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himself true liberal" and carry
ing on his personal feuds within the
cabinet to give. the necessary time
and attention to blocking this Re-
publican effort or to appreciate what
its success will mean to the Demo-
cratic ticket in about 10 important
and debatable States. Checking the
first list against the second, it does
seem that the Republicans have
about 60-to-40 chance OF achieving
their objective in this struggle for
the Negro vote this time. 1t Is one
of the basic reasons for their general
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larly when it is considered that each
Negro vote lost counted twice. 1t
not only had to be subtracted from
the Republican total but added to
the Democratic.
And now the Republicans. after
more than a decade of futility, are
making their first hopeful attempt
TO recover this practically indispen-
Gal BILE party asset, which from 1851 to
1898 helped elect their presidential
candidates and since then has been
potent in defeating them. Neither
time. money nor work will be spared
this fall. The effort will be inten-
sive and extremely earnest. All of
which makes it pertinent to list,
first, the means by which these votes
were taken over by the Democrats,
and, second, the reason the Repub-
licans believe they can get them
back now.
Farley Engineered Transfer.
It was Mr.. Farley, with Mr.. Roose-
veit's enthusiastic cooperation, who
engineered this transfer in 1886. In
the order Of their Importance he
would list the means as follows:
Cd The WPA, then under Mr. Harry
Hopkins, and upon the relief rolls
Of which an amazing percentage of
Negroes was placed; % Mrs. Roose-
velt, whose determination was ex-
ceedingly effective-a million copies
of her picture taken with a group
, Of male and females Negro ST udents
were distributed among Negroes in
10 selected States by the Democratic
National Committee; 90 Federal
patronage. larger proportion Of
which went to Negroes in the early
Roosevelt days than had been given
by any other President: a. employ
ment by the Democratic committee
Of an unprecedented number of
Negro teachers, preachers and
speakers who, well paid both as to
salary and expenses, travelled the
selected States spreading the Roose-
welt gospel; 90 the Negro press,
which. in one way or another, had
become strongly pro-Rooeevelt.
COP Sees Time as Ripe.
By these means was accomplished
what Mr. Farley, with reason, re-
CARDS as the most effective coup in
the history Of national politics. Now
the Republican grounds for feeling
this is the time to right the great
wrong" as some have referred to
1t. are these: ID Mr.. Roosevelt is
dead: (2) the WPA no longer exists;
80 the Democratic Party failed to
repeal the poll tax or to pass a
Federal Fair Employment Practices
Act, whereas one was passed by a
Republican Governor in New York;
"a the Federal patronage has most
ly been distributed; 80 the Negro
press, like number of Negro lead
ers. has become disaffected and is
now largely Republican again; 90
the present Democratic chairman,
Mr.. Hannegan, Is many grades be-
low Mr.. Farley in skill, Judgment,
knowledge and tact.
He appears too busy proclaiming
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with since I
have been going
to the m ov les.
M a r 6 u e r ! t c
CLARK, M ary
Pickford, Mabel
Normand, Bessie
Love, Billie Dove,
Blanche Sweet,
Mary Miles Min
ter, to name a
t e W. A n d, t o
n q me a t e "
m ore, Barbara
La M arr, Lila
Lee, a roomful
Of Talmadges,
~Ia~H p~-, Nito
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appreciate the
Truman form
and be prepared
to avoid the
consequences of
1t. In perspec-
tive 1t seems
perfectly natu-
raj that the
President should
have read the
draft of Mr..
Wallace Ma di-
son Square Gar
den speech and
snilingly ap-
proved it with
out suggesting
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IS to 90 per cent.
In this years
campaign - the
first since the
Roosevelt death
It he Republic
cans have real
hope Of regain
ing this great
group of voters
whose detection
counted so heav-
lily against them.
The Republican
sufe rings on
this score can be
easily u n err
et0NI NcrfioiI-
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McLemore.
Movie TroiIers
DecIored Surplus
Rr Henrn NIL e.naxn
BY Henry McLem ore

Far be 1t from me to knock Holly
wood.
To start with, there is no telling
how many stars l have been in love
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Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by writing The Evening
NE. Washinston .. D. c. Please in
close 3 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Harold [. Ickes o.
Man to Man ssz
Presidents 'Hit.and.Run' Policy
Revealed At Unfortunate Time

