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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-01-01
AFTER THE ELECTIoN-WHAT?

AFTER THE ELECTIoN-WHAT?
(The following editorial by AIvaro c. Shoemaker was
published in the Svenska Poster in the following
last Novembers election which resulted in sweeping
victories for the Democratic Party 1t is reprinted here
by request, due to converting of the Congress in
Washington 1t might be suggested that the principles
set out by Mr.. Shoemaker are equally applicable to
Democrats in state legislatures, including
assembly, which has just convened in regular session
at Olympa.)
ONE of Napoleon's generals cliked into headquar-
tiers. "Sire, have just won a great victory
he announced
Napoleon glanced up from his maps, then let
his eyes fall again, seemingly unimpressed.
His underling tried again. "Sire," he insisted
"the victory have just won is such as to bring
undying glory to French arms"
what did you do the next day." the Little
Corporal asked quietly without looking up
In this anecdote there is lesson for the Demo-
cratic Party. Yesterday great victory was won.
But this is the next day. and what the party
does now is the important thing, because it will.
decide whether or not there will be another vic
tory.
The rank and file of the party have done their
job. They have returned Franklin D. Roosevelt
to the White House and they have given him in
creased working ma jorities in both Houses of
Congress. For the next two years, until another
Congressional election is had, the fortunes of the
Democratic Party are in the hands of the great
leader his Cabinet, and party members in House
and Senate
THE future of the Democratic Party raises ques-
tions which far transcend the personal for
tunes of those who hold or hope to hold jobs by
virtue of the victory early this month. These
questions involve the fate of liberalism in America
and they involve this nations relations with the
rest of the world. For the Democratic Party is
the party of sane liberalism just as it is the
party of sane internationaism. In the hands of
President Roosevelt the party will be kept liberal
by the sheer force of his leadership
But Democrats with the future of their party
at heart must start now to plan for the day when
it will no longer have the great advantage of this
leadership. During the next four years it must
develop new leaders capable of carrying on the
Roosevelt tradition. And it must crystalize the
ship into political philosophy sufficiently CO.
herent and cohesive to hold together and win pub
lie approval under direction perhaps less capable
than Mr.. Roosevelt's.
THE plain fact of the matter is, the Republicans
in defeat are better united than are the Demo-
Gratis in victory Republicans are divided into two
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wings, but their die-hards and mild liberals are
less irreconcilable than, say, the Democratic re-
dictionaries of the South and their party "broth-
ers' of the North and West who are preponder-
antly liberal
The chasm between these two groups within
the party is an historic division across which the
Democrats have been able to throw bridge to
victory.
There is, however, new element which party
leaders must consider. The Political Action Com
mittee and cooperating labor groups may may
not present the shadowy appearance of third
party in the American political picture. But if it
is not this, it is reasonable facsimile thereof.
1t Is third party which, in the election just held,
chose to merge It's organs within the Democratic
Party because that party led by who
measured up to its aspirations and ideals.
If, four years hence, united Republican Party
(and it WILL be united party should confront
Democratic Party weakened by the withdrawal
of most Of its liberal elements into a third group
made up of organized labor and the intelligenty
liberal section of the farming community, the
Democrats could hardly hope to win
Such regrouping would not greatly weaken
the Republican Party, which would continue to
represent reaction. But it would be catastrophe
to the party of jefferson. 1t COULD lead to utter
liquidation of the Democratic Party as political
instrument through which liberalism could find
expression in our government
MANY thinkers in America - including more
Democrats than would be suspected from the
apparent party unity manifested in the recent
electon-believe the time has come for a new
political alignment of economic groupings in this
country. 1t is increasingly apparent that liberal
elements loosely represented by Sidney Hilnan's
P.A.C. will not confne indefinitely their efforts
within party the anchor position of which is held
by the Southern Democracy with its racial dis
elimination, its religious intolerance, tic
economic blindness; they will not jeopardize their
group interests by subjectng them to legislative
bodies in which the balance of party power is
held by reactionary "poll-taX' Democrats who al
ways have dagger out for organized labor
The course for responsible Democratic leader
ship is clear 1t must make the Democratic Party
REALLY LIBERAL and it must KEEP it liberal.
Any other course would prove to be party sui
eide.
A good time to start is right now, and the peo-
pie to start the movement toward solid and Sus-
tanned liberalism those who have just re-
turned to the halls of Congress to resume their
lawmaking. They should set an example for the
newcomers who will arrive in January when the
new administration takes over
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One man claims he has a trained
rooster that's so smart ii nevCr crows
on : Sunday n--n1-1.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
State Societies

