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Evening star., 1946-12-16
The Showing Problem

At a time when major public at
tention must be devoted to things
like the atom, it is difficult for most
of particularly the women-to
give much thought to the rigors of
shaving. Thank goodness, though,
there is at least one American who
is devoting his life to study of the
problem. His name is David Gold
man, and his high and splendid
purpose is to do whatever he can to
ease the lot of the razor weary.
Let no one suppose-least of all
the women-that the problem is OF
minor consequence. Mr.. Goldman's
statistics suffice to demonstrate its
magnitude. 1t affects no fewer than
55,0O0,000 American males who an
nually use no fewer than three bill
lion American blades to cope with it.
But the cold figures tell only part
of the story. They do not give us
the full human picture. They do
not show what goes on, day after
day, in the average shaver's mind
and heart-the way he is discour-
aged by his own image in the mir
ror: his struggle against the temp
tation to go to work unshaven;
his sad mumbling to himself as the
razor scratches; his frustrated feel
ing that all this is just like doing
the dishes. There is never an end
to it. but always the same old thing
to be done. over and over again,
and the skin and soul just down.
right sick of it.
These are the things-the phySi-
cal and spiritual strains OF shaving
that Mr.. Goldman has dedicated
himself to assuage. Unfortunately,
however, he is not likely to have
much success. In the last analysis,
there is only one solution to the
problem. only one cure. and that is
for every American male to let his
beard grow unrestrained. to be as
men were in other generations
to wear whiskers and mustaches OF
every style. from goatee to imperial,
from handlebars to waxed points a
la Adolphe Menjou.
| 1t need hardly be added that such
Evening star., 1946-12-16
This Changing World
By Constantine Br0iOn

The reports of this resentment
which are separate and apart from the
official expressions in the Franco press
and assembly--support the position this
Government has taken all along that
any effort to force Spain to throw over
Franco will only solidify his support
and, far from removing the threat Of
war. will actually aggravate it. There is
little real danger of war in a nation
which is fioundering around in difficult
ties, for the solution of which 1T re-
ceives nc outside aid.
There is plenty OF evidence that
Spain is in economic trouble. The ef-
fort of Franco to lift Spain by her boot
straps has not proved successful, and
under the Assembly's resolution Spain
Is even further removed from outside
help by being excluded from all interna-
tional organizations. As the world be-
comes mere and more irtegrated under
the United Nations this exclusion from
international participation is bound to
have its effect
But there is another aspect OF ex-
cluslon Of even second-rate powers like
Spain from International relations. 1t
is two-edged sword with some unpleas-
ant side effects. If the United Nations
Is to be truly effective it n--St be uni
versal. and some eventual provision
must be made to give u N. membership
to all the peoples who today are ex-
cluded for one reason or another. Even
Germany and Japan some day will have
to be accepted as full l-nedged members.
If the United Nations is finally to
achieve the stature of a world peace or
ganization there must be no recogni-
ton OF the right of any state to remain
outside the organization, and as a
corollary thereto no power to exclude
any state from the organization II
discipline must be applied it should be
applied within the organization, while
retaining the disciplined nation in mem
bership.
1t Is true that U. NJ is not yet uni
versal and probably cannot become so
until all yestiges OF Fascism are eradi-
Gated. Spain is undeniably deplorable
example OF Fasc1sm persisting in one
part OF the world long after it should
have disappeared. But time remedies
mary dislocations and while we are
waiting for Spain to right herself we
must consider the actions we take in
relation to the principles on which we
hope to establish lasting peace.
Evening star., 1946-12-16
Georgia Versus Boston

