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Evening star., 1946-06-23
To Disurm Jupun

Though addressed to somewhat
different situation, the four-power
treaty proposed by the United States
for the long-term control of Japan
is very similar in content to the
one proposed for Germany and has
the same fundamental objective
namely, to guarantee that the for
mer enemy will never again be q
threat to the world.
Ever since We day German af-
fairs have been governed jointly by
France, Britain, Russia and the
United States, each in its own zone
and each able to exercise a veto
against any overall action. Japan,
on the other hand, has been ruled
almost solely by America up to now,
though this arrangement has been
undergoing modification since the
establishment of the Far Eastern
Commission and the Allied Occupa-
ton Council early this year.
Under the proposed treaty, China,
Britain and Russia would share
equally with us in the task of keep
ing the japanese totally disarmed
and demilitarized over a 25-year
period, renewable If necessary. The
control would be exercised by a four
power commission whose decisions
would be made on a majority basis
and whose operations would be re-
ported periodically to the Security
Council of the United Nations. Each
OF the Signatories-in the case Of
Germany France would take the
place of China-would be obliged to
send some forces into the country,
but the pact obviously would hasten
the end of large-scale occupation,
particularly in view of the fact that
General Macarthur has already done
fairly thorough disarming and
demilitarizing job.
The prime purpose of such a
treaty, apart from diminishing the
need for occupation troops, would be
to establish the strongest possible
guarantee against a japanese mill
tary resurgence and thus heighten
the security of the world, particu-
larly Of Japan's near neighbors. The
same holds true for the proposed
anti-German treaty. But, though
both may be read as a special as
surance to Russia, Moscow is already
on record as being hostile to the one
for Germany and has been silent up
to now on the one for Japan. On
their face, however, they make sense
II there is validity in the idea that
Germany and Japan may be able to
stage military comeback some day
unless they are kept under careful
watch.
The United Nations organization,
OF course. was created with the
thought that 1t would of itself take
care of such threats. There is the
possibility, however, that through
abuse Of the veto power, the Security
Council might be prevented from
taking effective action against q
resurgent Germany or Japan. Under
such circumstances the proposed
treaties could be invoked to deal
with the threat. In any case, they
seem to offer as good a guarantee
as Russia could get against the
possibility of renewed danger from
Germany or Japan-a fact that
makes the Soviet reaction to them
difficult to understand.
Evening star., 1946-06-23


our birthright but, as with any other
inheritance, they can be dissipated
and lost, II that which has given
them rise and nourished them
through the years Is forgotten and
neglected.
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Today our Christianity faces the
challenge of q militant paganism
which makes thesseeking Of economic
. good the end OF mans life. Spiritual
and intellectual freedom are denied
as all gives way before the dominant
motive of material well-being.
Christianity and paganism have
met before in deadly conflict and the
Christian victory has been won
only at the cost Of high heroism and
sacrifice. Passive ways will be inef-
fectual in dealing with this mighty
foe. Again demonstration is called
for, witnessing to the faith that Is
in us, If our spiritual and intellectual
freedoms are to be preserved. This
demonstration was made again and
again during recent years by stalwart
Christians in Nazi-occupied lands.
Our foe is more subtle but nonethe-
less real. Indifference and lukewarm-
ness paralyze Christian action. Re-
member the ancient word, II know
thy works, that thou art neither cold
nor hot so then :. will spue
thee out of my mouth" Those who
profess the Christian faith are chal-
lenged to give evidence that they
have something of high value which
paganism does not have and that at
all cost they will seek not only to pre-
serve it but, what is even more i'm
portant, give Of their all to propa-
gate II.
Evening star., 1946-06-23
The Nehru Affoir


