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Evening star., 1946-12-03
Atomic Safeguards First
By George Fielding Eliot

The Russians are still trying des-
perately to take the atomic Dali away
from the Atomic Energy Commission
and from Bernard NJ. Baruch. and TO
put it in play on different field ana
under different rules.
AS predicted in this space ~earher,
the Russians are now openly demand
ing that control of atomic weapons be
linked UP with the discussion by the
General Assembly of worldwide reduc-
tion in armaments, and that the hrst
step to be taken should be abolition OF
atomic weapons by international agree
ment.
This is precisely the position previous
" taken by them in the Atomic Energy
Commission--first the United States
DESTROYS its atomic bombs, then we talk.
The reply of the United States has been,
and should continue to be-f1rst we
establish a dependable system Of safe
guards which will. work for everybody
and win make everybody secure against
the use of these weapons, then we de-
strcy them or place them under 1nterna-
tional control
Boiled down, the Russian idea is:
America disarrns first and we consider
safeguards dlIcTWdAu.s Sul iuSo -. ~|'aA1Nss ~|a1Ns
guards first. disarmament afterWard.
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we should, In the name OF common
sense and just ordinary regard for the
basic instinct of self-preservation, stick
to our idea through thick and thin.
The Russians have been careful to
surround the whole discussion with an
atmosphere of sweet reasonableness. It
would be ungracious and perhaps unwise
to look these Russian gift horses too
closely in the mouth, but 1t can do no
harm to keep In mind the lessons OF
recent experience.
We have reached at long last settle
ment on the administration Of the free
territory of Trieste. That is a relief,
indeed, but 1t remains to be seen how
this agreement will work out in actual
practice That depends on how, in fl-
ture exigencies, it is interpreted by the
powers concerned--whether in q spirit
Of cooperative helpfulness or in spirit
OF constant contention over every trif1e.
The Russians have admitted in princi-
ple the control of navigation on the
Danube by commission to include the
Big Four as we'll as the riparian states.
This is departure from previous RUS
Evening star., 1946-12-03
CouI's chuin Reaction

Faced as the Nation is by the
spreading ramifications of the coal
strike, the decision to pipe natural
gas to the Appalachian area by
means of the Big Inch and Little
Inch pipelines must be regarded as
a justifiable but feeble counternnove
against impending disaster. Secre-
tary Krug made it plain that he had
no illusions about the plan when he
told a House committee that 1t was
mot an answer" to the coal crisis.
It will help Appalachian industry.
much of which already is equipped
to burn either coal or gas. But the
maximum amount of gas which can
be delivered daily will be the equiv
Slent of only 5000 tons of coal. which
is three-tenths of one per cent OF
the daily normal coal production.
The inability of such relatively
inconsequential deterrent to slow up
the chain reaction which has begun
TO paralyze American industry is
obvious. This is chain reaction
in reverse. Instead of mushroom
ing of energy as in nuclear flssion
there is an increasingly serious de-
celeration of power and strangula-
ton of business in widely separated
but interdependent fields.
The reaction was set up thirteen
days ago when the miners left the
pits which are the source of nearly
half of the energy which keeps the
wheels of industry turning. cThe
remainder comes from oil, hydro
electric plants and natural gaso The
initial effects were slow in making
themselves apparent because OF sup
plies of fuel on hand. But dis
patches which have started coming
from many parts of the country are
bringing home to the average citizen
the tremendous Importance OF coal
to the national economy.
Shut off the supply of coal and
eventually it means the shutting on
of 81 per cent of the Nations electric
power, 81 per cent of the locomotive
power, SIS per cent of the home heat
ing. A shortage of coal means
shortage of steel and drop in steel
production inevitably means paralyz-
ing repercussions in many other in
dustries-building construction, au-
tomobiles, public works, machinery,
tools, accessories and appliances OF
sundry kinds. The paralysis creeps
into the home in several ways. Heat
and light are affected. Many homes
in addition are threatened with un-
employment and its attendant train
of woes. These woes are magnifled
with the advent of winter.
Less than two weeks of the coal
strike have been sufficient to indi-
cate the gravity of what lies ahead,
unless some way is found quickly to
arrest the incipient chain reaction.
Opening the Inch" pipelines may
have some slight psychological ad-
vantage and is sound on its own
merits. But the only thing that
stands between this Nation and
calamity is to resume the mining
of coal.
Evening star., 1946-12-03

