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Evening star., 1945-12-03
Doris keune

Doris Keane was one Of the authen-
tic artists Of the American stage. Her
voice, her bearing, her manner were
classic. She truly looked the part
OF La Cavallini for which she was
most famous-an imperial role, yet
very human. 1t was easy to imagine
her really ruling audiences of thou
sands in Milan or Paris or London.
Crowds naturally responded to her
beauty, her grace, the warmth of
her personality. She did not merely
pretend to be a celebrated artist Of
the theater. On both sides of the
Atlantic, season after season, she
definitely was such an artist.
Just how Edward Sheldon came to
write Romance" for Miss Keane is
q story which never has been told
completely. Perhaps it will remain
the private possession of those most
concerned. But men and women
now in their t1fties or sixties, think
ing back to 1913, recall without effort
the magic of the combination Of a
great script and a great star. The
author and the actress must have
understood each other perfectly.
They were partners in an achieve
inent of the highest order. Both
did other work. The climax of their
endeavors, however, was reached in
the task in which they co-operated.
Romance" let it be explained
for the benefit Of younger genera
tions Of playgoers, was titled accu-
rately. It was not what now is
regarded as realistic" Rather, It
represented the grander realism
which never is ugly or mean or cruel.
Mr.. Sheldon was not an alien to his
own era. On the contrary, he was a
literary and dramatic craftsman Of
llne liberal instinct. His masterpiece
was as much social document as
anything Ibsen or Brieux or Shaw
Evening star., 1945-12-03
On the Record
BY Dorothy THOMPSON

In April attended the enthronement
OF the Archbishop Of Canterbury. At
the climax Of the impressive ritual, a
feminine voice rang startling through
the arched nave. 1t came from an
unassuming- looking little woman who
cried, I'm the name of Jesus Christ,
stop this performance! While you
parade IN your costly robes, the children
OF Europe are starving!"
I smiled ut this characteristic outburst
OF English nonconformist spirit. But
seven months later 1t is no smiling mat
ter. The children Of Europe are starv-
Ing. Six years OF war, indescribable
destruction, and the lunatic Potsdam
policies which have added to the dis
fntegration inherited from the collapse
OF the Naxi regime have done their
work. Germany, and with 1t Europe,
Is skidding into the abyss.
The facts are at last being revealed
through what has amounted to q con-
sptracy OF silence here. The British
press has long been more outspoken
and1citlcal. Weeks ago q committee
nom 10th parties Of the House OF Com
mons issued an appeal to the lons-de-
psleod British people to cut down their
r9uons to release food for German chill
dren
The Economic Advisory Commission
sent to Berlin to assist Gen. Eisenhower
was utterly frustrated by attempting to
advise on the implementation Of Pots
dam In . country which had lost a
quarter Of its arabic land by unilateral
action Of the Russians and Poles, who
were driving the population, along with
the 0erman-speaking Cxechs, into the
truncated Reich. Gen. Eisenhower now
tells us that the normal population Of
the American zone has increased ~ Der
cent. Eghty-five per cent Of the food
crop IN the area east Of the Oder and
Neisse-the normal German grain and
potato Source-has gone unharvested.
In the Russian zone, which toeether
with the Polish comprises half Of Ger
many, 50 per cent Of the crop is lost.
The stripping Of industries In the east
and the demolition Of others In the
west and south have added to the
breakdown. Efforts to bring up coal
have partly succeeded, but lack Of trans
portation piles 1t ut pit heads. Mills
that should be turning out plows, rails.
locomotives, machinery for ali Europe,
are Idle. Only to Z per cent Of indus
try is operating.
Mr.. Byron Price points out that
French opposition to q unfiied German
economic policy is 4 root cause for the
chaos. and that unless Ne and sone
way Of Installing hope into the German
people, We can expect general break.
down Under uncomfortable conditions.
MILITARY omcers whose positions do
not permit them to come before the
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No Bed of Roses