Once again the hit pattern of the admin
straton has been impressed the But unortu
natey the Wallace episode could
time We deep negotiations with the other Paris
and the curtain about the national
election which bids fair to have unhappy ending for
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. A
SEPTEMBER

forthrightness and courage and 10y
atty. They do not enjoy the sight of
one man being made to suffer for
the misstep of another.
(Copyrsht l9461
Evening star., 1946-09-27
Frank X. Kent .ss5xlnsass ~vss> s~ 4
TheGreatG GameofP0litics
Republicans, After Futile Decade, Seek
To Recapture Vital Negro Vote

was in 1895 that the great Negro pivotal Northern
states which had been the basic Republican Civil
War; was transferred almost soidy party
through the Machiavean Vaccinations low guile
James A. Farley.
For 10 years covering three presidential and three
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U1CHIIy tFtIy U1IH CUlICpTNtQ.
One may be permitted to be less
sorry for Henry A. Wallace than
amazed at his apparent inability to
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have remained in the Democratic
camp. registering Democratic and
voting Democratic all the way from
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@. What percentage of homes in
the United States are without cleo
trio lights?-A. s.
A. 1t Is estimated that in le45
over 20 per cent of the total oc-
cupied dwelling units in the United
States were without electric lighting.
Evening star., 1946-09-27

Sc18 III 1FOM CUft11n.
Here we have two outstanding
instances of the Presidents DISPOSE
Evening star., 1946-04-14

will probably be Saul K. fadsvsr.
aimed with valentines attached.
Anyway, Mr.. Padover went out
for the OSS. and duly reported
on the enemy mind, its state, and
got a Bronze Star when he came
back. Here is his book on the mat
ter.
It records a large number of cpl
sodes in which he or his party con-
tacted the enemy, asked the enemy
questions and then made deduc-
tions accordingly. I will not say
that 1t does not make interesting
reading. I will only say that as
part of our war effort it unques-
tionably seems feeble and could
make a taxpayer lift a brow. The
conclusion is that the German peo-
pie are spiritually dead. They put
their total spiritual resources into
an undertaking which they knew
was criminal, their only expectation
Of escape from the consciences was
their trust that they would win.
They lost and are bankrupt. They
do not have the righteous losers
saving awareness that he fought in
a good fight. They fought in an evil
fight and they know 1t. Nothing
remains to them now but brute fear
Of consequences. It will take gen.
erations, thinks Mr.. Padover, to
make them whole again. NC. r.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
World Of Stamps
By Jones Waldo Fcwcett

It Is almost certain that there
will be q stamp to mark the Tooth
anniversary of the Smithsonian
Institution for the increase and
diffusion of knowledge among men.
The design probably will show the
original building on the Mall, plan
ned by James Renwick and built
between 1847 and 1855. But the date
Of the new adhesive's release still is
a problem. If it is considered to
commemorate the act Of Congress
chartering the institution, it should
be issued on August 10 this year.
On the other hand, If 1t is regarded
as celebrating the centennial of the
actual opening of the institution. it
should be placed on sale on a date
not yet settled, but much later.
The first two issues of the oficial
publication of the United States
Twentieth Century Postal Cancella-
tions Society have appeared and
their contents suggest that future
numbers will be invaluable aids to
collectors. Readers interested are
invited to communicate with Jona-
than Wolfe, secretary-treasurer, 7700
Cregier avenue, Chicago.
The recent stamps of the Soviet
Union feature portraits of Marshal
Stain in uniform and stress patri-
otic sentiments to a degree un-
equaled in the past.
An article entitled THE Great
Philatelist" and further glorifying
President Roosevelt's interest in
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Con.
stitution avenue and Sixth street
p r.intinss and snd. sculpture hy great
New addition to the Kress collec-
ton; Prints by Hogarth and Row
Andson: extended through April.
NATIONAL MUSEUM, National Col
avenue and Tenth street-Amer-
icAn paintings from private collec-
tons and other gifts and loans.
Paintings OF Siam. through April
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING, Division
nue. and Tenth street-Special ex-
fhnnnon ninition Ct I prints by Edsar Imler'
FREER GALLERY OF ART. Twelfth
and B streets S.W.-Oriental and
FaI Eastern arts; PAINTINGS and
n hmsrlcan artists. changing ex-
coRGoRAN ases6ii GALLERY OF ART.
Seventeenth street between New
W. A. Clark collection. Paintings
Is: 18th annual exhibition Of the
Miniature Miniature Society Of Painters,
rHTIIfPs ihttfP; D. MEMORIAL fi GALLERY.
1900 Twsnty-first street-Chang-
lnk eXnlDltlOnS; paintings ana
prints. Print . BY Henry Moore through
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, East Capt.
tol and First streets-Division Of
Prints-Texas centennial exhibi-
WHITE GALLERY, 1918 Connecticut
ayenue-Exhibition from Haiti,
through April.
ARTS CLUB, .2O17 I street NV
18th annual exhibition by Society
O. arr,y ,Wysssahinston sa Etchers' through
BARNET-ADEN GALLERY, 1e7 RAN
dolph place N.W-Paintinss by
Lois NJ. Jones. April and May.
PAN AMERICAN UNION. Seventeenth
and streets NW.-Water colors
BY Antonio sotomayor, through
rEXI5LE |Sig4 NJ MysEgM Eg2 ,,,2s os THE ,,n DIS;
street N.W.-Rugs, tapestries and
other textiles of the Near and Far
East. Open Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. 2-5 pm. Admission
by card obtainable at once OF
George Hewitt Myers, 130 Fiji
teenth street NV
CROSBY GALLERY OF MODERN
ART, 1906 Twentieth street NV.
Exhibition by william Calfee.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Eighth and X
streets NV. Photographs by
Michael Duner. through April.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY ART GAL
LERY, Sixth and Howard place
Works by public school pupils,
Divisions 1913, to April 1S.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Service Unit Meetings
American Legisn

