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Evening star., 1946-09-06

case to the Court Of Appeals, seeking
to have the injunction set aside
and final action in District Court
was stayed pending that appeal
The Government also appealed
seeking damages. These appeals
are yet to be acted on.
Meanwhile, Miss Van Der Loo
turned to the Emergency Court of
Appeals, seeking to have declared
invalid the price regulation under
which the District Court suit was
brought.
In its decision the emergency
court held it must accept the Dis
trict Courts Interpretation of this
enforcement case and said also that
it found nothing arbitrary or ca
pricious in the regulation as origi-
nally drawn"
Among Miss Van Der Loo's con-
tentions was one that the regulation
established prices during a base Pc
riod when she was selling some gar
ments below cost.
Attorney John L. Laskey, repre-
sentipg Miss Van Der Loo. said he
will appeal the emergency courts
decision to the Supreme Court.
To conserve available foodstuffs,
India has banned the export of pea
nuts.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
New Appeal Dismissed
In CIothing-S Shop Fight
Against 0PA CEILINGS

The United States Emergency
Court of Appeals yesterday after
noon dismissed a complaint through
which Miss 10 Van Der Loo, who
conducts a women's and misses
clothing shop in the 1700 block OF
Connecticut avenue NV, had
sought to have an OPA regulation
establishing ceiling prices on wom-
ems and children's clothing declared
invalid.
In suit filed in District Court in
July, 1945, the Office of Price Ad-
ministration sought as damages
three times alleged overcharges by
Miss Van Der Loo in the sale of
women's clothing. District Court,
however, found that she had acted
in good faith in the sales and de-
clined to award damages, but en-
joined her from violating ceiling
prices in the future.
Miss Van Der Loo carried this
Evening star., 1946-09-06
Annoying Fish Disrupts
Rail Telegraph Circuit
BY the Associoisd Press

ST. PAUL, Minn.-A fish out of
water can cause a lot of trouble
sometimes, says F. L. Steinbright,
superintendent of the Northern Pa
cific Railway Telegraph.
He said 9-inch bullhead lodged
on the crossarm of a 30-foot pole on
one of the railways telegraph cir
cults near Lombard, Mont, acted as
Evening star., 1946-09-06

conductor between a live wire and
a grounded wire, thus killing the
circuit.
He said the fish probably was
dropped by fishhawk or osprey.
Evening star., 1946-09-06
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Evening star., 1946-10-13
Druft Suspension

Suspension of the draft for the
remainder of the year may herald
the beginning of the end of the
Selective Service System of World
War II. Due to expire on March 81
next, the prospects of further ex-
tension will be slim indeed unless the
international situation takes de-
cided turn for the worse in the
meantime.
It was only by the narrowest of
margins that Congress voted to ap-
prove the current extension of the
law. Opponents of the legislation
argued that volunteer recruiting
would produce the million-man
Army sought by the War Depart
ment. General Eisenhower and
others, who insisted on continuance
of the draft, said they preferred
volunteer Army and would make
every possible effort to encourage
recruiting. But they pointed out,
very properly, that to rely wholly on
volunteer enliStments would be to
gamble with national security. Their
reasonable and prudent views finally
prevailed.
Whether the recruiting program
would have attained such satisfac-
tory results without extension of the
draft is hard to say. Military au-
thorities believe that the continuing
prospect of the draft has helped to
spur recruiting this summer. Higher
pay voted by the past Congress also
has attracted youths confronted
with the high cost of living. AS a
result, enlistments have been ex-
ceeding the military estimates. Dur
ing September enlistments were
more than double the expected en-
rollment.
If the present trend continues
there will be no need for further
draft calls either this year or next.
The War Department is reserving
the right, however, to invoke selec-
tive service whenever a need for it
should arise. On the basis of the
success already achieved in the re-
cruiting program, it would be diff
cult to convince Congress that any
further extensions of the draft law
will be necessary. The probability
is that the War Department will
have its hands full trying to con-
vince Congress of the need for uni
versal military training This is a
program which in itself may be con-
sidered as a successor to selective
service. Whatever the fate of the
draft, our peacetime preparedness
program would not be complete
without adequate military training
opportunities for those who may be
called to their country's defense in
another emergency. So.
Evening star., 1946-10-13
Not Yet Safe

