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Evening star., 1946-12-04

Prof. Eugene VarSa, whose position
in the Soviet government corresponds
with that of 4 chief economist In an
American corporation. had something
to- say recently about the meaning Of
the American election OF last month.
He said that the election OF Republi-
can majority in Congress was great
victory for capitalism and rugged In
dividualism. Thus, the inference Is
drawn that this means greater gulf
between Russia and ourselves.
AS is usual in such remote comment,
this European theoriSt Is dead wrong.
The election did not mean a great
theological upset, nor does 1t mean
that international relations are in any
sense set back. European social phi-
losophers, especially those, ike Varga,
who are bred in the bones Of Marx. love
to draw sweeping gencralizations Of
worldwide character. To them, some
thing or other of political nature Is
always sweeping the world. They cons
ceive OF political changes as commu-
nicahle diseases, which blow across the
borders of nations and infect whole
continents with the same virus. Anneri.
cans sometimes fell victims to the
same belief. Hence, the talk We hear
OF world revolution sweeping nearer
and nearer our shores.
~
This belief not only violates the CONF
mon sense OF present facts, but II is
completely disproyed BY history,
Social changes In country rise mainly
from immediate conditions In that coun-
try, except I'M closely crowded areas
where several countries are economically
interdependent. But such changes do
not spread widely, They do not leap
oceans. s
At the moment, II Is being aid over
and over that Europe Is rlshing into
socialism or into communism. I1e
proof offered is the number Of instances
III various countries in which industries
And businesses are btinE nAticnailzed.
nut good look at zach inatance sheNs
that s0nne special condi iti0n has pronaptsA
each ehanee IN MnGiand, tn exaAAple,
the coal Industry Il soon u - NATIONAL.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Christmas SpIurqe

In many cases the prices are
higher than ever but Christmas
shoppers are spectacularly on the
march. Department store sales all
over the country are mounting to
impressive new records The Federal
Reserve Boards latest weekly report,
for instance, shows them SO per
cent higher in Washington than
during the corresponding week last
year. For Baltimore the increase is
40 per cent, for New York so per
cent, for st. Louis 80 per cent, for
Denver So per cent, for San Fran
cisco 33 per cent. The condition
is Nation wide. Despite the coal
strike and related industrial layoffs
potential or actual-the American
people are obviously in a buying
mood, with plenty Of money to spend.
A visit to almost any of the de-
partment stores brings the statistics
to life The 36 per cent increase In
Washington can be seen milling
around in the flesh from counter
to counter. 1t pushes, crowds and
elbows its way--a great formidable
mass of humanity, most of it female
with a determined but reasonably
CHEEKY look in its eye. The men
are the wan and timid minority
in this rush; it is world where the
women dominate and overwhelm the
few brave males who steel them
selves to go looking for toys, or lin
gerie, or perfume, or silver, or any
thing else that seems fitting for
Christmas. America apparently is
chock- of cash. and unless cur
rent signs are deceiving, the next
couple of weeks are likely to see the
greatest holiday buying spree In our
history,
In both human and economic
terms, the situation is natural
enough. This is the time of year
when it is traditional for hearts to
feel good and for people to be gem
erous, no matter what may be hap
pening in the world There is a
hunger for things that cheer and for
things that satisfy everyday needs
a hunger for pretty little gifts and
big useful household furnishings.
And now the supply has come closer
to demand than at any Christmas
season since before the days OF war
time controls. So the spree is on. II
may be symptomatic of boom psy-
chology, but 1t by no means indicates
that bust is just around the corner.
On the contrary, feeling quite slim
ulated and confident, big merchan-
disers are already predicting that
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Europe Ponders Our Election
By Ray,p osd oIsy

lied. This has been occasinncd, not by
the conquest OF socialist ideoiogy. but
because coal Ii essential TO life, and the
private owners have hopelessly failed to
improve the efficiency OF their industry.
The change, Is 1t appears to rational
Englishmen, is not because OF socialist
ideology, but because, they believe,
almost any control OF coal would pro-
duce better results.
Can any American believe that the
socialization OF Britain's coal industry
will be Nn influence toward such =
change over here? Certainly not. One
reason is that the most potent indi-
vidual in our coal industry, John L.
Lewis, would stoutly resist 1t. Lewis,
like other labor leaders. wants cap
italistic ownership. Our labor leaders
are not interested Ia assuming respon-
sibility for profits. Their eoncern is to
wiring for their workers tn. largest pos
sihle share Of profits which present
management can produce.
Prof. Varga need not express sur.
prise because Congrcssnen pledged 10
capitalistic enterprise have been elected.
Ninety per cent Of Americans. includ-
ing labor, behave In private enterprise.
Even extreme New Dealers pledge
themselves, over and over, to private
ownership Of industry. Labor leadsfs
would lose their jobs under naticnalisa-
tion. The Republican victory tn No
vembef was due to many causes. one
Of which was belief thst better re-
turns for investors, workers and man.
-~.rs ~,ros,lN nrsrnn fras,a ehanre I'm
party control. The American voter is
practical, not theological
!. The historical fact Il that We have
never moved In harmony with Euro-
pean trends. From lsl5 to ie&e Europe
turned from the ideas of the French
Revolution back 10 the legitimiat kings.
Nnnperors and princes America, N that
period, moved toward more democracy.
This country ii not only eapabis q
making In own political dtcisiens. but
il can 81 trusted 10 understand them
without help from EuSope.
tReleased ~ the AsseciAtea NtvspAperal
Evening star., 1946-12-04

