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Evening star., 1946-08-15

lndecision about the chairmanShip fight.
but finally supported Roosevelt. Rogers
is generally regarded as belonging with
the left wing of the party.
The traditional Democrats are about
fed up with their radical associates.
For 10 years. it has been apparent that
they have been growing increasingly
unhappy. But now, with James Roose-
velt as chairman and the quick memory
OF terrible beating in the primaries
this year, they are about ready to bolt
One of them ventured the private
opinion that the only way to get the
Democratic party reorganized is to pro-
vide the votes for a big Republican
victory this fall.
The feeling is extremely bitter be-
tween the elements in the California
democracy. One side talks about the
Communists" the other, about the
'treactionaries." All sorts of charges
are made.
The Official registration of voters In
California still shows an overwhelming
majority Of Democrats. But this means
little In primary or an election. Gov.
Warren, by consistently sticking to his
role Of nonpartisanship, captured both
primaries. The real test will be the
senatorial contest between Will Rogers,
jr., and Senator William F. Knowland.
At the moment. the contest looks close.
But If the regular Democrats maintain
their current resentment, Knowland
will win. In California, as elsewhere,
the alliance of groups which won so
many times for President Roosevelt is
falling apart.
lReleased hy The Associated NewsnanersN
Evening star., 1946-08-15
Cyprus: British Bustion

Cyprus has suddenly appeared in
the newspaper headlines as the
probable chief internment center for
illegal Jewish immigrants to Pales-
tine. However. it has long been a
bulwark of British power in the
eastern Mediterranean, and its stra-
tegic Importance promises to in
crease as Britain evacuates it's for
mer bases in Egypt; because Cyprus
offers a relatively secure seat for the
concentration of British military
naval and air strength.
A glance at the map is sufficient
to disclose its high strategic value
This relatively large island. nearly
twice the size of the State of Della
ware, lies In the blight of sea between
the coasts of Asia Minor and Syria
being about equidistant from both.
The northern and southern portions
OF Cyprus are mountainous, but be-
tween lies an extensive plain, afford
ing areOle scope for airfields and
military installations. The harbor of
Famagusta, near the eastern end of
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body. In such event. according to we'll
informed sources, the British govern
ment will be duty bound to lend military
and economic assistance to the Turks
As provided in the existing Turkish
British treaty Of alliance.
In other words, should Russia decide
to settle its 100-year-old dispute with
Turkey over the control of Istanbul and
the Straits by military means, Great
Britain would Jump into the breach and
support her ally in the Near East with
all her available means. Britain, like
the United States, desires peace and
hopes that all international disputes,
regardless CT how violent, will be sub
mitted and settled in accordance with
the principles of the San Francisco
Charter. But the British government
appears to fear that Moscow might
object to placing before any interna-
tional body certain matters which she
considers vital to her national interests.
Because of this fear, there have been
important movements of Britain's naval
and military forces. A large part of the
fleet has been sent to the Eastern
Mediterranean under the pretext of
preventing further illegal Jewish immi-
81 dtloiio " dlCSIlliC. 1OiilC SullUOdlS,
destroyers and a few cruisers would be
bulk of Britain's Mediterranean feet
has been dispatched to that area.
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Important and well-concealed troop
movements are occurring in Iraq. Bagh-
dad is being fortified rapidly and the
best available British divisions are re-
ported either on the way or already
there. The object of these British con-
centrations-on far smaller scale than
those of the Russians-is twofold To
defend the Mosul and Southern Persian
oil fields against any unexpected in
cursion Of the democratic forces" in
Iran and also to have at hand some
good divisions which could be rushed
to Eastern Anatolia in the event Russia
decided to settle disputes with her
neighbors by force
The State Department and the For
eign Office are handicapped In their
diplomatic efforts by the fact that
neither the American nor the British
Ambassador at Moscow cuts any ice,
through no fault of his own
The Russian government does things
in its own way and is not interested
in accepting any advice or offer of
mediation from foreigners.
The situation is admittedly more
critical than it appears to be on the
surface and will remain so as long as
the Soviet government is convinced
that the United States and the other
western democracies are unable to mus
ter substantial force to oppose the
Soviets mailed-fist diplomacy
Evening star., 1946-08-15
Democratic DisuniOn
By RAYMOND Molev