~ 10 COllInenQaDle OF the Red
Gross that it has established special
schools In, England to make clear to
hundreds OF British brides of Amer
lean soldiers that life in the United
States, generally speaking, is no bed
OF roses. The Hollywood version
must be taken with more than a
grain of salt, and the same holds
true for the tall tales of not a few
homesick and somewhat chsuvinis-
tic GIs with big romantic eyes.
Otherwise there is going to be a lot
OF shattered dreams and that little
farm in Iowa or that cold-water nat
somewhere in the sprawling reaches
OF Brooklyn, far from looking like
q castle in Spain, may be pretty
hard to take for many q disillu-
stoned sweet young thing coming
here from abroad.
As countries 60, Of course, we are
not unattractive, we have our points.
We have more bathtubs, more autos,
more radios, more telephones, more
tall buildings, more money, more
nylon stockings, more material
things Of every description than
any other people on the face Of the
earth. But 1t is not all glitter, o
Shropshire lass. It is not all mink
and glamour, o belle in Noting
ham. Our average home Is hardly
so wonderful, our average city not
halt so beautiful or gay as our
movies might lead the guileless to
imagine. Nor do our average man
and wife have quite such d carefree
time Of 1t as might be supposed from
those crisp and tinkling little Aims
in which charming creatures like
Myrna 10y and william Powell or
Spencer Tracy and katharine Hep
burn go singing through life in an
atmosphere full of boundless chic
and eclat where everybody seems too
well heeled to have to worry much
about paying the rent or doing the
dishes.
Here as elsewhere. alas, it is only
too true that most people have to
work for living. Here as elsewhere
they have to do their own house.
work, have to take care OF their own
kids, have to watch where their
money goes. And the homes they
live Uneven though the plumbing
may be incomparably better-are
no more guarantee OF happiness
than the old places overseas, wheth.
er palace or hovel, and the young
British bride, any foreign bride Of
an American soldier, would do well
to understand that. She will and /
warm welcome, to be sure, and she
will have as much chance as other
girls for blissful marriage here,
but let her not fashion her dreams
after the escApist outpourinfs Of
Hollywood or tho unrestrained en-
thusiasms Of her or swain. 10 do
that would be to take the risk 81
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UAW DiIemmo

A few days ago, when Spokes-
man for General Motors suggested
that the strike which has shut down
its plants supplying parts for the
industry might compel other auto
mobile manufacturers to close their
doors, onicials of the CIO United
Automobile Workers were quick to
sense a "plot" against the union and
against the public.
The UAW had planned the strike
against General Motors with care,
and 1t was publicly stated that the
strategy was to tackle the manufac-
ers one at q time, beginning with
General Motors. This would put
extra pressure on the employer, since
competing companies would be
making and selling their cars, and
at the same time it would ease the
strain on the union treasury by in
suring continuing employment for
the bulk Of the union members.
Consequently, the concern with
which the union leaders viewed the
prospect of an industry-wide shut
down was understandable enough,
and 1t was because of this that the
offer from General Motors to keep
open its parts-making plants to the
extent necessary to supply its COM
petitors was received with so much
surprise" by the union leadership.
Certainly it was a surprising and
an unexpected offer, since it seemed
to play into the hands Of the union
strategists. But evidently this was
more apparent than real, for the
union president, after accepting
what he described as the corpora
tion's generous" offer, has found it
necessary to beat a hasty retreat
from that position. The member
ship OF the affected CIo locals
men who work in the parts s-supplying
plants-will have nothing to do with
the offer. They say that these
plants are shut down 100 per cent
and that they are going to stay shut
down, come what may. Hence, Mr..
Thomas has issued q second state
ment to the effect that his first
statement was misunderstood, and
that he has no intention Of arbi-
trarily and Immediately ordering
strikers back to work in the General
Motors parts plants"
It is possible that the corporation
made its offer anticipating this re-
suit. But in any event it was a
smart maneuver, for 1t has the ef-
feet OF putting the union leadership
on the spot, and If q shortage of
parts should force the other auto
makers to close the onus will clearly
have been shifted from the CORPORA
ton to the union.
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prices were ITO per cent of parity, and
IN dollars the average Of farm nrices
mad more than doubled. NobodyAs COM
planning about this, because the farm.
ers established an unparalleled pro-
duction performance.
80
A price guarantee has been extended
TO two years after the end Of the var
FOR this period 3 parity Of 90 ner cent
has been established for most farm nro.
ductton. Supported prices comprise tvo.
tniros Of the whole production. Econo.
mists believe that In year or two, how.
eyer, prices may drop BY 30 per cent to
80 per cent supported ones less, non.
supported ones more. The Agriculture
department anticipates q Is per cent
drop N farm income next year. The re-
covery Of Europe and the increase ia
production IN other parts Of the world
VIII certainly bring about 1, serious
cnAnee IN the farm market. However,
even In 1916 the farmers win ret very
favorable share Of the national income.
The danger now b is1 4 political treat
mert of the question. Farm bloc Com
ere.smen and Senators are trying to
avoid even this relatively unimportant
drop II 1915. The Pace bill would COM
pletely overhaul the parity formula and
drive prices up. The Secretary Of Arr.
culture has denounced this extreme
proposition.
The bright spot "a Ne picture Is the
possibility Of reducing costs Of produc.
ton through rneehAntn&ion ana IA.
croased emc1oncy. T11ooo natural meth.
oos % maintaining the farmers good
pcsition aft what should u dependod
On. ana not Artiflclni logblAtivo st1mu.
la1te. Evety reasonable American.
therefore, should support the policy a
SECRETARY And1non, Nho ha1 said ~
poAtedly that r6ices and pro1Ite must
not depend a egisl4tiye formulas, bsst
On tbs efaci6ncy of farm 1AhOf. 1ne
recovery q 1H0pe aa1ouM not % a.
lowed TO htin9 another derfeoeion here.
taeleAsed ~ ~ AloeeiAte1 A6~sbaDeeG 11e.J
Evening star., 1945-12-03
This Changing World
By Cossf6ntiss BrowS

