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Evening star., 1945-10-23
Blocking Reorganization

The Senate Judiciary Committees
version of the reorganization bill
curiously repeats defect of a pre-
vious reorganization act which in
effect nullified its provisions. The
defect lies in provision which en-
ables either house of Congress, act
ing Independently, to kill any re-
organization plan submitted by the
President.
This provision has an interesting
background. It was incorporated in
the so-called Economy Act of 1882
In December of 1882 President
Hoover, whose successor had already
been elected that fall, submitted to
Congress series of Executive orders
regrouping and transferring fifty
eight Government agencies. The
House alone killed the orders on the
contention that the incoming Presi-
dent, Mr.. Roosevelt, instead of a
retiring President, should carry out
reorganization.
Early in 1888 Attorney General
Mitchell gave an opinion which sug-
gested that granting to either house
of Congress "by action which is not
legislation, the power to disapprove
administrative acts raises a grave
question as to the validity of this
entire provision of the act" In other
words, the constitutionality of the
provision was questioned on the
ground that there is no authority
whereby either house, acting alone,
can take what amounts to legislative
action. The argument at that time
seemed to persuade Congress that a
mistake had been made, for Con-
gress amended the act and struck
out the provision, substituting one
under which a presidential order
would become effective sixty days
after submission to Congress-unless
vetoed by the two branches. That is
Evening star., 1945-10-23

essentially the plan favored in the
much better House reorganization
bill, recently passed.
The Senate bill is of doubtful con-
stitutionality. But, leaving that ques-
tion to the lawyers, the Senate bill
tends to place reorganization of the
Government, of such vital concern
to the taxpayers and to efficient
administration, in the same impasse
that has wrecked other reorganiza-
tion plans. Congress will not do the
job itself, and is over cautious in
delegating adequate authority to the
President to do it.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Women and the Home

Although directed specifically to
Italian Catholics, the Pope's address
on women and the home may be
read with profit by all groups every
where, irrespective of sex, creed or
political coloration. We have long
been living in a supermaterialistic
and superscientific age, and the ma
terialism and the science have had
such an impact on human society
that that society. having failed to
adjust itself accordingly, may be
said to be suffering from a case of
acute spiritual distress.
There is more than one approach
to the problem of finding a cure or
a palliative for this sickness, but
none seems quite so basic-in an era
of numerous divorces and loose rear
ing of children-as the one empha-
sized by the Pope: The strengthen
ing of the family. Woman, as he
says, is by nature meant for mother
hood, and if too many of her kind
spend their days in frivolous occu-
pations and futile amusements," If
they do not pay sufficient attention
to their homes, then their homes are
less than homes and their daughters,
following their example, will in turn
want to be "emancipated" as soon as
possible, to live their own lives, to
enjoy "the tinsel of specious luxury"
and to develop "a thirst for shallow
pleasures that distract but do not
give safety or or'repose." In such way,
because the whole can be no better
than it's parts and because 1t is in
dividual families that make up the
whole, the entire social fabric of
nations can become corrupt and fall
apart.
In holding that women are charged
with a, particular responsibility to
guard against this danger, the Pope
by no means suggests that their
place is in the kitchen. On the con-
trary, asserting that modern condi-
tionS frequently oblige them to spend
considerable time from home, he
urges them to take an increasingly
sactive part in political affairs-by
voting and otherwise-so as to pro-
tect the family from the encroach-
ments of totalitarianism or the
abuses of capitalism, and to foster
wholesome living at the level of
society's fundamental unit, among
wives and husbands and parents and
children. In others words. he would
Evening star., 1945-10-23
The French Elections