the buying next year will be just As
good or even better.
1t is the sort Of situation, appar-
entity, that can go on and on as long
as there is high-leyel employment,
q healthy amount OF cash and q
human desire for new things, du-
rable and nondurable. This Is an
other way Of saying that II we keep
our economy healthy, II we learn
to do away with disastrous labor
management strife and plan for the
future intelligently at all levels, we
can enjoy not merely = yearly
Christmas splurge but long term
economic vigor safe from the deadly
depressions of the past. The 'if" is
a big one; the challenge it implies
Is Just as big.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
On the Record
By Dorothy Tkom pson

While U, NJ is being pushed from pill
lar to post, no one seems to question
whether the United States is the place
for 1t anyhow. New York City was
never designed to be 4 capital, and has
none OF the facilities Of capital city.
1t is q huge, overbuilt and oyerpopu-
lated city on narrow island.
Washington. the American Capital.
has its facilities entirely exhausted by
the Federal Government.
1t Is difhcult TO imagine Philadelphia
as the worlds international center. And
San Francisco Is out Of this world for
the Atlantic nations and the Soviet
Union.
II the reason for placing U. N. in the
United States Is that it was Woodrow
wilson's and President Roosevelt's
dream and to celebrate American par
ticipation, the reason Is not good
enough. The u. s. A. did not reject
the League Of Nations because Its head
quarters we're in Geneva.
From any viewpoint of logic. the
headquarters of world organization to
keep the peace ought to be nearer the
ScUBIdptI1GAi IEf1tcf u LAlC pkAuCb tiiAAA
is any part OF the Western Hemisphere,
and should be In that part Of the world
where varying interests and ideas meet
either to conflict or to be reconcilcd. It
should be In place fitted to become
true world capital, with the facilities
and atmosphere Of world capital
1t should be in country whose every
interest Is in neutrality between the
great powers: and In which the great
powers also have an interest In main
tanning neutrality. It should neither
be located In so definitely western q
center as the United States or London,
nor In what has become the capital Of
an eastern bloc: Moscow. It should
be, I repeat. not in provincial town,
nor in great power. but in q great
capital city; capital city too great for
its own country.
Such place exists. in exactly the
right spot: Vienna. Vienna was, for
centuries, the capital OF Europe's larg-
est empire, and the center Of the only
European country which was never 4
nation-state Since the breakup OF
Austria Hungary after the World War.
1t has been an imperial capital without
an adequate hinterland. World Wars ]
Evening star., 1946-12-04
New York's Home Defense

sNew York has ventured to lead the
way for other States in the still con-
fused field of home-defense pre-
paredness in the atomic era. With
out waiting to see the outcome OF
the u. N. deliberations over atomic
energy control, the New York Ma
tional Guard has adopted an un-
precedented plan for a corollary War
Disaster Military Corps, designed to
function as flome-front militia in
event of sudden attack by rockets,
guided missiles or other revolution
ary weapons of war.
Unlike the National Guard, which
will be federalized State organiza-
ton, the new corps will not be fed
orally sponsored-nor, for the pres
ent, at least, federally recognized. If
the plan proves to be as desirable
and as practicable as Governor
Dewey and his military aides believe
it to be. it may well be that other
States will institute similar units and
that eventually the program will
receive congressional authorization
and Federal subsidies.
The War Disaster Military Corps
is intended to supplant the civilian
defense organization which sprang
up under Federal supervision during
World War H. 1t would consist
largely of over-age former service
men and other men not eligible for
active military duty in time of war,
It's members would be armed with
rifles and would be organized into
companies and hattalions paralleling
the National Guard units to which
they would be loosely attached. Most
important of all, the corps would be
specially trained in atomic bomb de-
Tense procedures, including protec-
ton of citizens from radiation and
other hazards of the next war-if
there should be one.
1t would not be fair to attribute
New York's preparations to war hys-
terra, nor to any lack of faith in the
ability of the U. N to guarantee
security for the world. The State
Is but nanifesting proper aware
ness of the dangers which threaten
every Nation as result of the grim
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Christmas for the Chest

