davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1945-06-27
Births Reported

Henry and Mary Anteni. boy,
Gerard and. Elsie ArSensult. boy.
Kendall and oreta Barnes. girl. Z
BENJAMIN and Madeline Bell. girl.
Bertil and Julia Benson, boy.
Qeorse and Anna Resley, boy.
James and Hazel Black, girl.
Robert and Leone Bonnsy, boy;
Charles and Mary 1ewersett, boy.
Carl and Catherine Breeden. girl
Robert and Vivian Brinson, girl.
Amos and Carrie Britt, boy.
Edward and Betty Bunce, boy,
Frank and Nellie Buriette, girl.
Walter and Julia Carlock, girl.
Walter. and Father Chase, boy.
Samuel and Blanche Cohen. girl.
Russell and Doris Craig. girl
Edward and Anna Dabbs, girl.
John and Thelma Daike, boy.
Thomas and Thelma Davis, boy.
Jesse and Rae Davis, boy.
John and Madonna De orasse, Girl.
Leonard and Gladys Donaldson. boy.
Oliver and Mary .Durity. boy.
Hoard and Minnie Ellard. girl.
Charles and Alice Farrell, sirl.
Evening star., 1945-06-27

Saens Cello Concerto on tonight's
program.
The orchestra, under the direction
OF Saul CASTOR, former associate
conductor Of the Philadelphia Or
chestra and recently appointed per-
manent conductor Of the Denver
Symphony. also will play Cesar
Francks d Minor Symphony" De-
bussy's Afternoon of Faun," over
ture to Bizet's Carmen" and the
Bacchanale from Saint-Saens'
Samson and Delilah."
Evening star., 1945-06-27

cheStraS c e 10
section and solo,
list on tonight's
Water Gate con-
cert, is probably
among the few
acrostic inspir-
ers in the music
world.
For the last
three years, in
addition to his
work with the
orchestra, Mr..
Mite h ii has
given a series of
concerts for stu
Evening star., 1945-06-27
Deaths Reported

Charles w. Powers, 81. 5000 New Hamp.
shire ave.
Charles Parhan. s5, 5000 14th st.
Joseph E. DAILY, 10, 1887 Blaine st. ne.
Dora Goldberg, rs, 10 Florida ave
H,owar4 Elgin, IS. 1875 Harvard st.
Flora B. Tydings. 80, 2700 Military road
Mamie Mowatt, IS, 62o Rock Greek Church
Picard Y. Pitt. 81, 1920 Argyle terrace.
Meyer Kalmans. "a, 914 Farragut st.
Clarence w. johnson, SO, 221 e st. Sc
Elizabeth c. Kent, 56. 636 14th st. ne.
Edwsn NJ. FreebIrn, Al, Chevy Chase
Florence M Shoemaker, 80. 42O3 3rd st.
Frances n Poor, 81: Silver Spring.
Donald r. De Vol 8, 4423 Harrison st.
Infant Comp, Cleveland.
Warner Guy, so, 1916 Jay st. ne.
George Nickens. 75. 3s Fenton st. ne
Mary Gatewood, 72. s27 New Hampshire
ave.
Gus Whitaker. 81. So Fenton st. ne.
Annie C.. Walker IS, 201O Bird st.
Walter Brown, 81, 301 2nd st. sw.
Annie B. Scott "a, 643 Columbia road.
Rosa Lee Pleasants, So. 224s 18th place.
Georgia Saunders, 40. 1147 2lst st.
Infant Brooks, 1928 Kirby st.
Evening star., 1945-06-27
,osepb and An..t..,. Mot.. ~.