Meetings THIS week are:
and General Accounting Once Posts. Le.
Post. Eleventh. and II streets NV.
Tuesday y. = National c,,, Press Club Post
Post. New Colonial Hotel: Pepco POST
Tenth and = streets NV; United States
Maritime Post, Department Of Commerce
w. WeanessdaIyL,Lsslis and Douslas Nc.
Thursday-stanley Church De Pue Post
Legion clubhouse: Kenna Main Post 1910
Good Hope road Sc; Internal Revenu,
Post, Stansbury Hail.
LeEien Auxiliary.
Mon MondayMsunited a;s States Treasury Unit
TussdssMsunk.r Hill Unit. Legion club.
Wednesday United States Maritime
Unit. Legion clubhouse.
veteran. Of Fsreign w.rs.
:. Today-Gen. vincente Lin Post. 1915
soss street is,S SW MntS GSoysrnmeHt Printing Once
COZ. soPss.ssas1s Ps.t. street aas 4Npe0n' o'nt
1s1s sT1sseKsd:yMItary .yr..s Order Of tn. Coolies
r,r9vsd Wsdnssday IS Y: MAJ; Gen; Edwards ans
stas sssssusy ro.t ro't sia .r..;
NV: United States Naval Gun Factors
Sss si sSas c:eitsi Post. 1915
Ninth and upshur streets NV: Ai-Amsri.
can Post 7i$ nw r 'tsssa 5sai,|s,'... E;T
Monday-Federal Unit 1919 K street
Nv; front Line Unit. Fourth street
Evening star., 1946-04-14
In Local Service ORGANIZATIONS
American Legion
National Head
Will Be HOnOred

Tne American Legion, Department
Of the District Of Columbia, will be
the host to National Comdr. John
Stelle, at cocktail party and dinner
to be given at the Hotel Statler at
Z pm. April "a. The occasion Is his
official annual visitation.
Reservations can be obtained
through George A. Keyser, chairman
Of Seating Committee, 10 Wooten
avenue, Chevy Chase, Nd, OF
Chester A. Bennett, chairman Of the
Ticket Committee. East Clifton Ter
race NV.
Victory Post voted to change its
meeting night from the first to the
fourth Friday Of each month!
Columbia Post, at their last meet
ing, went on record to support the
Fire Department for three platoons
and that the veterans Of World War
II be given preference In making
up the third platoon.
Costello Post now meets at Odd
Fellows Temple, 419 Seventh street
NV. Plans are under way for an
entertainment and special features
for the first meeting and house.
warming on May Z.
Athletic Chairman Henry Heine
announces the organization Of bowl
ing teams to represent the post In
the newly proposed Legion Bowling
League.
The auxiliary will hold a spring
dance, for the benefit of the DEPART
ment's building fund at the
Legion clubhouse on April as. Mrs
Evelyn Anderson, department vice
president, is in charge of all ar
rangements. For reservations call
Mrs. Anderson, FIR. 2l45 or Mrs.
Margaret Carroll, WO. 6542.
Mrs. Emile Schuler, rehabilita-
ton chairman, Is planning q pro-
gram on rehabilitation to be siyen
at the Legion clubhouse on April
%. All members and their friends
are invited.
Parties at Mount Alto Hospital
this week will be sponsored by the
following units: George E. Killeen
Unit, Monday night, and Kenneth
E. Nash Unit, Friday night.
George E. Killeen Unit elected to
membership: Mrs. Elsa Westline,
Mrs. Carrie Mortfeld, Miss Inez
Smith, Mrs. Edith Stotler and Mrs.
Betty Knott.
Starting Thursday and continuing
every Thursday thereafter, members
will meet at the home of Mrs. Mary
Killeen, 3ll7 N street NV, to make
poppies.
Mrs. jamie B. Hill was elected to
membership in United States De-
partment Of Agriculture Unit.
Eight and Forty.
D. c. Salon will meet at 8 pm.
Thursday, room 500, District Build
ing with lie Chapeau Marie Totten
presiding.
Plans are being made to hold an
Easter party at Glenn Dale Hos
pital and for the presentation OF two
food carts to the hospital by the
Child Welfare Committee, directed
by Mrs. Elizabeth Schau and Mrs.
Eva Carrico.
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Public Library
By Philip J. Stone
UeHueIS huVISel,
Washineton Huhlie I,iArArr


