enemy
under an allied control council. Ac-
tually every zone Is under a separate
government, responsible to a separate
power. and with a separate policy II
the Big Three cannot govern Germany
mutually, how can they govern them
selves mutually?
A world government can only be
founded on commonly accepted social
and political principles. To create a
Big Three government, one of the Big
Three would have to extend its own
principles by force to the world; or all
accept by consent the principles Of one
OF the others; or all create something
new. There might be United States
OF the World: World Commonwealth
OF Nations; or world Union of Socia-
list and Soviet Republics. Either Of
the hrst two might be adjusted to the
other, but acceptance by the Soviet
Union would mean the dissolution of
the Soviet system. World government
Is impossible without free access to its
parts-and the secrecy of the atomic
bomb Is as nothing compared to the
secrecy Of the Soviet Union.
In this great victorious, democratic
and true" democratic world, does any
one hear the voice of the inhabitants
OF the planet? Would it not be a good
simple idea to form a United Nations
Commission, not to control instruments
OF warfare which threaten every baby,
but to oversee and carry through a
worldwide secret, and free plebiscite of
all the adults on the globe on the oues-
tions:
Do you favor the total permanent dis
armament Of the air and air-carried
weapons by all countries everywhere?
Do you favor universal abolition of
universal military service?
Do you favor the disarmament of all
ships on all the seas?
Are you willing to try the brother
hood of man, as world program?
The result of such q plebiscite would
be mandate on each government and
on UNO.
Isn't it odd that whereas no single per-
son on the globe wants to kill any other
person Except rarely and for strictly
personal reasons) no statesmen seem
able or inclined to go after peace from
that basic fact?
Releaseo by the Bell Syndicate, Inc,