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Evening star., 1946-09-26
Temple of Confusion

The House Merchant Marine Com
mittee has gotten off to most in
auSpicious start in its proposed ex-
tensive inquiry into wartime profits
of nearly a score of shipbuilding
companies. If its subsequent hear
ings are not on higher plane and
are not productive of more conclu-
Sive results than it's three-day in
vestigation of the Kaiser operations,
it is hard to see what will be ac-
complished by the widely heralded
expose"
One member of the committee
confessed that the Kaiser hearings
left him with the impression that
he had been in temple of con-
fusion" He explained that 1--WE start
out with very large figures but when
we get through don't know whether
you (the Kaiser interests) are plus
or minus quantity" The public also
finds itself in temple of confu-
sion" after reading accounts of the
proceedings. The very large figures"
to which the committeeman no
doubt had reference were the Gov
ernment's initial estimates of ship
builders profits. At the outset of
the hearing, for example, a repre-
sentative of the Controller General
made the much-publicized assertion
that never before in the history of
American business have so few men
made so much money with so little
risk" He testified that the Kaiser
companies, with a total investment
of only $2,510000, had made profits
estimated at $192, ,237,284"
But Mr. Kaiser replied that these
estimated profits made no allowance
for taxes, corporate or individual,
and that the committee has ignored
the fact that renegotiation proceed
ings, by which the Government
seeks to protect itself against un-
reasonable wartime profits, are
under way. And the sum total of
the evidence adduced during the ap-
pearance of Mr.. Kaiser and his son
was to the effect that MFR. Kaiser
did make potential" net profit of
about $5,000000 from his shipbuild-
ing activities during the war, but
that this was Offset by a loss of
S18,000,000 chalked up against the
Fontana steel plant. which he built
to supply steel to his shipyards.
Actual profit and loss figures can
not be determined until the renego-
tiation of Kaiser contracts is COM
pleted.
John A. McCone, president of the
California Shipbuilding Company
who followed the Kaisers to the wit
ness stand. joined with them in the
charge that the public is being mis-
led by sensational statements about
wartime profits that fail to allow for
taxes and renegotiation cuts. 1t is
certainly unfair to make generalized
Evening star., 1946-09-26
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,cn

While Prime Minister Stain Of Russia
stated last Monday that the new war
scare was being spread by jingoists to
cover domestic difficulties, reports from
Greece and Iran have been received in
the last 48 hours indicating q grave
situation which might turn into a major
conflict.
In Greece the Communists are on
rampage. According to an official spokes-
man of the British Foreign ONCE, they
are supplied with arms and ammunition
from Albania and Yugoslavia.
American observers in Athens have
been reporting ever since the Greek
people voted to return King George to
the throne that civil war was con-
sidered inevitable. This was not due
to the discomfort of the population, but
to the maneuvers of the EAM, the
Greek Communist t-dominated national
liberation front These observers main
tanned that if it were not for the prod
dings from outside Greece's borders, the
whole movement would amount to little.
But, according to them, a, civil war in
Greece will be only the signal for
greater operations for which Yugoslavia,
Albania and Bulgaria-all Russian sat-
elite countries-have been preparing for
several months.
The military equipment in these
puppet states comes directly from
Russia. and consists of war material
manufactured in the U. S. S. R. or some
OF the available lease-lend supplies
sent to Russia by America during the
war. None of these three satellites had
much war material year ago. The
Yugoslavs had some, while the Alba
mans had none. Bulgaria, former
enemy country, was supposed to have
been completely disarmed except for a
small military police force. The rest Of
the war material was to be destroyed in
accordance with the terms of the armi-
stice. Yet there is every evidence that
the EAM troops are well supplied for
more than guerrilla warfare.
X y X
The situation is serious, particularly
In view of the fact that Greek Com
munist headquarters has announced
that in the event OF an attack on the
country from outside, the Communists
Will tight on the side of the invader
against the present Fascist regime"
In the new Moscow dictionary, Fascists
are those who oppose the Communist
expansionist plans.
A civil war in Greece would not seri-
ously affect the precarious international
situation. But responsible diplomatic
and military quarters in Washington
fear that civil war would be only a
curtain raiser which would be followed
Evening star., 1946-09-26
Food-For THOUGHT