Although acquitted by the Inter-
national Military Tribunal at Nuern-
berg, Hjalmsr Schacht, Franz von
Papen and Hans Fritsche will be
lucky indeed If they escape being
heavily punished by the German
people acting through German
courts under German law.
The nature of the final charges to
be filed is not yet entirely clear. but
German officials in the American
zone have announced that they
would like to try Papen as a traitor
and that Schacht and F'ritsche will
be tried at least for having been
leading Nazis" All three thus face
thet prospect of severe penalties
possibly even death, should the Al
lied Control Council permit the res
toration of Germanys old treason
laws.
There appears to be no legal doubt
about the right of the German au-
thorities to try these men on certain
charges other than those involved
in their acquittal at Nuremberg
common conspiracy, crimes against
peace, war crimes and crimes against
humanity. If their own people now
try them on different grounds, the
question OF double jeopardy would
seem to be irrelevant In any case,
American occupation authorities ap-
parently have taken the view that
the future of the three is matter
to be settled by the Germans them
selves, as long as they settle it inan
orderly fashion under their present
laws.
In the proceedings to date, the
only step that has been challenged
is the arrest of Schacht, the objec-
ton to this being that it violates
Germany's denazification law, which
provides-by precedent at least
that the accused are not to be
taken into custody until convicted
after fair trial. Otherwise, there
appears to be no serious op-
position, among either the Allied
occupation authorities or the Ger
mans themselves, to instituting ac-
ton against the three men.
Accordingly. irrespective of theira
good fortune at Nuremberg, Schacht,
Papen and Fritsche cannot yet feel
safe. One or another of them con-
ceivably may have to pay traitors
penalty, or if they are convicted as
leading Nazis" they may be impris-
oned for as long as ten years and
lose all their property and other
rights. Their own countrymen will
decide their fate: at the moment
it is a fate that promises to be
anything but bright.
Evening star., 1946-10-13

economy between itself and the
several countries making up this
part of the world.
Politically and economically. in
short, the Russians want the iron
curtain" to stand. With their Slav
associates, therefore, they have voted
against another of the. measures
that could do much to effect friend
lier relations between them and us,
just as they have done on other
grave questions, such as Trieste.
They want an alright sphere of
influence, apparently feeling that
full cooperation between their
world and ours would do them more
harm than good. It is an attitude
that augurs poorly for the peace.
Evening star., 1946-10-13
Postwar filters
By the Rev John Bailey Kelly, D. D..
Pastor OF the GeoroetoUn PRESBYTERIAN Church.

as we'll as in society. The true de-
mocracy is composed Of rfght-think-
ing men. Their sense of justice and
their fairness will make possible
world at peace. William Allen White,
in his recently published autobiog-
raphy, remarks that there can be no
permanent peace without justice, and
he is right. For this reason Jesus
devoted himself to holding up moral
standard that never has been equaled
or surpassed, and which we call the
Christian ethic. If only men would
accept it and live by it we could have
a better world.
The third element in the thinking
of Jesus is His faith in man. He sees
him as the child of God and believes
in his divine destiny. He conceives
world In which men are brothers
and treat each other as such. Need
less to say, If this ideal could be
realized, our personal. national and
international conflicts soon would
subside and the Golden Age" glori-
ously would be ushered in. Too many
Of us cannot see the wood for the,
trees. Like Peter attempting to walk
upon the sea, our eyes are upon the
waves which are very boisterous
rather than upon the Lord who is
Interchangeable and steadfast. Instead
Of giving way to hate, jealousies and
suspicious we do we'll to cultivate the
tolerance and generosity that were in
this great Son of Man.
Back of all these characteristics of
the mind of the Master, we sense an
unfailing and omnipresent spiritual
awareness. 1t is this that makes
him great and that would counteract,
If we could acquire it, much of the
Grass materialism and sordidness of
our present common life. Jesus
knows the source of all right living
and right thinking. 1t is in the Eter-
nal God who is not far off, imper-
sonal and unrelated to the sons of
men. CLOSER is He than breathing,
nearer than hands or feet" In faith
and fellowship with Him we find the
springs of moral conduct. Let this
mind be in you which was also in
Christ Jesus"
Evening star., 1946-10-13
j EVERYBODY Get Behind 1t