What the Governor of Georgia
said to the Mayor of Boston. and
vice versa. makes it plain that
neither gentleman can tolerate In
tolerance. It also suggests that
neither can tolerate reflections on
the tolerance. or possible lack
thereof, of their respective constit-
uencies. In other words. there are
limits to the tolerance of both Gov
ernor Ellis ArnaH and Mayor James
Curley when 1t comes to discussing
intolerance Southern style or Back
Bay breed.
Governor Arnall. who considers
himself tolerably tolerant as South
'ern governors 60. got in the first
verbal lick in his book, THE Shore
Dimly Seen," in which he described
Boston as the recognized seat OF
intolerance in the United States" +"
The Governor told newspapermen
he had In mind the "smugness" OF
those staid Bostonians who look
down their noses, ban books and
treat the South as though 1t were
barbarian land"
Boston's seventy two year old
Mayor Curley was not long in rush
ing to the defense of his Beacon
street, South Boston and East Boston
fellow citizens. He wanted to know
what right the chief executive OF
State afflicted with "a nightmare OF
lynchings" has to set himself up as
a Judge of the tolerance of New
Englanders In general or Bostonians
in particular. The only intolerance
in Boston, he declared, relates to
lynching and bigotry and such. He
might have, but did not, mention,
also, certain best sellers deemed to
offend the sensibilities of conserva-
tive Bostonians.
All of which raises an interesting
question: Will Boston's tolerance
be stretched to permit Governor
Arnalls new book to escape the fate
of some other literary products
which proved to be offensive to the
city's censors? 1t could be, as mat
ter of fact, that the Governor was
hoping for just such sales-promo-
ton eventuality.
Evening star., 1946-12-16
Enough of 1t Already

Some note should be made of the
fact that during the past week end,
while the United Nations was as
busy as ever trying to restore order
to the world, more than 100 serious
minded men convened in Paris to do
their darnedeSt in behalf of univer-
sal chaos.
These men represented the an
archists of Western Europe. better
known as the General Confederation
of Revolutionary workers. The pur-
pose of their meeting was to reaff1rm
their faith in a doctrine that dates
back to the early Greeks. especially
to the philosopher Zeno. The doc
trine is quite simple AS summed up
by the GCRW. it is just this: That
governments are no good and that
the sooner all of them are over
thrown, the sooner will peoples
everywhere enjoy real justice and
happiness.
In other words. as the anarchists
see it. a government = less world
would be sweet. There would be no
laws. no policemen, no red tape, no
income tax. no unions, no inter-
ference of any kind with the individ-
ual. Nor would the alleged Unborn
nastiness of human nature upset the
applicant; on the contrary, since
human nature is mean only because
1t is governed, the angels in all of
us would be forever triumphant just
as soon as we did away with kings,
dictators, presidents and the whole
kit-and- -kaboodle of village, city,
state, national and world bureau
cracy.
Considering how things have gone
since Zeno's day, there is something
almost breathtaking, or at least ad-
mirable, in the sheer folly of such a
philosophy and in the fact that over
100 men have just met to VOW their
adherence to it. At time when the
several nations are trying to form a
kind of government above all gov
ernments, here we have an ardent
cry for chaos. These anarchists,
moreover, profess themselves to be
eptimistic about the future; the
Evening star., 1946-12-16

The United Nations General Assem-
bly's action in recommending to It's 54
members the withdrawal of their am
bassadors and ministers from Spain Is,
as the United States hoped, more a ges-
ture than an effective action to force
Generalissimo Francisco Franco from
rule.
The withdrawal Of full-fiedged chiefs
OF mission from Madrid, while leaving
diplomatic representation otherwise in
tact, would be in itself mild enough
step to take, even If all U. N. members
maintained ambassadors or ministers
plenipotentiary./ But the fact lis that
Great Britain is the only major govern
ment to maintain an ambassador in
Madrid. A few OTHER U. N, members of
second or third rate Importance are
affected by the Assembly action. The
great majority are represented by
charges d'affaires. who are not affected.
The withdrawal Of ambassadors and
ministers Is far short OF the complete
break with Spain sought originally by
the Slavic bloc. Russia's satellites
pressed SO persistently for action that
there was scarcely any way to avert
some kind of measure in the Assembly.
The resolution as adopted provides that
ii the Franco regime remains in power
after a reasonable time" the Security
Council shall consider remedial mea-
sures. The United States has not re-
sorted to the veto yet, but 1t could do SO
with propriety II the question Of force
full measures against Franco ever came
up In the Council.
What, specifically, Is the reasonable
time" mentioned in the resolution one
can only guess. 1t probably means until
the Slavic bloc feels sufficient oppor-
tunity has been given the Spanish peo-
pie to make the desired democratic
changes. Any time the Slavs feel their
position strong enough they can bring
the matter up In the Council and try to
get action.
Meanwhile, however, reports Of some
discomfort In Spain and premonition of
change In the Spanish regime continue
to reach Washington. There has been
recrudescence of leftist activity
against which the Franco police have
reacted with promptness and severity.
The attitude of the Spanish people ap-
pears to be that all desired things will
come in due time, but that foreign pres
sure on Spain to act now. even on the
dictate OF a world peace organization,
only serves to stir the resentment of all
Spaniards.
Evening star., 1946-12-16
Russia in Munchuriu