Nehru is more than an incident.
1t is rapidly becoming what the
French call an affair."" meaning
thereby an event of major political
significance. This arises not merely
from the fact that Pandit Nehru is
the president-designate of the Con-
gress party, the most powerful
political organization in India, but
perhaps even more because it in
wolves the thorniest problem con-
fronting India'S political evolution
the so-called Native States and their
future relations with a potential
nationwide government.
Pandit Nehru was arrested, not by
the British raj" or its native
agents, but by officials of the state
of Jammu and Kashmir. This is
one of the largest Native States,
with an area of approximately
$4,000 square miles-larger than
many European countries and about
the combined areas of New York and
Pennsylvania, and with population
of about 100000. Situated at the
northwestern apex of India, and
abutting on Afghanistan, Chinese
Turkestan, Tibet, and even the
Russian High Pamir, Jammu- -Kash-
mir has likewise marked strategic
Importance.
This mountainous land is peculiar
in that, though the great majority
of the inhabitants are Mohammed-
ans, the ruling princely house and
the upper class are Hindu. Indeed,
Pandit Nehru springs from a promi-
nent Hindu Kashmiri family. But
Nehru has always stressed his hos
tility to the institution of Native
States and insists upon their aboli-
ton and incorporation in a United
India.
That, however, is easier said than
done. There are many Native States
in India, large and small; the aggre-
gate having total areas of nearly
100000 square miles and populations
of some 65,O00,000. That is nearly
one-third India's total area and
over one-sixth of its population.
The native princes are all in direct
treaty relations with the British
crown in its capacity as the raj"
or supreme power in India. Most
Of them have virtually complete
domestic authority, tempered by the
presence of a British Resident"
who interferes only in extreme cases
of personal misconduct. Many of
these states have long historical
backgrounds which tend to engender
strong local loyalties among the
inhabitants.
There seems to be little doubt
that the Congress party has been
fomenting trouble among the Kash-
miris, and Nehru got into trouble
by insisting on going to Kashmir to
aid local troublemakers who had
been arrested and charged with
conspiracy by the state authorities,
despite their ban on his entry into
Kashmir. Curiously enough, those
alleged conspirators are mostly
Moslems while Pandit Nehru and
the Congress party are Hindu. The
Moslem League is keeping hands of
and is warning its local adherents
do likewise. The local authorities
seem to have been within their legal
rights in arresting Nehru for his
forcible entry, but the Congress
party is making the most of the
issue to raise the whole Native States
question to the fore. It will be
interesting to watch how the British
Raj will handle this ticklish business.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

Providence is kind. Just when the
authors of 25-cent whodunnits were
running short of material, the crown
jewels of Hesse came into the news
in a big way.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

Talking about geniuses: Wonder
who it was who invented tomato
butter-and when will there be
enough sugar to make it possible
to have some of it again?
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Demonstrating Our Faith
a Message at Departure

0y EHs neU. fseH0 5. HdTp, IT,
Lately Rector OF Trinity Episcopal Church.
Evening star., 1946-06-23
Effective World Authority Needed
to Prevent Deadly Arms Race

These are but san1pling of the kind
of things that must flll governments and
peoples alike with eerie and frightened
thoughts during the remainder of this
century unless the world manages.
within the next decade, to work out .
system of real atomic control and to
proceed step by step from there to put
ting an end to war forever.
Under such system the enormous
good locked up in the atom can be de-
veloped to bring extraordinary blessings
to mankind. The alternative-no con-
troll, willy-nilly race toward the sui
eide Of civilization-seenls so self-evi-
dently horrendous that the nations, If
they lay claim to sanity, have no choice
but to subordinate their several SOW
ereignties to the higher sovereignty Of
humanity and the common compulsion
to survive.
Evening star., 1946-06-23

markets for their products is essential
for the countries of Europe; and the
need grows from west to east. The i'm
mediate neighbours Of Russia have
sought, and have received with graft
tude, Russian support, which must in
fuence the entire course Of their future
policies-and, for better or worse, their
politics.
But in this first phase Of their re-
covery all these countries look with
longing to the surpluses Of the United
States, the richest Of countries, with q
power OF output much greater than be-
fore the war.
It remains doubtful, however, whether
the conditions which tend to be asso-
ciated with American help are capable
Of fulfilment. Many people In many
European countries would indeed SUBJ
scribe today to programme Of freer
trade. But by free trade they do not,
and cannot, mean what the current
American definition of liondiscrimina-
tion, private enterprise, and the open
door" implies. They mean freedom from
the wartime control of their own or
occupying military authorities; they
mean a relaxation of official direction;
they reflect an appreciable reaction
against totalitarian trends. They mean
a revival of enterprise. but they do not
mean laissez-taire.
These countries tend now to look
hopefully for American assistance in
building up their standards Of produc-
ton and living to an extent that they
cannot Themselves achieve simply by the
regimented and protracted restraint Of
their own consumption. To haul them
selves up by their own bootstraps. as
Russia has done, involves social, politi-
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-09

who has returned TO East Orange,
where she will remain until ar
rangements can be made for her
to join her husband in South Amer
lea
. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j. Gentry OF
Time Market left Saturday eve
ming TO visit his parents. Mrs. J
J. Bugg and daughter Billye OF
Florence are taking care Of the
store. Mrs. Bugg is Mrs. Gentry's s
mother.
o Mrs. c. V. Steward left Mon
day evening to visit friends in
San Diego and Los Angeles.
. Mrs. Delphia Lockwood left
Tuesday evening for Torrance,
California. where her son. Melvin
Lockwood. is employed.
Q Mr.. and Mrs. Coy Lacey and
family returned last week from a
vacation in Oklahoma where they
visited her parents.
Q Mrs. Leonard Arnold OF River
side. California. visited Mrs. Coy
Lacey. Saturday She Is going to
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-09
Coolidge Locals