Joseph and Anastasia Mot&, siri.
Earl and Mary, Myers, girl.
william VIII: 'nd and ssIsa nsalon nsksass2 i is
Richard and May Powell. hoy.
John and Dorothy Purdy, girl,
y. Edward and Rita Raum. boy.
Adrian and Irene Robert, girl.
Robert and Marietta Sands, boy.
Maurice and Nance Scanlon, girl.
Adam and Frances Scherl, girl.
Walter and Dorothy Taylor. girl.
JOHN sSi, snd snd ifl Rush ToDea IoOmes siri f'''
Evening star., 1945-06-27
Acrostic Inspirer to Be Soloist
AtWuter Gate Concert I oniqht

1t isn't every cellist that inspires
an acrostic.
In fact, Howard B. Mitchell,
head of the National Symphony Or
Evening star., 1945-06-27

John and Betty Kearney, boy.
Vertner and Elizabeth Kenerson, boy.
Peter and Ruby Roses. girl. So.
Joseph and Rsftha KrieE, boy.
Francis and Madeline 10 Bianco, sirl.
Paul and Rose Lucas, boy.
Homer and Alvcrta Malcom, girl.
William and Ann. Mansfield, girl.
James and Gabrielle Menendez, girl.
Edward and Barbara Merrill. girl.
William and Alice Moore, girl.
Evening star., 1945-06-27

james and laythe Ilesss. girl
fswrsnce and Nsrjcfis Greserson, fri.
Ernest and Marguefite Graves, Girl.
willard and Joan Greene, boy.
Duane and Phyllis Grimm, boy
Otis and Helen Mailman, boz,
Daniel and Gertrude Harrison. girl.
Jossph and xpiiy HcSan. boy.
Clifford and Clara Holm, boy.
Qeorge and. Nellie Holmes, girl.
Herbert and Ilixabeth Joyner. boy.
Evening star., 1945-06-27
30 D. c. Men Report
For Military Induction
The following 80 men from the
District are scheduled for induction
into the armed forces today:

Paul. Waldo
Pool, Allen
C'hildress, Richard
Davis, theodore
Drummond, Charles
Edwards, Percy. ir.
Herbert, Cecil
Hill, Douglas
Mccarthy. Richard
Woods, Rudolph
Davis, James. jr.
Lucas, Alfred
Marshall, Cecil
Tinsley, lanes
Tice, James
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-31
Intangible
Revenue In
State Rises
Daily Dispatch Bureau
BY LYNN NI>HtI

Raleigh. July 3i.-raNes on IN
tangible Js>ct> of North Carolina
citizens and corporations uctteJ s.
265, ooU.8 o for the fiscal year cuu.us
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-31
TUESDAY,, JULY 81, 1915

What VIC can't figure out is VIVA.
they do with all that cottage cheese
when there's no butter shortage.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-31

l0% Helps buy 1916 More
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-25

kno, ki je zavzemalo malone
vso steno.
Mimo je prisel pocasi kaznje-
nec-musliman (spoznali smo ga
po dolgih brkih, XII so jih sme-
Ii med kaznjenci nositi s a m 0
Mohamedovi privrzenci). Pove-
dal je, da je odsedel ze 8 let,
a IL da jih Sc ina.
Desno krilo samotnega .zapo-
ra, v katerem smo cakali, Sc je
imenovalo kratko: "Samotni
b.. Paznik mas je predal po-
veljniku tega oddelka in Sc od-
stranil. Novi "gospodar" mas je
vodil po vegastih stopnicah v
II. nadstropje, kjer mas je ma
mestil po svetlih, cistih celicah,
Ma vratih moje celice je bi.
la stevilka 131. Novi paznik mi
je dal primerna navodila glede
vedenja, nakar me je opozoril
Sc ma "Hisni red'', XII je lezal
ma polici ter priporocil, maj s
ga toeno ogledam.
tDalje pr1nodnjic)
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-25
ENAKoPRHvNosf

