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Evening star., 1946-01-11
Foley Urges Builders
To Aim for Middle
Market Homes in '46

Edward r. Carr was elected presi-
dent Of the Home Builders Associ-
alton of Metropolitan Washington
at a dinner meeting last night in
the Statler Hotel at which Raymond
M. Foley, commissioner of the Fed
eral Housing Administration, urged
builders to aim for the middle
market" in their 1916 building pro-
gram.
Elected vice president was Donal
L. Chamberlin. Directors chosen
We're j. Garrett Bethel, Lewis T.
Breuninger, Myron Dayy, Frank S..
Phillips, Monroe Warren and Pres
ton E. Wire, for two-year terms.
Morris Cafritz, retiring president,
was elected to replace Mr.. Chamber
lin as director.
Members of the advisory board
elected were Wilfred H. Blanz, JOS
eph H. Deckman, Henry w. Heine,
w. Russell Lamar, F. Moran Nc
Conihe, Claud w. owen and Joseph
Richards, sr. =
Mr.. Foley, in pointing to the S10,-I
WV oSo "a viz tOp 4lll4l1 1OI NSLcTd1lS
preference housing under the Gov
ernment's priority aid system,
warned that builders and the Gov
ernment will face a barrage of
criticism" if the great majority of
applications are for dwellings to be
sold at the maximum price.
The FILA commissioner explained
that under the new priority pro-
gram beginning next Tuesday FHA
will not assume the role of a price
flxer." But he pointed out that the
agency will keep close telegraphic
check on the number of priority
applications filed throughout the
country and hinted that in ecase
there is 'heavy oversubScription"
in the first quarter of the year, the
program may be endangered.
This program" Mr.. Foley said,
sis a challenge to the ability of
private enterprise to cooperate in
the public interest and in the in
terest of communities and veterans.
1t won't work unless we work to-
gether to see that critical materials
are used in the channels where thev
are needed. But I think it will work
SUCCESSFULLY
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Philadelphia Facing
Transit Strike Feb. II

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11.-Phila-
delphia faces transit strike unless
the Philadelphia Transportation
Co. recedes from it's stubborn posi-
ton before February H." says Joseph
B. Dougherty, president of the
Transport Workers Union (CIO)
local.
The strike warning followed COL
lapse of contract negotiations.
Mr.. Dougherty said Charles Ebert,
PIC president, ended negotiations
when he advised us he would not
approve the wages, hours or work.
ing conditions to the extent of one
single penny"
Mr.. Dougherty said the union
which represents 10000 workers
seeks a s2a-day pay boost, an ade-
ouate pension plan and union
shop.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
COP House Winner
BY RayAond MoIey

great damage to Senator Harley M Kill
gore and his associated Democratic
House members from West Virginia,
which now has one Republican Com
gresham. 1t will probably have two in
the next Congress.
Kentucky is in turmoil The Senate
contest is neck and neck: Three Demo-
cratic seats are in danger. A conser-
vative guess is that its present lone Re-
publican Congressman will be Joined by
another.
For 10 years or more Delaware has
elected Republican Congressman. ex-
cept when Roosevelt was running. This
is the year for Republican.
And now this reporter must pause
for short meal of words. In previous
article the reader was advised to skip
Nevada because 1t looked as II the
Democrats would keep the House seat.
More information has come in which
suggests that something is happening
out there. The House seat will prob
ably go Republican, and the Democrats
will keep the senatorship.
With six States in the West and Mid
west to be considered, the tally at this
point is 202 Republican House members.
For the benefit of those who wish to
anticipate the final roundup Of House
seats it should be added that the States
still to be reported upon are Missouri,
Oklahoma, New Mexico, California,
Idaho and Washington. Those States
now have Is Republican Congressman.
That means that without any gains the
Republicans in this survey now have
220 seats-two more than they need.
But there will be some further gains in
the States to be considered.
(North American Newspapsr Alliances
Evening star., 1946-10-28

NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-In the pre-
ceding articles in this series, 81 Of the
48 States were considered. Those States
stand to elect IA Republican members
of the House. The remaining IL States
present varying degrees OF uncertainty,
but in five of them trends and probable
tiles are becoming more clearly defined.
In New York, indications are multi
plying that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey is
going to be elected by = very large
majority. Senator James M. Mead.
Dewey's opponent, Is not catching on.
People don't seem to take him seriously.
On the other hand, 1t seems to be recQg-
nized on all sides that Dewey has been
an efficient Governor. Moreover, he has
deeply impressed minority racial groups.
He may even win New York City. A
Dewey victory by the majority now
probable would take five congressional
seats from the Democrats. One OF these
is the Rochester district; two are in
queens Borough; one is in the Bronx
and one in Manhattan. That would pro-
vide the Republicans with n seats from
the Empire State.
00V. CuWdiu Mhl NA 10 60aAS w bS0e
Senator Joseph F. Guffey in Penn.
sylvania by whacking majority. That
will win three Philadelphia districts and
three elsewhere In the State and means
Is Republicans from the Keystone State.
Besides, John L. Lewis Is moving against
the Government, with November as
the day OF omen. That may further
affect the Pennsylvania vote.
1851
1t certainly will have repercussions in
West Virginia and Kentucky. and Lewis,
as Republican, may well let the coal
scuttls hit whom Il may. II may do
Evening star., 1946-10-28
This Changing World
Rv COnsfanfine Bro,On

she was hired by the State Department
to accompany the Ambassador to War
saw.
All efforts of American officials to
see her after her incarceration were Of
no avail, until Ambassador Lane him
self demanded to be allowed to visit
her. This request was granted but when
the Ambassador went to the jail the
guards refused to allow him to talk to
her because they could not understand
English. An interpreter was provided
and although both the visitor and the
arrested person spoke the same Ian
guage, Miss Dniochowsky had to answer
in Polish the English questions of her
superior. This little comedy angle in it
self is of little consequence but the fact
that the Polish government arrested an
American citizen member Of the En-
bassy staff is seriohs. ..
Until last week she was not permitted
to secure the services of an attorney
because, the Polish authorities said, her
indictment had not been completed. 1t
is said that the Polish state secret po-
lice, which operate under the control of
the Russian NKVD, accuse her of hav-
ing provided weapons and ammunition
to the antigoyernment terrorist bands
which are still roaming the country.
X
There is no doubt that the under
ground forces which oppose the Beirut
government are as active as they were
during the years of resistance to Nazi
domination. But members of the Ameri-
can Embassy scoff at the idea that a
woman secretary who lived in Warsaw
could, have provided or helped provide
the underground with the tens of
thousands of rifles, tommy guns and
machine guns which this rebel force re-
quires.
Ambassador Lane has had an even
more difficult time in Poland than his
colleagues in Bulgaria, Romania, Hun
gary and Yugoslavia. He AID his asso-
ciates, regardless of rank and position,
are carefully watched and followed by
the Polish NKVD. His naval attache,
Col. Andrew Wylie of the Marine Corps,
disappeared last year under mysterious
circumstances which have not yet been
satisfactorily cleared. Life in Warsaw,
which is difficult under the best cir
cumstances, is made even more difficult
by the actions of the government to
which he Is accredited. Customary
courtesies are given him reluctantly.
His telephones are tapped and he has
discovered on many occasions micro
phones in his quarters and in the En-
bassy's offices.
In spite of these difficulties he will
return to Poland in an endeavor to re-
port truthfully to the Government about
the manner in which the Beirut govern
ment intends to fulfill the obligations
it assumed after the Yalta Conference
which brought it conditionally into
being.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Strategic AIosko