Election day, November S, can
mean something to Washingtonians
after all.
We can get out and vote, too. We
can build our own ballot boxes. We
can leave the sidelines, while every
, body else in the country is voting,
and get in the game ourselves. We
can make demonstration here, on
election day, that will call to the
attention of our fellow-Americans
the most glaring contradiction of
American principles that exists any,
where in America.
We can do all this, and more, too,
If we all get behind the Board of
Trades plan of sponsoring, on elec-
ton day, a local plebiscite. Imme-
diate response has been excellent.
Spokesmen for many civic organiza-
tions have promised their co-opera-
ton. A meeting this week will bring
them all together for discussion of
details. There is not much time,
between now and election day, to set
up makeshift voting machinery for
community of over 100000 people.
But there is time enough if every
body will pitch in and help.
Everybody should be willing to
help. One of the finest demonstra-
tiens of community spirit ever made
here was the informal referendum
of April 80, 1888, when the District
of Columbia Suffrage Association
brought 95,017 Washingtonians to
the polling places, set up in school
buildings, to cast an overwhelming
vote in favor of the Washingtonians'
right to vote.
The same two questions put at
that election will be put to the peo-
pie of Washington again. They have
been chosen, as questions, to avoid
controversy between the advocates
of one form or another of suffrage.
They are simple, direct questions.
They cover the ground. And the
answers will tell the story we want
told-that the people here cannot
vote now, but that they want to vote.
Let the details of how they are to
vote come later. Compared with the
principle at stake, they are not so
important.
We should make this a real elec-
ton day in Washington. The schools
should be closed. Government en-
ployes and employees in private en-
terprises should be given the same
consideration, in making it possible
for them to vote, that the voters
In other communities receive. We
should bring before the country the
picture of a community of intell-
gent, patriotic Americans, deprived
OF the Americans right to speak for
himself, marching with dignity and
determination to our homemade
ballot boxes.
Let us make it a real demonstra-
ton. Let us get together this time
and show that we mean business.
Evening star., 1946-10-13
Accentuoting the Gulf

In their debate on the future of
the Danube, Foreign Minister Molo-
tov on one hand and Senator
Vandenberg and Foreign Secretary
Bevin on the other have once again
demonstrated that the Paris Peace
Conference has done little or moth
ing to narrow the gulf existing
between East and West, but has
tended rather to deepen or accentu-
ate it.
The Vandenberg -Bevin thesis
argued for free navigation on the
Danube and for equal and nom
discriminatory trade activities be-
tween the states through which it
flows and the United Nations as a
whole. To support this, two telling
points were made: First, in Mr..
Vandenbergs words, that history has
shown that commerce in this part
OF the world cannot prosper if the
great river is divided into "unre-
lated watertight compartments" re-
spending to the eight different ma
tional jurisdictions along its banks;
and second, as Mr.. Bevin observed,
that freedom in this sense would be
a long step forward toward breaking
down the wall of misunderstanding
and suspicion now poisoning rela-
tions between the eastern and west
ern powers.
Fifteen of the Peace Conference
participants agreed with this view
and supported the adoption of a
clause supporting it in the Romanian
treaty. Six others, however, voted
uncompromisingly in the negative
the so-called Slavic bloc" led by
Russia AS on so many other issues,
they held to completely opposite
position, with the bloc as a whole
governed by Mr.. Molotov's curious
argument that the Vandenberg-
Bevin thesis was merely a disguised
appeal for imperialism and dollar
diplomacy under which the Danube
could be used as a means of even
tually forcing the Danubian states
into the possession of American
capital. The real meaning of Mr..
Molotov's stand, of course, is that
he does not want commercial free
dom on the river because Moscow
Is still intent on building a closed
Evening star., 1946-10-13
KuIqun-und After