dit.e mi!', je ,lkasal kratko.
Vsak je pograbil odeji, brisaco
in zlico (ki smo jih medtem he
dobili) ter hitel ma hodnik.
Paznik mas je vodil po stopni-
cab navzgor v svetlo centralo.
Tu e m opazil oh stem hisni
zvonec, XII budi kaznilnicne pre-
bivalce IL spanja, jih poziva k
delu, molitvi in jedi, naznanja
zacetek zdravniske ordinacije
in XII slednjic oh osn1ih zvecer
umiri hrup in vrvenje v tel hi
81 pokore. v blizini visi velika
ura, po kateri 81 morajo urav-
navati vsi namescenci kaznilni-
ce razdelitev sluzbe in odmora.
Ozrl sem Sc kvisku in videl kri-
zem hitece hodnike, ograjene z
zeleznimi- palicami. sli smo "a
paznikom v desno celicno krilo.
Ma nekih vratih sem opazil ma
pis "Fotografska delavnica!
vstop strogo zabranjen!" Ma
nasprotni strani pa: "Fotograf-
ska temnica; prepovedan who'd!
Nizko ma stem je visela erna
deska; ma njej je bilo z okorni-
mi stevilkami oznaceno stevilo
kaznjencev tega oddelka. Gle
dal sem ma vse strani in bill po-
loren ma vsako malenkost, v
"novem svetu'. Tako nisem O.
pail, kdaj Sc je bill locil Cd mas
kaznjenec stevilka 389, XII mas
je bill spremljal do centrale.
Pred seboj sem videl ma obeh
straneh vrata pri vratih - &C.
leo pri celici. Vsaka je in1ela
Oh vhodu pri podboju pritrjeno
okroglo, rdeco ploscico, pritrje'
no ma vzmet, tako da je padls
IL vertikalne lege v horizontal.
no, cim je kaznjenec znotraj
potegnil "a zakrivljeno zelezno
palico. Koncem hodnika je bile
veliko, cd tai do vrha trikrat
predeljeno, mocno zamrezeno O.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-25
PET LET POZNEE
I. LOJZE JERANCIC
liz dnevniko odpus6eneeo koznienco)

molce, sest korakov drug cd
drugega. Med mimi sem spo-
znal nekega bivsega uradnika,
XII je bill obsojen radi politicne-
ga hudodelstva.
Hrano in vodo sta nam v zad-
MEM casu donasala diva kaz-
nje1ca. Eden je bill cigan, a
drugi>se je sill nenseino.
21. oktober
Pri zajtrku n m je paznik
sporocil, da pridemo Sc dopol-
dine pred konferenco.
"Glejte, da DO vsak popolno-
ma oblecen in da bodo vsi gum
bi zapeti" je naroceval. "a
smejali smo Sc. Vseh pet mas je
imelo morda 8 do 10 gumbov
ma vsej obleki.
Ko smo pospravili slamnice
in ocistili sobo, smo odsli v pa
rih paznikom proti pisarnis-
kemu oddelku, Pridruzili so sc
nam tudi oni trije, XII Sc MISC
imeli dvajset let in vkovani u
beznik. Blagodejna toplota mas
je bozala po licih, ko smo sto-
pill ma mracni hodnik, odkoder
so vodila vrata ma obeh stra-
neh v pisarne. Ustavili smo Sc
pred konferencno soho. Pogle-
dal sem skozi okno in videl oh
velikih kupih gramoza $3.50
kaznjencev. Nekateri so tolkli
kamenje, drugi so telovadili in
delali dihalne vaje, okoli tretjih
sta Sc sukala kaznjenca-brivca.
Vec jih je lezalo ma gramozu in
nastavljalo razgaljena, izsuse-
ma prsa slabotnim zarkom ok
tobrskega solnca. Njihovi obra-
ri so bill bledo rumenkasti,
shujsani in vdrtih oci. Kakor
sence SO lazili okoli in Sc opo-
tekali drug mimo drugega. Dva
kaznjenca sta prinesla ma ro-
kah onemoglega tovarisa in ga
polozila ma solncno mesto. Oh
lezal je nepremicno ma ostrem
gramozu, kakor mrtvec. Ubez-
mix Sc mi je previdno priblizal
in povedal:
"Jeticni so vsi, XII jih gleda-
te!"
Spomnil sem sc zdravnikove-
ga donna tuberkuloze" in sire
slo me je.
Rozljanje ubeznlkovih verig
je privabilo paznika, XII Sc je bill
"a hip odstranil. Napodil je
mojega postrezljivega sopotni-
ka nazaj.
Suhljat paznik je stopil pred
mas in vprasal:
"Kateri je Jerancic?"
JAZZ" sem Sc oglasil in sto-
pill korak naprej. Medtem je pri-
sci nadzornik. Navzoci pazniki
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-25