France has held it's first general
elections in nine years. This, in it
self, is an event, since it proves that
nation so newly liberated from
Nazi domination can freely express
the popular will at the ballot box.
The issues involved are equally note
worthy, alike for France itself and
the world at large.
The French electors, swelled to
record proportions by the inaugura-
tion of woman suffrage, had three
basic issues to decide. Two. of these
we're printed on the ballots; the
other was implicit in the nature of
their formal decision. The first was
whether they should live under the
constitution of 1875, clearly respon-
sible for much of the parliamentary
weakness which led to Frances COL
lapse in the late war. Should it be
perpetuated, or should the electors
form constituent assembly charged
with framing a new instrument of
government with a stronger execu-
tive and greater political stability?
BY an overwhelming majority. the
electoral verdict has been for new
constitution along those lines which
will form the basis for a fourth
republic.
The second specific issue con-
cerned the relations of this contin-
gent Constituent Assembly and the
provisional government headed by
General Charles de Gaulle. If, dur
ing it's constitutional labors, the As
sembly could declare lack of conf
dence in the De Gaulle regime as the
old Chamber of Deputies did toward
the cabinet, the Assembly would
have virtually supreme authority,
and De Gaulle let it be known that
if that was to be the setup he would
Immediately resign. The voters,
however, by tWo-to-one ratio, de-
cided that the De Gaulle regime was
to remain the executive branch of
government during the constitution
making period. This should give the
executive stability and continuity
unknown during the old parliament
tary epoch.
This is especially true in the realm
of foreign policy And it is here that
the outcome of the French elections
is of greatest interest to the world
at large. After some preliminary
oscillations, the De Gaulle govern
ment has set its course toward an
alliance with Britain and a close
understanding with the other ma
tions of Western Europe in order to
form a coherent bloc for mutual
recovery and stability. Soviet Rus
Sia has interpreted this as move
inimical to its interests, and the
French Communist party opposed
voting confidence in De Gaulle in
conformity with the Moscow line.
However, the indications are that the
Communists will have little more
than quarter of the seats in the As
sembly, the Socialist and Christian
Socialist delegations being both at
least equally numerous, with most of
the minor groups favoring them on
the foreign issue. This should insure
the alignment of France with the
other western powers and thus tend
to redress the balance upset by the
war and its immediate aftermath.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Praises Presidents Pledee


To the Editor Of The Star:
Korea is grateful to America and her
allies for liberating her from barbarous
Japan. She is determined to cooperate
IN every way possible with the United
Nations to help keep the peace in the
Orient. Meanwhile, there are several
problems to be solved in the reorienta-
tion OF Korea, not the least of which is
to preserve the invaluable homogenuitv
OF that ancient nation. Beside an early
realization of freedom and independ-
ence, wholesome respect for that
priceless heritage of 40 centuries will
insure peace in Korea.
Out of blue sky, however, Korea has
been bisected arbitrarily. Thirty thou
sand Korean Communists from abroad
swiftly flooded the northern half of the
country immediately after the japanese
capitulation. They already have begun
to inflltrate to the south
This unhealthy condition is bound to
Wreak havoc on Koreas national unity
and social tranquility. The deliberate,
artificial and brutal dissection of that
peace-loving nation is crime Imagine,
If you can, division of the American
Republic along the Mason-Dixon line
today, the north occupied by Russia and
the south by Britain, even for month!
How would the Americans feel? What
would happen TO their national life?
II Is most heartening therefore, to
have President Truman's recent state
ment, pledging to adjust the present
difficulties in Korea and to bring into
being a truly independent government
in that nation. His great craftsmanship
is reassuring.
COL. BEN c. LIMB,
The Korean Commission
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Letters to The Star
GI Johnny in Germany Pleads
For Another Pair of Pants
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star.
I was wondering if you would do a
favor for lonely CT. am one of the
here as I have failed so far. Our Off
GERS say, Look sharp in front of the
German people and try to make an i'm
preston
Well, I don't see how this can be done,
as we don't have the clothes. They told
us to turn in our torn clothes for salvage.
So I turned in my pants. Now have
no pants. This isn't so bad. as I bor-
rowed pair from my buddy. Now we
each have one pair and haven't taken
them off for the past month. We got
clean clothing more often than this
during combat. Most of the fellows
don't have ETO jackets or overseas caps.
Yet every DIP displaced person. we see
on the streets have new clothes, and they
have everything including ETO jackets
and overseas caps.
am writing to you, not only because
the brass is in d. c., but because it's
my home town and I was a carrier of
The Star for over year.
know it's not my supply sergeants
fault or my officers, as they have tried
time and time again.
But it doesn't seem right that the
DIP should come first Maybe you
could help us to obtain some clean
clothes. We aren't asking for new ones.
AS long as they are clean, we won't
kick.
At this time I wish to express my
thanks for publishing the Overseas Edi-
ton Of The Evening Star. My sister
sends me one every week and get more
good out of it than do from our Stars
and Stripes. Keep publishing and I'll
keep reading. JOHNNY.
Nuremberg
Evening star., 1945-10-23
A Rash Experiment

