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Evening star., 1946-03-25
Lehman VS.. Anderson
BY Raymond MoIey

Florello H. La Guardias career as a
working neWspaperman is to be short
and perhaps not too sweet. He is now
to be head of the UNRRA. The retired
mayor is man of action His words
have always been the garlic mixed with
the acts. Plenty of action is called for in
the task which a greater administrator,
Herbert Lehman, found we'll nigh i'm
possible
When Mr.. Lehman was entrusted with
the ungrateful task of directing UNRRA,
his character and capacity were guar
antees that the work would be we'll done.
Throughout the war, in which he lost
son, Mr. Lehman exposed himself to
every hardship in order to carry on the
work of the organization. If UNRRA
has endured criticism and revealed mis-
taken judgments, they can hardly be
attributed to its director. Any one who
has had to deal with the competition
which prevails between civilian and
military authorities can appreciate the
frictions that take place. Civilian au-
thority never had the strength to pene-
trate the administrative net set up by
the military. And UNRRA did not act
for one, but for over 40 countries.
X y
Mr.. Lehman has warned us for long
time that the food situation might be-
come dangerous this spring. Few needed
his remarks, although the Department
Of Agriculture, in October, 1945, made
exceedingly gloomy predictions.
A later report of the department, in
February of this year, sharply drama
tized the situation. At that time,
Britain reduced some rations which had
been increased after vi Day. These
facts alarmed President Truman.
Apparently the President recalled
that Herbert Hoover had predicted, two
years ago, that the situation might be-
come dangerous. He called confer
ence, which recommended the soft
measure of releasing from five to seven
million tons of grain for Europe. Mr..
Hoover was asked to see to it that the
shipping and distribution Of that food
be promptly carried out. Perhaps that
Evening star., 1946-03-25

Had Premier Stain SubStantlated hi
encouraging words to the world that
the USSR firmly believes in the UNO
with an order to his Foreign Commis-
sariat to reply to the notes sent weeks
ago from Washington regarding Iran
and Manchuria, his statement to the
Associated Press correspondent, Eddy
Gilmore, would have been hailed with
more genuine enthusiasm by all official
Washington AS it Is, there are many
among the highest officials here who
are still keeping their fingers crossed.
Two interpretations can be made of
the Stain interview-letter
One is that the Russian leader has
become aware that If Russia continues
her present uncompromising attitude
and flaunts the fundamental principles
of the UNO, she may become isolated
again. The Red generalissimo, who is
a wise politician, may have realized that
regardless of how strong his military
forces are, no nation can thrive these
days in splendid" isolation.
This seems to be borne out in the
first point of his reply to Mr.. Gilmore
when he described the UNO as "a seri-
Gus instrument for the preservation of
peace and international security" and
that "the strength Of this organization
consists in that it is based on the prin-
ciple of equality between states and not
on the principle of the domination of
one state over others"
n
The test of the statement will come
this week when the question of Iran is
brought before the Security Council
Apparently most of the members of
the UNO consider Russia's actions in
Iran as an attempt by nation of $780,
100000 inhabitants to subjugate coun-
try of less than 100000 just because
it is placed at an important strategic
>crossroad and is blessed with large guam
titles of oil. The attitude of the Rus
sian delegation at the Security Council
will demonstrate clearly whether the
Soviet Premier has actually decided to
change the course of Russia's policies
and translate his words into deeds
Those who believe that the Russian
generalissimo has had an actual change
of heart toward international problems
attribute this to the determined though
friendly attitude adopted in the last
few weeks by Secretary of State Byrnes
and his collaborators. Mr.. Byrnes has
shown that American foreign policy, like
American public opinion, can be elastic.
Evening star., 1946-03-25
Greece and the Future