SO ga spostljivo pozdravili. Tu-.
di mi s1no smell tepice. .,e
Tu pa tam Sc je pojavil ma
hodniku eedno oblecen kaznje-
nee, hitec IL enc pisarne v dru-
go. Sodil sem, da mora biti pi-
sar. Cul sem ze, da Sc tenn raz-
meroma dobro godi v kaznilni-
ci. =...'
Poucili so mas, da moranno
nazivati gospoda, XII nas bo
spraseval, z "gospodom upra-
viteljem", nakar so Sc. odprla
vrata in nadzornik je poklical
prvega. Ko je bila vista ma me-
nj, sem vstopil in obstal ma pre-
progi pred dolgo, zeleno mizo,
okoli katere je sedelo razen
zdravnika, naducitelja in duhov-
nika, Sc nekoliko drugih, meni
popolnoma neznanih obrazov.
priklonil sem Sc in cakal, da me
kdo kaj vprasa. Clovek, XII je
sedel sredi uradnikov, je odprl
ovoj z mojim imenom in spre-
govoril.
"Torej vi ste Jerancie?'
"Da, gospod upravitelj"
"Obsojeni ste ma stiri lie a
tezke jece radi hudodelstva u.
boja!"
Hotel sem reci, da sem ne
dolzen, pa sem 81 premislil. "Ti
SO pac zato tn, da skrbe "a toe
no izvrsitev kazni, a sodbe pre-
drugaciti ne morejo!' S EN- 81
mislil in molcal.
/ "Kazen Sc Yam steje cd /,
aprila do 16. septembra in cd
18. septembra do konca," je raz.
lagal upravitelj. Pokimal sem
samo, ker so mi bile te stvari
znane.
"Doloceni ste "a samotni "a.
por, kjer boste kazen skrajsali,"
je nadaljeval po kratkem pre-.
sledku. "Za sedaj boste delali
papirnate vrecice. &c DO pozne.
je kako mesto v pisarni izpraz.
memo, boste premesceni tia
Svarim vas, da ne boste uga-
Mali kakih neumnosti! Drzite
Sc hisnega reda do najmanjse
picice! Poskusna doba samot.
mem zaporu traja 3 mesece. -
Dne 21. januarja 1925 zacnete
kazen 'krajsati. Ako pa bodo
prihajale zoper vas pritozbe
vas premestim v skupni zapor,
kjer je krajsanju odzvonilo. Ali
innate kaksno posebno zeljo?"
"Hvalan'
Ker me izmed ostalih nj no.
ben nicesar vec vprasal, sem ne
mo pozdravil in Sci.
Cetrt ure pozneje, ko smo bi-
Ii zopet v kleti, je imelo mas pet
svojo konferenco. zivahno smo
Sc pogovarjali, kako je kdo o.
pravil. Poleg meme so bill dolo-
ceni "a krajsanje v samotnem
zaporu Sc stevilke 1T, 233 in
211. Tovaris 389 pa je bill do
deljen v mizarsko delavnico,
ker je bill ze "star macek" in nj
vzbujal upanja ma poboljsanje
Oh dveh popoldne je vstopil
paznik.
"Vzemite svoje stvari in sle-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-25
INCOME
TAX