The vital Importance of Alaska in
our defense picture was emphasized
from what may be termed the
naval-Pacific angle in statement
recently made at Honolulu by Ad-
miral John H. Towers. Pacific fleet
commander, just returned to his
headquarters from conferences with
top Navy officers in Washington.
What Admiral Towers had to say
rounds out recent statements bv
Army and Air Force spokesmen con-
cerning Alaska's Importance in plans
for defense against potential attacks
coming from the Arctic. Taken to-
gether, they form a balanced stra-
tegic evaluation.
The territory OF Alaska, with its
enormous area of nearly 100000
square miles, virtually as large as all
the area east of the Mississippi
River, is one of the great empty
quarters of the earth, its population
in 1910 being only $4,000. of which
$4,000 were whites, the balance
being Indians and Eskimo.
Previous to the late war, Alaska
lay practically defenseless. This ex-
posed it to Japanese attack, which
materialized in the seizure of Attu,
outermost of the long Aleutian Is
land chain which. with It's base, the
Alaskan Peninsula, juts out nearly
1000 miles from the Alaskan land
mass three-fourths of the way to
the Kamchatkan Peninsula of Rus
sian Siberia. More extensive Japa-
nese attacks might have followed If
japanese sea power had not received
a body blow through our naval-air
victory at Midway in the summer OF
1942. During the war our recovery
of Attu was made possible by the
building of number of military,
naval and air bases in the Aleutians,
while the Alaskan mainland was
connected for the first time by
highway overland through North
western Canada.
The defense plan to which Adj
miral Towers refers contemplates
further strengthening of those war
time bases in the Aleutians and the
Alaskan mainland, placing them on
a permanent footing, and keying
them into the wider defense system
embracing the entire North and
Central Pacific Ocean. That Pacific
system, in turn. will be integrated
with the Arctic defense system now
being elaborated through Joint plan-
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Buuqh's Bobble

If such thing Is conceivable,
disconsolate Sammy Bapgh is taking
worse beating today from the
Monday morning quarterbecks than
he took from the Philadelphia
Eagles in the second half Of that
unSpeakable disaster at Griffith
Stadium yesterday afternoon.
The essential details, which un-
fortunately have to be mentioned,
may be summed up as follows: The
Eagles were as hot as a five-alarm
fire. They had scored three touch
downs and kicked goal each time
after going into the second half
trailing, "a to 0. Using what
amounted to an eight-man line, they
had wrecked the Redskins offense
and were rushing Sammy so hard
that it was dangerous for him even
to put his hands on the ball. Then
came the climactic moment. With
two minutes and SIS seconds to play,
the Redskins had the ball on their
own 40-yard line. 1t was fourth
down and yard to go. So 1t was
up to Mr.. Baugh-presumably there
was no coaching from the bench
to decide whether to kick and let
those rampaging Eagles get the ball,
or to gamble on making the yard.
He gambled and lost. The Eagles
took over and Immediately scored
the winning touchdown.
= So Sammy is in the doghouSe and
the "it-might-have- been" boys are
having a field day. Possibly the
latter are right, for second -guessers
are hardly ever wrong. But for what
1t is worth-and 1t is worth very
little-this department casts one
vote for Mr.. Baugh. From the edi-
torial point of view, well up in the
grandstand, anything seemed worth
trying at the critical moment to
keep Mr.. Tommy Thompson and his
fellow Eagles from getting another
chance to throw that ball.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

Sweden because Of others who had tried
to test the one world theory there.
These had been 167 Latvians, Estonlans
and Lithuanians, who, forcibly drafted
into the German army had deserted,
and fed to Sweden in uniforms, where
they were interned. The new manager
who had taken the old Baltic range over
wanted them back.
But from what they knew of the last
two managements at home they pre-
ferred the relative freedom and security
Of Swedish internment camp. When
the U. S. S. r. threatened to cut off
Swedens coal supply and looked plenty
mean, they were told to depart, where
upon several chose to 60 to a far, far
better one world and killed themselves
while the rest went on hunger strike
until delivered to hospitals. Then the
Swedish government demurred they
were too i'll to move. and the Soviets
solicitously sent a hospital ship in
which they were transported to Riga,
where they were publicly hanged as a
lesson that a forcibly inducted soldier
is a collaboration, and emigration a
crime.
These other ESLOnianS took note ana
departed in their little boats. So here
they are, national problem. since none
is an expert on A-bombs and President
Truman has done a most radical and
remarkable thing, because it is reason
able and decent. in suggesting some
measure be adopted to allow them 70
live.
There are half dozen countries In
the United Nations with less population
than that of the concentration camps
in the British, French and American
European zones, whose only crime" is
to have scratched off the brand-mark
of nativity. These mavericks have
dared test the theory of one world by
refusing allegiance to the governors of
the specific compartment wherein born.
One would think that the rejected gov
ernments would say good riddance, but
no. Everything is complicated by the
fact that they demand their unwilling
brothers back, to be put in the properly
located concentration camp, or grave.
For If we cannot live in the proper COM
,partment of one world, we can at least
be buried in it.
Oh, they must think, for the life OF
swallow!-which no one ever promised
freedom from want or fear. but which
+. has the first freedom: Freedom to move
and change!
AS it is those humans who have tested
the one world theory in practice are
looking for another planet.
3 released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1946-10-28
No Such Intent