What will your dollar buy In
1882" This question is disturbing
many OF us, and is the title of q
challenging article in the Nation
for January S, 1916, which warns
OF the dangers of relaxing price con-
trolls. A much fuller account OF
monetary storm signals is "The
American Dollar" in the May. 1s45
Fortune.
People who wish a simple but
authoritative explanation of the
basic economics Of infiation-its
cause and effects-would do well to
read "Tl1e ABC Of Imitation" by the
late Prof. Edwin w. Kemmerer
Of Princeton. In Uncle Sam versus
Imitation" Otto H. Ehrlich effectively
employees cartoons to pose the prob
lem we face today and indicate its
possible solution. The recent sad
experience Of certain European ma
tions, pertinent to present day
American thinking, is discussed in
Imitation in Europe" in Foreign
Policy Reports for June Is, 1s45.
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Legion Auxiliary
Pan American Unit
To Give Program

Mrs. Claire Smithson, Pan Ameri-
can Study chairman, of the District
OF Columbia Department, American
Legion Auxiliary. will present a
program at S o'clock today at the
American Legion Clubhouse, 2437
Fifteenth street NV. Auxiliary and
Legion members are invited.
The James Reese Europe Unit has
postponed its official visitation
from April "a to May 8. The
visitation will be held at the club
house on Vermont avenue instead
OF the Garnett Patterson School.
The department president, Mrs.
Pearl Heagerty, and her staff will
pay their ofhcial visit to Potomac
Unit at 8 pm. Tuesday at the
Palisades Fieldhouse.
The department president will be
guest Of honor at the birthday din
ner of Sergt. Jasper Unit on April
Is.
Plans are now under way for the
ofncial visitation Of the national
president, Mrs. Jennie Craven, to
this department on May II. Mrs.
Craven will also take part in the
May Day exercises at the District
War Memorial in East Potomac
Park on May IL CMother's Day..
Child Welfare Chairman, Mrs.
Kate Mills, 625 Franklin street NE,
is in need of clothing of every kind.
Contact her for full particulars.
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Veterans Guide
By Maj. Thomas M. Mol