TAX
KOt prej$nja Ieta, tako snao
tudi letOs pripraUljeni udm pO-
n,agati izpoI,iti Ease pole "a
d0hodninsH dauek (IncOme
Tax.
P0sebnO DO U korist hiSnin,
pOsest'ikOn, in trgOUcen,, dd Sc
obrnejo do mas za poslugO U "a
deUi '.IncOnse Tax" pol. Cas-, XII
ga boste zam,udiH U na$en,u ura-
du, Sc cam DO izplacal. ZatOrej,
0dlOeite Sc, da Sc pri mas zgtasi-
te Gim preje. ZelO nam DO p0-
naagano, &c Sc ze takoj zglasite,
predno pride naral. ZapOn,1,ite
81, da je nuSa posluga pOpolna.
Yam smO Uedn0 ma uslugO z
naSo uectetnO izkuSnjO ten,
OzirH.
Na$d cena "a to delO je letOs
cd $500 naprej.
Ia pOpOlnO in zaupn0 p0slu-
90, Sc Uan, osebno priporoea
Mr.. Marian Mihaljevich
Trad je odprt od 8. zjutraj do
Z. zUeCer
MIHALJEvICH
BROS CO.
6424 ST. CLAIR AVE.
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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-25
(Nadaljevanje)

NeSkoncno pocaSl so pOIeka-
lie ure. Zelo sem zelel, da bi bill
skoro dodeljen kamorkoh, sa-
mo-. da hi bill konec neznosnega
cakanja v brezdelju.
Tovarisa stevilka 389 in 1T
STA. ri pr.zadevala, da bi rave
dl'la obraze ostalih. Zbijala sta
vec ali mani duhovite dovtipe,
XII pa vsaj meni MISC pregnali
obcutka zapuscenosti.
Dne 10. oktobra sem bill pr
vic v kaznilnici pri sluzbi bozji.
Kmalu potem ko Sc je oglasil
zvon mad kapelo in klical kaz-
njence k masi, je prisel paznik
po mas.
Ko sem stopil v bozji hram,
mi je nekako odleglo in pocutil
sem Sc svobodnejsega. Kapela
je zelo prostorna in opremljena
80 preprostimi klopmi. Poleg
velikega oltarja, katerem je
zelo umetno izdelana slika sv.
Druzine, je Sc lopica majhnim
oltarjem, kjer postavijo b.
zicu jaslice, v velikem tednu
bozji grob. Ma obeh plateh mad
velikim oltarjem sta z leseno
mrezo ograjena kora. Enega Sc
posluzujejo bolehni kaznjenci,
a drugega kaznilnicno uradnis-
two. V ozadju mad glavnim Who
dom je pevski kor, XII sloni ma
sestih zeleznih slopovih. Ma
vsakem koncu dodge obhaj jilne
mize sta sedeza "a nadzorujo-
ca namestnika straznega mad
zornika, ali diva druga vista paz-
nika. Pc stenah visijo slike kri-
zevega pota, ma katerih zal, nj
bilo moci odkriti mic umetniske-
ga. Pozna Sc, da jih je delala
roka nespretnega diletanta.
Ma priznici Sc je pojavil bled,
srednjevisok, precej rejen du-
hovnik ocali. Ko je precital
evangelij, je zacel razlagati I've
licarjeve besede: "Veliko je po-
klicanih, a malo izvoljenih.' Co.
vornik moz nj bill, a prizadeval
81 je ma vse nadine, da bi ma
pravile njegove besede kar mai
globlji Wits. Cd prve cerkvene
pridige, XII sem jo cul v kaznil-
nici, zalibog, nisem incl nice
sar, dasi mi je dusa naravno
kricala po utehi.
Pridigi je sledila masa. V le-
po donecih, cistih akordih so sc
oglasilG orglje. Kaznjenci so u
brano peli nabozne pesmi. Ia
gledal sem Sc ma oltar in S topo |
brezbriznostjo sledil masniko-
e = kretnjam. Molil nisen4 niC /
tc1. pozorneje pa sem poslusal
.rlasove S kora. Polotila Sc me
je neka ginjenost, da bi bill mai
rajsi zajokal.
Vrnivsi Sc v klet, nam je paz-
mix sporocil, da pridemo cez
diva dni, to je v torek, pred
konferenco. Tam bono zvedeli,
kan bo kdo dodeljen.
Dneva nj notelo biti konec.
Ko Sc je naposled zmracilo, smo
Sc jeli vzpenjati ma okna in xii
cati kaznjencem, XII so gledali
pri oknlh skupnega zapora ven.
Pred mrakom sc nismo upali is
kati zveze S sosescino, ker bi
mas lahko opazil straznik dvo-
risca.
Zvecer oh gotovem casu sc
je zacul cd nekod vojaski rog.
zvedel sem, da je v blizini vo-
jasnica.
Vsako jutro smo opazovali
sprehajajoee Sc kaznjence skup-
mega zapora, XII so hodili paro-
ma krogu in Sc pogovarjali.
Oh strani kroga sem opazil diva
slepa in vee onemoglih, XII 50
nodili oh palicah.
Popoldne med drugo in tretjo
lro pa smo gledali one IL sa-
notnega zapora. Korakali so
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
nj.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-01-25
Mali oglasi
S+onovonie