Q Curtis Turley and son left Wed
nesday 10 visit relatives In Cali
fornia.
Q MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Harding
spent Sunday and Monday with
their son and daughter-in-law. Mr..
and Mrs. Alonzo Harding. while en-
route TO San Diego for vacation.
Q Mr.. and Mrs. Mae Cans re-
turned Tuesday from Los An
geles. where they spent ten days
vacation
Q Mrs. Bruce Moody and chill
dren returned Tuesday from Pine
Crest near Stafford. where they
spent two months.
. Mrs. X. w. Taylor and children,
Betty and Corky. returned Mon
day from Hastings. Nebraska.
where they spent five weeks Wis
iting relatives and friends.
Q The Saturday Night Pot Luck
Supper and Card Club met at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. X. Ur-
ton last week Mr.. and Mrs. w. X.
Elliott and Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Loucks were guests.
Q Allen c. Berry OF East Orange
New Jersey. left Monday for Mi
ami. Florida, after two weeks
visit with his mother. Mrs. Han
nah Hodapp. his father. w. A
Berry, and other relatives. Young
Berry has accepted employment
with the Standard oil Company IN
South America and viii leave fol
there this week from Florida. He
was accompanied here by his wife
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-09

provide income for beneficiaries
who receive no insurance pay
ments under the old law.
Z. Numerous miscellaneous pro-
visions are included. most of
them technical In nature or ap-
plicabIe TO limited groups. They
include the right TO assign a
beneficiary's interest TO speci-
fled relatives OF the insured pro-
vided payment of the insurance
has not started. Present benefi-
eiaries under insurance on which
payment started before Sept. 30.
1914. are permitted TO select re-
fund life income payments In
come payments instead OF for
mer modes OF settlement. Those
eligible will be notified of their
rights by the VA and need not
make inquiry.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-09

endowment types OF policies and
permitted 10 name beneficiaries
outside OF close relatives. The
policy now offers lump sum pay
ments and total disability ben
efits.
In addition. those veterans who
formerly held some 10 million
policies that have lapsed are still
entitled TO reinstate them.
The general provisions OF NsLI
now are
y Low rate term insurance
policies issued before Jan. /. ls-
46. may be continued without
change for eight years from the
date they we're issued Policies
issued after Dec. 81. 1915. are
good for five years before con-
version Is necessary.
Veterans may now obtain 20
year endowment policies. endow-
ment at age OF 90 and endow-
ment at age 65. In addition to
ordinary life. and 20 and 30 pay
ment life policies originally pro-
yided.
Endowment policy premiums
must be paid for an indicated
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-09

length OF time. at the expiration
OF which the face of the policy
may be paid the veteran. Those
veterans who converted their
term insurance TO one OF the
previously authorized plans are
permitted to change to one of
the endowment plans If they
wish.
2. All restrictions on choice OF
beneficiaries have been removed
3. The insured may have his
insurance paid in a singe lump
sum TO beneficiaries. or pay
ments in equal monthly Install
ments ranging from Sc 10 24O
months.
T. For insured veterans who
are totally disabled for as long
as six months payments OF So
month for each $1,000 OF In
surance will be made as long as
the disability exists. The insur-
ance itself rs not A1ecteu Dy
this additional benefit.
3. All persons who served In
the armed forces between oct.
S. 1910 and Sept. 2. l945. are
entitled TO apply for new NSLl.
the total amount not TO exceed
$4,000.
6. Applications for insurance
which were rejected solely for
health reasons between Oct. s,
1910 and Sept. 2. ls45. are val
idated in cases where the appli-
cants were killed or totally dis
abled in line OF duty while In
service. This amendment VIII
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-09

make her home iFlorence.
. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ander-
son have added two rooms to their
home in north Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-09
New Insurance
Benefits Now
Offered Veterans

Holders OF sir million national
service policies may get endow-
ment types OF policies and bene-
fieisry restrictions removed.
Insurance benefits 10 veterans
were materially extended and
liberalized this week when Pres
ident Truman signed the Con
Sressi0nal Act amending the
National Service Life Insurance
Act Of 1910. the Veterans Ad-
ministratiOn has reported.
Holders OF about six million
NLSI policies are now offered
Evening star., 1946-12-06
-Four Teen Ayers Held
In Staying Of Trooper
BY the Associated Press