Here's the pitch on one Of the new
changes in the education section of
the CT bill
Let me explain how the VA figures
what 1t can pay in the way of tuition
for veteran going to school. When
I say tuition" I mean the cost OF
supplies, books, tuition, laboratory
and inflrmary fees.
The law allows the VA to pay up
to $500 for an ordinary school year
An ordinary school year Is 1896
weeks.
When some one says you can get
$500 year for tuition under the CT
bill, he means that for any course
lasting from 30 to SO weeks the VA
will pay up to $500.
But there are some courses shorter
than 20 weeks which cost $500.
There's one I know OF in New York.
It's a photography school course.
Before the new GI bill became law
in December. the VA could not pay
the full tuition of a veteran taking
this course. 1t could pay only part
OF the tuition, because the law said
$500 could be paid only for a course
at least 80 weeks long.
Now, however, the Veterans Ad-
ministration can pay the full tuition
of that school and other schools
offering short, intensive high-cost
courses.
But since the ex-Joe who takes
one of these courses lasting less
than 80 weeks. or less than an ordi-
nary school year, will be getting the
benefit of $500 worth of tuition, his
total period of eligibility will be
shortened by an ordinary school
year.
-Four Years Education.
Pat and Mike both are entitled to
four years of CT education. -Four
years is 208 weeks
Pat takes full-time course, last
ing "a weeks. The tuition is $500.
After the course is completed, he's
used up "a weeks of his total period
of eligibility. Since he was entitled,
as I've said, to 208 weeks (four
years. he has 174 weeks left.
Mike, meanwhile, takes short.
intensive course of study which
lasts only Is weeks. Ut could be 10,
or is, or 20: wouldn't make any Diff
ference) The tuition, however, is
$500. After the 15-week course has
been completed, Mike has used up "a
weeks Of his total period of eligibility
for CT schooling. He has used up the
same number of weeks that Pat did.
That's because the VA, during
Mixes 15-week course, paid out $500
for tuition. And the law states that
$500 is the top cost for an ordinary
school year I34 weeks. Therefore,
Mike is charged with "a weeks Of
his period of eligibility.
I'm trying not to be technical.
But many veterans may want to
take courses costing more than the
normal rate.
They can. And I'm just trying
to point out they'll pay for it by
sacrificing some of the time they've
got coming to them for CT
schooling.
That's all right. because some ex-
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service people Will want to take only
one or two short courses.
If you are interested in this short
course setup, check with your
regional Veterans Administration
office before you start on your course
That's because there are some angles
to the plan which can't be explained
here.
Questions Answered.
From r. r. E., Lancaster, Pa: "Ii
work part time and get less than
$23 a week, does the readjustment
allowance pay me $40 each week
plus what Il make, or does it pay
the difference between my salary
and $23?"
/ 1t pays you the difference, not the
full $50. And don't forget that
each week you draw even so much as
one dollar Of readjustment allow
ance, you lose one week Of your
period of eligibility.
o. M. S., Washington. D. c.:
Gould you give me any information
on H. R. 1886? I'd like to know
what its present status is"
H. r. 1886 is now Public Law 265,
Seventy-ninth Congress. It's the
authority for giving civil service en-
ployes, who left Government work to
enter the service, full credit for all
the time they spent in uniform.
H. ]. NJ, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Gould you advise me how to 20
about getting my medical discharge
record direct from Washington? My
family doctor wants to see 1t, so he
can give me the proper medical
attention for my service connected
disability. I am getting a pension" /"
Your doctor can get q transcript
OF your medical record from the
Veterans Administration regional
ONCE at Des Moines, If you give
him authority to do so. Sign a
statement saying you give your doc
tor permission to obtain transcript.
Then ask the doctor to send the
statement to the regional Office.
Miss A. M. NJ. New Orleans: IT
was unemployed a couple of months
ago, but made a mistake in my ap-
plcation for readjustment allow
ance. I never got it. Is there any
possibility of my collecting readjust-
ment allowance retroactively?"
I'm afraid you can't get it now.
You've got to apply for it each week,
and you can receive it only for the
week preceding the day you apply.
A. j. S., High Point, N. c.: "I
eave a son who was drafted into
the Army last January. Will he be
eligible for the CT Bill of Rights
when he gets out?"
Yes. Any serviceman who serves
at least 80 days, part of which comes
between September 16, 1910, and the
onicial end of the war gets CT bill
benefits. The war is not yet over
officially.
II you're hazy about some
right. or benefit you think is
coming to you, send your query
/ to me at The Sunday Star. In
close a self-addressed, stamped
; enpelope for q personal reply.
Evening star., 1946-04-14

stamp collecting appears In the New
Yorker for March 30. The author
is Eugene Kinkead. He repeats the
old suggestion that the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing did nothing
new" when it gave the Chief Execu-
tive unique proofs of stamp dies.
But experts say that the prices paid
for those items when they were sold
at auction constitutes whatever re-
brutal may be needed.
Cuba recently brought out q 10
centavo bistre brown special delivery
stamp which draf,atizes the whole
story Of postal service. The design
includes: A railroad train tearing
along the right of way, an ocean
steamer plowing rapidly through the
Evening star., 1946-04-14
Mu Phi Epsilon

Mu Phi Epsilon viii meet at
8 pm. tomorrow in the home of
Mrs. G. r. Hill, 1929 Verplanck
place NV. Following Helen Lyons
Jones review of "Florestan," Schau-
f1ier's biography of Robert Schu-
mann, Jean Heers, violinist, Anne
Hamer, cellist and Dorothy Guion,
pianist will play the last three move
ments of Schumann's Trio in D
Minor, op. g."