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Evening star., 1946-01-30
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

OF which employ more men than the
inhabitants of large city, and have
stockholders approximating half a mil
lion, are not private.
Nine-tenths of the people of the
United States are not capitalists.
They may own stocks in cor
porations, but they have no control over
the industries in which the stocks are
invested, and the income from them is
OF secondary importance. They are a
manner Of accumulating savings but
for few are they a substitute for earned
income. Small stockholders are more
concerned about the fate of their Jobs,
the prices they must pay for food,
shelter and clothes, and the taxes which
are subtracted from their earnings, than
in the annual dividend reports from the
bank.
The American strikes are not purely
American affair, either. The world is
starving for food and goods. The planet
has been devastated by war. Homes,
industrial plants and communications
have been destroyed consumers goods
Of the most primitive and essential sort
are lacking over areas inhabited by mil
lions
All the world looks to the United
States and its fantastic capacities.
Commitments have been given and on
our fulfillment of them depends the sue
cess of our political policies-for in.
stance, in Latin America. On the
success of our political policies depends
peace-both international peace and
the quenching of incipient civil wars.
Want, hunger, misery are not the hand
maidens of peace, but derangers of
minds and emotions and the servants
of demagogues.
We have so much for which to be
thankful -. The survival of most of
our sons; a country without q single
city or countryside devastated; q produc-
ton machine geared to produce much
more than we need or can consume and
capable of replacing every obsolescent
home, building, machine and plant; a
reconstruction job for ourselves and for
large parts OF mankind It is prospect
to thrill the imagination and release the
energleS-and meanwhile struggles over
few cents an hour are costing us
hundreds Of millions of dollars worth
of real things and benefiting only the
spectators and black market profiteers.
The struggle should end. We should
accept, as people, the theory that
workers income should be geared to
productivity and get going on a greater
and more exciting task than that of war,
We still weigh high in the balances
OF nations, but woe If the most fortunate
OF peoples should be weighed and found
wanting.
released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1946-01-30
IL the American Has Learned
By David Laurence

From the London telegraph and Morning Post
American isolationism is an ever
flowing stream whose volume at any
one time depends on events. Though
greatly reduced since Pearl Harbor it
is easily capable of becoming swollen
again from the same sources which so
disastrously strengthened its current
between the wars. The breakdown of
the Council of Foreign Ministers and
the chaos in Europe are the very kind
Of circumstances to reinforce the argu-
ments and the influence of the profess
sional isolationists. An America
both strong and determined to exert her
strength In the cause of peace is essen
tial to the survival of a civilization
grievously menaced by the advent of
the atom bomb. If the American has
really learned the bitter lesson that all
future wars must hencefosth be both
total and global and that the great
hanking oceans can no longer afford
her more than the most precarious pro-
lection it will be an immense gain for
the security not Of herself alone but of
all mankind
Evening star., 1946-01-30

disintegrating heat of a well-con-
centrated atomic bomb attack.
AS for making public the detailed
conclusions of our military and ma
val experts as to the possibility OF
devising successful antiatomic-
bomb defenSes, that is another mat
ter. Such strictly military findings
and recommendations should right
fully be classed as military secrets.
Apart from these logical restrictions,
the fateful crossroads" project
should be opened to the world as an
object lesson In the frightfulness of
warfare in an atomic era.
Evening star., 1946-01-30
Meditation at Dusk

Dusk settles leisurely;; the sky Is
drained
OF its last drop OF color, the last hue
Blnrs into heGuen, yet the earth is stained
A deeper shade than euer heaven
knetD;
For no,o the toorld, beneath t,rilight
mist,
Horering halt between the day and
night,
Turns to uniperse OF amethyst,
A shimmering cdnrds dipped IN purple
light.
And yet the change is imperceptible..
Like falling detD, or petalinp OF a
fotDer-
We suddenly perceive the beautiful,
Unnatndtul OF the slow dissolpino hour.
Death, too, must be like this; a shadotu
tulling,
imperceptible: and peace-and no bird
calling.
MAE wINKLER GOODMAN.
Evening star., 1946-01-30

