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Evening star., 1946-07-14
lmpotent Air Forces

The alarming effects of too-rapid
rehabilitation of the Army Air
Forces have been brought forcefuuy
to public attention by Lieutenant
General George E. Stratemeyer,
chief of the Air Defense Command,
in speech before the Aviation
Writers Association in New York
City 1t is most disturbing in the
extreme to learn that If an emer-
gency of some unforeseen nature
should develop in the immediate fu-
ture, the AAF would have difficulty
in putting into the air so much as
one complete fighter group or
B-29 group, ready for all-out COM
bat operations of the type conducted
prior to VI day. Yet General
stratemeyer. whose responsibility it
is to keep tab on our air defenses, is
authority for this drab estimate of
our air strength today 1--WE could
not punch our way out of a wet
paper bag the general declared.
1t is not so much a shortage of
planes as shortage of qualified per-
sonnel to maintain and fly them, he
explained. The number of Army
planes has dropped from a wartime
peak of $1,000 to total of $4,000 on
May of this year. Meanwhile per-
sonnel strength has shrunk from
more than 100000 to 000O today.
And half of the men now in the
AAF are completely unframed re-
cruits" Demobilization took most
of the seasoned pilots and me-
chanics. All of the remaining planes
and men are not in this country, of
course. They are scattered all over
the globe. Thus it is apparent that
the Army's peacetime goal of a
400,000man air force "in being"
exists largely on paper. This "in be-
ing" force is the minimum which
the War Department asserts is nee
essary to insure adequate, instant
protection in an air age as fraught
with peril as the one upon which
we are entering.
In time, of course, the air force "in
being" should reach state OF EN-
cheney comparable to that Of war
days. Meanwhile 1t is doubly urgent
that the regular force be supple
Evening star., 1946-07-14
New Price Bill

When he vetoed the OPA exten-
sion bill last month, President Tru-
man said he had chosen an alterna-
tive which enabled him ito call upon
the Congress to give the American
people real, workable price control
law" And in his radio talk that
evening he urged the people of the
country to join with him in making
this demand upon the Congress.
It is fair inference that the
President has been disappointed in
both respects. For few days after
the veto the congressional mail ran
heavily in support OF Mr. Truman.
But the volume dWindled quickly,
and, in recent days, some Senators
have found their mail about evenly
divided between those opposing and
those favoring OPA. Certainly there
has not been forthcoming the wide
spread and sustained public pressure
on Congress for which the President
must have hoped And this lack of
pressure for "a real, workable price
control law is reflected in the new
bill which the Senate has passed.
This bill may prove less objection
able to the President than its prede-
cessor in that 1t does not contain the
Taft and Wherry amendments to
which he had taken particular ex-
ception in his veto message. Never
theless, it is so loaded with exemp-
tions, many of which are designed
to promote the interests of special
groups, that it falls far short of
meeting the standards laid down by
Mr.. Truman.
Because of this it is freely pre-
dicted that the President will also
veto this bill if it finally emerges
from Congress in substantially it's
present form. Perhaps he will do so,
but the fact remains that Mr.. Tru-
man would be amply justified in
taking the other course. He brought
the deficiencies of the earlier bill as
he saw them, to the attention of the
people. He sought their support.
And he gave Congress an oppor-
tunity to reconsider it's earlier action
in the light Of the objections he had
raised. On the basis of these facts,
the President may conclude that he
has done all that he properly could
do, and that it would be better to
sign the new bill, with such controls
as it may include after the House
acts, than to write another veto and
run the grave risk of getting no
legislation.
Evening star., 1946-07-14
Do You Smell Something?