SANTA BARBARA, Calif-The state
of the official Democratic party in
California has sunk so low that there
appeared in this years primary what
was known as the CIO-PAC Democratic
package" ticket. The Democrats were
the lesser part of the package" Before
the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the
string which held the package together
was allegiance to the war President
The remaining ties are badly frayed.
The minor role of the traditional
Democrats was sharply revealed this
summer in the. selection of a State
chairman. The treasurer of the Demo-
cratic party of the State was con-
servative Democrat and businessman,
Tom Scully This, incidentally, is a
familiar feature in States where the
New Deal democracy is allied with the
CIO and other left-wing groups. The
idea Is that a conservative treasurer
collects from the remaining "fat cats
in the party. Contributions from the
CIO-PAC require no solicitor, for 1t
either spends its money itself or gives
for reasons other than those advanced
by treasurer.
Mr.. Scully aspired to the chairman
ship OF the party he had long served.
Left-wing elements had another idea
and got behind James Roosevelt, who
has become very active in politics out
here. The State committee elected
Roosevelt. Roosevelt had been serving
with the so-called Hollywood Com
mittee of Arts, Sciences and what-not.
yuoc hitter dofoot for tho fro dfffnyool
Democrats. They did not object to the
Roosevelt name. But they did not like
the reported connections and the
groups which sponsored the son Of the
late President.
Will Rogers. jr, Democratic candi-
date for the United States Senate, will
have a hard time holding his party
behind him. He showed q good deal OF
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Liberal party-a hope that was doomed
had Senator La Toilette succeeded in
winning denomination as a Republican,
thereafter placing his imprint on the
COP in the State
Many of the Republican leaders in
the Senate and House would have been
delighted to see Mr.. La Toilette win
denomination as a Republican. This
word was passed back to Wisconsin.
But the Republican regulars there
would have none of it. They wanted
Ia Toilette blood and they went after
it, and finally got it.
The elimination of Senator La Fol-
lette from the Senate-he has said in
the past he would not seek election as
an independent if he failed to win the
Republican nomination-takes another
OF the old isolationist group out Of the
Upper House. Messrs. Shipstead of Min
nesota, Republican, and Wheeler of
Montana, Democrat, were two others
who failed this year to win renomina-
ton. Former Senator Nye of North
Dakota, another isolationist, tried to
stage comeback but failed absolutely.
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The fact that Messrs. Shipstead and
La Toilette lost in States which have
in the past been regarded as drastically
isolationist in spirit Is certainly sig
nif1cant, although there were local
issues involved in their defeats. Gov.
Thye, who beat Mr. Shipstead, is a
disciple of Harold E. Stassen in the
field of foreign policy, and Judge Nc
Carthy attacked La Follettes record in
the Senate as "isolationist''.
The retirement of Senator La Toilette
takes another strong figure from the
Upper House He entered the Senate as
young man of 80. He is leaving it a
veteran of So. He never deviated from
the Progressive and liberal line during
his long service and he won an out
standing position for himself.
Judge Mccarthy, fighting young
Irishman who has done everything the
hard way, may prove a colorful figure
in the Upper House. When he was
studying at Marquette University he
was boxing instructor, working his way
through. He was the youngest district
judge ever elected in Wisconsin, an
Office he won when he was 80 years
old. For a year-since he left the armed
services-Judge Mccarthy stumped the
State in his quest for the senatorial
nomination. In this he had an advan-
tage over Senator La Toilette, who was
kept constantly in Washington by his
senatorial duties. and who only got
into the swing of the campaign after
Congress adjourned.
Evening star., 1946-08-15
The Nations Banks
ON the New York Journal of Commerce.

From the New York Journal of Commerce.
American banks are making strenu-
Gus efforts to procure accurate and
up-to- the minute information on de-
velopments abroad to guide their credit
policies in the foreign field. A number
of overseas branches have been re-
opened Representatives have gone
abroad not only to re-establish contacts
with former banking and business con-
nections. but also to study conditions.
II political and economic conditions
remain unsettled throughout a large
part of the world activities OF foreign
departments of American banks must
necessarily remain relatively limited.
But as circumstances improve in one
country after another, American banks
will enjoy increasing opportunities for
financing international trade, while the
need for government financing in this
field will be lessened. American banks
are better prepared than ever to play
a principal part in financing economic
activities, particularly If the interna-
tional monetary fund and the Interna-
tional Bank for Reconstruction and De-
velopment provide reasonable assurance
of monetary stability after political con-
ditions have been stabilized.
Evening star., 1946-08-15
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,cn