The constituents of House Ma
jority Leader Mccormack are eating
horse meat. and apparently it is not
to their liking. So Mr.. Mccormack,
normally down-the-line admins
tration supporter, is calling for a
sixty-day suspension of price con-
trolls on meat and other scarce foods.
(The congressional elections are less
than sixty days away
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
is another administration supporter,
but he has just announced that
ceiling prices do not seem to be
impeding the needed production of
any agricultural commodity (this
includes meat) and we in the depart
ment feel that price adjustments are
now behind us and that there should
be few If any additional recommen-
dations for upward ceiling prices"
Mr.. Anderson had some additional
things to say. Some people," he de-
clared, "have been quick to condemn
the farmer for holding lightweight
livestock off the market. They should
praise him. Our need at the moment
is to convert our record feed crops
into meat rather than rush livestock
to market before it is ready. Live
stock men are converting that feed
today. The result may not be ap-
parent for some months to come but
it will be more meat than we other
wise would have. >" It is to the
interest Of the American public to
see markets slowed up temporarily
and meat hard to find while 52,OOO,-
600 head of cattle and $4,000, 900
head of hogs convert 100000 tons
of feed into grade beef and
pork"
So what the country has here, on
the face of the matter at least, is a
tug Of war between two loyal ad-
minlstration men-one calling for
the lifting of price ceilings so more
meat will reach the public now and
the other urging that ceilings be
maintained and warning of the dan
gers in a rush OF livestock to market.
Surely, somewhere in this, there is
food for thought. But it is also be-
coming painfully obvious that there
is not apt to be much in the way of
steaks, roasts and chops-the sort of
food that most of us would infinitely
prefer to chew on.
Evening star., 1946-09-26

fourths Of that fleet still call for a
measure of personnel precaution.
The fact is more than a measure
of the drastic adjustments that must
be made by navies in the future;
coupled with all the other informa-
tion now available on the subject,
it is striking reminder to the whole
world of how narrowing are the
potentialities before us If the atom
is not controlled.
Moscow papers,. please copy.
Evening star., 1946-09-26
Contempt

In the strict legal sense, there may
be some doubt as to the validity OF
the contempt-of-court sentence i'm
posed on George L. Mueller. presi-
dent of an independent union of en-
ployes of Pittsburgh power COM
pany.
Certainly, from the layman's view
point, Mueller had exerted himself
to bring the courts of Pittsburgh
into contempt. He had publicly de-
scribed an injunction against a
strike as "less than a scrap of
paper" He had challenged the city
officials to put us in jail" for refus-
ing to work for the power company.
And, in the courtroom, he had re-
fused to exercise such authority as
he had to call off the strike in COM
pliance with the terms of the in
junction.
For these cumulative offenses, he
was sentenced to serve year in jail
for contempt of court, and, despite
talk of a general strike among AFL
and CIO unioniSts in Pittsburgh,
there will not be any widespread
sympathy for Mueller, even though
a taste of imprisonment persuaded
him to apologize last night and
appeal Intellectually to his union to
60 back to work. Strict legalities
aside, he has been in fragrant con-
tempt, not only of the court, but
of the right of the people of the city
to have the use of a vital public
utility service.
When this is said, however, the
fact remains that the courts action
does not appear to rest on sound
legal ground. Mueller's contemptu-
Gus statements with respect to the
injunction were made outside the
presence of the court, and that fact
makes the legality of his sentence
questionable. Beyond that, Pennsyl-
vania has a law forbidding injunc-
tions against strikes, and this casts
doubt on the authority of the Pitts
burgh court to forbid the electric
power strike, or any other strike
a fact that fortifies Mueller's union
in refusing to go back to work until
the injunction is dissolved.
1t is entirely possible, of course,
that the courts. through resort to
the contempt-of-court process, can
break this strike. In fact, the indi-
cations are that this will be the re-
suit of the firmness shown by the
Pittsburgh tribunal. Nevertheless,
and despite the strong probability OF
public support, this is an inadequate
and dubious remedy.
The condition which has prevailed
in Pittsburgh-and in many other
places-does not amount so much to
contempt of court as it does to con-
tempt of the people. 1t is a state of
affairs which falls not far short of
anarchy, and as such it should not
be left to the doubtful remedy of
judge-made penalties. These may be
reversed in the higher courts or, in
the case of sufficiently strong unions,
they can be ignored.
The only real remedy lies in pub
lie recognition of the fact that it is
the public which is being held in
contemnt When that DOint Is
reached, and not until then, will it
be possible to secure from Congress
legislation which will effectively pre-
vent a scatter-brained union leader
or even $500 union members from
riding roughshod over city of
100000 people.
Evening star., 1946-09-26
Woodland Cures