Mr.. Fairless of United States Steel
went to the root of the issues in the
strikes, and accepted both labor's and
Governments formulation of it: How
great rise in wages can the American
economy stand while maintaining the
present level Of prices? That is the fact
finding" for which the President has ap-
pointed commission.
But to assess the facts more is needed
than access to the books Of individual
companies, and when the facts are in
hand they must be generalized with a
view to establishing some rules. Mr..
Fairless has proposed that the President
call conference of leading executives;
II he should wish to add to the confer
ence leading economists Mr.. Fairless
could hardly object. If the strikes are
not Immediately settled the President
should accept his proposition.
To the public at large the strikes ap-
pear as struggle for power, and the
dominant attitude seems to be "a plague
on both your houses" The unions pre-
sent the strikes as though they were
lockouts for the purpose of breaking
the unions. But the employers cannot
break the unions, and know it; the union
leaders do not want to overthrow the
American system. for II they did they
would overthrow themselves along with
1t. The problem OF imitation affects
everybody, but it affects the masses of
the people more than it does stockholders
and great industries.
The strikes are terribly costly to the
strikers. GIN workers, who have been out
over 10 weeks, have lost income which
thew will not recoyer for vaorr oyoy, yara
their present demands fully met. The
loss to American production and thus
to the Nation is fabulous. Since the issue
can be formulated, and since every one,
U. S. Steel, labor and Government are
agreed that this is the issue, it is pre-
posterous If a settlement cannot be made
who can resist until unconditional sur
render.
That labor has based its claim on
productivity, and is taking into consid-
Grafton the maintenance of a stable
price level, is step forward. It shows
proper consideration for the whole econ
on1y. 1t is unwise to assume that this
attitude is insincere, though it is bound,
in the nature of things, to have bias.
So, for that matter, have the employers
a bias. But they should remember that
for masses private enterprise is no
longer sacred COW. Every one is now
aware that other sorts of economies
exist, and that our sort, in the world
as whole, is not winning many new
friends or influencing many new people.
Private enterprise is misnomer for
the system we have. Corporations, some
Evening star., 1946-01-30
Germony's Future
From the Glasgow Herald.

from tne tlaSgoW deraid.
It is possible to be in complete SYM
pathy with Frances fears Of Germany
resurgent without accepting the French
thesis that Germany must be divided
and allowed to develop only up to the
subsistence level Of an agricultural state.
Opposition to the French view Is not
dictated by any tenderness for Ger
many, but by fears Of the consequences
to Europe OF creating an industrial
vacuum. It would be possible to draw
Germany's teeth and stiu utilize her
vast natural resources by putting the
Ruhr under international control, and
it Is In this direction that French
initiative would be better employed
rather than In the merely negative OPP
position that is being offered to plans
for the centralized administration Of
Germany.
Evening star., 1946-01-30
PROTECTING the Public

When a man convicted of assault
ing three-year- girl can walk
out of the courtroom a free man
upon payment of 5000 fine, ques-
tion arises as to the adequacy of
the law and its machinery in deal
ing with this type of offender. Such
case was presented in Municipal
Court this week. The defendant,
alleged to have molested the child
in her bedroom while he was a
visitor in the home. was arrested
on complaint of the girls father.
In court his defense was that he
was drunk. Convicted of simple
assault. he was sentenced to pay
a 5000 fine or spend 80 days in jail.
He paid the fine.
Under the law, the court could
have imposed up to $500 fine or a
sentence of one year in Jail, or both.
Why the fullest penalty was not
meted out in the case in question
was not explained by the court.
Even If the maximum sentence had
been imposed. however. the attacker
of the little girl would have been
at liberty within a year or less on
good behavior. 1t seems evident
that society is not sufficiently pro-
tected under a system which per-
mits such an offender to secure his
freedom upon payment of moder-
ate fine or upon serving a relatively
brief sentence. The question which
this raises Is whether more con-
sideration is not being given to the
plight Of the defendant than to safe
guarding the public against offenses
of this nature.
Evening star., 1946-01-30

Sions in pursuit of what we needed.
And no scandal Of personal aggran-
dizement was ever made to stick to
his name.
The death of Mr.. Roosevelt ended
an association which is unique and
therefore of fascinating interest to
the historians. One may believe
that when its details are recorded
MIR. Hopkins will outlive the memory
of his detractors.
Evening star., 1946-01-30
Horry,Hopkins