SHELBYvILLE, Ind, Dec. a.
Two youths and two teen-age girls
were held today following their cap
ture yesterday after the fatal shoot
ing Of an Indiana State trooper,
and Capt. Robert O'Neal of the
State police said one Of the youths
had signed a statement admitting
the shooting.
Capt. O'Neal said William Francis
Price, IT, of Evansville, Ind, signed
the statement in which he said he
shot Trooper Herbert Smith, 30,
after the officer had arrested him
and his three companions for a traf-
fic violation on State Highway 9
north of here. The other youth held
is Pvt William Johnson, II. Of
Evansville. The girls are IA and Is
years old.
Price and his companions were
captured by a posse of farmers,
State police and officers from Shell
by and nearby counties about an
hour after the Staying. They were
found in a cornfield and Capt.
O'Neal said they offered no resist
ance.
The car in which the youths were
riding, Capt. O'Neal said, had been
stolen No charges have been filed
against Price or his companions.
Evening star., 1946-12-06
Ala *THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. CT
Is,
tennessee Governor
Urges Congress 10
Drop U. S. Job Service
BY ahe Asseeiotsd Press

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, Dec. g.
Coy. Jim McCord of Tennessee to-
day urged Southern Governors to
'integrate" the displacement and
unemployment compensation func-
tions of their States and suggested
that the United States Employment
Service be abolished by Congress.
Gov. McCord, in an address be-
fore the Southern Governors Con-
ference this morning, said that do
ing away with the employment serv-
ice would remove "a great defect
which will seriously handicap the
State in the proper administration
of this joint program.
The Governors program for re-
gional schools of college and uni
versity caliber to provide higher ed
ucation for Negroes came up yes
terday, when it was pointed out by
Gov. Chauncey Sparks of Alabama
that his State had sent ITO Negroes
to universities in other States to
study subjects unavailable to them
at nome. Alabama paid a part OF
their tuition, averaging $500, he said.
Calls Idea Good.
Gov. Millard F. Caldwell OF
Florida made the subject a general
one by stating:
Regional schools in general are
a good idea. I would prefer to see
several States get together and
finance a school, but I suppose it
lis impractical to expect Tennessee,
for example, to spend its money in
Florida to establish q school for a
number of States.
ut probably would be more prac-
.tical for Florida to. spend the money
and accept students from other
States, and Tennessee to establish
school and accept students from
Florida and elsewhere"
Previously, the southern Cover
nors heard a report that success
was probable in the fight for
equitable freight. rates for the
South, now before the Supreme
Court.
The United States Labor Depart
mont, of which tho USES is a part,
Gov, McCord told the Governors
today, develops policies and regu-
lations, too many of which are
presumed" and that these are
thrust upon the States in their
administration of thu employment
service.
Results in Confusion
On the other hand, he said, the
Federal Security Administration
develops the overall policies for
the Federal State administration of
the unemployment compensation
part Of the program" and that two
separate financial grants for adj
of the two programs
come down from these separate
agencies, all of which will result in
confusion and complication in the
administration of the program"
These glaring defects on the
Federal level should be promptly
corrected by the incoming Con-
gress, !" Gov. McCord declared, and
suggested that the act setting up
the USES in 1888 be repealed and
these two component programs in
corporated in one basic Federal act
and administered by one Federal
agency
Gen. G.. B. Erskine, administrator
of the Retraining and Re-employ-
ment Administration, told the gov
ernors that the burden of assisting
veterans in all their problems of
readjustment lies with the former
servicemen's home towns.
Evening star., 1946-12-06
Recovery Of 40 Millions
In Taxes Seen in Ship Talks
By the Associofed Press

la
Tentative agreement between the
Treasury and IL steamship COM
panies Tor recovery of an estimated
$40 100000 in taxes on wartime
gains was reported yesterday by
congressional sources.
The agreement, expected to be
announced soon by the Treasury
Department, grew out of a long in
vestigation by the House Merchant
Marine Committee into the practice
by the companies of depositing in
capital and special reserve funds
their earnings and capital gains and
claiming tax exemptions on the de-
posiCs.
Chairman Bland of the House
Evening star., 1946-12-06
Check -Boby Service
Opened for Shoppers
BY he Assosiated Press

TAMPA, Fla, Dec. GA check
your-baby- while you shop service
has been opened here as lift to
mothers with long Christmas lists
in their handbags.
Wives of Junior Chamber of Conn
merce members are operating a day
nursery in a downtown department
Evening star., 1946-12-06
Coust Guurd Age Raised