Taken as whole, Edwin w
Pauley's latest and final report on
Manchuria is reStatement - in
somewhat stronger terms-of his
earlier reports on the same subject
The only significant new element is
his suggestion that the Russians had
q long-range strategic objective in
view when they removed vital indus
trial equipment from this territory
on the ground that it was legitimate
war booty"
The story of these removals is
fairly familiar, but Mr.. Pauley, in
his capacity as our reparations rep
resentative, has now stressed certain
details that reflect no credit on the
Russians. When they went into
Manchuria, they really cleaned
house. Acting unilaterally, they
grabbed everything they could on a
highly selective basis. They did not
strip" the country in literal sense
What they did was to pick and
choose the best machine tools and
the best industrial equipment they
could find. AS result, they struck
an economic body blow at China,
and this blow, together with the
strife between the Yenan Commu-
nists and the forces of Chang Kai-
shek, has done much to discourage
the recovery of the Chinese and to
darken the prospect of peace and
stability among them.
In Mr.. Pauley's words, the Man
ehurian industrial plant - which
could have been most important in
putting China back on its feet-was
in an appalling" condition after the
Russians had gone to work on it.
Typical was their removal of pump
ing equipment in the coal mining
area-an action that left the mines
flooded in an irreparable way. All
together, according to Mr.. Pauley,
the economy of the territory suffered
a Toss of about $4,000, ,000, 900 as a
result of Soviet policy More than
that, since it obviously did harm to
China and was not economically
necessary for Russia, this "war
booty" program appears to have had
no other purpose than the "strate-
gic" one of prolonging Chinese weak
nesses and Chinese troubles. In any
case. it can hardly be described as
having been wholly move to
bolster the Russian economy.
The booty" taken by the Russians
was once japanese owned, but it was
In Manchuria-a part of China-and
the Chinese had special claim to it.
1t should have been dealt with
as reparations through inter-Allied
consultation, but Moscow chose to
grab it unilaterally. The action
must now be looked upon more or
less as fait accompli, but that does
not make it any the less reprehen-
sible. In short term sense, strate-
gically, it may have seemed clever to
the Kremlin at the time, but in the
long run, because it has created a
bad reaction among the Chinese, the
Americans and others, it may prove
to have been not so smart.
Evening star., 1946-12-16

a development Is quite improbable.
Few of the bearded-even those with
five o'clock Shadow-have the cour-
age to defy present convention, let
alone their wives. Most Of us men
are slaves to the norm, too fearful
OF the jokes of our fellows, too afraid
of being dubbed eccentric, to let
our whiskers grow. For much the
same reason, we have stopped carry
ing walking canes, though with cane
and fine sweep of beard, we might
really look like something. The
situation is enough to make any
imaginative male feel just bit
SOrroWful.
Evening star., 1946-12-16
Leon Blum as Stopqup