The South Carolina State Society
will have its first party of the
1945-46 series tomorrow evening at
the Shoreham and the following
evening their northern neighbors,
North Carolina Society, will have a
similar fete in the same hotel.
Gov and Mrs. Ransom Williams
are expected to be present at the
South Carolina party when dancing
will begin at $50 o'clock.
The North Carolina Society's
party Saturday night will be its
Christmas frolic when seasons dec
oratlons will make fitting setting
for the distribution of gifts to Tar
Heel servicemen who are GONZALES
cents in local hospitals and who will
be guests of the society that evening
Dancing will begin at 10 o'clock
Mrs. Fred Morrison will have as
sisting her in receiving the presi-
dent of the society and Mrs. John K
Slear and the officers and members
OF the Board of Governors of the
society. Junior hostesses will in
clude the Misses Betty Morrison
Ida Harper, Tommy" Tomlinson
Carolyn Langston, Sallie Bailey
Julia Hedrick, Harriet Cooley, Sabra
Bauman. Hulda McNinch Jear
Hampton, Edwina Pou Walden
Gail Griffith. Jane Knight, FAITH
Brewer, Earl Proc" Andrews, Made.
line Pitts, Jean Lyon, Novella Capps
Betty Jenkins, Mary C. Murphy
Ruth Meacham, Louise Whitehurst
jeanette Harrison and Emily Garter
Warren, vice chairman of thu
society.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
. Resident Circles

Judge and Mrs. Clarence Norton
Goodwin and their son, Mr.. Clar-
ence Norton H. Goodwin, jr., will
go to Charlottesville for a few days
and plan to be back in their apart
ment in time for Christmas day.
Their son, Mr.. Macdonald Goodwin,
who served in the Air Corps during
the war, now lives in Mansfield,
Ohio. where he is connected with
an aircraft manufacturing concern.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis S. Chaplin, jr.,
have return from Turkey and are
staying with his mother, Mrs.
Chaplin, until they find living quar-
ters. Mr.. and Mrs Chaplin were
married less than a year ago in
Istanbul where he was on duty with
the Office of War Information. Mrs.
Chaplin is a native of Turkey and a
graduate of Roberts College.
Mrs. Chaplin, who speaks English
f1uently, with Nine. Daftary, wife of
the Counselor of the Iran Embassy
will preside at the coffee table fol-
lowing the CalK saturday morning
of Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard at
the Washington Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huston Thompson
will leave Saturday for San Saliva
dor to spend the holidays with their
sonsin-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Farr Simmons. Mr.
Simmons now is serving as United
States Ambassador to Ell Salvador
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Empire Daughters
Elect Mrs. Love

Holding its first election meeting
since l941, the Queen Elizabeth
Chapter, Daughters of the British
Empire, has elected Mrs. Roy E
Lowe to serve as State president.
Because of the difficulties of car
rving out a wartime program, ali
of the officers named in 1941 had
agreed to serve for the duration.
Mrs. Lowe, who held the position
Of chapter regent, also has been
carrying on the duties Of the State
president, however, since Miss Alice
Kelly left for Florida. Her success
in filling the two posts won stand
ing vote of tribute at the business
meeting Tuesday, held at Ward
man Park Hotel
Other officers elected for the COM
ing year include Mrs H. c. B. Thom-
as, chapter regent; Mrs. James
Boyer, first vice president; Mrs. Ber-
nard o. Weitz, second vice regent;
Miss Constance Parrish, recording
secretary: Miss Nellie Marchbank,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Peter
H. Gwaltney, treasurer; Mrs. George
Wythe. organizing secretary. and
Mrs. Waldo Clark, standard bearer
and historian.
Mrs. loves last official act in the
previous administration was to or
ganize the Great Britain booth at the
United Nations bazaar December
3-4. A total of $l,127 raised at the
booth has been prorated between
the Victoria Home for the Aged, st.
Christopher's Home for Bomb
Shocked Children and the Stamford
Home for the Handicapped.
Evening star., 1945-12-13

