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Evening star., 1946-10-04
Prospects Held Poor
On Steamship Service
Into Hampton Roads
BY the Assoeioied Press

Prospects are gloomy at present
for restoring coastwise steamship
service to Hampton Roads, Va, Rep
resentative Daughton, Democrat, of
Virginia, said he learned from the
MaFitime Commission.
Mr.. Daughton told a reporter he
received a letter from Vice Admiral
William w. Smith, commission
chairman, stating that 1T is ques-
tionable whether any additional
services should be inaugurated at
this time except upon reliable esti-
mates that probable revenues will
meet expenses"
Slow Recovery of Traffic.
Admiral Smith wrote that despite
measures undertaken by the COM
mission and "the earnest efforts of
the lines themselves, there has been
"a disappointingly slow recovery of
traffic to the water lines, and oper-
ating revenues in many of the serv-
ices, although increasingly steady.
do not yet indicate any possibility of
meeting operating expenses"
Mr.. Doughton wrote the commits
sion chairman recently that a num-
ber of Norfolk organizations were
concerned over reports of a possible
serious shortage of rail transporta-
ton facilities which may reach
critical proportions early in the fall. ="
Vitally Interested.
These organizations, he added,
"are vitally interested in the re-
establishment of coast-wide steam
ship lines which operated on the
Atlantic Seaboard prior to the war y
Admiral Smith said that If a sur
vey and estimate will justify re-
storing coastwise service to Hampton
Roads, then we, of course, will give
very prompt and serious considera-
ton to arranging for such service
through any available and qualified
operating line or lines desiring to
resume these services
Evening star., 1946-10-04
Parker Gets Arlington
tuberculosis Post

Appointment of william A. Parker
As executive secretary of the Ar
lington County tuberculosis As
sociation was announced today. He
succeeds Mrs. Aletha Jane Moody.
A graduate of the University of
Illinois, Mr.. Parker was field secre-
tary of the Missouri State Tuber-
culosis Association before joining
the Arlington association.
Evening star., 1946-10-04
EmpIoye Of Restaurant
SOUGHT in $255 Theft

Montgomery County police are
seeking a 25-year-old Washington
man suspected of having taken $255
this morning from a Silver Spring
restaurant where he was employed.
Police said the man had started
work four days ago at the Tom
Thumb Restaurant, Georgia and
Eastern avenues. They said George
Laler, 1874 Irving street NV, a re-
lief employe at the restaurant, told
them that when he arrived at the
establishment about 4:20 am. the
other employe was gone and the
had been taken from the
cash register.
Evening star., 1946-10-04
COP Candidates
In virginiatoG
On Air. Tonight
J, WMAL Will Garry
Woods, Persons Talks
At Arlington Rally

Speeches of candidates at a dinner
rally sponsored by the 9th District
Republican Campaign Committee at
the Washington Golf and Country
Club, Arlington, will be broadcast at
8 o'clock tonight over Station
WMAL.
Speakers at the rally, one Of a
series to be held by the Republicans,
will be Lester s.. Parsons, Norfolk,
apd Robert H. Woods, Pearisburg,
nominees for the two United States
Senate seats.
The two candidates met yesterday
with Ralph L. Lincoln of Marion,
State campaign manager, and other
Republican leaders to work out CAM
paign itineraries. Mr.. Lincoln said
details of the speechmaking tours
were still tentative.
Registration Deadline Nears.
Mr.. Lincoln issued a statement
reminding voters that tomorrow is
the last day on which voters may
register for the November elections
and accusing the Byrd machine"
Of seeking to keep the number Of
voters at minimum.
Registrars throughout the. State
are required to be in their Offices
tomorrow" Mr.. Lincoln said. How
ever, it is our advice that some
may not remain past pm.
I'VE again call attention to the
fact that veterans discharged since
January /, 1945, can vote without
payment of poll taxes, provided they
register by Saturday. This is the
last year these veterans can vote
without payment of the poll tax.
Afraid of Veterans.
"It is safe to assume that the
Byrd 'machine-crats' do not wish
the veterans to register and vote
in large numbers. This machine
has advocated retention Of the poll
tax. It has put every obstruction
possible in the way of easy voting.
Among these impediments Is the re-
quirement that poll taxes must be
paid six months prior to the elec-
ton and for the three years pre-
ceding the election. The machine
is afraid of the soldiers vote. They
fear the reaction of veterans to ma
chine rule as demonstrated in other
States such as Tennessee.
THE Republican party advocates
abolition of the poll tax. We ask
all veterans, regardless of party, to
register and vote"
Another Republican statement
from Frank Angel of Roanoke, can
didate for the House in the 9Th
District, took issue with the Demo-
cratic National Committees CAM
paign slogan of Peace, Production
and Progress"
Instead, he said, they should use
the three WIS as follows-War,
Wastefulness and What-the- Hell
Next, a more adequate description
of the party in power"
Evening star., 1946-10-04
Church Group to View Film