The original announcement of the
plan to move the Patent Office to
New York was greeted with wide
spread. condemnation on the ground
that It was an ill-considered and
rather silly experiment which would
do more harm than good. Now, al
most four years later, these predic-
tions are fully vindicated.
The decision to move the Patent
Office: and eleven other agencies to
make room for war workers was
reached about a week after Pearl
Harbor, when most of official Wash
ington was still suffering from the
shock of that experience. There was
no attempt to consult the officials
who would be affected by the pro-
posal, and, apparently. there was
little or no consideration of the
probable consequences. The Budget
Bureau, presumably acting under
White House instructions, simply de-
cided that efficiency in conducting
the war called for the removal of
some people from Washington so
that others could be brought in, and
the Patent Office, through a process
of selection suggestive of the toss of
a coin, was slated to go. The original
proposal met with such universal
criticism. however, that the New
York move was abandoned. Instead,
1t was decided to keep part of the
Office here and move the rest to
Richmond, Va, with the result that
in early 1912 about 1000 Patent Of
flee workers were sent to the Virginia
capital.
Now, with the war ended, the
process is being reversed, and the
Patent Office is being returned to
Washington. 1t is an office, however,
which has suffered severely from the
rash experiment of four years ago.
AS pointed out in a series of articles
printed in The Star, the last of which
appears today, there has been a Is
per cent overall loss of efficiency in
the agency. The Office is far behind
In It's work, so that frequently more
than a year passes between the filing
OF a patent application and the in
1tial action on it, Many of the en-
ployes have been put to heavy addi-
tlonal expenses, and the morale of
virtually all of these skilled profess
sional workers has been seriously
impaired
Since the satisfactory functioning
of the Patent Office is Intimately
related to the development of new
business enterprises, it is obvious
that not only the employees of the
agency but also the national welfare
has suffered from the conditions
brought about by the transfer. This
being so, it is eminently desirable
that the entire staff should be
brought back to Washington as soon
as possible and that the Patent Of
nee once again should be housed in
Its specially designed quarters in the
Commerce Building. During the war
that space has been used by various
preferred" agencies, some of which
were doing important work. But the
war is over and the time has come to
get these agencies out and put the
Patent Office back into the physical
surroundings that were designed to
fit its peculiar needs, and in which
this agency, whose services are vital
to the country in time of peace as
well as war, can be rehabilitated
with all possible speed.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Importance of the Past
By David Laurence

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch,
In the immediate future, a thousand
situations concerning intricate national
and international relationships all over
the world will enter the field Of Amer
ican craftsmanship. Instead of judging
them with our instincts and emotions
and prejudices, we Americans-at least
our leaders-had better brush up on
their history to buttress instincts and
emotions with facts.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Dignity of Beaten Man Lauded


To the Editor of The Star:
In regard to the case of the man who
was lashed for wife beating, NAV 7
say that such measure might be lust
what the doctor ordered for recalci
trant husbands but that I don't think
that it is?
Reviving old laws is dangerous. Ask
first, could such law be passed TODAY?
The answer in this case surely, is no.
Then it is outmoded and should be
removed from the books. If we are re-
viving old laws for Furnishing husbands.
1t is no more than fair that we should
do the same for wives. Back comes
the pillory for nagging women. Who
will do our cooking thenP And the
pond for any woman who has aroused
jealousy because of her superiority to
her neighbors!
1t seems to me that this man was
the only one who came out of the fray
with any degree of dignity. He refused
to claim immunity because of an al
legged lame back, got away from the
scene Of the punishment as soon as
possible and covered up his face when
being photographed.
Such a questionable sentence should
be the business Of jury, not a Judge.
According to the modern method of
rewarding virtue rather than furnishing
crime, If we are going to lash a hus-
oand for beating his wife, then we
ought to give nice bonus to all those
husbands who manage to refrain from
beating theirs. And it must take a lot
OF effort in some cases!
LAURA K POLLACK.
Evening star., 1945-10-23
Not Interested in Nylons

To the Editor of The Star:
1 agree with E, K. Goldsborough that
people are like animals at times It is
disgusting to read Of women staging
riots in stores over nylon hosiery, meat,
etc. Also why must people push ahead
OF others, obviously there first, for buses,
streetcars, in stores, bakeries, etc? Why
can't people be more courteous and
considerate of each other?
Mr.. Goldsborough talks of nylon lines
but what about the whisky lines in front
of liquor stores?
I like my 81 gauge rayons, and I
won't ever stand in line for my nylons.
III walt until they are plentiful.
E. S. YATES,
Evening star., 1945-10-23