A wedding ceremony held on the
West Coast Tuesday was that OF
Miss Rene Ingham Beard, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Rutland Duckett
Beard of Chevy Chase, and 1t
Ralph Daniel Gunkel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Gunkel of Mary
hill, Wash. The noontime ceremony
took place in Grace Episcopal Ca
thedral in San Francisco.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her mother, wore a gown
Of white satin and hundred-year-
old veil of Irish point lace, and car
ried shower bouquet of camelias
and bouvardia. The gold rings for
the double ring ceremony and the
mother-of-pearl crucifix worn by
the bride had been made by the
bridegroom.
On her maternal side, the bride
is a descendant of an old North
England family listed in the Dooms-
day Book. On her paternal side
she is descendant of Richard
Beard, who had one of the original
grants of land in Maryland She
is a graduate of American Univer-
.sity and Corcoran Art School and
has studied art extensively in the
East and in Europe. Until recently
she taught that subject at Leland
Junior High School.
1t. Gunkel is graduate of WASH
ington State College and was at
tending the North Pacific College
of Optometry when he entered the
Navy. He has served two years in
the South Pacific and now is on
duty in San Francisco
Mrs. Beard. who accompanied her
daughter to California. will return
to Chevy Chase this week.
Evening star., 1945-12-13

| Mrs. WedeI Warns
OF lob Undone'
For Servicemen

Mrs. Theodore Wedel of the Red
Cross Speakers Bureau warned yes
terday that much of the work done
by Army and Navy service hos
pitals In rehabilitating returning
servicemen Is "undone" wtlcn the
servicemen return TO their COM
munities.
Addressing the Woman's Army
and Navy League at the Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Club, Mrs.
Wedel cautioned that I'VE want to
be careful not to develop a militant
and dissatisfied group of veterans. "
For this reason the Red Cross is
sponsoring series of talks, illus
trated with an educational film,
to educate the public in the right
psychological approach in rnder-
stnding the returned veteran, she
explained.
The film, Road to Recovery,
showed the work of the service hos
pitals in helping the physically or
mentally disabled veteran to over
come his handicap. Through un-
derstanding and guidance they are
given every opportunity to find
their place again in the life to
which they will return. ut IS up
to us to do the rest of the job," Mrs.
Wedel concluded.
Following the lecture Mrs. Smith
Hempstone, president of the league,
assisted by her officers, presided at
tea for members and their guests.
Evening star., 1945-12-13

The wedding of Miss Josephine
Irene Lempke, H. A. l/c, to T/Sergt
John E. Mellender took place re.
Gently in Corona. Calf. at the resi-.
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Miller
The Rev. Daniel Hogan of the First
Congregational Church officiated.
The bride had as her attendant
Miss Fern o. Pomeroy, Phi. M. SC
and the bridesmaid was Miss Esther
E. Kitzelman, Phi. M. SIC. Mr.. Clyde
E. Marleau of Los Angeles was best
man.
The bride is a graduate of Wood
ward High and Art School in Toledo
She has served in the Navy for the
past 10 months. The bridegroom
is a graduate of Fairfax High
School in Fairfax and has been in
the Marine Corps for 80 months. AT
present both the bride and bride
groom are stationed at the Nava
Hospital in Corona. The youns
couple will make their home at 7l8
Howard street, Corona. Later, upon
discharge, they plan to live near
Washington.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Nine. Chautembts
Presents PROGRAM

Nine. Camille Chaute,nps and her
5mall daughter Antoinette present.
ed musical program before the
Woman's Auxiliary to the District
Medical Society at its regular meet
ing yesterday at the Medical Society
Building.
Nine. Chautemps gave several
piano selections and then played
piano accompaniments for Antoin-
cite, who sang. The two were in
troduced by Mrs. Edgar E. Quayle,
program chairman.
After the concert, the auxiliary
president, Mrs. Earl Clark, present.
ed bouquets of roses to both guest
artists.
The meeting concluded with a
luncheon arranged by the House
Committee under chairrnanship of
Mrs. Richard E. Dunkley. During
the opening business session the
auxiliary voted contribution to the
Red Cross
Evening star., 1945-12-13
SoroPtimist Club
Drafts Program
At Luncheon