Full-color scenes from astronomy
and natural science will be featured
in "The God of Creation" sound
motion picture to be shown at 8
o'clock tonight at the First Church
of the Nazarene, 2013 North Twenty-
first street, Arlington, according to
the Rev. Floyd N. Bradley. pastor.
Evening star., 1946-10-04
Citizens Meeting Called

The Green Acres Glen Cove Citi-
zens' Association will hold its first
fall meeting at the Westbrook Ele-
mentary School Tuesday at $3.50
pm.
Evening star., 1946-09-26
Postwar ruffic Picture

Traffic Director George E. Keneipp
presented persuasive case for his
expanded traffic budget request
when he appeared before the Com
misSioners' Traffic Advisory Board.
1t is not surprising that the board,
after hearing Mr.. Keneipp outline
some of Washington's more acute
postwar traffic problems, agreed
unanimously to support his plea for
what he calls rock bottom" $792.-
600 budget for the next fiscal year.
1t was but natural that during
the war years of abnormal traffic
conditions. the Traffic Department
should have experienced letup in
long-range traffic studies and re-
medal measures. The new traffic
director consequently finds himself
facing serious lack of information
on which to base his program for
the peacetime motoring era ahead.
Traffic counts and special analyses
of danger spots made in 1941 are of
little value today, for the traffic
picture has undergone drastic
changes since then. For example,
the Pentagon and other Federal
developments across the river have
created new bottlenecks on the
Washington ends of the Potomac
bridges, with traffic effects extend
ing far beyond the immediate Dis
trict approaches to the bridges.
Moreover, the influx of new resi-
dents has added war-born traffic
and parking problems crying for
solution.
With this picture in mind, Mr..
Keneipp is seeking additional per-
sonnel, especially in the engineering
section, for the purpose of making
fresh studies of traffic concentration,
signal light controls, warning signs,
one-way streets, cross-town thor
oughfares and pedestrian safety. BY
thus diagnosing Washington's post
war traffic ailments, the Traffic De-
partment will be in position to
make intelligent recommendation
for improvement of conditions.
Meanwhile it is encouraging to learn
that the department is taking i'm
mediate steps to tighten up licensing
procedures and to speed up the
breakdown on drivers whose offenses
justify suspension or revocation Of
permits. Traffic Director Keneipp
will find that he has widespread
public support in his determined
efforts to make Washington safer
for motorists and pedestrians alike.
Evening star., 1946-09-26