Harry Hopkins cheerfully accepted
the role in the Roosevelt admins
tration to which his critics assigned
him-the whipping boy of the New
Deal. When it was politically un-
wise to attack the President. it was
popular to lambaste Harry Hopkins.
To many he became a sort of sin
lister embodiment of the New Deal
when the terms came into oppro-
brlous use. Here was a social
worker" who had never met a pay
roll in his life," coeksure and full of
wisecracks, given dictatorial author
ity to spend some three billion
dollars on projects which seemed as
transitory as the raked leaves. And
whether or not he ever said it, the
boastful "Spend and spend and
spend, and tax and tax and tax, and
elect and elect and elect" aptly ex-
pressed a popular estimate of his
political philosophy.
The war gave Mr.. Hopkins a new
field OF activity, but in the eyes of
his defamers he merely went from
bad to worse. Instead of spend
Ing hundreds of millions through
CWA and WPA, he was pictured
now as the shadowy figure behind
the throne, scheming to get us into
war, surreptitiously slipping treasure
to our Allies, hobnobbing with pre-
mierS, generalissimos and dictators
and selling his country down the
river.
Now that he is gone, it may be
hoped that some surviving member
OF the intimate circle in which he
lived and worked will make available
the real story of Mr.. Hopkins and
the President. His value to Mr..
Roosevelt, aside from his ability to
do a job, evidently lay in a devoted
loyalty which inspired complete
confidence and personality which
tie President found free of irrita-
ton. Those who best could tell this
story would reveal a more credible
account of the services performed by
Mr.. Hopkins than the myths which
were created by his enemies. Their
conception of Mr.. Hopkins and the
value OF his war work pictures him as
a selfiess, shrewd and able admins
traitor, unqueStioning in sacrifice to
duty, stoically accepting such per-
sonal tragedies as the death of his
youngest son in action. spending his
frail health beyond endurance.
He was credited with an ability
to deal 50 forthrightly, yet without
offense with our allies that he was
chosen for the most difiicult mis-
Evening star., 1946-01-30
Federated Africa Anticipated.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Raymond Moley's article supporting
a plan to create United States of
Africa is one Of the few constructive
peace proposals made in many months.
1t would be method not only for fur
thering the development of the rich
African continent, but also a way for
easing the problems of Europe's op-
pressed and displaced populations. Mr..
Moley's comments interest me espe-
cially, because suggested such a plan
in communication to The Star almost
year ago and in Social Forces (social
science quarterly review, October,
1945. Other world areas outside of
Africa which contain colonial de-
pendencies, inundated territories and
self-governing parts of the British Conn
monwealth of Nations. can be federated
in the same manner as that proposed
for Africa. QUINTIN M. SANGER
Evening star., 1946-01-30
Prices and Production

ible price control policy on the part
OF the Government. Civilian Pro-
duction Administrator John D.
Small has opened the door to dis
cussion of a subject which is as
controversial as it is important.
The attitude of the administration
toward wage increases and price
controls has been something less
than firm and consistent. It's orig
inal position was that, except in
certain relatively unimportant cir
cumstances, it would not sanction
wage increases if they would neces-
state higher prices. But that posi-
ton has not been steadfastly
adhered to. In the steel dispute,
for instance. it is clear that the ad-
ministration is willing to grant a
price increase in exchange for an
agreement to pay higher wages.
The public has been given little or
no official information on this mat
ter, but it is evident that the Presi-
dents stabilization line is going to
be stretched to accommodate higher
wages for the steel workers. A SINH
lar adjustment" is anticipated in
the case of meat, and possibly
few other commodities, but on the
whole the President and some of his
advisers are still in the difficult sit
uation of being open advocates of
substantial wage increases while
frowning Sternly, for the most part,
on the requests of producers for
higher prices.
At bottom, this obviously involves
a question of fact. Can the pro-
ducers of the goods and services
which the public wants, but cannot
buy, stand the squeeze imposed by
rising wage levels and rigid prices?
OPA takes the position that they
can, or that, if not, they can secure
necessary relief through the exist
ing control machinery. Many pro-
ducers are in emphatic disagree
ment, however, and they will find
considerable support for their con-
tention in Mr.. Small's statement.
Although insisting that he favors
continuance OF price controls to
withstand severe inflationary pres
sures," Mr.. Small makes the point
that maintenance of a firm price
line means little If goods are not
available for purchase at that level"
And certainly, as of today, there are
many items which cannot be pur-
chased under existing price ceilings
ceilings which, according to pro-
ducers, would force them to sell at
loss if they sold at all.
The chief difficulty is that the
administration has thrown it's in
fiuence behind large wage increases,
both past and prospective, before
the production of peacetime goods
could really get under way. This
means that producers are faced
with substantial increases in costs
without being able to absorb them
Immediately through volume pro-
duction, and in some lines, at least,
this is condition which is having
paralyzing effect.
This lack of production, in Mr..
Small'S opinion, is the worst thing"
that could happen. The probabili-
ties are that he is right. for If pro-
ducers cannot market their goods
at a profit they are not going to
produce at all, and the resulting
shortage Of goods, coupled with
steadily rising purchasing power in
the hands of people who want to
buy, could soon demolish the price
line no matter how much the ad-
minstration might like to hold it.
Evening star., 1946-01-30
Radar Cartoon Commended