Representative Hebert's letter to
Secretary of War Patterson gets to
the heart of the question controlling
the claim of four Yugoslay flyers
to American citizenship-namely,
whether Congress intended to raise
a technical barrier to their appli-
cation.
The Yugoslavs were denied citi-
zenship in District Court last week.
1t does not appear that the court
could have done otherwise for
Congress, in drafting the applicable
statute, had extended the privilege
of citizenship to aliens inducted or
enlisted in the armed services of
this country 'in the United States"
1t happens that the flyers In ques-
ton were commissioned in the
armed services in Italy. This cir
cumstance should not operate to
their prejudice, however, because
they were commissioned in Italy
rather than in the United. States
for the very good reason that the
war was being fought there and
they were playing valiant part in
the fighting.
Presumably, Congress extended
the privilege of citizenship to
eligible aliens as reward for their
services to this country. If this is
so it would be gross injustice to
deny citizenship to these men
because of a technicality. They
came to the United States as mem
bers of a contingent of flyers sent
overseas by General Mihailovich
for advanced training. Almost half
of the original group were killed in
action, and the four survivors now
in question fought with great
distinction. As "Mihailovich men"
they face the danger of being shot
if sent back to Yugoslavia-just as
General Mihailovich was shot by
the Tito regime after Marshal Tito,
the present dictator of ,Yugoslavia,
had been pushed into power by the
Russians
Representative Hebert, contend
ing that Congress never intended
any such result, has asked Mr..
Patterson to keep the Yugoslav
flyers in their present status as
members of our armed forces until
he can introduce a bill in the next
Congress to extend citizenship to
them. In this way it would, be
possible to refrain from deporting
the flyers until there can be clear
expression of congressional intent
with respect to their case. Ordinarily
there might be question as to the
desirability of special legislation
such as Mr.. Hebert proposes, but
in this instance it is not only
desirable but essential il there is
not to be a shameful miscarriage of
justice. It is to be hoped that Mr..
Patterson will find way to comply
with the request from the Louisiana
Congressman.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Accusations Indorsed


To the Editor Of The Star:
In your editorial in The Star of Octo-
ber "a, speaking of O. John Rogge's
accusations, you said, Perhaps all this
is true, but what is the point of it?"
believe 1t is to inform Americans to
keep the record straight, and to clear
up confusion. Americans well informed
might talk less think more and act
wisely for the best interests of the
United States Of America.
If the Germans were preparing for
war over period of years and spending
huge sums of money in our country,
wasn't it only natural for them to spend
their money to best advantage, that is,
to back individuals and organizations
to gain their objective-to keep the
United States out of the war?
Isn't 1t possible that well-meaning
Americans and American organizations
were helping Germany without realizing
it?
I do not resent Mr. Rogge's accusa-
tions j. H.
NIB. use the term Germans purpose
ly, for am OF the opinion that war
was being planned in Germany before
the Nazis came into power. / formed
that opinion while living abroad 1929
1930). j. H.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
Who Can Doubt?

To the Editor Of The STAR:
You recently commented editorially
on Professor e. Newton Harvey's predic-
tion that, due to improved methods
and TOOLS" we would know, in the rela-
tive near future, how proteins are
synthesized and how they seem, some
how. to reproduce themselves, i.e., the
secret of the origin of life.
You asked whether he imam really
will know, not only all there is to know
about how the protein came to be, but
what, aeons ago, called something out
of nothing and gave it shape and made
it breathe.
Let me say that I believe this un-
answered question constitutes estoppel
to all claims. hopes or predictions that
improved methods and tools will dis
close the Great Creator, the Author of
our being. But who, may We not in
quire, can view the wonders of Nature,
glimpse the power that holds the stars
in their course, and doubt that He Is?
WILBUR H. CLOSE.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
This and That
By Charles E. Trace,pell.
"TAKOMA PARK.