From the House hearings on the cur
rent District appropriation bill:
Mr.. Coffee-Over a period of years I
have been very much disturbed over the
fact that the District of Columbia off,
cials are prevented from testing their
own materials in the District of Colum-
bia testing of materials laboratory That
is true, isn't it?
Captain Whltehurst-That is correct
Mr.. Coffee-Would you. for the record,
tell us how much money the taxpayers
of the District of Columbia have in
vested in their own CITY, owned testing
laboratory?
Captain Whitehurst-It is $4,000
Mr.. Coffee-Can you state how much
funds would be required to operate the
city owned testing laboratory over the
funds which you now are spending?
Captain Notwithstanding would
be required.
Mr.. Coffee-Could you do it with ex-
listing personnel?
Captain Whitehurst-Yes, sir. The
funds contained in these estimates pay
for the testing. We are transferring the
money now to the Bureau of Standards.
We would not ask for any more money.
AS a matter of fact, it would decrease
the amount of money spent for testing.
Mr.. Stefan-For the information of
the committee, I cannot see any reason,
when the city has its own testing lab
oratory, equipped with its own ma
chinery, in which we have invested ap-
proximately 100000, why they should
not test their own material.
Mr.. Gary-Why do they not do that?
Mr.. Coffee-Because of the past action
of the committee. I think that action
was taken at the time when Mr.. Cannon
was chairman of the committee.
The action to which Mr.. Coffee
refers was the insertion of rider
in the appropriation bill for the
fiscal year 1888 which forbade use of
the testing laboratory. In the years
since then the people of the District
have paid the Bureau of Standards
more than $162,184 over and above
what it would have cost to test the
material at the 100000 plant built
for the purpose at the direction of
Congress. This year the Coffee
subcommittee eliminated the rider.
Mr.. Cannon's full committee put it
back again. On a vote, the House
took it out, thus sustaining the
subcommittee. 1t is not now in the
Appropriation Act. But in a subse-
quent appropriation bill Mr.. Can
mons committee slipped the rider in
again. The Senate Appropriations
Committee has just taken it out
again. It ought to stay out. There
is no reason in the world why, to
suit a curious whim of Mr.. Cannon,
the voteless taxpayers of the District
should be forced each year to waste
their money in paying the Bureau
of Standards for something that
could be done more cheaply by using
existing facilities. That little rider
smells. There must be more to it
than meets the eye. The Senate
committee should insist on getting
rid of it.
Evening star., 1946-07-14

mented as soon as possible by
trained air reserve and air National
Guard units. Recruiting for these
vital components of the overall air
potential is going forward with un-
derstandable vigor. The reserve
and the guard, it is hoped, will gar
ner considerable number of the
combat-wise airmen who were lost
to the AAF by reason of point dis
charges. The District National
Guard is one of many militia out
fits organizing new air units. The
sooner these reserve and militia
units are "in being" the greater will
be the peace of mind of those re-
sponsible for guaranteeing the
security of the country.
Evening star., 1946-07-14

The world moves upward like a
mountain path on a steep ascent,
by zigzags. 1t rises by inclining
first in one direction and then in
another.
Man progresses by putting both
the good and the bad into sitter
and shaking until the good goes
through to be by itself and the chaff
remains to be discarded; and we do
we'll to pause at times, to look about.
and ascertain the good things that
are separated from the bad during
the shaking.
The 9th verse of the 18th chapter
Of Hebrews has been paraphrased to
read: Things are being shaken; very
well, then let them shake. They are
man-made anyway. Besides they
are being shaken in order that the
things which cannot be shaken may
abide"
Somehow or other we must deal
with shakings. They are inevitable.
The mere process of growing up
through childhood, adolescence.
youth, mature years, all make plain
that things don't remain the same.
The one thing that is certain is that
tomorrow will be different from to-
day.
The United States of America in
the past few years has gone through
some tremendous shakings War
came upon us-many who entered
the service are still with the colors;
many others have been discharged
and are finding it difficult to get
cars and homes, so they can 60 about
life as before; and many others have
fallen In the war Our economic and
industrial life is being shaken, and
am afraid will continue to be shaken
as long as greed and selfishness are
prevalent in the lives of both en-
ployers and employees.
Christian morality also is being
shaken. The moral chaos today is
terrible-especially among our teen
ayers and young adults. Too many
ARE doing what comes naturally"
Moral restraints are being discarded
as out Of date and oh, the wrecks
Evening star., 1946-07-14
Roy Stunnurd Baker