The Coast Guard yesterday raised
the age limit for enlistment of ex-
seryicemen as petty officers from 30
to IS years. The age limit for en-
listment of ex-servicemen not quail
fled for petty officer ratings re-
mains at 30.
Evening star., 1946-12-06

The Marine Corps officer In an
address said that If the community
does not take care Of It's own cit
izens and assist its veterans with
their problems. sthen the Federal
Government will have to take over
these duties.
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committee said In statement that
negotiations are developing rapid
lyo and that final determination
might be reached within the next
week. III
Evening star., 1946-12-06

Boost United States Savings
Bonds. One out Of every three Amer
leans have TO be told today that
Savings Bonds are still being sold.
Evening star., 1946-12-06

store. The checking service charges
are on an hourly basis. Profits go
to charity.
Evening star., 1946-05-01
Deaths Reported

Jeane Gateau. "a. 1851 " st; Sc.
Guy l.. Alexander. "A, 1914 Blair I'd. NV.
Walber L. Sanders. II. 34l2 Brothers pl.
Jennie L. Johnson, 81. 4317 Iowa ave. NV.
Richard v. Keane, 65, 1920 Cleveland
Matte L. johnson, Ga 1725 18th st. NV.
Lee Sing. 81, St Elizabeth.s Hospital.
Herbert L. Post, So, 5000 Cathedral ave.
Max Pome, anti. SO, 500 E st. NV
Sophie Baker, AZ, St. Elizabeths Hospital.
Jacob H. Reisinger. 49, $50 9th st, ne.
Preston D. Markham, As. 1880 South Da-
Ray Shaw. Al, 624 F st. s.w
Henry D. Barbadoro. Al, Milford Mass.
James I. Click, jr., 4, 1107 Maryland ave.
Infant yosler, 2715 3oth st. Sc.
Joseph H. Carter, so. 235 Florida ave. n w.
Abraham H. Hawkins, 73, 1908 T st, NV.
Robert E. Brown, II. 1889 Capitol ave.
Alphonzo Robinson. 50; 24oo 18th st. NV,
Agnes West. S. 1900 Florida ave
Carey Robinson. "a, $40 Oklahoma ave.
Julia Randolph. 81. 3o2 p st. NV.
Winifred Smith. 33, 1S41 1th st. NV.
Wallace D. Stewart ~, 29i4 11th st. NV.
Evening star., 1946-05-01
Decorated

T/3 John d. Hoffman, 6402 Ma
pie avenue, Chevy Chase, Md, has
been awarded the Soldiers Medal,
withheld previously because of Sc
crecy surrounding the development
of the atomic bomb, it was an
nounced by the War Department
today.
He assisted In rescuing three VIC
tins of an explosion, September 2,
1914, in a building used for haz-
ardous chemical experiments at the
Naval Research Laboratory in Phil
adelphia.
Maj. Gen. Leslie r. Groves, COM
manding general of the Manhat-
tan Engineer District, presented the
award to Hoffman, who at that time
was private.
For two years before entering the
Army, Hoffman worked at the Bu-
reau of Standards. After his en-
ployment in Philadelphia, he was
assigned to Oak Ridge, Tenn. and
the University of Chicago for fur
ther work on the atomic bomb. He
will be discharged from the Army
tomorrow.
Capt. Isaac C. Bogart, U. S. NJ,
retired, Is Aspen street, Chevy
Chase, Md, recently was decorated
with the Legion of Merit In rec
Evening star., 1946-05-01

N. R., 3575 Woodley road NV, re-
ceived a gold star in lieu of a
second Bronze Star Medal at a re-
cent Navy Department ceremony
for meritorious service in combat
operations against the enemy as
chaplain aboard the battleship West
Virginia from July /, 1914, to last
July 13.
Others decorated at the same
ceremony were:
1t. Philip N. Brophy, U. S. N. r.,
435 LIE Baum street Sc, who was
presented with the Distinguished
Evening star., 1946-05-01

Flying Cross. Air Medal and gold
stars In lieu of second and third
Air Medals. The DFC recognized
20 strikes against the Japanese as
pilot of carrier based plane from
April to May 18 last year, while
the three Air Medals were given for
is flights against the enemy from
April 8 to May 4 last year.
1t. q. g. Elmer G. Sunday, U. S.
N. r., 6229 Thirty-second place
NV, who received gold stars in
lieu of second and third Air Medals
for 10 strikes against enemy ship