Dear sir:
Recently saw marvelously beau
tiful tiny bird in our shrubbery. He
was greeniSh. with bitsof red on the
crown of his head. What attracted my
attention to him was his way of flip
ping beneath leaves, going out of sight
instantly and appearing as suddenly.
That bird was SO different from all
the others I have seen that would
like to know what it is. looked
through my books, but could not
identify it. have seen 1t several times
since, and always it is marvellous.
Yours sincerely, M. L."
+ r
This bird was the ruby-crowned
kinglet.
The species comes here from the
North for the winter. We are, In other
words, South for it,
There is an elfin, porcelain quality
about the kinglet, setting it apart from
all except its cousin, the golden
crowned kinglet. The latter is not such
a frequent visitor
Rhododerdrons are peculiar favorites
OF the ruby crowned kinglet.
The thick leaves afford the little fel-
Then it can lose itself instantly from
leaf to leaf
This is performance that must be
seen to be believed.
One moment the bird is In plain sight,
the next 1t Is gone
All it has done is lower itself beneath
leaf with twist and turn quicker
than the eye can follow.
Here is a magician in little, BETTING
his scientific name, Regulus, or little
king"
A king he is of the underbrush He
seeks insects, very little ones, and small
eggs OF larger insects.
In this manner he is q desired guest.
doing antiseptic work on shrubbery and
in trees. There is no time of the day.
light he is not helping mankind.
He is part of the group of kinglets and
gnatcatchers.
Called little king because of his ver-
million red crown he mostly conceals
this distinctive feature except when
fighting or showing of for some lady
friend
The crown, however, is easily seen If
one is close enough
That is why there is no substitute for
foundation planting in a sensible per-
sons garden. 1t would be very much
worth while If for no other reason than
to provide good stage of this little bird.
At close range he suffers nothing at
all-he is even more beautiful than at
a distance, something which cannot be
said for all birds, any more than for all
people.
He is perfection in feathers. No more
than half an inch longer than four
inches, he is, therefore, shorter than the
chicka6ee.
Despite his size and perfection, he
neither looks nor acts fragile.
He loves the cold, the snow and ice
Most of his kind remain in New Eng
land, where severe winters are the rule
In Springtime the ruby throat is
renowned musician, much more SO than
his cousin, the golden-crown.
Both of these birds are sometimes
confused with wrens in popular nomen-
clature, which is SO often wrong. Ruby
crowned wren," and golden crowned
wren" they are called by those not par
ticularly concerned with accuracy.
They are not wrens, and do not look
like wrens, except, of course, they are
very small. But SO are many other
species.
The ruby-crowned kinglet is well
worth looking for. No one can guar
antee that he will be seen. but when
he is, he is always thill for the OBJ
server, proving again that beauty often
comes In small packages.
Evening star., 1946-10-28
'PopuIorizing' Shakespeare

Following close upon the success
of Laurence Olivier's film production
of Henry "" another company has
submitted for London audiences
consideration a "simplified" motion
picture version of "Othello" which
seemingly has been no more en-
Enthusiastically received than it de-
served The former creation repre-
sented as much investment as an
average musical movie; the latter,
in effect, was starved to death a.
borning. In defense of their abbre-
waited and devitalized conception,
the sponsors of the second offering
explain that their "object" was to
''popularize Shakespeare" for "the
general public"
But such a view omits considera-
ton of the essential character of
"Othello." AS it's author saw it, the
story of Desdemona and the jealous
Moor was as magnificent as any of
his chronicle" enterprises The
atmosphere of the play is that of the
colorful italian Renaissance. 1t
would be difficult to imagine
grander background. The wealth,
the social position, the cultivation
of all the characters combiae to
make a scene as majestic as royalty
itself Even the wicked villain Iago
talks like a veritable lord of language
from first to last. Othello is a poet,
rising to sublime heights in his
address to the duke and the senators.
His final words are those of
a princely person. The brain and
the hand that shaped him never
meant that he should be demeaned,
divorced arbitrarily from his natural
environment. He is grotesquely out
of place when he is presented "ac-
cording to the strictest repertory
standards of economy" And when
the whole course of the script is cut
to only forty-five minutes running
time treason of sort is committed
against the text.
Yet that is what the Marylebone
company has done. The excuse put
forward for their trimming" is not
the defensible one of poverty. 1t is
"popularizing" that they say they
aim at. But Shakespeare already is
tho most notably popular of all
artists of the theater. He does not
need to be "simplified." On the
contrary, the experience of the
producers of the modern" version of
~othello" now is proving that he
b better left as he was in his own
fiay-a playwright working for a
stage OF obvious natural limitations