Nationsl Assembly to the post Of
temporary President-P illus
trateS the profound deadlock which
besets French political life today.
While this choice is tribute to the
character and prestige of the vet
eran statesman, it is essentially a
personal appointment, since M. Blum
technically represents no one but
himself. That is beca use his Social
list Party recently passed over Blum
and other old-time leaders for new
men, whereupon M Blum went into
retirement. Yet now, despite his
advanced age and precarious health,
he is entrusted with the task of
forming an interim government to
tide FRANCE over until mid-January,
when the combined legislative bodies
(Assembly and Senate) will jointly
select a President who will then
choose Premier with parliament
tary support. Only then will the
structure of Fourth Republic be
constitutionally complete.
The building of this Fourth Re-
public has been an arduous and
controversial process. No less than
eight times in the eighteen months
which have elapsed since Frances
liberation from German domination
the French electorate has been
called to the polls. The result has
been not only WEAKNESS among the
voters but also a complicated bal
ance of power between several par
ties, ranging from the Communists
on the extreme left to a revival of
rightist groups which has further
complicated the original triparty
balance between Communists, So
cialists and Christian Socialists
(MRP), that dominated the imme-
diate postwar political scene Also,
that political survival, the misnamed
Radical Socialists, who are really
liberals, have emerged from wartime
obscurity, largely owing to the per-
sonality of their leader, Edouard
Herriot.
During the first year, tripartite
working agreement between Com
Socialists and MRP made
possible relatively workable gov
ernment. But the elections in No
vember revealed a weakening of the
Socialists which undermined that
balance, since the Communists and
MRP are too antagonistic to get
along together. Even if the weak
ened Socialists should work with the
Communists, they could not COM
mand a majority in the Assembly,
while a combination of the other
parties, though theoretically pos
sible, would precipitate struggle
with the Communists which might
wreck Frances already precarious
economic situation.
In this impaSSe. the first sugges-
ton was the election of Edouard
Herriot as stopgap interim can
didate, but the final decision was
that of Leon Blum However, it
remains to be seen whether he can
form a coalition cabinet to do GER
tain pressing tasks for the coming
notably the adoption of a
budget for the first quarter of the
new year. Even If he succeeds, this
will be a hand-to-mouth procedure.
The basic impasse in French politics
remains unreSolved.
Evening star., 1946-12-16
PCtteruns

Who has seen pdtterans
Lett by the gypstes:
Fl0Uers OF the nieddoic
Hung in the iUilloiD.
Shouting the pathway
The gay feet trent dancing:
Challenge for those
OF the bold heart to foliotc!
4 4 + 4
Marked runs our jootpdth
Through the dark forest
Others hGDe trGDersed
It's infinite iDinding,
LenDing song
With an echoing cadence,
Leaving q garland
OF words for our finding.
Who tceTe the trdpelers
Scattering ,rord and sonp7
These are their pdtterans
Caught IN the ,oillop)
Long hare they passed Eere
And Jar hape they journeyed /. /.
Yet is the bold heart
Challenged to folloaE.
B. Y. WILLIAM,
Evening star., 1946-12-16
A Wrong View
rom the Toronto Star.

Ffom tnt ItFUHto SUIT.
During the war, lotteries of various
types sponsored by specific organiza-
tions were tolerated in Ontario, but the
ban has since been reimposed. Lotteries
encourage the view that person should
not subscribe to charities and other OBJ
jects unless chance of personal gain
is offered him. It is view which tends
to check the flow OF contributions to
charities which offer no such induce
ment.
Evening star., 1946-12-16

If anybody doubts that republics
sare ungrateful, let him look at the
"art" in Statuary Hall in the Capitol.
Evening star., 1946-12-16

A Tenant Speaks Up
To the Editor of The Star:
May have the privilege of comment
ing on letter to the editor in The Star
of December II entitled Another Land
lords Opinion?
The author requests 20 per cent
raise in rents because he claims that:
The plumbers, the carpenters, the
electricians, the paperhangers and the
painters are all union men, So what!
How many landlords are availing them
selves OF the services of these people?
Most of the tenants l know who have
had anything at all done in their apart
ments have paid for it themselves.
have lived in my present apartment
for five years and in that time there
has been absolutely no money fother
than for heating) spent on 1t as far as
can see. No papering, no painting, no
carpentering, no electrical work and yet
our landlords would raise the rent or
think they should. AS far as I can
figure, have been clear profit for five
years. My case is not unique.
LAURA K. POLLOCK.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-09

M. & Leora sasis rom Aux Bay every Thursday 9:15 am. to con- meet with O'Harra bus for Fair banks or Anchorage. See J. B. Bur ford adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-09

Fur cleaning, -tepairing and re- modelling. Vjctor's Fur Factory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-09
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT
Serial No. O1IO86