An ambitious program OF philan-
thropic and civic work for the next
few months was approved by the
Washington Soroptimist Club at a
luncheon meeting yesterday at the
Willard Hotel
F'lans to present an electric organ
to st. Elizabeth's Hospital and to
furnish gameroom at the Barney
Neighborhood House were among
the projects proposed by Mrs. Rose
Robson Cohen, the civics chair
man.
The club also voted to send pack
ages of food for relief of Soropti-
mists In war-devastated countries
to Nine. Noel, past president of the
Soroptimist Club of Paris and
founder of the Noel Fund of France,
during campaign to continue from
January to May.
Plans to send bundles of clothing
to Taunton, England, also were ap-
proved.
In its Barney Neighborhood House
project, the club will redecorate a
room and furnish it with games and
other necessary equipment. Last
year the club improved outdoor rec
reation facilities for the house.
The organ for st. Elizabeth's is
to be used in radio work and for
classes of instruction it was said.
Its presentation will be marked by
observance of a dedication week, "
according to present plans.
The club also adopted the recon-
mendation of Miss Mary Judge, pub
lie relations chairman, for an award
to be presented to an outstand-
ing District woman in recognition
of contributions to social and eco
nomic advancement of women. This
is in line with a national project
of the American Federation of So
roptimiSt clubs.
The sale of Victory Bonds total
ing $1,206, ,465 through efforts of the
club members in the current drive
was reported for Mrs. Ethel Fistere,
Victory Bond chairman, who was
unable to attend because of illness.
Plans for a Christmas meeting at
the luncheon next Wednesday also
were announced. Members will bring
toys which will be distributed to
Children's Hospital, the Children s
Emergency Home and the Woman's S
Clinic.
Mrs. Eleanor Austin. president,
said there will be no meeting during
Christmas week.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
In the Date Book

The Misses Alice and Stratton
Nicolson have exactly summed up
the regained spirit of social Wash
ington on their invitations to cock
tails on December 23d. On the
outside of their folded invitations
reads Here We Go Again" in big
red letters with little green Christ
mas tree down in the corner. Inside
the names, Alice and Stratton, and
the date tell the whole story.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Clement
Watson will entertain at a break
fast on December 23d in honor of
Miss Lucy Station. one of the sea-
sons debutantes.
Mrs. Owen Grande McKevitt will
entertain at a cocktail party De-
cember % in honor of Miss Grace
Clagett Roberts and Miss Jocelyn
Freer,
Evening star., 1945-12-13

Mr.. and and Mrs. Antoni Korol
of Bay Shore, N. Y, announce the
recent marriage of their daughter,
Miss Mary A. Korol, to T/Sergt.
Robert v. Frye, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert G. Frye of Belfast, Me. The
ceremony took place in the Wash
ington Heights Presbyterian Church,
the Rev. Robert E. Sheriff., brother
in-law of the bridegroom, officiating
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and had her sister,
Miss A. Sue Korol. as her brides
maid. Mr.. James w. Romansky of
Bay Shore, brother-in-law of the
bride, was the best man.
The bride was graduated from Bay
Shore High School and later at
tended Hofstra College, at Hemp
stead, N. Y. Sergt. Frye also at
tended Hofstra College before en-
tering the service in 1912. He served
with the 7th Army in the European
theater for 80 months. After being
discharged from the Army at Fort
Devens, Mass, he will resume his
studies at the University Of Maine.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
ENJOY Plans Dinner

The Norwegian Ambassador and
Nine. Munthe de Morgenstierne
will entertain small company at
dinner Saturday evening as a fare
well fete for the retiring Counselor
OF the Embassy, NJ Francis Irgens,
and Nine Irgens. M. and Nine.
Irgens will leave early in the new
year for Paris. where he will assume
his new duties at the Norwegian
Embassy.
NJ Irgens will be succeeded by
M. Knut Lykke, who now is Nor
wegian Consul in New York, where
he has been for a year. Before TAX
ing up his duties in New York, M.
Lykke served at the Norwegian Con-
sulate in Montreal. The newcomer
in the corps is a widower and has
three young children who will come
to Washington with him.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Reception at Sulsrave Club
Umdersecretary OF War
And Mrs. R0yaU Homored
By Betty Beale


given Chapman
the head of their guests
the ballroom where table
nifcent centerpiece
noticeable Of receiving
line that
goodlookng Revercomb
black satin with
of gold topped with
wife of the
lovely pink ostrich
friends after another Although
Evening star., 1945-12-13
USES Counselor
'Sbeaks ON y. 6.
Job,Obenimgs

