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Evening star., 1946-02-23

Here are few plain facts about our
future security:
l. There are about 2,100, 900 900 people
in the world. Only about 8 per cent of
them live on the Continent of North
America. Only about II per cent of
them live in both the Americas COM
bined. The rest live in the great world
sland"-Europe, Asia and Africa. The
raw materials and food production of
the world is divided in similar, though
not identical, proportion.
2. Therefore if any one power should
ever get complete control over the
world island" the peoples of the Amer
icas would be in position of hopeless
inferiority. The world would be out of
balance and we would be on the short
end.
3. In order to preserve the balance of
world power, we need to have strong
and reliable friends in Europe, Asia and
Africa. We can not afford to allow one
power or one national system to be-
come supreme in those continents. We
fought two great wars for this basic
reason.
We hope we shall have to fight no
more wars for that or any other reason.
No people on earth has anything to
gain from such war, least of all our
selves. But if wars are to be prevented
existing fears, suspicious and conflicting
interests must be brought into reason
able adjustment-political, economic and
social adjustment. In particular, we and
our associates in the democratic capital
ist systems must establish basis of
mutual confidence between ourselves and
the statist-socialist system of which
Russia is the central pillar and domi-
mating force. That can only happen
when the peoples concerned have learned
to know and trust each other.
That Is why we must work for the
national unity and freedom of China.
That is why we are concerned about
the sort of government there shall be
in various European countries. That Is
why we do not like to see Soviet in
cursions into Iran or Soviet threats
against Turkey. That is why we must
widen and strengthen the good neigh
Dor" policy in Latin America, and above
all that is why we must have q strong
and healthy Britain.
This may seem cold, hard-boiled
attitude, but nothing is to be gained
by deceiving ourselves.
Nor is anything to be gained by
listening to the voices which, in active
malice and Illustration, or In sheer blind
stupidity, are raised now against the
Evening star., 1946-02-23
His First Chance
From the Halifax Herald.

The fact is, as ]. L. Garvin Of the
London Daily Telegraph points out, that
this crisis of mans discovery of the util-
ization OF atomic energy is actually the
modern worlds first chance to create q
constructive peace based on internation-
al cooperation ito promote the worlds
prosperity and happiness by the delib-
crate development of atomic energy for
the service of man." BY a combination
OF brains and resources, man has the
power to accomplish this. The outstand-
ing discovery of 1945 opens the gateway
to a new epoch in the life of the human
race. 1t affords mankind the first real
chance to create warless world of hui
man brotherhood
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Their Punishment to Come
rom the New York Times.

INtW
Perhaps the most appalling aspect Of
Naziism is not its crimes but the manner
in which millions of Germans were led
to accept or condone those crimes. The
smear of guilt lies over multitudes who
under normal conditions might have
been decent human beings. No court
can punish all of them Their punish.
ment, when it comes, will be the gnaw-
ing of an awakened conscience. Only so
can there be truly awakened and re-
civilized Germany.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
The Tuxicub 'Army'