March Is has the same Signifi-
canoe in Greece as July has in
America. On this day in 1891, rising
against the Turks, the Greeks began
their smodern history as a free ma
tion, proclaiming their independence
and fighting for it until it was theirs.
Since then, in good times and bad,
aware of the ancient glories of their
land and of the priceless legacy of
thought left them and the world by
their philosophers of the pre-Chris-
tian era, they have been stalwart
friends of liberty even in those peri
ods when their own internal troubles
deprived them of it.
Thus, they were living under the
Metaxas dictatorship when Mussolini
sent his Fascist legions to violate the
territorial integrity and sovereignty
OF their country. But though they
themselves were not individually
free they were determined that
Greece as nation would not bow
to foreign tyrant. And so they
fought with valor that inspired the
democratic world, valor that would
have crushed the invading Italians
had not Hitler come to the rescue
of the Duce, valor that did much
to upset the Nazi timetable for the
attack on Russia. Today, on their
Independence Day, the Greeks may
therefore take proper pride in the
role they played against the Axis.
They can lay claim. too, to the return
OF such territories as the Dodecanese
and to just reparations for the great
price they had to pay as their con-
tribution to the final Allied victory.
Yet this is not all that the Greeks
need to- reconstruct their country
and re-establish truly free sys-
tenn of self-government. They must
hold national elections as well, and
after that they must strive to control
and Danish the bitter factional strife
that divides them now as 1t has often
Evening star., 1946-03-25
France at the Crossroads

FOrelgn MINISTER georges BlQault
has given a press interview which,
although he says his meaning has
been misinterpreted, has left Paris
buzzing with sensational speculation.
The high light of the interview was
that France must have economic
assistance lest her recovery be de-
layed for years, and that, if aid
cannot be had from the United
States, France must turn elsewhere
1t is presumed that this elsewhere"
is the Soviet Union. NJ Bidault went
on to explain: There is no doubt
that failure to get the (American)
loan would have certain conse-
quences. For example, it would
result in severe disappointment to
French public opinion, and that in
itself could not fail to have political
consequences" -
The significance of this frank
statement is enhanced by the fact
that M. Bidault occupies his post as
representative of the relatively
conservative Popular Republican
party in coalition cabinet whose
other elements are the middle-of-
the-road Socialists and the Commu-
nists, avowed champions both of a
close political association with Soviet
Russia and of a transformation of
French economic and social life
along Communist lines which would
inevitably align France with the
totalitarian structure of the Soviet
Union.
Hitherto, M. Bidault has favored
a westward" orientation of French
foreign policy, implying close rela-
tions with the United States and
Britain. But he has been under
increasing Communist pressure, and
his interview above cited seems to
be merely another step in a course
begun when he assented to Frances
unilateral action in closing the
Franco-Spanish border and virtually
breaking relations with the present
Spanish government M. Bidault is
known to have taken that action
reluctantly, against the advice of
Washington and London-especially
of London, which believed that such
action would merely strengthen the
hand of the Franco regime.
However, M. Bidault went ahead
and is now in position where di-
vergencies over the correct policy
toward Spain tend to enhance diff
ferences between France and Eng
disappearing powers just at the
moment when Leon Blum is here in
Washington for the loan negotia-
tions. Communist pressure inside
the coalition cabinet is likewise
being exerted to make France take
an aloof position in the Iranian
question before the Council while
insisting on pressing the Spanish
question before the Council against
the opposition of Washington and
London. These and other matters
all tend to handicap M. Blum's loan
mission - which is probably just
what the French Communists desire,
since they probably would like to see
the negotiations fail and thereby
drive France toward Moscow.
Evening star., 1946-03-25

divided them in the past. Given a
reasonable measure Of internal unity,
given sympathetic Allied considera-
ton for their aspirations, they can
make Greece genuinely land of
liberty again, and they can look for
ward with real hope toward achiev-
ing degree of happiness and pros
perity which they have not enjoyed
In long time. In large measure.
their future will depend on how well
they cooperate among themselves.
Evening star., 1946-03-25