NIT that the report did not give cor
rect picture. But the damage, so far as
he was concerned, had been done. No
wonder the appointment OF Mr.. Harri-
man-as Mr.. Wallace said-has been
received with the greatest enthusiasm
oy the business community"
Mr.. Hartman has been a New Dealer
"a conf1dant and adviser of the late
President Roosevelt as he has been of
President Truman. He has, however,
been successful businessman in the
past and he knows something about
what makes the wheels of industry 20
round, and his appointment inspires con-
fidence. He also Is distinctly opposed to
the appeasement of Soviet Russia policy
advocated by Henry Wallace, and he
does not believe in nor does he have a
Communist following in this country.
The exchange in the Commerce Depart
ment is a boon to the country.
The administration having ousted Mr..
Wallace because, instead of paying real
attention to his job as Secretary of Com
merce, he gave his time to evolving a
foreign policy in opposition to that of
the President and Secretary Of State
Byrnes, is now showing signs Of weak
en1ng. 1t Is reported that some OF the
Democratic high command are anxious
to get Mr.. Wallace on the stump during
the present congressional campaign.
hoping by so doing to get out the vote"
OF the radicals and of some of the labor
groups. Mr. Wallace, being the willing
worker that he is, is reported to be
ready to 60 to work in the industrial
centers. Perhaps if he does, and the
Democrats are victorious, he may be
rewarded later with another Federal
appointment.
The Wallace episode had at least one
value-it brought to light the spread
OF Communist propaganda and ;senti-
ment in this country. The uproar raised
by the Communists and fellow travellers
has been remarkable although the Com
munist vote in this country is still very
light. But the Communists and sympa-
thizers have moved into strategic posi-
tlons, and can make themselves heard
IN a way that makes their influence in
this country seem great-although It is
not. It Is the kind of thing that q
closely knit. fighting minority, however
small, can do in free country.
If the Democratic high command
would leave Mr.. Wallace to the Commu-
nists and the other radicals who dote
on him it would be better of in the end.
They want him, the Communists say.
Evening star., 1946-09-26
A Reminder to All

Although more than sixty days
have passed since the second atomic
explosion at Bikini, the effects of
that test still linger on with grim
meaningfulness. About seventy-five
of the one hundred-odd ships of
the guinea pig" fleet are tied up
now at West Coast ports and at
Pearl Harbor, but they must be
boarded with caution. They look all
right, but even at this late date they
are spotted with remnants of radio
activity-long after their bath in the
great waves and the vast spray that
was sent up, filled with death, when
the A-bomb was detonated under
water.
In a way, this news is not alto
gether surprising. Early in August,
in their official reports on the second
test, the Presidents special COM
mission and the evaluation board of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff placed par
ticular emphasis on the persistent
nature of the radioactivity unleashed
by the shallow undersea blast. They
estimated that the water was filled
with deposit of lethal rays equiva-
lent to many hundred tons of
radium." If the fleet had been in
action, they said, every vessel within
1000 yards Of the explosion would
probably have been imperative and
a lapse of weeks might we'll ensue
before relatively unchanged ships
could again be used in combat" the
contaminated ones being "radioac-
| tive stoves" that would have burned
"all living things aboard them with
invisible and painless but deadly
radiation"
On the strength of these reports,
it was perhaps to have been expected
that good part of the target fleet
would require decontamination crews
for long time after the explosion.
Even SO, it comes as something of a
| shock to be told that about three
Evening star., 1946-09-26

accusations OF q sort that tend to
give distorted picture to the public.
And on the other side OF the picture,
it must be remembered that Ameri-
can industry's profit system"
worked miracles of ship production
that confounded the enemy, helped
to defeat the U-boat menace and
played a vital part in winning the
war. Truly, it can be said that never
before in history have so few men
built so many ships in so short q
time.
If any industrialists profted un-
duly in performing these feats, that
fact should be exposed and the
profits recovered The renegotiators
already are delving into this ques-
ton, under congressional authority,
and it is not clear what more the
House Merchant Marine Committee
can hope to do at this stage of the
renegotiation proceedings.
Evening star., 1946-09-26
'AppeaSement' Politics
By Jay G.. Hayden