The old ,cipes took their tDillosD baskets
And searched the t0oodland hills
For ginseng, plantain, pennyroyal
To cure their household ills.
No doubt, included In their searching
Were sharpened ledt-mold smell,
And from tall tree top the singing
OF bird pith crystal bell.
They kneD anenone's pale Dhisper
And q spring tDind curled inside leaf
Could be the anodyns restoring
4 heart made ~ BY any grief.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1946-09-26
No Less Horrible
From the Toronto Star.

The world was Mortified when It
learned that under the Nazis, thousands
of scientists and technicians devoted
themselves to inventing and producing
death-dealing devices for inhuman mass
murder, for the torturing Of their VIC
Tins, for their destruction in gas cham
bers; even for burning them In ovens.
It is no less horrible to learn that
thousands of scientists and technicians
in democratic and humane countries are
being employed In peacetime to find
new methods Of killing people.
Evening star., 1946-09-26
Letters to The Star
Reno Road Widening Deplored
By a Citizen T Taxpayer

BY CitiZen-Iaxpayer
To the Editor of The Star:
My comments have not to do with
generalities such as foreign policy, labor
and housing problems, OPA and the
like, though they may be small part
Of the sum total, but rather a matter
OF needless government spending in
such trying times, both District and
Federal.
I am citizen of the United States, a
native of Washington, d. c., a tax
payer. I am one person, one among
millions who has been and is still
willing to do his share in making sacri-
fees, paying taxes and balancing the
budget. 1t is I, plus the millions like
me, who constitute the United States
and what it stands for.
The crux of my story Is this: Living
on one Reno road in the District of
Columbia, and undergoing the pangs of
gas and sewer pipe replacement in our
section, said Reno road must, of neces-
sity, be repaved.
Now welcome the repaving of any
street in the District of Columbia that
is torn up and, since the long-range
plan for the Reno road is wide arterial
highway, readily can understand and
realize the necessity for widening this
road as well as repaving it, if the entire
three miles Of this street and its extern
sions could and would be widened.
But in passing wish to say that said
Reno road is being widened only feet
in one mile only out of three; 2O-year-
old trees are to be sacrificed which, in
some sections, cannot be replaced at
all. Drawbacks to this project are
many. The creation of traffic bottle
necks at the narrow sections the added
danger to children in a section of the
city where schools are numerous and
increased speed of cars is inevitable, to
name two. This roadway cannot be
widened in its entirety without tearing
down private homes which, I UNDER
stand, sorely are needed.
A committee has attempted to dis
cuss such situations with responsible
employees of the District government, but
have been shunted to their underlings
until such discussions have resulted in
mere formalities.
Open hearings are not to be held.
The fact that residents of the District
involved in this needless spending of
the taxpayers money have no say in
= .?ctCer seems to have no bearing on
the subject whatsoever
Does not the resident of this fair city
have right to his or her opinion? Are
there not more worthy and needy prof.
ects to be considered in these times than
one which is useless, expensive and
carried out only in part because the
Federal Government will foot half the
bill provided the road is widened?
Whether it is District or Federal gov
ernment money, will we not pay for it
in the end?
WILLIAM R. CASADAY, D. D. s.
Evening star., 1946-09-26