A possible explanation of what has
been happening to France in recent
years is that not enough babies
happened in France in years not
so recent.
Evening star., 1945-10-23

Times do not change as much as
some people suppose they do. For
example, a modern novel will put a
man to sleep almost as fast as the
kind not modern.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-03
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

Columbus, Ohio, July %, 1945
Engineer of Sales Legal Copy No. 45-168
VIC UNIT PRICE CONTRACT
Sealed proposals will be received at
of Ohio, at Columbus, Ohio, until 800
A. NJ Ohio Standard Time, (10:O0 A. M,
E. w. I'd, Tuesday, August 81, 1916,
for improvements in:
Butler County, Ohio, on part of Section
Hamilton of the Hamilton Richmond
Road, State Highway No. Isl, State
Route No. 129, in the City of Hamilton,
by grading, widening and surfacing; re-
moving and replacing sidewalks. side
walk brackets, ratings and spandrel wall
and patching disintegrated concrete,
(Spans: 98 feet and inches, 1O1 feet
and inches, 101 feet and inches, 101
feet and inches, 43 feet and inches,
BU-12894 over Miami River.
Length 610.54 feet or OILS mile.
Contract to be completed not later than
June 80, 1916.
The minimum wage to be paid to all
labor employed on this contract shall
Prevailing Hourly Wage Rates Ascer-
tanned and Determined by The Depart
ment of Industrial Relations applica-
BILE to State Highway Department I'm
provementS in accordance with Sections
1913, ia, IDA, 17-5 and 17-5a of the
General Code of Ohio"
The bidder must submit with his bid
certified check in the amount of
$5,200.00.
Plans and specifications are on file
in the department of highways and the
office of the resident district deputy
director.
The director reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
PERRY T. FORD,
State Highway Director.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-03
TO RELEASE
1000 DOCTORS

Washington, d. G. ILNS).-Seven
thousand medical officers are schedul-
ed for release in the next months
under the Army's policy of releasing
as many physicians to civilian life as
can be spared, the War Department an
nounced. 1t said 700 doctors have been
discharged since January 1.
The announcement was an apparent
reply to charges in Congress that
Army doctors are surplus" in Europe
and the Pacific and demands that such
officers should be returned to this
country to relieve the civilian short
age.
The War Department said that
Army policy is to discharge "as many
doctors to civilian practice as can be
spared by military needs"
Discharge plans, it said, are based
on such factors as Requirements Of
the service and of the civilian popula-
tion, the service ratings of the indi-
vidual officers, and their own desires
for release or retention"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-03
Few Illinois Veterans
Receive GI Allowance

Chicago (ILNS).-Of $4,000 llli-
nois veterans released from the armed
services up to June 80, fewer than
1 percent drew readjustment allow
ance for unemployment, State Direc-
tor of Labor, Robert l.. Gordon re-
ported. During June, 1,414 veterans
received 6,901 readjustment allow
ance checks totaling $136,391, while
in the first months of 1945 approx
mately 4,5O0 World War II veterans
received 3O,373 checks totaling $685.
814.
"Since the first Of the year," said
Gordon, "the monthly discharge rate
has been steadily increasing. From a
January rate of $500 the figures
climbed to 7,7O0 in June. Many OF
those recently returned to civilian life
need longer period Of adjustment
While in 1914 unemployed veterans
were usually reabsorbed into industry
or business within 31s weeks, they
now need approximately 6 weeks.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-03
NEW BUSINESS
HAMILTON

E. M. Jowdy, R R No. l, Oxford
Soft Drinks, etc.
Jos. Pike, r r No. z, Williamsdale
Auto Repair.
Pure Gold Lodge of Elks, 526 s.
Front, Restaurant.
Addison Decker, High & College
AYES, Oxford, Oil, etc.
Arthur S. Avery, 275 N. Riverside
New Miami, Hatchery.
Lee Swartzel, 1877 Main, Confection-
cry.
Robt B. Caldwell (Russett Inn) Col
linsville, Filling Station.
Steve Mathews, 941 Central, Bev-
erages.
MIDDLETOWN
Lee A. Mcdonald, 1868 Central Ave-
Radio & Repair.
Fred & Catherine Jones, 1744 Cen
trail Ave-, Draperies.
Cardinal Gibbons, 1928 Central Ave.
Cigars, etc.
C. v. Dickerson, 20 S. Broad (Broad-
way GrilD, Restaurant.
Holland Furnace, 1909 Malvern
Heating.
Marlin Daniels Daniels Food 607
Crawford, Grocery.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-03