In effect, Ray Stannard Baker had
three separate and distinct careers.
He was a undertaking newspaper
man in Chicago between 1892 and
1897 and a syndicate and magazine
editor in New York from 1898 to 1915.
But he never was happy in those
Jobs. The picture of unrest and
contention with which he profess
sionally was engaged gradually be-
came merely a task for him. He
did the work because 1t was his duty
to do it. His heart, however, was
elsewhere. The woods and fields and
little towns of Michigan which he
had known in his boyhood were his
"real world" To it, he deliberately
escaped The result was Adventures
in Contentment" and the seven COM
panion volumes which followed that
strangely magnetic book.
Every word that he wrote under
the name of David Grayson, Mr..
Baker subsequently declared, was
written for the sheer sense of release
and JOY which the writing gave me-"
But it was not altogether a realm of
dreams into which he retreated. The
secret of the success of this phase
of his endeavor was that it opened
a door into place and time which
millions of his contemporaries in
stantly recognized-the unpretend-
ing, old-fashioned America of the
horse-and-buggy age. So popular did
the series of stories and essays soon
become that the author eventually
was obliged to acknowledge his
identity in order to protect his
property from the claims of i'm
posters who had been only too willing
to take advantage of his reticence.
But the breaking of the secret did
not spoil the fun. His public wanted
David Grayson on any terms, and
Mr.. Baker continued to produce his
accustomed mixture of sentiment
and philosophy at convenient inter-
vsls as the spirit moved him. He
likewise performed a monumental
labor of self1ess devotion in the
editing OF the Official" biography
and correspondence of Woodrow
Wilson in eight volumes-a triumph
for which the Pulitzer Prize seemed
a relatively small reward.
What Mr.. Bakers place in the
history of American literature finally
will be cannot be settled at the
moment of his departure. To his
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Things Are Being Shaken
BY the Reu. H. Raymond Phelps,
Minister, Ingram Memorial Congregational Church.

COHgTegGLtOUUt CHuTCH.
that are being left all over the ma
ton after trying such loose living!
But Christian morals still are good
and will not be lost in this shaking.
Only the man-made things will
crumble while the God made
things will abide. Things are be-
ing shaken; very well, then let them
shake. They are man made anyway.
Besides they are being shaken in
order that the things which cannot
be shaken may abide"
1t Is those who are better than the
world about them that make the
world better place for themselves
and for others. Mankind Is raised
by those people who live for the good
Of all. The best people have known
have been little conscious Of the
fact, for they have compared them
selves, not with others, but with an
inner standard higher than they
felt they could attain. They think
not OF how they appeared, but what
they were, and what they might be.
A man need not be general to be
good soldier and a hero. A man
need not be public character or a
martyr to be a good citizen. The
more good men in public ONCE the
better; never before has our country
had more need of statesmen to direct
the current of thought and action
men not concerned about office,
political careers, or party advantages,
but for wise judgment in the govern
ment. There never was a stronger
call for people who can think clearly
and speak fearlessly.
Yet the influence Of most men
upon the world is exerted not In pub
lie Office but in their professions or
occupations. There are those who
refuse to be shaken from the things
that last-such things as God, love,
kindness, good will and service.
Things are being shaken; very
well, then let them shake They are
nlan-made anyway. And besides they
are being shaken in order that the
things which cannot be shaken may
abide"
Evening star., 1946-07-14

Hungary, long famous as the
granary of Europe, is going to stop
growing wheat and concentrate on
some theoretically more intensive
type Of agriculture that will bring a
larger profit per acre to the farm
family" This will be something to
remember the next time there is a
shortage of bread and too darned
many brussels sprouts and mush-
rooms.
Evening star., 1946-07-14

assumed by the people of the United
States through Federal taxes to which
District citizens also contribute. Nor
should the supreme authority of Con-
gress over the District be employed to
curtail necessary development OF the
Capital purely in the interests Of keep
Ing the national payment ~ low as
possible.
Evening star., 1946-07-14