Nadar cartoon Commended
To the Editor of The Star:
In The Star for January 27 there is q
Bergman cartoon depicting the earth
and the moon. A radar ray has been di-
rected from the United States toward
the moon and has succeeded in striking
the Man in the Moon smack on the
nose.
The moon exclaims, why don't you
just tend to your own business?" Mr..
Bergman took the words right out of
my mouth Why don't we?
LAURA X. POLLOCK.
Evening star., 1946-01-30

'UN Rather Than 'UNO'?
To the Editor of The Star:
Just where do we find authority for
the expression "UNO"?
According to its charter, it should be
"UN" Omitted Nations. See preamble
to Charter, World Almanac, 1916, page
lis. s. e. WIDDIFIELD.
Evening star., 1946-01-30

Experiments are being made in
Baltimore on the production of
stockings made of spun steel. It
ought to be easy for former lady
welders to take care of any runs
that may develop.
Evening star., 1946-01-30

There are two kinds Of people.
Those who take care Of their animal
pets and those who neglect them
when they need care most-in win
ter most notably.
Evening star., 1946-08-22
FARM and GARDEN.

TREES REMOVED, general landscaping
sodding, seeding; draining. walls, walks
800 cHRIsTY sSoR1 n. i. RED m pullets; es ready
Asz Raesfw tySss new farm EQUIP aa
ba ling twine: trucks at old price. Phone
SoS fsa5eh eRhDG ilao stssr TOP Dm Soil Call WI
s731 between am. and pm. weekdays.
FLAGsToNE WALKS and terraces, fire
wallS.. F; MARoUccIo, Route 4, Hornsrs
aSpsSapE sSskys RS fsckys 5Se ,er
ing, topsoii, aowerlng shrubs. everereens,
Fss hsa,sd es5s9ss sprayed EN- oy44 z in washington
- Competent, experienced
gardeners Under expert supervision; weed
ing by the LIQUID process, fertilization,
ing. summer spraying and busting for your
particular needs and safety; rearrange-
ment; rsm1yai Of trees and stumps with
and cement work. terraces, walls, drive
ways, steps. porches, green and red colored
wa,kS Bettsr service With Wonder
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rock gardens, guard rails; a small invest
ment today in carefully planned garden
will return perpetual and immeasurabie
better construction and the future main
tenance of your beautiful outdoor sur
roundiugS, call Ii. 1928. 23'
WANTED-Farm tractor in running con-
dition. Write. giving full information.
Box 274-B, Star, 23'
FARMALL tractor, model A, complete
with 14-inch pillow, oultivator and mower:
all in excellent condition; will sell to best
cash offer. Box 3S5-A, Star. -27
PEACHES, tree ripened, Albert yellow
freestone, just the kind you will want
for, canning and preserving on sale daily
and Sunday. Drive out Colesyille pike,
l01a miles from cross light in Silver
Spring., Buy them, fresh picked at the
Evening star., 1946-08-22
APARTMENTS EXCHANGED