Secretary Of state Byrnes is reliably
reported to be planning visit to Mos
COW early next year In m effort to revive
negotiations which failed 70 lAmentably
when the Big Five forsisn ministers met
In London last September.
No date has been set ~ yet for .
planned second meeting Of the foreign
ministers; neither Ii 1t known whether
the Soviet government will insist on /
three-cornered conference instead OF
fiye-power pArley. Foreign Commissar
Molotov Is said to have felt in London
that had 1t not been for the presence
OF the French and Chinese ministers the
conference mieht have achicyed some
degree Of success.
Conference the international situation
has gone from bad to worse. The Tru-
man.Attlee meeting proved inconclusivs
10 far as the immediate world problems
are concerned.
In the meantime, Russia has con.
tinued an aggressive policy single
handed. The developments In iran are
held - one OF the proofs that Russia
intends to put her plans into effect
regardless Of previous pledges or Of the
feelings OF the American and British
governments.
The suggestion of some Of the policy.
trainers in Washington and London that
the western powers, and particularly the
English-speaking nations, proceed with
the organization Of the world on the
basis Of their pledges and existing trea-
ties has been rejected in the hiehest
quarters. They fear that such 4 policy
would tend to split the world into two
distinct groups which eventually would
lead to another world catastrophe.
The diplomatic relations between the
american and British governments on
the one hand and the Russian royern-
ment on the other are now confined to
the sending OF notes which are merely
acknowledged by Moscow, but otherwise
ignored. Washington's latest reminder
Regarding Iran-has not been even
acknowledged. 1t was sent 10 days ago.
The State Department hopes that it
WILL receive reply this week.
High-ranking ondcials fear that the
MOSCOW answer will evade the core Of
the question, will assert that the peo-
pie IN Northern Iran are fighting for
democratic peoples government and
VIII end with some sarcastic diplomatic
remark at which the Soviet diplomats
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have previously proved themselves ex-
pert.
The situation. according TO Secretary
Byrnes and his intimate advisers, can
not last indefinitely without the gravest
repercussions on the world.
Discreet inquiries III Moscow about
another foreign ministers meeting
somewhere in Europe are reported to
hAye met with def1nitive negative
answer from Commissar Molotov, who
pointed out that during Premier Stains
absence he was carrying the main bur-
den Of administering Russia.
Mr.. Byrncs, and in all likelihood Brit
ain's Foreign Secretary Bevin, appear
decided to 60 to Moscow once more.
The Secretary Of State is being re-
minded that Cordell Hulls visit to the
Russian capital In the fall OF 1913 helped
to improve the relations among the
American, British and Soviet govern
ments. The problems were, OF course,
totally different at that time when no
one knew how long the war would last.
In spite Of this difference between
present and past conditions, Mr.. Byrnes
Is said to believe in trying once more
TO see whether the Russian government
Is willing to break the deadlock which
Is hampering the organization Of world
peace.
The main stumbling block which
wrecked the London Conference was
the position the foreign secretaries Of
the United States, Britain and France
had taken in regard to the establish
ment Of democratic governments in
the Balkans. The representative Of
China was neutral but sympathetic to
the point Of view of the three other
foreign ministers. Commissar Molotov
held strongly to the instructions he had
received from his government and pre-
ferred to see the conference fail than
yield.
The then potential" Iranian situa.
tion was kept In the background as
was the controversy over the future of
the Dardanelles and other waterways.
the. question OF the Turkish provinces
OF Ardahan and Kars and other equally
sore points such as Russia's demands
for control over strategic areas in the
Red Sea and In the Mediterranean.
The object Of the new Moscow con.
ference, which has not yet been finally
decided on, Is to make q last attempt
to bring about an understanding be-
tween the major powers and break the
present impasse which every one fears
might cause another world disaster.
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In the Deep Woods

