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Evening star., 1946-12-21
Support Of Ha|Ieck
By Dewey,Stirs Rift
Among Republicans
Jenkins Sees Outsiders
Attempting to Influence
Congressional Dec ::sions
BY the Associated Press

The first serious rift in Repub-
lican ranks since the party won
the congressional elections broke
into the open today with de-
mand that presidential candi-
dates keep hands of the House
leadership contest. -
Representative Jenkins of Ohio
objected in a formal statement to
attempts by outsiders to dominate
the American Congress"
He leveled his remarks primarily
at Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's in
dorsement of Representative Halleck
of Indiana for the House floor lead
ership. He said they apply as well
to "any presidential aspirants-
Senator Taft or Senator Bricker
too, although I don't think they'd
try it.
Mr.. Jenkins is one of three an
nounced candidates for the leader
ship position to be vacated by Rep
resentative Martin of Massachu-
settS when he becomes Speaker OF
the House on January 8.
Halleck Is Candidate.
The others are Mr.. Halleck and
Representative Dirksen of Illinois
neither of whom was in Washing
ton when Mr.. jenkins let loose his
blast at the New York Governor
last night.
A fourth House member, Repre-
sentative Brown of Ohio, has an
nounced his availability for the
leadership but has not formally de-
clared his candidacy.
While Capitol observers long had
seen the leadership struggle as a
jockeying for position for the COP
presidential nomination, Mr.. Jen-
kins was the first member of his
party to label it openly as such.
Except for including Senators
Taft and Bricker in his grouping
of presidential aspirants," he made
no reference in his statement to
Capitol Hill talk that Mr.. Brown
has the backing of the Ohio Sena-
tors.
Will Remain in Race.
Mr.. Jenkins reiterated his inten-
ton to remain in the race until it is
settled by the Republican caucus on
January 2.
Gov. DeWey's espousal of Mr.. Hal
leck's candidacy, Mr.. jenkins de-
clared, was an expression of the
Governors desire to "let the coun-
try know that Halleck was his
man."
He must believe it will help him
into the presidency, he said. Does
it mean that Dewey will have a
voice and hand in directing the ac-
tions of Congress? It means MOTH
ing else"
In Albany a Dewey aide COM
mented: Freedom of speech is still
permitted-fortunately."
Attempted interference in the af-
fairs of Congress, Mr.. Jenkins as
serted, "are not confined to presi-
Dental aspirants."
Contributors Criticized.
Some of the heavy contributors
think they won the election" he
added, remarking that large Penn
sylvania contributor is said to have
promised he will deliver the vote"
Of the States Republican congress
sional delegation to Mr.. Halleck.
Mr.. jenkins said he did not be-
lieve the voters last month intend
ed merely to change from the domi-
nation Of New Deal executives to
the domination of Republican presi-
Dental aspirants, whoever they may
be-"
''It would be a fraud on the people
for any person to accept this i'm
portant position If he is obligated
to use it for the special benefit of
arly person or group." he concluded.
Evening star., 1946-12-21
RooseveIts to Leave Moscow

> MOSCOW, Dec. 81 .,tP.-Elliott
Roosevelt said today that he and
his wife probably will leave Moscow
tomorrow, If the weather permits
with the intention of spending
Christmas with his mother, Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt, at Hyde
Park.
Evening star., 1946-12-21

Mr.. Cohen represents some for
mer Williams statesmen whose petit
ton for bankruptcy against williams
alleged he owed them sums ranging
I'D to $1,000 in back salaries and
commissions. Mr.. Greenbaum is
chairman of the District Bar Asso-
ciations Servicemen,s Legal Assist
ance Committee.
Petition to Be, Accepted. e
2. Robert w. McC Cullough, attorney
for the real estate man, today
CONTINUED on Page ALA, Column o
Evening star., 1946-12-21

checked Implications produced wild
rumors of topheavy casualties.
Metropolitan papers and Kyodo
news agency were cut off from key
prefectural Offices as the always
(See CORRESPONDENTS. Pg. A-4.7
Evening star., 1946-12-21
StoIin Is 81 Today

LONDON, Dec. 81. R.-This is
Prime Minister Joseph Stalin's 9th
birthday, but up to mid-morning
Moscow radio broadcasts heard In
London had made no mention of the
fact.
Evening star., 1946-12-21

(See U. n, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-12-21

(See TALMADGE, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-12-21

(See QUAKE, Page A-3D
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Alexander Defense Minister

See INDO-CHINA, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-12-21

(See WEATHER, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-12-21

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Partly cloudy this afternoon, high in mid 4os.
Clear tonight, low in mid s0s. Tomorrow
sunny, warmer.
Temperatures today-High, ~. at ! pm;
low. "a. at ITO am Yesterday-High, 36,
at pm; low. 28, at 2:20 am.
run Report Page AS.
Evening star., 1946-12-21