1ld1lGlllS tlldG ClGlltllS 1ldNe CI6
constitutional right peaceably to
petition Congress respecting their
grievances, it is not clear what the
invasion" of Washington by a Chi
cago taXicab task force" of $50 cabs
and their drivers is expected to
accomplish. The grievances voiced
by leaders of the army" have to do
with alleged injustices done them
by the City of Chicago. More
specifically, the protesting drivers,
most OF them war veterans, are
complaining about a Chicago ordi-
nance limiting to 5000 the num-
Der of taxicabs licensed to
operate there. That would seem to
bea strictly local matter which does
not concern Congress or the Federal
Government, yet the drivers appar-
emily have vague hopes of obtaining
Federal intervention through some
sort of legislative action or Depart
ment of Justice proceedings under
the antitrust laws.
Washington, with painful men,
ories of other veterans marches
after the First World War, is graft
fed that the unlimited delegation
HIS conducted its "invasion" in or
derly fashion. It is disturbing to
local officials and residents, how
ever, to learn that the group is max
Ing no plans for early departure,
despite the fact that its members
are running out of funds and have
begun to appeal for financial aid.
The city already has assisted the
army in finding a bivouac, al
though 1t must be admitted that in
turning over Camp Simms to the
visitors the Commissioners were not
only accommodating the drivers but
relieving Washington's already con-
gested streets of added parking
burdens.
One danger of this type of demon
stration is that it has a tendency to
induce other groups of petitioners to
adopt similar methods of focusing
public attention on their problems.
The march on Washington in 1882
by veterans demanding bonus legis-
lation began in small way in May
OF that year, when the first small
groups Of veterans arrived from the
Midwest. The early arrivals were
orderly and were extended every
possible courtesy by the police. The
movement grew by leaps and bounds
in June and July, however, with rad
ical elements taking an increasing
interest in the demonstration. Dis
order followed disorder until the
climax on July %, when two resisting
veterans were shot fatally by police
and troops were called out to evict
the bonus army" from its Anacostia
camp.
1t is interesting to recall that in
his report on the origin of the dis
orders, Attorney General William D.
Mitchell told the President: "This
experience demonstrates that it is
intolerable that organized bodies of
men having grievance or demand
upon the Government should be al
lowed to encamp in the city and
attempt to live off the community
like soldiers billeted in an enemy
county. Attempts by such groups
to intimidate or coerce Congress
into granting their demands hurt
rather than help their cause" The
Chicago taxicab army" fortunately
cannot fairly be said to fall into the
category of offenders that the At
torney General had in mind. But
. there is always the possibility that
demonstrations of this kind will lead
to other marches by less orderly
groups.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
Pearl Harbor Question
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
A lot of the witnesses in the Pearl
Harbor probe have been stressing the
lack of men and weapons at the Ha-
waiian base at the time of the Japa-
nese attack.
But then, the purpose of the probe
is not to ascertain the quantity Of
men and materials we had at Pearl
Harbor. The purpose is to find out
who was responsible for the fact that
the men and materials we had there
(Which, after all, were not exactly in
significanD were not readied for de-
fense. j. J. SPERRY.
Evening star., 1946-02-23
This and That
By Charles Z. TrdceDell.


Dear Sir:
Let me tell you how much we enjoy
and look forward to your column. It's
fine contribution is one of our reasons
for subscribing to The Star.
"On New Year Day we received a
wonderful greeting in the shape of a
lovely bird, which we later learned was
the evening grosbeak
This advance agent was soon joined
by II others until we had nearly 40
paying us regular visits between
O'Clock in the morning and pm
They are the tamest sort of visitors.
with unbelievably hearty appetites.
They love sunf1ower seeds, and when not
eating them spend their time in some
nearby maple trees.
Sincerely yours, j. W."
-
IL STREET Sc.
Dear Sir:
THE other day when it was quite
warm saw the most beautiful bird, blue
in color, strutting around on my lawn,
looking about, when all of sudden a
cat tried to steal up on him.
"As soon as he saw the cat he stood
still and looked square at him-then
jumped up on the cats head and
pecked him all over the. head, then got
down and stood back and made an
awful fuss
HE again few at the cats head and
gave the cat a good beating, and stood
back and fused some more, when the
cat decided to give up and ran away.
THE bird actually pecked at him un-
til he was out of sight
please tell me, do these birds really
attack cats like that always and, If so,
will they attack people?
Yours truly, C. A. G."
~ X
ARLINGTON, Va.
Dear Sir:
"One recent cold morning two bache-
lor girls discovered cat on the first
branch of large tree about 40 feet
from the ground.
Next day, cat still in tree. Bachelor
girls could not sleep for thinking of the
poor cat starving and freezing to death.
"On the third day some one suggested
that they put an open can of sardines
at the foot of the tree and let nature
take its course
They did and it did Next morning
both cat and fish had disappeared.
Yours, r. !. p"
*+
And here is one who wants to know:
isn't it true that mocking birds do
dance?
Il observed two in my front yard
week ago, and upon remarking about
it to my husband, he had quite laugh
even told neighbor Che also laughed.)
.'The two birds I watched faced each
other about inches apart and hoped
sideways up and down the walk keep
ing perfect time and bobbing their
heads"
Mockingbirds certainly do put on
these dances. This column recently car
ried long description from a Hyatts-
vile reader.
AS for bluejays fighting cats, they
often do, but seldom attack humans.
The mocker, on the other wing, is likely
to fly at human being who comes into
the yard where nesting operations are
going on.
We would suggest that an open can,
or preferably platter, of salmon be
placed at the base of tree in which
a cat had marooned itself.
Salmon is dearer to the average cats
heart than sardines. Cats must come
down q tree backward, in order that
their claws may engage the bark and
hold. Intelligent mother cats always
teach their kittens this trick.
Evening star., 1946-02-23

tangible symbol, so to speak, Of the
end of their emperor worship and
the beginning Of transformation,
along more democratic lines, In their
way of life.
Evening star., 1946-10-17