centage OF the guerTi1las are Greeks. The
rest are Albanians, Macedorians, Yugo-
slavs and Bulgarians.
For the time being, there is no indi-
cation that foreign regular soldiers have
been involved In the ircursions. But
sizable concentrations Of Yugoslav and
Albanian regular troops have been de-
tected in areas not far from the from
tier. The Belgrade government ex-
planned their presence by saying they
were moved up as a precaution re-
quired by the turbulent conditions IN
Greece.
While diplomas are playing with
words and trying to find elegant" solu-
tions to get out Of the present impasse.
they are all aware OF the real truth
which is causings the present turmoil.
Greece is the only country in the Bal
kan Peninsula which has not been
swallowed bysthe Balkan bloc.
Moscow covets Greece not because Of
the country's riches-she has none
but because geographically she is the
key to the domination Of the Eastern
Mediterrane can. Whoever controls
Greece controls the route to- the Suez
Canal and the Indian Ocean as well as
the Dardanelles.
Conditions in Greece are described
as desperate The Athens government
has received paltry loan Of $25, ,000, 900
from the United States for reconstruc-
ton purposes. and UNRRA has been far
less liberal with the Greek people than
with those Of other nations such as
Yugoslavia and Poland.
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There Is no country In Europe today
which is ripper for major upset than
Greece. Her miserable people are still
backing their government in the hope
that the great nations gathered in New
York to preserve the peace Of the world
will prevent any violation of the coun-
try,s territorial integrity and sovereign
ty. But If the U. NJ acts on the Greek
situation with the same lack of speed
as In the Iranian case, there is every
probability that before long the .guer-
rillas" from Yugoslavia, Albania and
Bulgaria will become bolder. their in
cursions more frequent, and the attacks
backed eventually by tanks and planes
will take such proportions that Russia
will add another country to the already
sizable bag of satellites in the Near and
Middle East
Evening star., 1946-12-03
Mystery Within Mystery

The author of the Proverbs was
but one of many men who have
written OF the mystery which at
taches to ships. Something eerie
prevails wherever the maritime art
is practiced. Even the least sensitive
people feel the magic in the atmos-
phere. Shakespeare and Coleridge
and Masefield, each in his own FASH
ion, tried to catch the riddle in
words. So did Defoe and Whitman,
Melville and Conrad. Their success,
is but relative. All the vast literature
which has been developed through
the ages relating to the sea seems
nothing but a part Of the problem
which it constitutes.
To illustrate the difficulty: Where
is the hand truly competent to write
the history of the Normandie? The
tragedy of that once beautiful queen
of the Atlantic is apparent to every
body, yet none less than a Homer or
Dante could do the subject justice.
France, nation of gallant tradi-
tions, built the majestic craft to
prove once more an ancient claim
to be recognized as power on the
water, Into the frame of it went
the best materials to be found any
where on earth. The decorations
were the finest fruit of the graphic
genius of the Gallo race. When the
work was finished, floating palace
crossed to New York while all the
world watched with admiration.
That was only ten brief years ago.
But the decade of the Normandie
also was the decade of the second
global war, and she was casualty
Of it. Strangely burned at q dock
in Manhattan, the ship sank, labori-
ously was raised, then remained a
rusted, blistered, ugly ghost Of her
former regal self in yard in Brook
lyn until on Americas Thanksgiving
tugs shifted her to Port Newark to
be scrapped for the metal in her.
The wrecking is expedient, Of course.
Two or three hundred thousand
dollars may be salvaged from the
pathetic hulk, and thus the Inflated
vessel will render a final service to
those who have toiIed over her
dissection.
just why such pitiful incidents
Evening star., 1946-12-03