The capture of Kalgan by the
Nationalist forces of Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek is a military de-
velopment of the first magnitude,
which may also have major political
significance.
Considering first the military
aspect, Kalgan is the chief COM
munications center for the great
inland area of North China. It's
capture from the japanese by the
Communist forces striking out from
their capital at Yenan behind the
Yellow River opened the way for
them quickly to establish contact
with Russian dominated Mongolia
(noW the Mongolian Peoples Re-
public) and to enter Manchuria, then
newly occupied by Soviet Russian
forces. The fall of Kalgan breaks
these connections. Furthermore, it's
loss to the Communists comedies
with a series OF similar Nationalist
victories aimed at clearing railway
lines from Communist "road-blocks"
all the way from Manchuria to
North Central China. That, of
course, is the main objective of
Nationalist strategy, since the Gen.
tral Government will thereby be
enabled both to use most effectively
its superiority in arms and equip
ment and also to restore the eco
nomic life of the regions under it's
military control. If and when that
objective is fully attained, the Com
munists will be reduced to the frag-
mented situation of a decade ago,
before the Japanese invasion, with
attendant loss of power and political
prestige.
However, this does not mean the
impending extinction of the Com
munists as fighting factor, since
the bulk of their forces remain in
tact and their guerrilla tactics have
long since proved their efficiency.
The Communist high command has
warned that the capture of Kalgan
by the Nationalists would spell an
irreparable breach between Yenan
and the Central Government, with
full-scale civil war the inevitable
result. Communist leadership un-,
doubtedly counts on aid from Soviet
Russia to prevent their extinction
at Nationalist hands, just as Nation
alist leadership counts on American
aid to prevent a collapse of the
Central Government at Communist
hands.
1t is precisely such looking to for
eign support by both sides which
constitutes the most dangerous factor
of the Chinese situation, from the
standpoint of world peace. Since
time immemorial, the Chinese have
not scrupled to use outsiders in their
domestic quarrels. This is expressed
in an ancient Chinese proyerb which
Evening star., 1946-10-13

America (and for that matter, the
whole world seems to be suffering
from bad case of postwar jitters.
This is not altogether surprising. We
went through 1t after the last war, but
this time the malady is worse than
ever. The prevailing mood Of the
commentators In the press and on the
air Is pessimistic, and the American
people are full Of fear. Some of
these fears may be justified, but the
inevitable result Of the existing frame
of mind Is to increase the disease.
Like ambition, fear feeds upon itself.
In these days Of timidity and
anxiety with Its resulting sense of
Illustration, we do well to turn to
Jesus, who, TO say the least, is one
of the outstanding figures Of all time.
He lived under conditions not unlike
those that characterize our age. Rome
ruled the world with the armed
might of a military dictatorship.
Revolution seethed just below the
surface. Jesus Himself was suspected
of being revolutionary; and GER
tainly much OF His teaching was in
violent contrast to the prevailing
philosophy of force. But in the
midst of 1t all He had serenity and
poise that stand out like Mars at
perihelion. 1t is this quality Of in
ward poise that marks Him as be-
longing to the ages. There is about
Jesus a certain atmosphere of .eter-
nifty.
When We seek the explanation of
this calm assurance we find three
elements. The first is faith in God.
He believes in God and in His sta
bility; and because of this faith in
God he has faith in the future. His
life and character, His teaching and
His service, rest in the eternal. Amer
lea will not achieve His quiet conf
dence without a similar faith.
Another characteristic of Jesus
attitude of mind is His faith in JUS
tice. God to Him was the God Of
righteousness. the Author of the
moral law and the moral Ruler of
the universe. Righteousness ulti-
mately will triumph over force. But
it must be found in the individual
Evening star., 1946-10-13