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Evening star., 1946-10-17

ndHkGIS IdI Oh
The regular fall meeting OF the
District Bankers Association will be
held at the Hamilton Hotel next
Monday, having been transferred
from the Mavtiower due to the
strike situation, it was learned to-
day.
S. William Miller, president, has
announced that the guest speakers
will be Arthur w, BinnS, president
of the National Home and Property
Owners Foundation, and E. G.
Nourse, chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisers, executive office
Of the president.
Reilly Addresses Contractors.
"If we permit the wells OF free
enterprise to dry up in America our
Nation will disintegrate and every
thing that is fine and great in our
country will be just a melancholy
memory" John A. Reilly. president
of the Second National Bank, said
today in addressing the National
Electrical Contractors Association at
Atlantic City.
economy rests upon the employe
group, the employers and the Gov
ernment. Mr.. Reilly urged en-
ployers to encourage the laboring
group to believe that their future is
wrapped up in the success of the
capitalistic system. He declared the
Government should not compete
with private enterprise and should
abandon the philosophy that profit
is criminal"
ID. c. Cost Accountants Dine.
w. G.. Carroll, treasurer of the
Engineering & Research Corp, at
Hyattsville, addressed Washington
Chapter, National Association of
Cost Accountants, at dinner meet
ing at the Hamilton Hotel last night.
He spoke on projection of Costs
With Comparison of Charges to
Forecast"
c. w. Bailey, new president of the
American Bankers Association, to-
day announced reappointment of
Robert v. Fleming, president of the
Riggs National Bank, as chairman
of the Government Borrowing Com
mittee, and Nelson B. ONeal, vice
president and cashier of the same
bank, as chairman of the War Bond
Redemption Special Committee.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
New Records in Sales
Reported by Officials
Old. {. Gas Company
By Edword c. Stone

September sales of the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. set record for
that month as sales in the first
nine months of the year also reached
an ALT time high mark, officials an
nounced today.
Sales in September totaled 1,074.-
623 mcf. Thousand cubic feet as
compared with 982,99l in Septem-
ber, 1945, an increase of 81 ,632 mcf.,
or 932 per cent. The September
upturn was the best since April, Of
ficials said. iiue to an increase in
meters and cooler weather than last
year.
Sales in the first nine months
of 1916 totaled 14.361,654 mcf. in
comparison with 13,863,490 in the
like 1945 period, rise of 496,364
mcf, or 359 per cent. The gains are
best shown by these monthly COM
PARSONS with last year, in thousand
cubic feet.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Wyatt Fears Lifting
OF Wage Control Will
Jam Veteran Housing
By the Assoeioied Press

Housing officials are concerned lest
administration plans to speed the
end of wage controls throw"a new
block into the program for starting
2,700,000 homes for veterans this
year and next.
Although Housing Expediter Will
son Wyatt withheld comment. it was
learned he has called at the White
House several times recently trying
to preserve some form of control
over construction wages on housing,
Labor costs for carpenters, plumb
ers, brick masons and other workers
have been climbing rapidly and,
along with higher priced materials.
have forced numerous changes in
the housing drive
Labor Cost at 3O-Per Cent.
Aides of Mr. Wyatt report that
labor costs now constitute more than
80 per cent of the costs of So-called
low cost housing, on which the en-
tire program is geared.
AhCS ddN plNaoCiy eilct oiiS do-
ditional raises in wages of housing
crafts might force additional in
creases in present ceilings on homes
for sale as well as those being built
as rental units.
So far, Mr. Wyatt has been able
to stay below a $4,000 top limit on
permanent homes The country is
divided into 64 different districts
on prices. In each of these a "di-
Vidlng line price is established.
Halt of the veterans homes may
cost above this line and half must
be below.
Average Price $500.
This middle price for low-cost
homes now averages $500 for the
country, housing officials said. But
in New York it already is up to
$9,l00 compared with a low of S.
200 in Little Rock, Ark.
The so-called dividing lines were
first established May / Of this year
Since then all of them have been
raised once and in some cases they
have been raised four times.
Spokesman at the housing agency
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Chicoqo Livestock