What hHshsd and secret nsaaty hsres
The sun
Only at midday lghts the shsdoicy
floor; a.
His morning rays knock slantscfse a.
the door
And try. st dusk. the scsstsrn ssts, ort
Nay enter Dtolly the cathedral e1o0r,.
Hsre lofty treetops lean to sDinds thaf
bring s. 's-
No breath oelov .Dasrs Choir. d si,sses
stsg, 'ss
Where peace h ltks ! pressnos II the
room.
1wt tYOM his high Mssridia1 St nnpa
The sIM's keen 4yross prick th1 6YeeR
hdlf.lioht,
Dispsl re dayiieht d4sk NTH Ast1fss
grace. ss.,
4 isaf takes frs. hosOs,ss pallf6 -
ktNdlss with rodisSc4 that possts 49,.
Moss and the n1oNldsrjne earth I'm
briefly bright.
ngIx 1ANofaAY xrkns
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Release of Doctors

In moving to release from military
service an additional 32.500 physi-
clans, dentists and nurses, the Army
has given proper recognition to the
still acute problem Of restoring ade-
quate medical, dental and nursing
care to what only short while ago
was referred to as the home front
q front that suffered from the un-
avoidable inroads by the armed
services on its health resources. BY
lowering discharge requirements in
these professional categories. the
Army has paved the way for the
return to civil life of $1,000 ply
sicians, 5000 dentists and 12,500
nurses. This action means that the
number OF physicians sent back to
their home communities since We
day will be doubled and that only
one-third Of the medicos who were
in the Army when Germany sur
rendered will remain for further
military duty. It also means that
the Army is far ahead Of its sched-
ule for demobilizing doctors.
This will be good news both for
the doctors who during the war
struggled under burdens OF overwork
that at times seemed almost ms. :,
mountable and for the home fo-. )
who willingly accepted drastic cur
tailment of health services in order
that their fathers, sons and brothers
on the battle fronts might receive
the prompt and efficient medical
care due warriors wounded in the
service Of their country. It has been
estimated by health authorities that
more than $4,000 additional physi-
clans are urgently needed for COM
munity service in the immediate
future. While it is probable that
some of the military and naval med
ical personnel now being released
will elect to continue serving the
victims OF war In the various vet
erans' hospitals, 1t is expected that
the majority will re-establish them
selves in private practice or in pub
lie health work In the Nations urban
and rural centers. Thus, improve
ment is surely on the way for Amer
iica's badly disrupted peacetime
health machinery.
Evening star., 1945-12-03
The Farmers Income
By Ravm ond Molev

One Of the dark spots In the BOOM
Ing 1905 was the farmers sinking
share In the national income. Years
OF brimming employment and large in.
dustrial profits did not prosper the
farmer. He worked more and more for
less ana less. When the great depres-
sion came. this trend was accumulated.
Cash income from farm products, which
was ell, ,3o0. 900, 900 In 1870, went down
70 a, ,700, 900 900 In 1852. The farmer felt
like the Nations stspchild. He develop-
ed Q fierce AntipAthy toward the Repub-
iican party, and Nj. Roosevelt capital.
lied his discontent with immense sue.
cess.
Roosevelts farm program promised 70
give the farmer parity prices. This
meant that the purchasing power of &
hushel Of wheat or pound of cotton.
measured In industrial Of aericultural
produots needed for the farm or-farmer.
should be the same 90 for the average
OF le0o-1e1a. That period. called nor.
NAL" by the farmer, was, In the eyes
Of some observers : golden period.
The formula devised to astablish
parity prices was embodied IA the AAA
legislation. revised After it, destruction
By the supreme Court. hut DESPITE
the processing tax. and ~ soil erosion
pAyments and other premiums, the
New Dsal never achieved more than
70 Per cent of parity up 70 19oo. Meas.
slred Ia dollars. the farmar,s INCOME ID
1870 was one-third lower than II had
been IA 113o.
The uAr chaneaA 81 +h,. vrs.A SA...
ersn cash income fluctuAtes from year
y year, but 81 1ol6 It VIII b about ia
o00. 900. which \ almost ~ times s
high = Ia 1e32. Even II production
exp1nDoA are deductod, 3 net 1arn-
operator incolnA of At l6ast elt,ooo,0oo,-
o00 70 10 e,0o0, 900 900 must result Witch
compAreS with = MT farm inncgAo y
ltss than e1s0o0, 100000 ii les3.
Parity No. not only reached, but ~
0oeded during M WAS. u Jians. IN,
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ever turned out. It had . lesson
worth learning. But La Cayallini
was no preachment, no puppet to
symbolise = doctrine or theory arbi-
trarily set up. Miss Keane was all
women and all artists in her striving
and her triumph. She died at sixty
three, yet she never viii be old in
the tradition Of the stage to which
she gloriously belongs.
Evening star., 1945-12-03
Too MANY Cooks