President Truman's latest stroke Of
appeasement-this time softening his
initially firm ban against administration
sanctioning of any campaign speeches
by Henry A. Wallace-is likely to prove
no more successful than the earlier truce
on the same subject which the President
ended by firing Mr.. Wallace.
Modifying his previous announcement
that Mr.. Wallace and Senator Pepper,
Democrat, of Florida, were out as cam
paign speakers SO far as President Tru-
man and the Democratic National Com
mittee were concerned, Representative
Sparkman Democrat, of Alabama, chair
man of the Speakers Bureau said it has
been decided that Mr. Wallace and Sena-
tor Pepper might speak under either of
two arrangements:
First, their appearance would be SpOn-
sored officially by the Democratic ma
tional organization, provided they.
promise In advance not to attack Presi-
dent Truman's policies, foreign or do
meStic.
Second, If Mr.. Wallace and Senator
Pepper did not care to give the above
assurance the national committee would
relay to them any requests for speeches
by them that it received. They then
could make their own arrangements with
local committees or individual candi-
dates.
Mr.. Wallace promptly indicated that
he would re-enter the campaign, but
reserving the right to look over the vot-
ing records of Democratic candidates be-
fore determining whether to speak for
them. It also was announced that he
might refrain from any discussion of
foreign affairs until after the 21-nation
Paris Peace Conference, now scheduled
to conclude on october Is. Three weeks
will remain between that date and elec-
ton day.
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Mr.. Wallace's seemingly superfiuous as
surance that he viii not speak for Re-
publicans, regardless Of their voting rec
ords, merely was backhanded way Of
inviting invitations from non-Demo-
cratic candidates 50 long as they do not
wear the Republican label. A case in
point was Mr.. Wallace's support Of Jo-
Evening star., 1946-09-26

hanneS Steel, an American Labor leftist,
against Arthur G. Klein, the successful
Democratic candidate in a New York
congressional bi-election last year.
There are eight congressional districts
in New York City now where American
Labor candidates are entered because
the Democratic candidates, mostly in
cumbents, are regarded as not SUFFICIENT
ly left wing.
There Is scarcely State in the North
or West where the Democratic nominees
are not sharply divided between con-
servatives Of the James A. Farley school
and the Wallace brand of ardent New
Dealers
And nobody who has felt the atmos-
phere in Mr.. Wallace's political camp
during the past few days can doubt that
the whole trend Of his campaign speak
ing, whether on domestic or foreign
issues, is going to be to separate the
New Deal sheep from the conservative
Truman-Farleyite goats.
There is the certainty also that wher-
ever the Democratic local. organizations
fail to invite Mr.. Wallace to speak. the
CIO-PAC or some other leftist outfit
viii do 50. And whether or not Mr..
Wallace himself discusses foreign af-
fairs, his leftist supporters are sure to
make business Of whooping 1t up for
him and Stain, while booing and hiss.
ing Secretary Of State Byrneszand
quite probably also President Truman.
The stake in all this u the presidency
in 1948. Because he hopes to capture
the Democratic party, Mr.. Wallace, for
the time being, is doing his best to head
off third-party talk. And SO, of course,
are all left wingers running for ONCE
under the Democratic label.
1t Is well nigh certainty, however,
that If the Democratic conservatives
from the South and agricultural West,
now definitely = majority within the
party, nominate one of their ilk for
President In l94S, there will be left
ist third party bolt, preferably behind
Mr.. Wallace but with Senator Pepper
an almost equally favored alternative.
North American Nsvspapsr Allianesl
Evening star., 1946-09-26