Width Is feet, Length 3D.
1872 feet
Total length 46,992 feet or
$50 miles.
Proposal NO.
Butler County, Ohio, on Sections A and
B of the Hamilton-Lebanon Road, State
Highway No. 1S5, State Route No. So, in
Lemon Township, by applying bitumin-
Gus treatment Item TAO and T-31.
Pavement: Width 20 feet Length 49,
36S feet.
Width IS feet, Length g.
500 feet
Width 4 feet Length, 16,
36S feet.
Total length 22,96S feet or
ABS miles
Proposal NO.
Butler County, Ohio, on part of Section
d of the Hamilton Richmond Road, State
Highway No. 1S1, State Route No. III,
in Milford Township, by applying a
bituminous treatment Item T-31.
Pavement: Width IS feet.
Length 17,424 feet or $3.50
miles.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-03
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STATE OF OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS

COLUMBUS aalo Obi Ohio, July 80, 19a5 aa
mpx UNIT PRICE CoNTiRACT
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the State Highway Director
of Ohio, at Columbus. Ohio, until 800
E. W. To, Tuesday, August 81, 1945,
for improvements in:
Proposals Nos. / to. inclusive are
offered as one project and will be
awarded as one contract.
Proposal MO.
Hamilton County, Ohio, on parts of Sec
tions ID, H, Cleves of the Cincinnati
Louisville Road, State Highway No. 3S,
State Route No. 264, in Miami and Green
Townships, by applying bituminous
Pavement: Width 20 feet, Length 49,
Width 20 feet, Length A.
Total length 23,232 feet or
4.40 miles.
Proposal NO.
Hamilton County, Ohio, on parts of Sec
tions ID and Fl of the Cincinnati-Louis-
vile Road, State Highway No 38, State
Route No. 264, in Miami and Green
Townships, by applying a bituminous
treatment, Item T-31.
Pavement: Width 90 feet.
Length 22,440 feet or 4.25
miles.
Proposal NO.
Butler County, Ohio, on Section c of the
Millville-Shando Road, State Highway
No. 8S7, State Route No. 74S, in Ross
and Morgan Townships, by applying
bituminous treatment, Item T-31.
Pavement Width Is feet, Length 15,
$40 feet.
Width IA feet, Length 15,
312 feet.
Total length s1,152 feet or
$50 miles.
Proposal No.
Butler County, Ohio, on Sections and
C of the Princeton Road, State
Highway No 922, State Route No. TAT, in
Liberty and Union Townships, by ap-
plying bituminouS treatment, Item
T-31.
Pavement; Width 20 feet, Length, 49,
200 feet.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-03

Total estimated cast ........ s25,2S3.76
Proposals Nos. / to 6 inclusive of this
project to be completed not later than
October II. 1945.
The minimum wage to be paid to all
labor employed on this contract shall
be in accordance with the Schedule Of
Prevailing Hourly Wage Rates Ascer-
tanned and Determined by The Depart
ment of Industrial Relations applicable
TO State Highway Department Improve
ments in accordance with Sections 17-3,
It'd, 17-4a, 17-5 and lisa Of the Gen
eral Code of Ohio
The bidder must submit with his bid
certified check in an amount equal to
five per cent of the estimated cost, but
in no event more than ten thousand dol
lars
Plans and specifications are on file in
the department. of highways and the
office of the resident district deputy
director.
The director reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
PERRY T. FORD,
State Highway Director.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-08-03
Overpeck Picnic Saturday

All arrangements for the 31st an
nual picnic of the Overpeck Improve
ment & Protective Association have
been completed. The picnic is schedul-
ed for next Saturday, August 4th, on
the Overpeck school grounds and the
committee invites the public and in
forms them that large free parking
lot will be open. All kinds of amuse-
ments will be provided. Lunch and re-
freshments will be served and the
country store will be well stocked this
year. With weather permitting "The
little town with the big picnic" will
go over in bigger way.