of pines and other evergreens on
two hillsides with graceful and
sparkling stream between. At Yo-
shino an entire valley seems filled
with the blossoms as though they
were a cloud delicately tinted with
pink by a rising sun. The place is
highly romantic, according to the
traditional native point of view. In
the neighborhood was the seat of
the legitimate but sadly unfortunate
imperial court called Nan-cho. The
refugee Emperor Godaigo-Tenno
and his two successors dwelt there
from 1885 to 1892, and the cherry
trees of that era were their conso-
lation.
But the specimens first planted
around the Tidal Basin in Washing
ton appear to have come from Tokyo
rather than from Yoshino. They
were the gift of Mrs. William How
ard Taft and were eighty in num-
ber. Set out in 1907, they prompted
DR.. Jokichi Takamino to arrange
for the importation of two thousand
trees as a compliment from the resi-
dents Of the Japanese capital to
those of the capital of the United
States. The primary shipment, in
tested with insects, was destroyed,
and second shipment, not so
blighted, followed after a two-year
interval. 1t was from Arakawa that
the prevailing orchard" was OBJ
tanned. The present group of trees
were bred" with wild cherry root
stock at the Japanese Imperial
Horticulture Station. In this man
ner the Yoshino variety was
strengthened and enriched. The
technical name of the best type, as
chronicled by the National Capital
Parks office, is Prunus Yoshinus
Akebono.
Evening star., 1946-03-25
A Gain for UNO

IL tIle OOVleG government goes
through with its announced inten-
tion to withdraw Russian troops
from Iran in from five to six weeks,
and if this is not shown to be
quid pro quo for concessions OBJ
tained by coercion from the Teheran
government, then the Iranian "is-
sue" which had threatened to figure
so Importantly and dangerously in
the Forthcoming meetings of the
UNO Security Council, should prove
readily susceptible of satisfactory
adjustment.
The Soviet statement says that
according to the agreement made
with the Persian Granian) govern
ment, evacuation of the remaining
Soviet troops began March a." The
meaning of this is obscure, since
the only known agreement between
the two governments called for the
withdrawal of all Russian troops
from Iran by March 2. Not only did
the Soviets fail to keep that agree
ment, but If the observations of
American neWsmen in Iran can be
relied upon the Russians were send
ing combat troops, supported by
tanks and other heavy equipment,
into Iran after the March 2 evacua-
tion date. 1t is possible that there
has been another and secret agree
ment extending the period of Soviet
occupation of Western Iran to
March "a, but this seems unlikely
in view of the Iranian governments
appeal to the Security Council.
This question is not too important
however, If the Moscow announce
ment means that the Russians ac-
tually are getting out of Iran. 1t
is worth noting that the Russian
government estimated that it's
troops would be withdrawn in from
five to six weeks "if nothing unfore-
seen occurs" That is big ''if," and
1t could prove to be sizable loop
hole. But in the light of other
recent developments, notably Mar
shal Stalin's interview with the AS
sociated Press and the pledge to
get Russian troops out of Manchuria
by the end of April, there seems good
reason to hope that the Russian at
titude toward the rest of the world
has changed, and changed for the
better.
If this is SO, it may be taken as
vindication of the "firmer" atti-
tude toward the U. S. S. r. adopted
recently by the governments of the
United States and Britain. After
repeated concessions, resulting in
substantial gains for Russia, the
Western powers took a stand against
further Soviet encroachments, and
their principal instrument of re-
siStance has been the Security Coun-
Gil. This led up to the expected
Showdown" this week on the Iran
Ian question, and confronted the
Russians with the possibility that
they might find themselves isolated
and convicted of bad faith in the
eyes of the world The sudden
change in their attitude would seem
indicative of desire to avoid being
placed in such a position, and if
this is the case, the outlook for in
ternational cooperation through
the UNO has been materially i'm
proved.
Evening star., 1946-03-25
Posterity's Wrath

To the Editor of The Star:
Dame science is standing the, whole
world at bay, her chariot harnessed to
martial affray, and so-as Is evident
right here today-all hell can break
loose and the devils to pay.
Research on phenomena labeled
atomic bears earmarks just now both
OF tragic and comic; instead of its uses
in ways economic, it sponsors mortality
rates astronomic.
Unless we adopt quite different
datum and try to correct this colossal
erratum, the next generation-and those
who begat 'em-may yet cuss the
hombre who first split the atom
RAY II. EVERETT.
Evening star., 1946-03-25
Do Cats Like Cream?