by an early concentrated attack from
Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria. For
several weeks reliable reports have in
dicated an important concentration OF
forces on the three borders of Greece.
The number of men involved is esti-
mated at between 200 1000 and 250OOO.
all equipped with modern artillery,
tanks and some aviation. The Greek
Army is in no position to meet a COM
bined attack from inside and outside.
This may mean that the government
will ask help from the $4,000 British
troops who are still stationed in the
country. Then the fat would be on the
fire. Such a situation would become a
must" for the Security Council. But
the Councils work in the past has been
slow and doubtless would be in this case.
particularly if the Russian delegate uses
his veto power as skillfully as heretofore.
In Iran the situation has been de-
teriorating for many weeks. The Tudeh
1ranian CommunisD party Is now striv-
ing to extend its domination to the
south, where the British have important
oil interests. Attempts of its followers
to start a large-scale rebellion were
frustrated in the past by the determined
stand OF some Of the tribesmen who
could neither be won over to the idea
OF Soviet tutelage nor be defeated.
In recent weeks, however, there has
been a peaceful invasion of Russian
tourists in Iran. They wore civilian
clothes with trousers stuffed in typically
high Russian military boots. Since
their arrival, Iranian democrats" have
increased their efforts to stir up trouble
and reports received in Washington
during the last 10 days indicate that
successful attacks have been made
against the important city of Bushire,
which was reported to have fallen into
Tudeh hands. The result of the at
tacks against the ancient city of Is
fahan is uncertain so far.
The British intend to defend their
position in Southern Iran not only be-
cause Of their oil investments. but also
because OF the strategic position of the
area. Fresh troops from India-about
four Indian diviSions-are reliably re-
ported to have arrived in the Basra
area, ready to intervene If the situation
deteriorates further.
Although Britain Is as little prepared
Tor military action as the United States
1t Is believed in Washington that the
London government will not hesitate to
defend its position If the Iranian Com
munists, who are only puppets in the
hands OF Moscow, make a determined
drive to get hold of Southern Iran as
they did so successfully in Azerbaiian.
Evening star., 1946-09-26
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

The appointment of w. Averell Harri-
man to be Secretary OF Commerce
brought from Henry A. Wallace-who
had just been ousted from that cabinet
post by President Truman-a revealing
comment. Said Mr.. Wallace: II am
sure that this appointment will be re-
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm by
the business community" When Mr..
Wallace was appointed Secretary of
Commerce by the late President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt there was no such en-
thusiasm on the part of the business
community. If the protests were re-
strained 1t was because members Of the
business community feared that there
might later be a bureaucratic crack
down.
Mr. Wallace's appointment also was
in payment Of political debt-not be-
cause he was fitted for the post Of Sec
retary Of Commerce. He had CAM
paigned for the Roosevelt Truman
ticket in many parts of the country
particularly in industrial labor centers
after he himself had been eased out
OF the vice presidential nomination at
the Democratic National Convention of
1914 largely through the assistance of
Mr.. Roosevelt. For some reason best
known to Mr.. Wallace he demanded
appointment to the ofdce Of Secretary
Of Commerce. To give him the Job, Mr..
Roosevelt broke with Jesse Jones-then
Secretary of Commerce
The Senate nearly defeated confirma-
ton of the Wallace appointment-and
did not confirm him until it had made
certain that Mr.. Wallace would not also
have the Office of director of the Re-
construction Finance Corp. with its
billions of dollars of loans and invest
ments. Mr.. Wallace at one time was
reported as saying he would not accept
if the RFC were taken away from him.
He did, however, accept-it was that or
nothing.
For the business of the country Mr..
Wallace has done nothing since he be-
came Secretary of Commerce-except to
cause trouble. Soon after the war ended
and there was wide discussion Of what
should be done about wages and prices,
Mr.. Wallace permitted the publication
of a report which held that wages in
the automotive industry could be in
creased Is per cent without a rise in
prices. It was his contribution to the
wave Of strikes which swept across the
country, delaying production and recov-
cry, and finally giving great boost to
imitation. Later Mr.. Wallace had to ad-
Evening star., 1946-09-26
A Gloomy View
Prom the London Daily Express.
L. l.

Prom the London Daily Express.
Reluctantly asked, reluctantly granted,
the American loan now becomes part
OF the history of Britain, and Of the
United States. Its consequences will
make more history. The seeds are
sown, the fruits will be gathered In due
season. They will be bitter In the
mouths Of the young men and women
who had just finished winning the war
when the project was first announced.
And still more bitter to the children
whose teeth are to be set on edge 10 or
20 years hence. What follows? The
cornerstone. imperial preference, will
60 the way of these into dusty death.
It will be eliminated. The great empire
markets will topple while Britain chases
orders in Bogota and Buenos Aires. The
loan may be good for Britain on the
short view. It may ease our path In the
next few years. But on the long view
it will. for the reasons given, threaten
Britain with separation from her en-
pire. It is bad news for the people at
home. 1t is bad for the overseas do
minions and colonies. And bad for the
world.