s 4 sobami in gorkoto, Sc odda v
najem odrasli druzini. Ravno
tam sc tudi odda stanovanje s
3 sobami. Vprasa Sc ma 6513
Edna Ave.
Evening star., 1945-12-30
In That Year

Ry the Req. Frederick E. Reissig d. Il
Executive Secretary Washington Federation OF Churches
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Why q Butter Scarcity?

In a letter to The Star. a local
housewife has raised some questions
which are perplexing many another
consumer: Why, despite the end of
the war and the end of rationing on
all foods but sugar, does the aver
age shopper still find it difficult to
buy a pound of butter at the corner
grocery store? Is the scarcity of this
luscious and nutritious dairy product
attributable to large-scale boarding
by Government or private industry,
as various rumors have it? What, if
anything, is the Government doing
about the problem?
An inquiry by The Star discloses
that the butter problem has several
angles that make it difficult of solu-
ton. Bearing on the shortage are
such varied factors as reluctant cows
and rigid price ceilings. The hoard
ing rumors do not seem to be we'll
founded. AS for solutions, the Fed
eral agencies principally involved in
the problem are not in agreement on
a plan of action looking toward an
increase in butter production-and
the cows, themselves, which, after
all, control the situation from the
supply-and d emand standpoint,
have evidenced no particular desire
to cooperate with Secretary of Agri-
culture Anderson, Price Administra-
tor Bowles, or the Nations butter
lovers.
The roots of the trouble, the ex-
perts assert. are twofold. There is
the seasonal decline in milk pro-
duction always experienced at this
time Of the year and there is price
ceiling on butter that is said to offer
little inducement for the farmer to
sell his milk to butter manufactur-
ers. He finds that he can reap larger
profits by disposing of his milk and
cream to professors Of cheese,
evaporated and dried milk, ice cream
and other dairy products. The obvi-
Gus inducement, of course, would be
to raise the price of butter about ten
cents per pound, affording the but
ter manufacturer margin which
would enable him to pay the farmer
more for milk. But OPA officials, in
tent on preventing inflationary price
trends, oppose such an increase in
no uncertain tones. Meanwhile, If
the uncertain cow may be depended
on to follow past custom, milk pro-
duction should begin to increase
during January and February.
Whether the increase will be suffi-
cient to result in a diversion of
larger quantities of milk into butter
channels remains to be seen. The
overall prospects Of more butter on
our bread in the near future do not
appear too bright, however.
Evening star., 1945-12-30
White House Expansion

Secretary of the Interior Ickes
speaks for a considerable number
of people when he says that he
would regret any addition to the
White House that would destroy its
beauty" There is no question about
the need of additional space for the
Presidents office staff. But other
considerations than eXpediency are
involved. The essential nature of
the Executive Mansion as the official
residence of the Chief Magistrate
and his family is one of them.
BY intent and purpose the White
House is a domestic establishment
and it never was intended that all
the routines and patterns of the
administration of the Nations affairs
should be added to the household
procedures of the kitchen, the
laundry, etc. Yet that is what has
happened over the years, beginning
as far back as Thomas Jefferson's
time.
And now Congress has appropri-
ated s1.65O,0OO for further develop
nlent of the existing mixture of home
and office. The money is to be spent
in expanding the Executive Mansion
to cover larger area than it ever
before has embraced Either new
wings must be built to the south or
supplementary floors must be con-
structed on the west. The Fine Arts
Commission is reported to have
granted reluctant approval to a
preliminary sketch of what is pro-
posed. But the public has not seen
the sketch and for that obvious
reason may be justified in fearing
the worst. The White House, already
lopSided because of patchwork acces-
sions of temporary" office anneXes,
during the next few months may
suffer further loss of architectural
character, development which
Americans in general would deplore
1t is worth thinking about that
the home of every President from
John Adams onward has acquired
the character of national shrine in
the approximate century and half
of its existence. People are con-
cerned with what is done to it. Mr.
Ickes is on the right track when he
warns against arbitrary and unde-
sirable changes in the White House
design. The alternative proposal. to
construct an executive branch Office
building nearby, deserves study in
the circumstances.
Evening star., 1945-12-30
Franco and Tito