sian insistence that the riparian states
alone should control Danubian COM
merce 1t represents sizable gain for
international harmony-n 1t is carried
out in a cooperative and constructive
manner.
1t is still very difacult to escape the
suspicion that behind all these Russian
nianeuverings lies the single purpose of
getting the United States to destroy its
atomic bombs and thus disposing OF the
one weapon which counter balances
Russian land power on the Eurasian
continent. This was the ''primordial"
Russian demand in the Atomic Energy
Commission 1t is still the objective OF
the Russian delegation in the General
Assembly. That fact has now been
brought clearly into the open by Mr..
Vishinsky.
AS Senator Connally made very plain,
however, the American reply is still
Safeguards irst" - and safeguards,
moreover, which are under true inter-
National control and not subject to veto
by any single nation as to their nature
or operation The Russians want to put
the control of safeguards under the
Security Council in which the rule OF
unanimity of the great powers prevails.
We want to set up an international
atomic authority, independent of the
control of any single government and
not subject to the rule of unanimity
This is unacceptable to the Russians.
and it should be carefully noted that it
is still unacceptable to them despite all
the talk about general measures Of dis
armament and all the endeavors they
have made to capture the headlines with
their devotion to disarmament lin
principle
the keystone of all realistic discussion
of disarmament is still the control OF
atomic energy, coupled perhaps with
the control of other weapons of mass
destruction. Such discussion has been
committed by the United Nations to the
Atomic Energy Commission, and there
the issue has been clearly drawn, center-
ing on the question OF safeguards. We
must not, we dare not permit this com
mission to be side tracked. as Senator
Connally took care to point out
Safeguards first. disarmament after
ward.
tCopyrisht, ig46J
Evening star., 1946-12-03
Horse Blankets

There has long been an argument
among sociologists, psychologists,
artists and other assorted list"
groups as to the reasons fer certain
colors prevalent in rural regions.
Some claim that red barns and yell
low houses represent the craving OF
country folks for color in their lives.
The learned professors use long
syllable words to explain the hand
painted shades OF kerosene lamps,
blue farm wagons and red wheels on
fringe-top surreys. The countryman
is mildly interested in the PSYCHE
atric angle. He believes in higher
education and fifty-cent words
within reason.
But when 1t comes time to choose
new horse blankets, he says forth
rightly that he does not care a toot
for what the professors say. He
knows whatdne wants. He wants blan-
kets that have lots OF bright colors
in a pattern that appeals to him.
The women folks can do what they
choose with curtains, carpets, china
and patchwork quilts, but men have
a right to choose horse blankets that
have emphasis and authority.
The names were fascinating as a
young man and his father studied
the pages in the mail order cata-
logue: The Boomerang, Rossmore
Plaid, Richfield Silver, Rockaway
Fancy, Jersey Lily, Cherokee Prince,
Redbird Fancy, Lulu Fancy Striped
and Rose-a-Lee Plaid It was diff
cult to decide among SO many possi-
bilities, but finally the decision was
made. The description seemed to be
what was wanted: Blue and red
Saxony style, plaided with combina-
tion colored heading of black, yell
low, green, gray and white" With
a pair of these lad could drive to
the feed mill with the big, two-horse
sled and toss the blankets over the
Morgans while he went inside to
chat a minute before loading up
with shorts and middlings. Horse
blankets, of course, serve utili-
tartan purpose, but they also give a
lift to a man who likes color-and
wants it in authoritative hueS.
Evening star., 1946-12-03
Wukinq

Against the gold persistence OF the ddMn
/ struggle, clinging closer to the night,
Reaching for dream too quickly gone,
Fighting auay the sharp, relentless
light.
i little longer would hope to Keep
within the womb-s,Deet dark. an
embryo
Unwilling to 90 forth, relinqaish sleep,
or lose the dream S. yet knoso that
l must 90.
And so tcake; cells irill not be denied;
one Uorld recedes, another comes to
being;
Something is lost, more than the dream
has died:
Il deeper spisdom and farther see
ing s.
And / arise and 90 into the day,
While night recedes million years dtudy.
MAE WINKLER GOODMAN.
Evening star., 1946-12-03
Holds Principle Important
Possible Answer

From the Knoxville Express.
We would like to see complete list
of what we want In other parts Of the
world, and list of what Russia wants
in other parts of the world-we feel
sure we Scould then understand what
is causing some Of the trouble at the
United Nations conference.
Evening star., 1946-12-03
Letters to The Star
Memorial Scholarships Proposed
For GIs Who Died