Washington employers are be-
coming more rigid in their require
ments, but there still are job open
ings mere for workers with good
qualifications in several fields, ac-
cording to Miss Kathryn Fox, chief
of counseling for the United States
Employment Service in the District
"The days when workers could de-
mand tailor-made jobs are begin
ming to pass" she declared. Nov
the employer wants tailor made
applicant. Washington, however
hasn't yet begun to feel the pinch
of job shortage as the result OF
reconversion."
Miss Fox discussed the general
employment picture last night in
the last of a series OF job confer
ences sponsored for employed girls
by the YWCA. Her topic was do
I Stay in Washington, D. CT"
She said there has been recent
decrease in the requests for female
workers here, but pointed out Wash
ington always has been a good
town" for the employment of wom-
en-, in comparison with other cities
She warned the girls not to shoot
too high in seeking jobs, however
urging a realistic approach which
takes into account the necessity of
working up to the better positions.
This will be especially true in the
reconversion period, she predicted.
Miss Fox declared there still is a
demand for good stenographers and
good typists here. Other fields
which offer opportunities for women
include department store work and
such service industries as restau-
rants, hotels, laundries and dry
cleaning establishments.
In professional fields, she said,
there are openings as teachers, par
ticularly in vocational subjects, and
as social workers.
How the USES counseling service
helps workers with employment
problems also was discussed by the
speaker. Trained to discover and
evaluate assets and liabilities of in
dividual workers, the counselors
often are able to assist in cases of
maladjustment, she pointed out.
Counselors also try to guide job
applicants in developing qualifica-
tions for special lines of work. For
instance, she said, If girl Is inter-
ested in becoming a department
store buyer, the counselor will ar
range for her to discuss the best
course Of action with some one ex-
perienced in the field.
The counselors also have informa-
ton on educational facilities avail
able to those trying to perfect their
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Tea Hostess

Mrs. william H. Hasten. wife of
Maj. Gen. Hasten, chief of finance
and newly-appointed physical di-
rector of the Army Service Forces,
will entertain at tea this after
noon from $3.50 to o'clock for the
wives of officers in the Finance De-
partment. The occasion will afford
the wives of the officer personnel
a pleasant opportunity to become
better acquainted.
Mrs. John Clark and Mrs. Helen
Robinson will assist at the tea table.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Ladies' Aid Plans
Benefit Bazaar

A Christmas bazaar and enter
tainment for the benefit OF the
Rupert Home for Aged will be
held at pm. Sunday by the Ladies
Aid Society at the home, 2l00 Good
Hope road Sc. A supper to follow
the entertainment also will raise
funds for the home.
Officers Of the society include Mrs.
Christian Heurich, honorary presi-
dent; Mrs Charles Jacobsen, hon.
orary vice president, and Mrs. Err
nest Willis Brown, president.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Columbia Heights
Art Club to Meet

The Columbia Heights Art Club
will be guests of Mrs. James H
Platt at a luncheon at 12:45 pm
Monday in her home, 1912 Jefferson
street NV.
Assisting Mrs. Platt will be Mrs
Evelyn B. Moore. Mrs. Agnes D.
Wright. Mrs. Ernest Guide, Miss
Mary Embrey, Mrs. John E. Briggs
and Mrs. Mahlon Winter.
Mrs. Raleigh Gilchrist will read
a paper on Monuments In WASH
ington"
Evening star., 1945-12-13

qualifications in different lines of
work, she added.
Employment problems of return
ing veterans are the special re-
sponsibility Of the USES, Miss Fox
pointed out.
The USES has two Offices here,
one for clerical and professional ap>
plicants at 1922 Fifteenth street
NV. and another for applicants in
the industrial and building trades
at 503 K street NV. Glenworth
Carr is manager of the Fifteenth
street office and Roberton Morrison
Of the X street Office.
Evening star., 1945-12-13
Auxiliary Luncheon

The Woman's Auxiliary of the
American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers will meet at
IL: 80 am. Tuesday in the YWCA.
Luncheon will be served at 1890 pm.
followed by short musical pro-
gram.
Members are requested to bring
gifts of lightweight toys and stuffed
animals for Children's Hospital