knows a thing or two about beasts" was
his companion in the adventure. To-
gether they visited Dunk and Gold Dust,
a pair of ponderous pachyderms that
contrived to "eke out existence on Q
smaller diet of sleep than is required by
the tiniest creatures for the preserva-
ton of infinitely shorter terms of life"
They also called on the lions, including
Lobengula, believed to be the noblest
'cat" of his sort in captivity; Ben. a
kingly tiger from Bengal; three wi
scious" hyenas, cageful of owl monkeys
and a Yellowstone grizzly known as
Lucifer. Next they stirred up the ar
madillos, buffalo, elk and a family Of
kangaroos-father, mother and son. The
coyotes howled a greeting, but nine
beautiful llamas of the Andes remained
asleep ''in perfect amity and content
ment' despite the noise.
X
Announcement of the resignation OF
the Right Rev. John Joseph Keane, first
rector of the Catholic
Departing University of America, was
Rector received with sincere re-
gret~ by all classes OF
people in washington. The Star for
october 6, 1896, commenting on his re.
tirement editorially. referred to him as
"unquestionably an American in every
sense of the word" and added that he
had "endeared himself to all who have
known him well-broad-gauged and
whole-souled." A news story in the
same issue Of the paper told of Bishop
Keanes farewell address to the student
body at the university and his departure
for California, where he hoped to find
needed rest"
~ 81
The Star for October Z, 1896 featured
lengthy reports of the visit of the Gear
Nicholas II and his
lmperioI Pair wife, the Czarina, to
In Paris france. Dense croWos
cheered them as they
went to service at Notre Dame and
afterward drove to the Invalides to
view the tomb OF Napoleon. But all was
not joyful. The Czarina, 1t was con-
ceded, suddenly suffered an illness @oc-
casioned by the bad cooking at the
Elysee Palace'-oflicial residence OF ths
French President, M. Faure
Evening star., 1946-10-13
Too Open Diplomacy

From the St. John telegraph -Journal.
Nobody wants to 60 back to the old
system of secret agreements that used
to commit nations to certain obligations
of which the peoples of those nations
knew little or nothing However, some
privacy in regard to actual negotiations
while in progress is not to be called
secrecy in any harmful sense. News
papers naturally want to give their
readers all the important news they can
obtain as soon as they can obtain 1t; but
the kind of wide-open publicity Of the
Paris Conference appears to do little
good and, one suspects, leads the dele
gates to continue secret negotiations,
notwithstanding.
Evening star., 1946-10-13
Perqumun Frieze

Americans who may have Won
dered what happened to the famous
Pergamun frieze during the aerial
bombardment of Berlin now have
their answer. 1t is en- route to
Moscow. presumably prize of war
unlikely ever to be returned to the
Germans, by whom it was unearthed
and reassembled. News dispatches
indicate that the priceless marbles
were packed in one hundred and
eighty cases for transportation.
The shipment weighed nearly five
hundred tons.
So ends an important chapter in
modern archaeology. 1t was In 1875
that the German Institute began
to excavate the fortress city which
had been the capital of the Phile-
taeri dynasty in Mysia. Among the
principal discoveries was the So
called Altar of Zeus, erected by
Eumenes II on the south side OF
the Acropolis in 18o BIC. The event
commemorated was his victory over
the Gauls. But the sculptures of
the temple represented a tremen-
dous battle between giants and
gods characterized by gigantic scale
and energy of action. The genius
of the artists who created the
figures was equal to the demands Of
their task.
But the reconstruction of the
frieze also was business of vast
proportions and perplexity. The
work of piecing together the scat
tered fragments went on for half a
century. A special museum building
on the bank of the Spree in Berlin
was raised to shelter the resultant
miracle of classic beauty retrieved
from oblivion. Thousands of tour
lists from the United States will
remember the impressive dimen-
sions of the altar in its restored
condition. 1t has the authentic
feeling of supreme architectural
achievement.
Removal of the frieze to Moscow
perhaps will serve one useful pur-
pose In the present period of world
turmoil 1t should quiet those
persons on both sides of the
Atlantic who criticized the Amer
ican military authorities for remov-
ing certain valuable paintings from
Germany to Washington for safe
keeping until happier times have
daWned.