For GIs Who Died
TO the Editor Of The Star:
am student attending Northeast
ern University In Boston under the GI
bill. Most student veterans like myself
are very grateful for the opportunity
given us to further our education. We
feel that America has been very gen.
erous.
But 1t recently has occurred to my
friends and me that large and impor-
tant group of those men and women in
the Armed Forces has been neglected
under the CT bill, the group most sac
rificing and deserving Of all.
We mean the dead.
1t seems paradoxical that We. the
lucky ones, fortunate enough to survive.
should be rewarded with generous edu-
Acational benefits while those who did
so much more receive nothing. We feel
that the dead have been cheated.
How to solve what seems to be IN
soluble? How can we give the dead
their rightfu1 benefits under the GI
bill?
We believe that there is solution:
Al scholarship fund for deserving young
men and women of America from the
GI bill benefits owed to the casualties,
II ever there was an opportunity for
creating a living memorial" living
memorial literally as well as figuraive-
ly, here that opportunity is.
But we are country OF individual
lists. The men and women who died
did not die as group. and their schol-
arships would not be awarded as q
group. If John Jones was casualty
and had three years Of schooling coming
to him under the CT bill, there would
be three-year John Jones scholarship
offered to the deserving applicant. The
latter would go through school as the
John Jones Scholarship recipient. Thus
John Jones would live again in a
healthy, educated. productive, young
American man.
There can be no expense involved.
The money has already been granted.
1t simply never has been paid to those
whom it Is due!
THEODORE PRICE.
Evening star., 1946-12-03

happen Is a question for which there
seems to be no satisfying answer in
any casual philosophy, Beyond all
the proffered explanations, lies in
fnity. an echo and the challenge OF
life itself,
Evening star., 1946-12-03

Whoever may replace Senator Bilbo
in the Upper House stands a good
chance of being voted mister Wash
ington" irrespective of his looks.
Evening star., 1946-12-03

We are told that the Nation is on
the move. Well, Utah is snowbound
and the Republicans are Washing
ton-bound.
Evening star., 1946-12-03
Off the Menu

From the Edmonton Journal.
South American Indians are SAID 10
be fond of ants fried in butter. dlsn
like this would never go over IN Canaoa
we can't get the butter.
Evening star., 1946-12-03

President Truman says we must
get to the roots of differences that
divide men. Let's begin by digging
up war plants.
Laurel outlook., 1946-09-04
GOOD VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY

Crude oil prices recently increased by about 25 cents
barrel. This was the inevitable result of general price rises
extending over a long period of time.
Early in the war the oil industry asked for higher prices
and was refused by OPA, in spite of the fact that operations
were bound to be more costly under the war economy than
under the peacetime economy which preceded it. Since the
time that request was made, operating costs have shown still
more substantial rises. Labor, for instance, is much more
costly. So are most materials. And, most important, deeper
drilling and increased exploration activities necessary to the
proper development of oil reserves have added to the overall
cost.
Output and consumption of crude oil is today at record
peaks. AS one authority says, Domestic civilian demand has
been phenomenal, especially in view of the dearth of new
autos, oil burners, etc., and military, naval, general shipping
and export demand has been sustained at levels far above ex-
pectations." In order to guarantee a safe reserve capacity, the
oil industry has materially increased it's expenditure for the
exploration of new fields-and for drilling methods which
produce maximum supply with a minimum of loss from any
given locality.
The rise in the cost of oil products to the consumer has
been below the general rise in prices. Too, the quality of
many oil products, notably automobile lubricants, are being
improved, which is in itself an important economy so far as
the user is concerned. Superior gasolines, born of war expert
mentation, are in the offing. AS in the past, the consumer is
receiving an excellent return for his money.
Laurel outlook., 1946-09-04
Record Flow of
Goods F0reseen
Made Possible by Recovery
In Steel and Coal, Says
OPA Chief.