From the San Francisco Chronicle
1t is incomprehensible how current
release of an old statement by Winston
Churchill expressing his hope to have
America in the war can be deemed the
unveiling of secret. From the moment
the war began every Britisher prayed
fervently for the United States to come
in. Nothing could be more obviously
obvious, for this was Britain's best hope
OF ultimate victory. Equally obvious,
all the time has been that any Britisher
would think the ideal to be to have
America in and Japan out. That could
hardly escape q year-old.
Evening star., 1946-03-25
Needed MuterieI
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
Intervention in China is upheld by
the assertion that the Chinese can't
have war without American supplies
always assuming, of course, that they
must have a war; =
Evening star., 1946-03-25

Connecticut avenue buses, trying
to get downtown in the morning
rush hour, are what the Bible means
when it says that the Lord made
every creeping thing"
Evening star., 1946-03-25

An awful lot of War Bonds are
among the casualties of the wave
Of strikes beginning on VI day.
We ought to have thought of that
earlier, but alas we didn't.
Evening star., 1946-03-25

The grand illusion isn't war. It's
the idea that millions of otherwise
sensible women have that a bargain
really is a bargain.
Evening star., 1946-03-25

A desperate optimist is a little
boy who prays that his small sister
will be very pretty, so that she will
marry young and 60 to live as far
away as Seattle.
Evening star., 1946-03-25

Humanity properly may be divided
into two classes: People who keep
their telephone conversations short
and those who have bad manners,
Evening star., 1946-03-25

Praise for Sudduth's Pictures
To the Editor of The Star:
The mastery executed drawings by
Artist Newman Sudduth, which have
appeared in The Star for some time
have been constant source of pleas
ure to me, and feel that it is my duty
to apprize you OF the fact that his
artistry has been highly commended
by men in the profession on many oc-
casions. LEE ]. EATON.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19
Pondera Field Production Mounts As Drilling Resumed in L0B
Neglected Areas Field Extensions Aim OF Outpost Wells now Drilling

Recent outpost wells field
has served further emphasize that the boundaries of this field
sill long way from being defined.
Further adding noticeable the field
and in the adjacent has been reversal of the decline
of the field with few wells adding materially to its
output
The north boundary of this field marked by pro-
ducing wells direct eastwest line miles apart their
furthest point
One of the wells making hole located north of the
of these producers and the other north slightly
east OF the easternmost of these producers.
The four wells that mark the fields northern boundary
follows
Most westerly two wells the Erickson lease the south edge
of SW SW 32N4E The No well this lease drilled years
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19
START NEW
TEST NEAR
WELL THAT
FOUND OIL

A wildcat certain to be
watched with considerable i'm
terest Is that commenced by
wv. "A. Noon. Drumm0nd mining
man, ON the Sheets lease In
SW NE NV Sc a~31N-1E (2145
feet north OF the south line of
the section, and 1855 west of the
east line of the section.l
This is roughly q mile south of a
well completed in this area in 1913
by the Lucky Seven Oil Company,
on the Knutson lease. This well,
while not commercial, had an excep-
tional showing of oil in the basal
Ellis sand, 1738-1748, with output
variously rated at from to bar
rels daily. It was plugged and aban-
doned in July this year
No other wells have ever been
drilled in this township.
The Noon wildcat is about II
miles southeast of Shelby and is
roughly about IL miles south of
some Madison lime production
opened up year or so ago by the
Texas Company, in the Devon area
Noon spudded his well Oct. /,
with the Madison lime as its an
nounced objective Repeatedly, he
has relatively large block leased
in the vicinity of the well.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19

by the former and small producer but the No
lied by Ted Hawley who controls the lease making about
Aarrels of pipeline oil daily.
easery wells drilled by A. B. Cobb the Waston
l. p ebb-Walson No is small producer but Walston No
is L q about so barrels of pipeline oil daily
All "a direct eastwest line of producing wells Cobb
drilling delayed by the burning a rig This
Erickson. sess. t offset to his No Wason.
One of go extension wells is being drilled by Hawley
the Skog lea ~ NE NE NV 327N4W This is approximately
threequarte mile northeast of his producers the Erickson
lease
The other extension well being drilled by Lnvie
the Miller lease in NV SW 127N4W This is less than half
mile northeast of the Cobb Waston No small producer
marks the northeast boundary of the field producing
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19
sfunolind spuds Elk
BASIN Monfunu Well