Later on this month there will be
an opportunity for public discussion
before the Board of Public Welfare
OF the latest designs, now completed,
Tor q new Children's Receiving
Home.
1t Is possible that some sugges-
tions will be found worth incorporat-
ing in the plans. It is also possible
that the argument over what sort
OF receiving home should be built
will continue to be so acrimonious
and confused that construction of
the new home will be delayed again.
And that is less desirable than the
construction of new facilities which
may be something short of perfect.
One Of the ironical results of the
interminable debate over what kind
OF receiving home to build has been
continued occupancy of a receiving
home which from every point of
view Is disgracefully inadequate. The
objection to the present plans by
one group Of volunteer advisers is
based on the fear that delinquent
and nondelinquent children, who
become temporary wards at the re-
cetving home, will be housed in the
same facilities without proper seq
regation. They want the busi-
ness of classifying the children
done elsewhere. The Board of Pub.
lie Welfare contends that segrega-
tion and classification can, as a
matter OF fact, be provided under
the same roof by proper design and
that more complete segregation will
be possible by the provision of addi-
tional units as funds become, avail
able.
There is also the fear that pres
ent plans for new home place more
stress on institutional than on the
foster home system Of child care.
Yet, under conditions which may
prevail for some time to come.
adequate foster homes are dificult
II not impossible to ind. One of the
two foster homes for white children.
used by the Board of Public Welfare,
Is forty miles from town. Private
agencies have not been much more
successful than the Board of Public
Welfare n making Arrangements
with private, home owners for the
proper care Of child wards. The
Board Of Public Welfare believes
that prompt classification and dag
nosis of children at the receiving
home will help the development of
foster homes by preventing the as
signment to foster homes of chill
dren who should receive institu-
tional care.
There are collateral differences of
opinion as to the type of services
to be rendered, as we'll as the
physical requirements of q receiv-
ing home. If they are not reason
ably reconciled after discussion the
fact remains that the Board of Pub
lie Welfare is the agency responsible
Tor making decision and going
ahead with the construction of the
best facility obtainable with the
money in hand. II the Commits
sioners delay this construction any
longer 1t remains for them to assume
the responsibility for the continued
existence Of the present and deplor-
able receiving home. which the
board has been seeking to replace,
and with Indifferent success, since
1929.
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Already Obsolete .
From the New York Tinss.

An interesting footnots On the erelt
air show put on BY the Navy during the
review Of the fieet by President Tru.
man is that the planes taking part--the
0rumman HellcAts and Aveneers.
Vought Corsairs and Curtis Ilol1div0r6
with which We fought the fnAl stAeos
of the war again1t jApAx--noW are
obsolete. Planes dsvelopod during ~
last few months, too late fog ccmhot
duty, are far superior. This points "a
the necessity for continued and exton-
sive military research and improsoment
q weapons Y " Are 70 maintain our
present stAndArds. r WAs cur failure
70 DO that which - handicapped CIR
Myers Ia the early dAyD Of the var Just
ended s57s
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having bubbles broken or having 1
blight fall on love In bloom. The
Red Cross deglalnourising schools
may lend themselves to 4 measure
OF comedy, but basically they have
to do with an altogether poignant
matter. Success to them.
Evening star., 1945-12-03

Employees Of the worlds largest
lock concern the other day had to
wait in idlaness unt4 soAs M could
get In and unlock the door. Certain
ly in this case the key to the solu-
ton OF an industrial lockout Law
with the management.
Evening star., 1945-12-03

Judging by applause there seems
to be no quicker way to win host
of admiring friends than to funk
an easy question on a radio quiz
program.