(Sec POSTAL PAY. Page A-4D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
A Turn for the Better

slight break in the deadlock over atomic energy troa deadlock essentially Russo-Amerlcan-ls visible the meetings of Committee of the Atomic Energy Con- mission at Lake Success The break with the com
 ttee decision postpone political discussion for the en and concentrate factndng Then followed the entation of Russian plan by Prof. s. F. Alexandrov.
 Professor Aexandrov started at the beginning with his proposal of world inventory of uranium deposltsknoW probable and possible The Soviet scientist would also gather information methods and efficiency mining milling the Thus international control would begin with detailed knowledge of actual and potential uranium deposits the probable amount of metal that could be produced from them.
 Any evidence of the Soviet governments desire for ment and cooperation is encouraging But there is little more encouragement to be found at the moment For the Aexandrov pan while it appears entirely sensible scarcely brings discussion the threshold of the real difficulties
 The first of these is the American proposal for inter- national inspection of atomic energy plants Russia has been dead set against that since first introduced and shows sign of budgng The Russian view that this n spection would be violation of sovereignty The Russian couneproposa is the rather naive o national nspec ton.
 Some consider that the Soviet stand reflects the Moscow governments unwngness open it's gates to outsiders who might pick up industrial and military knowledge which the government wants kept secret Others feel that Mos COW fears the possibility that outsiders might mplant dangerous political economic ideas in Russian minds Neither speculation seems illogical.
 At any rate, the Russian alternative to international inspection simply genteman agreement by all nations that none will manufacture atomic This is all very gallant and trusting but scarcely comforting guarantee of the worlds safety from so terrible weapon as the atom bomb Gentemens agreements have notorlously poor record for preventing wars in the past.
 Beyond the deadlock of inspection lies the barrier of the veto Here Russia is adamant in refusing sugges ton modification such the American plan contains
 In short the Russian plan for atomic energy control offers beautiful setup any nation already possessing atomic bomb and splendid chance for other nations to go ahead with research the Beyond national of honor and oohles treaty country could pro duce bombs without official outside interference, and any one of the Big Five found producing them could veto action against it.
 These differences must be faced and settled when the inevitable discussion of politics is resumed Nevertheless it is hearenng the Soviet government making posi- tive gesture toward their solution It denotes change in the toofamiar peulant attitude And such change must precede any real progress toward solving the whole great problem of world peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
What COP Policy?
y Thomas Stokes

But some alphabetical agencies have been most help- ful in protecting the public interest in many ways and the people know that.
 What alphabetical agencies, Joe?
 It's easy enough, too to talk about handing things back to the states The Federal Government took over some functions essential to the public wefare-and by act of Congress-because states neglected them.
 What would so back to the states, Joe?
 And unnecessary activtes"2 what does that mean? Joe knows and those of who have covered Congress for years know, that it's easy to kill useful functions by clubbing them unnecessary activities It's easier still to kill them in the of economy" by withholding appropriations and starving them out.
 That last is the way Congress can kill-as it often has restricted-Such things as public power can hamstring the operation of agencies, such as SEC charged with protecting investors and checking speculation; the Federal Trade Commission charged With preventing unfair business practices the Anti Trust Division of the Justice Department charged with preventing monopoly among many others Its familiar device
 And what about many measures now pending for the security and welfare of the people? Expansion of Social Security the medical and health bill the Mis- souri Valley Authority, the housing bill, among others.
 Joe said not word about any of them. Perhaps that's too much to expect in political speech and before election Joe has called together for the last two weeks In November the numerous special con- mittees of Republicans which have been studying national problems for the last two years Their re- ports will be laid before all Republican emberselect in conferences in December so that a party program an be formulated for Congress's opening in January
 The big question is:
 'Is the Republican Party going to remain staaic2"
 Say 1t isn't so, Joe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
by Peter EdSon