Sure to be closely watched once
it gets under way is Stanolind'g
i29 EFT, c NV SW 27-eS-23E, In
the Montana section of the Elk
Basin field. So far II is spudding,
with hole made TO % feet.
IT is approximately a mile north
OF the StanoIind Unit test that
recently opened up Madison lime
production on the apex of the struc-
ture, q few hundred feet south of
the Montana Wyoming border
Whether the wen now being com
naenced ON the Montana side of the
line viii go TO the Madison, or viii
stop i'm the Tensieep sand, the fields
prolific pay x0nes has not been an
nounced.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19
CAT CREEK
DEEP SANDS
DETECTIVES
OF 2 WELLS

West Dome and East Dome
wells many miles apart were
the chief centers of interest in
the Cat Creek field this week.
On the western edge of West
Dome, Ralph Chamberlain is rapidly
nearing a completion in his No. Alb
Rhens, with hole made past 1910
feet with rotary tools. This Is a deep
sand test and inside of the coming
week should have cored both the
upper and lower deep oil sands.
On East Dome, Bill Hanlon Is
moving in tools for his Govt No. g.,
in SW NE SW 6-14N-37E, and is
also deepening his Govt No. 5, in
G NV NE SW 1-14N-30E.
The No. has been producing for
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19
Arch Apex Wildcat
Is Lowering Casing

Preparatory to drilling deeper,
L. c. Stevenson is lowering finch
casing from 1892 in his wildcat on
the Arch Apex structure in the
Sweetgrass hills area, he reported
this week.
At present hole bottom of 2007,
this well last week drilled into a
heavy gas flow in the Bow Island
sand. The flow has not been gagged
but is estimated to have been sew
eral million feet daily.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19
Bill Burks Wildcat
Has Hold Of Tools

Wildcat Of Bill Burks and others
on the Mcdonald Greek anticline In
which tools were lost when the open
hole caved at 805 is reported to have
cleared up the trouble by using
casing bowl At last reports, the
crew had hold of the tools and was
coming out of the hole. The well is
interesting because of its proximity
to the Cat Greek field and because
it is checking higher than other
wells drilled In the area
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19

It will be noted that the low spot
in production in recent years was in
1913, when il dropped to 572 barrels
daily Output in 1914 was 654 bar
rels daily and in 1945 1t had climbed
back to an average of 700 barrels
daily.
During 1916, the climb in produc-
ton has continued, according to
available summaries of field pipe
line oil deliveries. The figures are
as follows, in barrels:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19
Warren Test Has
Cos, Oil Shows

After getting water I'm upper
horizons, Joint wildcat of the
East Elk Basin and Big Horn
Basin OIL Companies has appar-
emily drilled into showing of
oil and gas tn or near the top of
the Madison lime, In the con.
cerns' wildcat I'm extreme south
eFn Montana, north of the Fran
ME field on the WyOming-Bz0n-
fama border.
At total depth of 1875 feet, oil
and gas shows are reported coming
up through the hole full of water.
The 5-inch pipe, that had been land
ed at 1865 feet In an unsuccessful
attempt to shut off water from up
per zones, is now being pulled and
the hole viii be straightforward,
with intent to lower the pipe for a
shutoff, at the top of the horizon
now showing oil and gas.
The well Is In SW NE 19-8S-25E,
on the Warren structure. A. B.
Chase, Texas operator, heads the
groups that are drilling the well
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19

It will be noted that the current
daily oil output from this field is
now greater than in any year since
1887. What interests operators is
that the increase has come about
wells with the result thai those
who have studied this field class
II as one of the few in the state
that Is now definitely on the profit
side of the ledger, with all drilling
and development costs long since
returned out of production.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1946-10-19

the area. A lar Sample:
This Is a structure that viii
make Salt Creek look silly. It
has 5000 feet of closure, with
three well-defined dOmes on a
major high, and with the Madi-
SON lime readable by the drill
In less than 5000 feet. That
country is full of oil. why one
guy down there owns a tavern
ON the highway south of Dillon
and he dug a basement---a nice
basement. Only trouble, he has
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