The State Departments announce
ment that it has agreed to a French
proposal for discussion of relations
with the Spanish government of
GeneraliSSimo Franco is stated in
terms of cautious ambiguity. The
impression has been conveyed un-
officially, however, that these dis
cussionS, in which the British also
have been asked to participate, will
be concerned with the desirability
of segering diplomatic relations with
Spain and the possibility of recog-
nizing the Spanish government in
exile as Spain's provisional govern
ment.
Perhaps something of this sort is
in the offing, but if it comes to pass
there will have been created what
might be conservatively described as
a curious inconsistency in our
foreign policy.
At this time, our main grievance
against the Franco regime is that
it is dictatorial in character and not
truly representative of the people of
Spain. During the war Franco
f1irted with the Axis and gave the
Germans at least moral support, but
for reasons of it's own this Govern
ment overlooked that at the time
and, presumably, this past conduct
is not the reason for our present
attitude. Our principal complaint
against him now is that he is a
dictator.
It is undeniably a fact, however,
that Franco is no more of dictator
than Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, to
mention only one other, but last
Sunday our State Department
swallowed what was obviously an
unpalatable dose and formally an
nounced that it would recognize the
Tito regime. In doing so, it stated
in a diplomatic aside that it wanted
it to be understood that this action
Should not be interpreted as i'm
plying approval Of the policies of
the regime, its methods Of assuming
control (of Yugoslavia) or Its failure
Evening star., 1945-12-30

As the people of tomorrow turn to
review their yesterdays, they will say
again and again, I'm that year." We
Of today and those of tomorrow will
never be able to forget this year on
which the doors are now closing.
What year Here we witnessed the
very climax of hatred and bitterness
across the boundaries of enemy ma
tions. Here We saw fighting at its
flercest. The casualty lists were
longest. 1t is the year of obliteration
bombing-homes, churches, hospitals,
civilians were the victims. Never
shall we nor posterity forget that
lin that year" civilization received
its major shock-the atomic bomb
was at last ready. Hiroshima and
Nagasaki are no more! They are
symbolic of new and destructive
power. And lin that year" we read,
THE bombs which destroyed those
cities are already obsolete" 1t is
beyond our little minds to under
stand. Who will forget the year in
which the military might of Hitler,
Mussolini and Hirohito broke, and
the noise of battle ceased, and men
again could live? I'm that year"
one dictator was captured and shot
with his mistress, and both were
hanged by their feet; another dictator
and his mistress took their own lives,
and third was dethroned, A year
of warning to all who would rule
rather than serve. Industrial strife
at its height "in that year" Revolts
and uprisings across the seas because
folks were hungry and homeless, ILL
clad and full of despair Internal
revolution here and there. I'm that
year" we witnessed the joys of home
coming" from the fronts of the
devastated world. Families reunited
on the one hand. Divorce rising
rapidly on the other.
But who shall forget the story
which DR.. Walter Van Kirk told
through the air from Tokyo when
the sound of atomic bombs had
scarcely faded. -Four American
churchmen flew to Japan to confer
with the Christian leaders of that
defeated nation. The japanese Chris
tian leaders arranged for a COM
munion service to which were in
vited some 80 japanese Christians,
together with these four American