The manual is really perfect companion with which to be cast away on desert lsand-particlarly if there natives who need to be made politically conscious It tells more things.
 Under the tab marked Finance" it says, "To get from 800 to 600 persons to fund-raiSng) dinner, it's necessary to invite 5000"
 Under the Organization" tab there sub- heads "The Baby KSser," Organization Megalo- mania, and Seats Are Hard" This last explains that political rally should last than three hours section Musical Political Action" tells how to direct singing and gives couple of samples To the tune of Little Brown Jug" sing:
 Some of us need doctors care,
 Shoes worn out and cupboard bare.
 If we don't get some bread and meat,
 You won't warm the congressional seat.
 Under the "Personner tab the manual tells you now to card index file everythng-candi- dates voting records issues voters-and how to make a map of your ward precinct with chart on the "socio-economic status of the population" Ask any boss what that means.
 The section that tells you how to write political speech says, If your own man has his imperfectons, is it better to admit them? The answer is Nov"
 There sections the Hatch Act and the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, to tell amateur po- ticians how to stay out of jail As you can see they haven't forgotten thing
 In addition to telling how to write speeches, 1t tells how to write ads posters pamphlets radio scripts and plays and buy advertising space and radio tme well what all the printing processes are
 Under Tissues" it tells how bills become laws and how to write your congressman It says you should always follow Emily Post and address him as My dear Congressman" You big bum" is out
 It tells how to get personally acquainted with congressman by making date by catching him as catch-can if he tries to tell you he's busy and evades you.
 The last paragraph of the manual tells how to challenge your congressman with signs, automobile parades and sound trucks with such lines as: Come on out. John. Come on out and explain to your peo- pe Tell them why you voted to smash price control"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30-Since it appears the Republicans going to win the House in the forth coming election it is only natural that many people are asking:
 What is the party going to do with its responsi- blity? What is its program?
 The only person who has tried to answer that Is Rep. Joe Martin CMass), Republican House leader He's proper spokesman because he'll be speaker if Republicans capture the House But he replied vaguely on some points in his recent speech at Providence. He overlooked lot of others.
 According to Joe, Republicans are going to do something about "the sprawing, overgrown bureauc- racy." They also are going to do something about by taking Joe puts it, the meddling hand of the subversionsts and petty political despots out of the Kitchens of America; out of the farm homes Of America; out of the grocery stores; the filling sta tions; the factories and the mills, large and small
 They going to stop all those questonnares and "don'ts" that have debeviled people. They are going to do something to restore under absolute fairness harmony between labor and management" !" They are going to cut taxes. They plan to balance the budget
 Also, they going to see how the alphabetical agencies be reduced and going ito study the extra-governmental functions which the administra- ton has wrested from the states the counties and the citizen and find out how many of them inn mediately be returned to the people with a sequent great saving to the taxpayer Said Joe: we ties but do intend most decisively and quickly to crtal unnecessary and wuasteful activities"
 Now all that last is important. Joe is very vague It would help if he would be more specific between now and Nov. 5.
 It is easy enough, for example, to talk glibl, about the alphabetical agencies" They have been good for 8 crack from the stump for long time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
THE PRESIDENTS OPTIMISM
(New York Herald Tribunel

(New York Herald Tribune)
 The President has declared that there will be no coal strike. But the interchange of telegrams be- tween the Secretary of the Interior and MT. John L. Lewis, and more particularly MT. Krug's plain inti- nation through spokesman that the government has not surrendered to Lewis's demands for new con- tract, hardly provide proper Springboard for such optimism. To be sure, Lewis has dropped his in- sistence that MT. Krug return to Washington and confer with him on Friday, or else, and has agreed to confer with Captain N. H. Colis- son, Federal Coal Mines Admins trator, instead. But there is little in all this to suggest that either side has retreated from its original stand, the one that the Krug-Lewis contract is now null and void, the other that it remains binding dur ing the period of government op- eration" of the mines. On the face of it, therefore, though the immedi- ate crisis, so close to Election Day, appears to have been averted, the chance of a strike later on is still with us.
 Three possible explanations of MT. Truman's categorical prediction come to mind. One, and the least worthy and hence the least credible, is that he found it expedient, what ever the subsequent developments, as a means of influencing the elec- tion returns. Another is that he in- tends in the end to let Lewis have his new contract, Mi. Krug's deter imitation notwithstanding, and thus precipitating, it may be MT. Krug' S resignation. And a third is that he foresees an acceptable compromise by which Lewis gets his new con- tract in substance but not in name, or, in other words, face-sav1ng surrender.
 Which is to say that regardless of MT. Truman's traditional cheerful ness, we very much fear there is grief ahead in the form of strike or in that of the governments hu- initiation. Neither alternative will be easy to take.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
Views of the Press

to capture the new high prices.
 The farmers have no idea that prices will remain as high as the sudden new free market has made them. When a newspaper reporter went out to interview them as they waited in long caravans to unload their livestock, he received pretty much the same comment, These prices can't last"
 There will be flood of livestock while prices remain at their present levels. But that very influx of cattle and hogs will tend to offer buyers a field for competition. It is now a sellers market. Presently it will be- come buyers market which should reverse the price trends.
 There is an important responsibil- ity on the. part of all persons who buy meat. The American housewife can become powerful factor against inf1ationary excesses by just refusing to go along with the unreasonable costs of meat. At first there will be hunger for this food. Soon that ap- petite will become moderated. De- mand will automatically level of in favor of careful buying.
 The return of meat to the retail shops in not many days should also have a moderating effect on the prices of fish and poultry. The ab- sence of meat had driven demand to these uncontrolled foods thus driv- ing their prices even higher.
 For the next several days, meat prices may be unreasonably high. The longer view warrants belief that substantial supplies and consumer resistance will produce a situation which will justify the removal of controls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
Guide to Politics