New York State has started a 486-
mile superhighway to run from the
Atlantic to the Great Lakes. It will
require five years to complete.
Meanwhile, let us hope that some
body 1nvents sure system for
preventing people from getting drunk
and speeding over it when it is
finished.
Evening star., 1946-07-14
Friendly BoIIotine
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
Anyway, maybe we can still be hope
full as long as the votes of the Security
Council are taken by d show of open
hands, not clenched fists.
Evening star., 1946-07-14

One postal clerk stole q diamond
bracelet, another q smoked ham.
Guess which will get the heavier
sentence.
Evening star., 1946-07-14

neighbors OF his own epoch he GER
tainly appeared destined to endure,
and 1t is possible that their judg-
ment will be proved correct.
Evening star., 1946-07-14
By John w. Thompson, Jr.

Ihe theory here appears to be that
such personnel are distinct from other
federal jobholders in that they were
called for by the President or sent by
their constituents and did not come
here on their own volition. The gen.
eral run of Federal employees, it is
assumed, came here voluntarily to get
good jobs and should not be the tax
guests OF local residents on that account.
$oth sales tax and broad income
levy were beaten at the Capitol in 1899
when the present crippled income tax
legislation was enacted instead. Again
now the sales tax is opposed by the
Merchants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton.
But whatever practical merit the
Commissioners can extract from the
committee recommendations, no city
financial program affecting the general
fund-into which all Of these taxes
would go-should be sent to Congress
without a companion program on the
Federal payment which also feeds the
fund
If this is not fixed by flexible formula
such as that suggested by Senator
OMahoney Of wyoming under which
the ratio OF Federally owned land to
the entire District area would determine
the percentage of Federal share, GER
tainly determination should first be
made whether Washingtonians are COM
parably taxed with citizens of as nearly
similar jurisdictions as can be found.
If the taxes here are low by fair COM
parison, then additional participation
by local taxpayers may be in order. II
they are comparable Or high BY COM
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-04
RECORDINGS OF TALKS
BY FDR CAN NOW BE
PROCURED

The speeches of Franklin D. Roose-
welt on records are now available for
home, school or organizational use, the
National Broadcasting Company has
announced.
Contained in two yolumes-12 rec
cords-"Rendezvou with Destiny" is
a documentary recording of the voice
of FDR, dramatically produced with
narration by announcers who had in
troduced the president to the nation
over the air-Ben Grauer, Ed Herlihy
and Carleton Smith.
The albums, which record the spirit
of the 1933-45 era, are priced at $685.
each. Quantities of 1924 may be had
at SIS each or 1890 for so or more.
Orders should be addressed to NBC
notwithstanding Division, Department
X, 80 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, 20,
New York.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-04

New York.-A working coalition of
five powerful organizations was
formed here to unite Independent and
progressive voters for the state cleo
tions. 1t called on the major parties to
nominate candidates committed to "a
stable peace, full employment, greater
security and wider democracy for the
people of our state and nation" The
groups included New York City and
state CLIO councils, American Labor
Party, New York Citizens PAC and
the Independent Citizens committee
of the Arts Sciences G Professions.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-04
FARMERS Warned OF
Initiation DANGERS

Farmers should not speculate on
buying farm land at current high
prices, warns e. K. Augustus, assis-
tant secretary of the Farm Bureau
Agricultural Credit Corporation.
He said that initiation in farm land
is here and some places is getting out
of hand. Some of the reasons, he said,
why farmers may not be able to pay
for the farms they are buying on
credit at inflated prices are:
1. Demand for U. S. farm products
abroad will decrease as foreign coun-
tries get back into farm production.
2. Purchasing power of U. S. con-
sumers will drop.
3. Government may not continue to
support farm prices indefinitely.
4. Some farm costs, now rising, will
tend to become inflexible.
5. Weather in recent years has been
abnormally favorable.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-04
Legal Advertising
INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR ADDI-
TION TO THE PUMP HOUSE AT
THE STATE VOCATIONAL
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