There are many reasons why 1t
is important to push the Com
munity Chest Federation campaign
through to its complete objective.
Most Of them have been made
familiar to the public by much
repetition. The people know without
being told again that the budget
of 81, 1000 is not luxury" esti-
mate Every penny OF the total
amount asked for by the Chests
cooperating agencies represents an
authentic need. II. the drive stops
at so per cent OF its goal the result
will be not a mere pairing OF
expenses by 20 per cent, but rather
serious trimming OF the overall
program Of the federation in the
Metropolitan Area throughout 1947.
The work cannot go forward as 1t
should without the support of the
whole community.
Many residents of Washington
and nearby Maryland and Virginia
admittedly have contributed all
that properly could be expected of
them. But others have subscribed
only very small sums, still others
nothing whatever. 1t is, then, to
the neighbors in this second cate
CORY that the federation's sponsors
now are appealing particularly. The
deficit announced yesterday was
$808,840 II each Individual who
thus far has failed to give will send
in just the equivalent of ten cents
a week for the span of a year,
the campaign can be finished
as originally planned. Surely the
federation merits and deserves "a
Christmas present" from every man
and every woman who Is an ultimate
beneficiary Of the drive. The spirit
of the season certainly ought to be
extended to include the community's
associated philanthropic and morale
building organizations.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
A Busic Truth
from ths Hamilton spectator:

From the Hamilton Spectator:
A price increase that benefits one
wage Garner or producer is q cut in an
other mans real wages or earnings.
The farmers youngest son can see that
what matters Is not how much cash
he gets for 10 bushels of potatoes. but
how many shirts, or what part Of 4
suit d. q refrigerator he can claim
from the store with that 10 bushels,
and that il 1t takes more potatoes to
get these things, then his real wages
are down. He knows that trade is still
trade and that the only valid claim
on the goods or services OF the CONF
nAunity. Il Whist Ne contributes to ths
community himself - heretical Is IT
might sound. Thus, i Jump in city
prices ii cut la his wages,
Evening star., 1946-12-04

and II began In this area--f one may
date the expansionism Of Hitler from
the Anschluss. Its facilities are superb
despite the war destruction necessi-
tating much rebuilding.
Vienna has 4 magnificent opera: /:
famous theaters; gorgeous palaces, in
spring cathedrals: some OF the best
hotels on the continent; handsome and
commodious public buildings; cafes
where, everything has been plotted. from
the Russian revolution to various resto-
ration movements. and where even peace
might be plotted for 4 change.
And oil these facilities exist for q
national population too poor and too
small to use them fully The viennese,
being of mixed race, and remembering
only one good time. when Vienna was
the center of 4 federation OF many
nations, are not nationally minded, and
are famous hosts.
Furthermore, no city. with the possible,
exception Of Munich, has such magnifi-
cent country at its very doOrs-the
splendid mountains Of the Senmering;
the idyllic Danubian River country. all
replete with exquisite villages. delightful
inns. romantic castles and splendid
spas.
Besides, the great powers are there
already in the form of occupying armies.
Despite the fact that Austria was
solemnly promised freedom and inde-
pendence," none of them wishes to get
out, for each is cycling the other in this
vitally important strategical area. The
Independence" Of Austria Is largely
chimericai. Teuton and Slay interests
have perpetually clashed there and east
and west met, sometimes In co-opera.
ton. often in conflict
Put the United Nations in Vienna
and we might be able to create, for the
first time, . real international peace
force OF modest proportions. enabling
the separate armies to withdraw. The
Russians might release the zisterdorf
oil fields to serve the interests Of the
worlds iirst internationalized state.
At any rate, II peace and the preven-
ton OF another war are the United Ma
tions goal-sometilnes one doubts it,
it would seem logical to place the peace
makers in q dangerous spot. No World
War III Is likely to break out in Phila-
delphia.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Jack Rubbit Time

The wise otul moues, from onsled limb
and boulder,
An early north Wind, shipers through
the trees
when Jack Frost lends his shdDl. tcs
nights cold shoulder,
And nippins chill. hints OF pen6sns
Like checker board, stray rtin'pksns
challenge leaptng
70 windfnH OF persimMons' TASTY
spread;
The msadow cabbage patch. bright green
Is keeping,
while broom sedge fslds, hold tense
Il each Listening head.
A pop eyed moon, distressed bg rdgrdnt
cloud pBDs,
1eans out In time to tisioH 5odder
That prope the lure, to Darisd hide sad
seek bla0s::
rhsn on to hiIissds's ppnsewt apple
at0cks.
Night palss 10 dswn. n sp&rkiins csys-
tai rhynte
And here Snd thsre the spoiis 81,
Jack Rabbit Tins
LULU MINERVA SCHULTZ.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
Getting the Goods on Bilbo