WASHINGTON.-On the strength
of rapid recovery in steel and coal
a record volume of goods may flow
to consumers in the next six
months, according to Civilian Pro
duction Administrator John D.
Small.
A new postwar peak was hit ir
June in factory output, Small re-
vealed in his quarterly report, quot
ed by the Associated Press. 1t top
pied prewar monthly records in
washing machines, vacuum clean
ers, gas ranges, electric irons and
table model radios.
Some slumps were noted, but not
enough to offset the general rise.
Autos dropped II per cent in June
from May but rose again in July;
farm equipment and tires also de-
clined in June, by 3 and 10 per cent
respectively.
additional production gains we're
registered in July in spite of I'M
certainties concerning price con-
trolls and the adverse effects On pro-
duction resulting from holidays
and vacation periods" the CPA adj
miniStrators said.
One warning note was sounded:
1t is probable that a "serious short
age of labor is developing" which
may prove to be "an important
limiting factor in production by
the end of the year"
Must Get Labor Back.
"The prospects are that business
will, first, have to recruit back into
the labor force large numbers of
those who have left it since VI
Day, and second, require that large
amounts of overtime be worked if
production schedules are to be
met" the CPA chief predicted.
Despite the fact that 10, 900, 900
veterans and $1,000, 900 war work
ers have been discharged into the
labor market in the last II months,
the industrial demand for workers
has been so great that unemploy-
ment has risen only 1900, 900, and
"still may be considered remark
ably low" Small said.
Small took sharp issue with or
gained business groups which con-
tend that removal or relaxation of
price controls will bring a squirt of
goods to remedy consumer short
ages.
"Rising prices cannot be expect
ed to bring sac5 = coodc into the
Laurel outlook., 1946-09-04

market" email declared. 1.-THE
economy is too close to full produc-
ton to allow a significant overall
increase in output except through in
creased man-hour productivity"
Auto Output Sagged.
The automobile industry, still
suffering from the steel, coal and
railroad strikes, turned out only
142, 900 cars in June, down II, 1000
from May, but Detroit reports for
this month have shown a marked
upturn.
Tire output sagged because of
the synthetic rubber shortage but
stayed above prewar levels with
5000, 900 castings produced.
The June record in other goods:
Refrigerators-210, 900, up 7 per
cent from May but still 80 per cent
under the prewar production.
Washing Machines-193 900, up 4
per cent from May and % per cent
above prewar.
dios-1 1878 900, up 16 per cent
from May, which already was
above prewar levels.
Vacuum Cleaners-177, 900, up z
per cent from May and Is per cent
over prewar.
Sewing Machines-27, 900, down Is
per cent from May and only about
60 per cent of the prewar level.
Electric Ranges-46, 900, nearly so
per cent over May and almost at
the preWar volume.
Gas Ranges-141, 900, Slightly
above May and II per cent above
the 1889 average.
Laurel outlook., 1946-09-04
California Weather

While n part of California beats
the torrid zon for heat, another
comes very near to holding the
North American record for heavy
snowfall, says Nature magazine.
The snow of the high Sierra, in the
northeastern portion of the state, is
one of the meteorological wonders
of the world.
Laurel outlook., 1946-09-04
Alva Is a Loser in
This Tinqle Contest

NASHVILLE, TENN.-Alva Gene
Venable, Is, evidently liked the jim
Cling kind of money better than the
folding kind.
He was picked up here recently by
police with 1874 silver dollars in his
pockets, relieved of the II pounds
in silver coins and sent back to
Hopkinsville, KY, where he was
wanted for theft.
Laurel outlook., 1946-09-04

Miss Frances Fenton is a guest
this week of a niece who lives in
Seattle.
Roy Edwards, Jr., returned to
Laurel Tuesday night by plane
from a visit with an uncle who
resides in Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clare Shubert and
son Don and Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
wager of Livingston were week end
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
wager. The visitors returned to
their homes Monday evening.
Laurel outlook., 1946-09-04
The Outlook Says:

Rev. and Mrs. George T. Carl
and four children of Park Ridge,
ILL.,, were week end guests of Rev.
Carl's cousin, Miss Florence Shirk,
at the ~latter's cabin near Red
Lodge. They arrived Saturday
after spending two weeks at Moran,
Wyo., and Yellowstone park and
left here Monday for Park Ridge,
where Rev. Carl is pastor of a
Methodist church.
Laurel outlook., 1946-09-04
Pueblo Indians Own Land

The Pueblo Indians of New Mex
leo own their own lands by virtue
of titles granted by the Spanish
crown, thus antedating American
supremacy.