OCl ldl lNO. OllOoO Tn the United States Land Office for the Land District at Anchor age, Alaska
 In the Matter of the Application of JOHN MALCOLM CREAMY, a citizen of the United States to purchase public lands under the Act of May 26, 1894 (48 Stat. 809) Notice is hereby given that John Malcolm Creamy has filed applica- ton, Serial No. 011086 in the United States Land Office at Anchorage. Alaska, for patent to land described hereinafter, under the provisions of Act of Congress of May 26, 1884 t48 Stat. s09), and which land is more particularly described as
 Tract M Mile group of Hcmesites, U. s. Survey No. 1i75, containing 4.99 acres, and which tract is approximately 2 miles NV. of Juneau, Alaska in latitude 58 deg. 21 min. B sec. north, and 134 deg. B min. west longitude, and being the land eliminated from Tongass Ma tio1al Forest as tract M, mile ccvn, group of homcsites under executive order dated August 8, 1940."
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above described land should file their adverse claims withthe Actine m1nager of the Dis trict Land Office at Anchorage, AL aska within the period of publica- tion or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 Dated at Anchorage, Alaska, this 23rd day of August, 1946.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Acting Manager District
 Land Office, Anchorage First publication, Sept. II, 1946. Last publication, Nov 6, 1946
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-09
TITO GOVT. RELEASES
 AMERICAN

BELGRADE, Oct. 9.-The Yugo- ilav government released today an American construction engineer with UNRRA who had been held 10 lays on charges of espionage.
 Simultaneously, U s. Ambassa- dor Richard c. Patterson announc- sd that regular CAT transport planes were replacing B-17 Flying Fortresses in full airline service between Vienna. Austria, and Udine, italy, on the route which skirts Yugoslavia.
 The UNRRA engineer, Robert Burnup of Independence, Mo, left Belgrade this afternoon by plane sor Rome on his way to the United States Authorities here refused to comment on his release, which was understood to have been condition al upon a guarantee of his immed- fate return to America.
 UNRRA officials, who demanded complete information of Burnup's case last week, received a letter from Gen. Vladimir Velebit. Yugo- slav assistant foreign minister. ac- cusing the engineer of collecting detailed information about the Yu- ycslav army's disposition and strength"
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

thing Ike what you got the week before
and the paper packet made no pre-
tense of protection or convenience
How different today! Your tobacco is
identified by brand=alWays- uniform
And-now that the wars over-tobacco
will again come in its handy tin can that
protects it from drying out keeps it
fresh, fragrant, and smokabie' down TO
the Last cool burning crumb,
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

30 FAMILIAR has the dependable steel
and tin can become that it's convenience
and the protection it affords are
simply taken for granted More than
$500 products from foods to pharma-
ceuticals, and from motor oil to milk
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

More turpentine. Eventually, you'd start to
paint probably from a wooden bucket. OF
course, your buggy might turn out to be
four different shades but then ready mixed
paints didn't come i'm cans in those days all
ready TO use . Soon paints will be back in
their easy o-paint- from cans that protect
against drying out, dirt and dust
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

are normally packed in cans by over
135 different industries. Cans don't
shatter, crack, tear, or split. They're
easy to carry, to store, and to dispose Of
And they give lasting protection against
dirt, germs, spoilage.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-06

E LONG about 1860, you d have
@ had quite time buying your
self some smoking tobacco,
You'd drop in at your tobacconist's S and
select one or several "hands" Of leaves
Then the shopkeeper would shred the
leaves for you in crude chopper wrap
the tobacco in paper packet, and off
you'd go. OF course there was no way Of
being sure the tobacco would taste any
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-11-14
Bishop Oman Booked
AS Speaker For Meeting

Bishop G. Bromely Oman, of the
New York Methodist area, will be
the principal speaker at the annual
meeting of the Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation to be held in Columbus
Nov. 10 to 81, according to James r.
Moore, director of information. Ses-
Sions will be held in the Neil House
and at Memorial Hall with unpre-
Icendented attendance, he perdicted.
Noted as an author and lecturer,
Bishop Oman has been termed a
champion of minority groups, and
is an advocate of the cooperative
movement. In addresses throughout
the country, he has outlined six
points ''for fruitful living" which
parallel principles of cooperation,
Moore stated
Other features of the three-day
program will include reports from
various departments and annual ad-
dresses by Perry L. Green, Feder-
alton president, and Murray D.
Lincoln, executive secretary. Youth
sessions will be held at the Fort
Hayes Hotel and various women's
meetings are scheduled.
The convention will be thrown
open to all farmers over the state
and Noble county for the first time
since 1941 because of the restrictions
placed on wartime meetings.