CHICAGO. Oct II Up CUsDA>.-Salable
hogs 20,0oo total, $4,000: few opening
sales 2.o0-4.o0 lower but general market
on 6arreys, and stts averaging around
500 lower than Wednesday: however. sales
ransinG from 2."o-1oo lower than the
extreme: Sows mostly 600 lower than
Wednesdays average; early top % 90 paid
spa rlnely, bulk coed and choice barrows
and gifts ia pounds and over. 20 90
-. 90; with 20 90 popular price; bulk good
and choice SOS lS.nu-lao0: not much in
run under 10 pounds; receipts consisting
largely good and choice Isd-240 pounds
Weights; lndica tionS fair clearance
Salable cattle. Ih.oon. total 5000;
loads strictly choice steers and yearlings
including yearling heifers steady: practical
top steers '5 90: odd head, 81 80: one
load held above $3.50: all others unevenly
200 TO 90 lower. mostly la.0o-2a. 90;
extreme top heiters. II 80; beef cows
DOL 90 lower but Gamers and cutters
steady: bulls steady at Il 90 down vealers
steady at 1s.0O-21 90: stock cattle steady
mostly Il :oo-l9.00; strictly choice year
salable sheep. 5000: total. $500: early
sales slaughtering lambs 90 10 mostly
80 lower; sll good and choice wooled
natives at so top: well-finished Western
lambs absent packers only buyers on early
rounds: three doubles by good grade short
fed wooled lambs, 90; load or me
to choice clipped lambs. wit hNo. :, pelts.
ESQ: Geek mostly good around SO-pound
yearlineS with fall-shorn pelts. 1850:
shorn slaughter ewes slow, not fully estab-
lished. asking around steady; few early
sales weak at J., 90
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Oct Il tP-An grain fu-
tures plunsed IN late tradlns on III" Board
OF Trade today, wheat falling The scent
limit permitted in single session Corn
and oats also were off ) cents at times
in heavy trading.
down raoidly toward ihe close Whest
was sold on fears that ceilings would not
be removed from -four. Corn and oats
in hogs. A break in cotton at New York
added to the pesSimism.
Cash corn and oats also were lower
Offerings of corn by the country expand
ed. Dealers reported o72 900 bushels of
corn purchased on a to-arrive basis shortly
before the close
All wheat futures closed 3 cents lowe-:
January, S201 "a: corn was OF 3ls-3a4 !,
Js nuary, 81 3d. .36. and oats were down
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Washington Man Files
Suit for Divorce Here

Hudson Grunewald, 1901 Fifteenth
street NV, has brought suit in
District Court asking divorce from
Avis B. GruneWald, 1881 Rodmsn
street NV, on grounds of volun-
tary separation.
The suit filed through Attorney
Raymond Neudecker, says MI, and
Mrs. GruneWald were married here
in May. 1925 and that they volun-
tarily separated in June, 1910. Ths
suit said two children were born
of the marriage, both Of whom now
are adults.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Stock Prices Continue
Retreat as Staple
Markets Weaken
BY Victor Eubonk
Associoted Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Stocks
generally continued to give ground
in today's market without being
subjected to much of selling push.
The pace slowed appreciably after
an active opening. Losses of frac-
lions to 2 points predomlnated near
the fourth hour With scattered issues
down 4 to 5. Steels, motors, rails
ard blue chip" lndustrials were
in front of the decline.
Weakness of major commodities
and livestock served as a bearish
influence for stocks, brokers said
Many customers, they added, caShed
profits on the recent recovery with
the idea the slide might be resumed
IN reflection OF possible business
letdown in coming months.
Yesterdays strong Amer c n
Woolen shares were among the first
to slip. Other laggards included
United States Steel, Bethlehem,
Youngstown Sheet, Chrysler, Gen.
eral Motors, United States Rubber,
Goodrich, Eastern Air Lines, Du
Pont. Montgomery Ward, 1nterna-
tional Harvester, Douglas Aircraft,
Boeing, American Telephone, Phelps
Dodge, American Smelling. Allied
Chemical, Johns Manville, Eastman
Kodak, J. C. Penney, Atlantic Coast
Line. Union Pacific and Great
Northern.
RailMaN hQnds S0fIened
Evening star., 1946-10-17
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Oct, u tP'-.cotton tu-
tureS broke the daily allowed limit OF s1d
A bale today under successive selling waves
which wiped oct attempts 10 rally
brokers by the preysiline sentiment Thai
the ultimate effect of the decontrol pro-
gram would have an important bearing on
the future of cotton.
Selling was also influenced by the theory
of some traders that the market had been
overbouEht and a technical reaction was
due
Mills took ADVANTAGE OF the break to
cover large volume OF contracts against
textile orders
The October, 1916. delivery expired at
noon.
Late afternoon prices were SS SIS TO $40
a bale down December, 344S; March.
"a o., and May. 33.42
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Business Briefs