WASHINGTON FOR MANHATTAN, rms
and dinette new apt. house, $50, for 3
OF more Box u3-B. Star. 22s
iently located one-bedroonn.. etc, Washing
T,snt Ton apartmsnt for similar Cor anyl apart
NEW YORK FOR WASHiNGToN-Mode
;3h2-rm apt, elevator bldg, midtown Man
hattan near Riverside dr., for same or
Larger NV. WASHINGTON; veteran only.
MANHATTAN FOR wAsHINGToN-sr rms.
and complete kitchsnstte. $50 for 8 or
more; central. Box 4S4-B, Star.
WILL EXCHANGE unfLrnished 3 rooms,
dinette. kitchen. basement bath at 2743
Woodley pi. n.w.,. for unfurnished living
room- bedroom, kitchen, bath in NV or
Virginia. children allowed. Call NO. 1857
after pm: or DI. 1859 after 8 am. --2s
WILL EXCHANGE 1a-rm. furn. apt, in
fashionable Brooklyn Heights. n; Y, City,
3 rm. apt. furn. or unfurn- in Washing
ton. Call NO. 940I after 6 pm
WASHINGTON TO NEW YORK-2-bed-
room .saroen apt, modern development.
In exchange for or 3 bedroom house or
apt. in suburban New York UN O342. -24
WASH. TO PHILADELPHIA - Will ex-
change rental OF 2-bedroom house. sub
in Philadelphia or suburb Phone WI. 7l92.
WILL EXCHANGE large 3-room and bath
apartment IL bedroom) at 14th and Mass
ave, for a small apartment in Arlington
RE. 800. Ext. 1929. After 6. ME. 1777
FIvE-RooM HOUSE. Michigan Park Sec
duplex apt. in Michisan Park section
Box 41l-X Star -oa
Evening star., 1946-08-22
MOVING, PACKING and STORAGE.

MOVING AND GENERAL HAULING, con.
tracts and Job trash removals services and
pfifs sass sass1 sisna "a business will NOV.
you day or evening: reasonable rates; light
hauling specially. GE. 1851.
VETERAN MOVERS--An new equipment;
al white veteran help. CHI. 1901: ewes"
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TRASH REMOVAL. ASH REMOVAL. gen.
cail i dE. sI4s for Tree estimate. CON
GREssIoHAL TRUCKING co; "a
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York. Conn; 10. Boston. Florida, Georgia,
ACNE ACME: M6viNG A nSe' q STORAGE co.-Local
none apE to0 V9, small anv,Ii. II HOO; -, .pup,
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MOVERS-Veteran owned and operated
all white veteran help. SILVER FLEET
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Ex-GI, hauling. moving storage; will move
veterans JOHN GLOVER. DE. $3.50. 27s
DODGE stake body truck for hire. Cen
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Evening star., 1946-08-22
DOGS. PETS. re.

COUNTRY BOARDING-sanitary Kennels
individual runs, free pickup and delivery,
special long term rates. OAKMONT FARM
COUNTRY BOARDING, sanitary Kennels
individual runs: free pickup and delivery:
special Ione-term rates. OAKMONT FARM
KENNELS, Hobart 1888. Gaithersburg pol
I'D sss or 1uss a f ne Nc m1ss or Hns sss
BOARDING AND GROOMING - Indiyid
stalls and outdoor screened runs. Axe
reg; cookers for sale: excellent bloodline
cookers at stud. KRlSS KROSS KEN
vile. Va Phone Fairfax lily. -3f.
KITTEN, pretty. sweet disposition, needs
sPRINGER SPANIEL ruFPiEs, inter
ehampiS9n anrmpS Wy bloSdline. saaa. inocuiated snd
PoMERANIAN DOC. female. = mos, reg.
Axe, bred on West Coast; good chill. pet
MR.. JOINER. WI. 5104 after 8 pm -22
FORCED TO GIVE UP TOY COLLIE
2, mo-; pedigreed, wonderful pet; $40.
Cookers; one black. s35: one bun, Se5;
must sell. For information, WO. $3.50. "a
BABY M0NKEY--A tame. healthy Ring
tan, s75; inepdine ;ls cage and miscellaneous
COCKER, red. male, 8. months old. Red
Brucie- strain. Axe reeistered: $50 Call
after 5:l5 pm. HO. 7253 -23
COCKER PUP, { months. black and white
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BOxERS-n you are interested in a
choice pup call Alex. 0s05. 25'