Christianity and democracy are
declared to be facing severe tests
Events in the Holy Land and the
United States make it look more like
final examinations
Evening star., 1946-09-26
A Parable for the Times

A Parable for the Times
To the Editor Of The Star:
ship Alloy! What name?"
ship Of State, of the United States
of America" answers the skipper.
Where bound?" continues the ques-
toner across the turbulent waves.
utopia, but sorry, we are strike
bound"
Then how, pray tell, do you sail on,
Ship of state?"
"Impelled by circumstances, propelled
by display of force, compelled by exer-
else Of might, harnessed to atomic
power. geared by diplomatic action"
replies the captain to the challenging
question.
"Very well, sir; might have used .
bit of dead reckoning, but you will per-
ceive that this, your servant, is mar
iner Of ye olde sailing era-1776 to be
precise. We squared our sails, braved
the storms and rode our rudder hard,
never striking our colors. We were lashed
to the wheel many a night, boisterous
and wild, but morning came and an
other day; trick at a time it was for
| ALL"
Indeed, you old-timer, this is another
age. We have fought many battles
1872, 1846, 1861, 1898, 1917, 1941-in our
history, yet our Ship of State still car
ries on" declares the modern skipper,
for our battlewagon is geared for bigger
things after the experience we have ac-
quired in II decades. We aim to make
one world, subdue all things, unite all
peoples"
Truly, hardly comprehend through
this thick skull of mine Just what Is
meant by your aim, if. pardon me, sir,
your ship is veering once to the right,
and again to the left; if, as you say, you
are 'geared by diplomatic action and
'harnessed to atomic power with forces
which require no sails, and depend on
no vagaries of the wind. Why do you
not dear sir, make up your own mind,
and steer straight for your destination,
barring intervening shoals?"
"Ahem! ;. . We are having a bit of
trouble with our steering mechanism.
The rudder, to tell the truth, is running
bit OH center. 1t is this way: A few
OF my mates are in the wheelhouse. and
they do not trust the quartermasters
nor the compass, nor the sounding
equipment. Each mate runs lane for
trick, one on the left side, pardon,
to port side, and the other to the right,
the starboard. That is our navigating
philosophy, our political action, our
world ambition-and we'll get to harbor
some day"
And the passengers? Do they still
trust the captain and the steward?'
continues the old mariner.
Yes, the captain, for the passengers
are very democratic, but we fear the
mates may agree to make the steward
walk the plank"
What for, sire?"
For suggesting to the captain how to
navigate this Ship OF State, not that I.
the skipper, would mind SO much but
you see, the rules of the sea, or mari
time laws have something to do with
that"
I'm that case, my captain, might
happen along and pick up steward
struggling in the water and save him.
Perhaps he can study to be captain
some day. Good-by, sir" The old
mariner bends his back to his oars and
shoves off.
The good captain of the Ship of State
becomes nostalgia and tries to recall
some OF the good old days, sweet days
OF peace, so hard to revive after quar-
relsome time. We wish him further
bon voyage and fair havens.
CHARLES ALLEN RENTFRO.
Evening star., 1946-09-26
Satisfaction Not Guaranteed

From the Arkansas Gazette.
Titos promise Of satisfaction" sounds
like accepting the challenge to q duel.
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PROPOSALS.

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and then publicly opened, for a building
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feet Of file and office space approximately
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Platforms: steam or hot-water heating
toilet facilities adequate for 700 people:
cafeteria space to accommodate $50 people
at one sitting: 100 telephone outlets;
modern lighting system to meet require
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parking area for cars. Submit proposals
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between Yuma and xenia Streets, con-
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may be obtained ut Room AZ. District
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