WASHINGTON, Oct 3o-(NEA)-The CLO. Po- ltical Action Committee has published book It isn't book, exactly. It's a loose-leaf binder that looks like machinery salesmans catalogue. and it's called Manual of Practical Political Action" It measures nine inches by IT, and it weighs pound and eleven ounces, net.
 It is index-tabbed the far side, and you your thumb down the chapter tabs till you come to something that looks like Jack Horner'S plum then dig in while yelling What good boy am II"
 No foolin' this is the works. It reduces political pressure to the exact science of saesmanShip No more reliance on Old Glory, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson, Bunker Hill, San Juan HiN hill of beans They aren't mentioned
 In their places are graphs, charts forms cartoons picture stories, dramatic presentations, eye appeal ear appeal, sex appeal The whole thing is modern, streamline handler than woman's purse and just change mirrors of public opinion and assorted red smears smells and whitenin.
 Page one, under "How to Use This Manual" says This manual will be cumulative" That is, as political action technques developed supple ments will be mailed out and you can insert them where they belong P.A.C. salesmen will then know how to sell the new lynes dynamically.
 Why don't the Republicans and Democrats think up things like this? The idea of loosesheaf political platform is certainly something the major parties could When one issue becomes worn out-like meat price control for nstance-you simply tear the issue you don't like and put in a new
 They may laugh when you sit down at the political piano. but at this point it would probably be just well to explain that the manual for this home laboratory course on You Too Can Be Politician" will cost you three dollars The price of later lessons is not given.
 Editors of the work are Lew Franks and Ralph Shikes, with the collaboration of dozen political action specialists Franks Is the smart young Detroit advertising man who first thought up P.A.C's Col lege of Political Knowledge shikes is PAC. di- rector of information.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
A Motto For Today

new phrase has crept into the American vocabulary in the past year. It is cautous optmsm and applied exclusively the state of mind of public servants who engaged in the delicate business of putting the hardwon peace a sound and stable footing
 Cautious optimism may not be thing It may be the emotion felt by bridge player who has just bid slam and needs pull off al-imporant fnesse to make it. Or it may be the feeling of in poker game with hole card paired and suspicion that the persistent raiser next to him is blufing.
 If those definitions correct then cautious optimism mixture of hope and uncertainty The term implies no lack of courage only prudence It the caution not the optimism, which is hestant
 is probably well that have public servants whose sentiments have given rise to this phrase For it seems that the sentiments of the American people masse are not of cautious variety at least not where the matter or a sound and stable peace is concerned.
 It sometimes appears that the majority opinion on hls subject is of profoundly pessimisc nature There great deal of talk about inevitable atomic war With us sa. smaller group equally pessmistlc, suspects an conspiracy of trying encrce Russia and goad her into
 of population just doesn't give the matter much thought way the other
 So diplomatic forecasts of cautious optimism have doubtless served safety valve when affairs didn't quite work out hoped Had the public servants forth with bubbg to the London foreign ministers confer last Fa let say, the actual results might have evoked reaction which would have badly shaken public faith in leadership
 The trend of recent events however makes that diplomats may be able to put lighter emphasis on the caution from At least Russia, which caused the temperng of confidence with caution in the first place. has shown herself somewhat ractabe of ate She hasn't tipped over the appecart in the LIN Security Council and her representative at the Paris conference hasn't been quite the testy Molotov of other meetings.
 It is still impossible foreel which way the Russian bear will jump But in the brief history of postwar efforts crisis has off quite badly most people anticipated
 So, perhaps, ordinary citizens might take motto from the diplomats not fatering in our determination to reaa the safe plateau of waress world but proceeding cautiously up the rugged path where one bad slip can mean disaster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
THAT'S HAY
(New Haven Journal-Cor,rier

(New Haven Journal Courier
 The phenomenon of 2,000 head of elk hemmed in an immense draw in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyom- ing by barrier of snow would have provided unlimited hunting, or kill ing, for some Elk Bill" in bygone days. But the descent of hundreds of gunners upon the herd brought action by game authorities to des- ignate the area as out-of- bounds for the nimrods.
 The elk have been saved from an- initiation by man, but the problem of feed to prevent them from starv- ing during the long Winter is man-sized one. The stack of hay 2,OO0 elk could decimate in one week would be amazing. And at current quotations hay can no longer be referred to disparagingly as in the crack once widely heard, that ain't hay"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
A Thought for Today

the king said unto him, How times shall adjue thee nothing but that which in the name the Inrd9-T