Bank Clearings in "a leading cities
declined to $11, ,468, ,l66, 900 in the
week ended October Is, drop of
3.3co from the previous week, but
remained 1890 above a year ago
Dun & Bradstreet.
Cotton Consumption by United
States mills in September totaled
Sl8,449 bales of lint and, 74,556 of
linters vs. 855,511 and 86,917 in the
previous month and 700,444 and IT,
488 a year ago-Census Bureau.
Commercial Paper Rates at New
York we're raised by leading dealers.
The new range of * n to 1oo COM
pared with a previous range of "a %
to n.
Freight Loadings for the week
ended October u totaled 500, ,443
cars, a drop of 81 from the previ-
Gus week. but 1927 above year
ago-Association of American Rail-
roads.
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co. registered with the SEC $780,
1900 of 15-year, %, "o convertible
debentures, due 1861, and 3,503, ,773
common shares issuable upon con-
version of the debentures.
Standard Brands, Inc, stockhold-
ers approved creation of 350,00G
shares of new preferred stock. The
firm plans to issue 100000 shares
soon to refund 100000 outstanding
shares of $3.50 preferred
Curtiss- Wright Corp. has a S93-
100000 backlog of orders for planes
and parts. Shipments in six months
of 1916 approXimated $26.000.0 900.
Continental Can Co earned SIS
292.733 or S1.65 share in u months
ended September 80 VS.. 81 ,250 ,294 or
81 43 in the previous year.
PennsyIvs MIA Power & Light Co
net income for nine mInthS ended
September 30 was $5,175 016 or S147
VS.. S3,404.973 or q cents in the same
1945 period.
Worthingt0n Pump & Machinery
Corp. and subsidiaries earned 81
289.616 or S647 in nine months ended
September 80 VS.. $1,969,816 or $3.50
year ago.
BeIding Heminway Co. net for
nine months ended September 30
was S66O.316 or $161 VS.. S31O098 or
IS cents in the same 1945 period
Eaton Mfg. Co. profit for nine
months ended September 80 was
s1.793. .730 VS.. S2,424,423 in the same
1945 period.
National Cylinder Gas Co. earned
Sl.710,0O0 or $l20 in nine months
ended September 80 VS.. $l,ll9,19
or IS cents year ago.
Admiral Corp. profit for nine
months ended September 80 was
$4,000 or $105 VS.. $514,713 or ST
cents in the same 1945 period.
Caterpillar Tractor Co. earned
S455, 200 in September VS.. $l31 ,855
a year ago
Continental Steel Corp. net in
come for nine months ended Sep
tember 80 was $694,l ,l48 or $1.3s VS..
s499,131 or SO cents in the same
1945 period.
MacAndrewS g. Forbes Co. earned
$629.469 or SLIT in nine months
ended September 80 VS.. $456,70 or
S121 year ago.
Magnavox Co. profit for six
months ended August 81 was S941,-
975 or $18S VS.. $345,690 or 80 cents
in the same 1e45 period.
L. A. Young Spring & Wire Co.
earned s272,712 or 81 cents in II
months ended July 81 VS.. $l,144 ,522
or $3.50 in the previous year.
Pennsylvania Dixie Cement Corp.
profit for the September quarter was
s5O9, 1872 or 81 cents VS.. a deficit OF
$100,227 a year ago.
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.
reported 100000 of new business
in September set a record and COM
pared with a 30year September
average of $ll 100000.
Evening star., 1946-10-17

Chicago Cash Market.
Wheat none. Corn. new. No. 3 yellow,
81 i4-l 81; sample srade yellow. 1."a5i2-
4514: no old crop Oats. No / heavy,
mixed s7s4 No. ! heavy. white, S7s4; No
| white. s7-S7ia; No. 4 heavy, white, S5',
Barley, mating, .65-1.1S. nominal; feed,
.35- L .4S, nominal. Field seed. per hun
dredweight nominal; red top, 16.00-l7 90;
timothy, 6.75-1.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Market AVERAGES
Odd-Lot DeoIinqs
PHILADELPHIA. {

curities and Exchange Commission reported
today these transactions by customers with
odd-lot dealers or specialists on the New
1888 purchases involving 2s6,300 shares;
1874 sales involving 162.s66 shares. in
cludins 15 short sales involving ISIS
shares,