1t would be a good thing If the
two Senate committees now at work
on the subject could dig up the
material to stop Senator Bilbo at
the door of the Senate and make
the exclusion stick. He is not the
sort of man who should sit in the
United States Senate and he ought
to be repudiated.
But it is not going to be an easy
thing for either committee to pro-
cure the sort of evidence that sup
ports exclusion, or later expulsion.
The Senate has never excluded, a
member-elect on charges of moral
turpitude. The Constitution specifies
only three personal qualifications
for Senator-age, length of citi-
zenship and habitation in the State
which elects him. Senator Taft, who
happens to be the chairman of the
Republican Steering Committee that
decides policy in the Bilbo matter.
once committed himself to the strict
constitutional doctrine that SEN
ator-elect may be excluded only if
he fails to meet the constitutional
qualifications.
Perhaps the most direct way
under the constitution to stop
Senator "at the door" is to show
flaw In his election. Most of the
exclusions and expulsions of recent
times have been based on charges
of electoral bribery and corruption.
But there seems to be distinct
difference, in the minds of some
of the lawyers, over whether the
offense charged against Senator
was committed before or after an
election. No member has ever been
expelled solely on charges of an
offenSe before an election, which
did not affect the integrity of the
election itself, Nor has any Senator
ever been excluded or expelled
because Negroes were prevented
from voting in an election. If that
charge is made against Senator
Bilbo, without definite proof that
he himself was the instrument for,
such prevention, most of the
Southern Senators will be sitting in
the same boat.
Nor does it follow that the variety
and seriousness of charges against
a Senator by an investigating COM
mittee will be sustained by exclusion,
which requires only majority vote,
or later expulsion, which requires
two-thirds. A few years ago the.
Privileges and Elections Committee,
after months of study, recommended
that Senator LANCER Of North
Dakota be excluded because of
"gross improperly, lawlessness,
shotgun law enforcement, jail
breaking, violation of oath as attor
Yey, rabble-rousing, civil disobedi-
ence, breach of the peace, obstruction
of the administration of justice
and tampering with court officials
But not enough Senate votes could
be mustered to oust him and his
own people sent him back to the
Senate for another term last month.
Evening star., 1946-12-04
This Changing World
BY Constantine BroDn

peans with the eastern dictatorship.
The blitz of John l. Lewis has opened
q new and unexpected vista to the Rus
sian propagandists and their many asso-
ciates in every country Of the world.
The line OF propaganda is not directed
at the United States alone but 1T the
"decrepitude Of the free enterprise idea. !"
It runs more or less as follows: The
American imperialism is attempting to
save itself BY playing on the words OF
freedom, which is misnoFner. The pres
ent strike Is the best Illustration Of the
emptiness Of the American contention.
Because the leader Of 100000 miners
does not like his contract with the Gov
ernment, which has taken over the coal
mines, he has ordered walkout and
the Government Is incapable OF coping
with the situation: American industry
Is by way Of becoming paralyzed mil
lions OF American workers are by way
Of becoming unemployed and the Euro
peans who were looking to this country
to supply them with manufactured
goods and food at heavy price" are
now suffering.
Such thing is not possible in the
ideal Communist state, the propagan-
dists say. The state is taking care Of its
children. There are no profit-hungry
capitalists because all economic Actiyi-
ties are under the state, which Is the
true representative Of al its people.
And there can be no strikes because
selfish labor leaders have been elini-
mated from the national picture. The
state is taking care of its workers, pays
them fair wages and provides them with
clothing and all the other amenities Of
life. They don't have to look to one
man alone-who. in some cases, the
propagandists say, is tool OF the cap
italists-to obtain their rights by i'm
pending the entire economic structure
Of their country.
The UNIV strike was an unexpected
bonanza for the advocates OF the east
ern totalitarianism The near-starving
Italian people who see even their feeble
efforts to restore the economy Of their
country jeopardized by the American
coal strike are now reported to be lend-
Ing more willing ear to Togliattis
agents. And they are expected to swell
the ranks OF the Communists on the day
their factories close down.
In France. Thorez Is using the coal
strike to point out to the French people
the fallacy OF the old-fashioned So
called free enterprise. Because the state
in 4 capitalistic democracy Is not sum-
ciantiy authoritative. 4 small fraction
Of organized people can challenge 1t and
throw the entire economic machin.
cry out Of gear. This cannot happen
under the Soviet system where all activ-
ties are strictly controlled by the gov
ernment for .the best interests OF all its
people"