Helena, Montana
Sealed bids will be received until
1000 o'clock A. M. Wednesday, October
8, 1916, and publicly opened at the
office of the State Board of Examiners,
Capitol Building, Helena, Montana, for
the following work to be performed
at the Vocational School for Girls six
miles north Of Helena, Montana.
Furnishing all materials, labor and
equipment necessary to construct an
addition to the present pump house to
house the pump of a deep water well
adjacent to the present pump house.
The addition to be of brick to match
present house approximately IL H.
crete pump setting, all in accordance
with plans and specifications available
at the office of the State Board of
Examiners, Capitol Building, Helena,
Montana.
All bids must be submitted on pro
posed forms" furnished and must be ac-
cOmpanied by a certified check or bid
bond in the amount of ten (10%) per
cent of the amount bid, checks should
be made payable to the Montana State
Treasurer.
Bidders must exhibit contractors Ii
cense number on proposal form, and
agree to conform to all state laws and
regulations governing employment on
public works.
The Board of Examiners reserves the
right to reject any or all bids and to
waive all informalities.
w. l.. FITZSIMMONS Clerk
State Board of Examiners.
Dated-Helena, Montana, Sept. 16, 1916.
First publ. Sept. 20, 1946-3t
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-10-04
By KNEELAND sTRANAHAN

Ever since the first reelection OF
the New Deal, big businessmen, veal
thy families and reactionary politi-
clans alike have viewed with growing
alarm the invasion" of the common
man into the affairs of government.
For our economic royalists" have al
ways regarded the control of U. S.
politics as their own exclusive pre-
serve.
Recess "Slush Fund" Scare
Current public expression of this
age-old fear of Americas Tories is
being raised almost daily now by Bra
zilla Carroll Reece, new chairman OF
the Republican National Committee.
Republican representative from the
first Tennessee congressional district
until he took over his new job Reece
has constantly labeled the CIO-Politi-
cal Action Committee as the "spear-
head of red reactionism" (this is a
demagogurey compounded) and has
accused the committee of raising a
slush fund of $6,000,00O to be used to
defeat" reactionary republican and
democratic members of congress in
the 1916 elections.
any existing law limits expen-
ditures by the national committee of
any political party to 100000 in any
one year." declares Reece. apparent
ly, however, under the law as enforced
by the present administration, there
is no limit upon the expenditures
which may be made by the Political
Action Committee"
What Reece Is Really Up To
When Reece makes the hypocritical
cry of CIOPAC "slush fund" he is
actually re-stating well known Tory
dislike of labor, small farmers, coop
eratives, small business and liberal
professional people taking part in gov
eminent. AS a congressman Reece has
already placed himself on the record
when, in June, 1913, he voted for the
Harness amendment to the Smith-Con
nally bill, to prohibit labor contribu
tions to political campaigns. Seven
months later, in February, 1914, he
also voted against the soldier-vote bill.
Now if the national republican chair
man is really concerned about "slush
funds" or adherence to existing laws"
limiting political contributions, he can
obtain plenty of facts from three SEN
ate reports, covering campaign expen-
ditures in the last three presidential
elections: Senate Report No. ISL, 18th
Congress; Report No. AZ, nth Con
gress; and Report No. 1O1, 10Th Con-
gress.
Biggest Money Goes To COP
These documents prove, despite the
provisions of the Hatch law, that the
1914 presidential campaign cost $685.
021, S77. And-now get this-of that |
amount only $949,951 was spent by the
CIO-PAC in support of President
Roosevelt and other progressive candi-
dates, while $13,4SO,SSO was spent by
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