The question of the control OF the
Dardanelles and the establishment OF
naval and military bases in Turkey
which has been smouldering for some
time has now entered an active and eX-
plosive phase.
Although the State Department MAIN
tains discreet silence regarding its
attitude in these matters, the consensus
of most high-ranking officials in WASH
ington is that the note sent by Moscow
to Ankara last Friday goes far beyond
the scope of discussion of the problem
between Turkey and Russia and her
satellites. 1t is rated as a first-class
international matter which concerns not
only the riparian states of the Black
Sea but the world at large
Russia alone can decide whether the
question of the Straits will be settled in
a peaceful or violent manner
The Turks maintain that the Mont
rcux treaty is an international agree
ment which must be discussed with all
its signatories before any changes can
be made. Washington and London
share the same view
Should the Soviet government adopt
the attitude that the Montreux treaty
is obsolete and the Dardanelles are of
regional and not general interest, there
is no doubt that the Turks will reject
such a thesis.
What will happen thereafter is mat
ter of speculation.
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The impression in Istanbul is that the
Soviets have sufficient forces to enforce
their point of view with lightning rapid
M, tnI
large numbers in the Caucasus in Ar
menia and repeatedly around Lake
Urmia in Azerbaijan on the Turkish
borders. A Red army estimated to total
between 100000 and 100000 men is re-
ported in the Southern Ukraine, and
some 10000 Russians are still In Bull
garia in the area close to the European
borders of Turkey. The Russian forces
are we'll provided with modern fighting
equipment and aviation.
The Turks have fairly good army,
but 1t lacks modern technical material.
It's power of resistance is estimated va
riously at between one and four months.
The Ankara government is expected
to adopt conciliatory yet firm attitude.
1t will not oppose negotiations, regard
less of how protracted, but will stand
on the thesis that there must be an in
ternational conference to decide the
future status of the Straits.
Should the U. S. S. r. attempt to force
the. issue militarily, Turkey will take the
case before the United Nations Security
Council Immediately. Both Russia and
Turkey are charter members Russia,
OF course, can use It's veto power to
prevent any action by that international
Evening star., 1946-08-15
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Defeat Of Senator Robert M. La
Toilette. jr,, for the Republican sena-
torial nomination in Wisconsin brings
to an end. at least temporarily, the
La Toilette political dynasty In the
Badger State. For half a century the
name of La Toilette has been potent
in the State, ever since the days when
Fighting Bob" the senior La Toilette.
upset the political machine that had
been running Wisconsin and had him.
self elected Governor. After the death
of Senator La Toilette, senior, in 1925,
the present Senator was elected to fill
his place in the Upper House. Later,
Phil La Toilette, the younger son, was
elected Governor, was reelected and
ultimately was defeated.
The senior La Toilette worked always
with the Republican party, drawing
Progressive and liberal voters to him
In 1884 however, when 1t appeared that
the present Senator might have a
difficult time winning Republican re-
nomination for the Senate, he and his
brother organized the Progressive party,
and for a time they and their party
were able to dominate State politics.
In the last few years, however, the
Progressive party organization was on
the wane-until last spring Senator
La Toilette. determined, along with a
great ma jority of the other Progressives,
to switch back to the Republican party.
So he sought a Republican senatorial
committeeman was beaten by mar
row margin by the 37-year-old Judge
Joe" Mccarthy, who for three years
served in the Marine Corps in the
Second World War.
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The regular Republicans-the stall
warts they were called in the days of
the senior La Follette-have worked for
years to oust the La Follettes. 1t was
their organization, headed by Tom Cole
man, chairman of the Republican
voluntary State committee, plus some
independent and Democratic votes, that
put Mccarthy across.
What will be the future of the
Republican party in Wisconsin remains
to be seen. It looks at present to be
riding high. wide and handsome. How
ever, the liberal and progressive spirit
which in the early La Toilette days put
Wisconsin in the lead, with the Wis
consin idea" is not dead, and the
standpat Republicans may find they
made mistake when they turned their
backs on Senator La Toilette. The
defeat of La Toilette was, in fact, right
down the Democratic alley. For the
only hope of the Democrats in Wis
consin is to become known as the
Evening star., 1946-08-15
DecontroI or RecontroI?

1t did not take the newly created
Price Control Board long to find out
that opinion is still as divided as
ever on the subject of Government
regulation of prices in the postwar
period. And, as Daniel w. Bell. a
member of the board, remarked
after hearing a mass of conflicting
and confusing testimony as the
three-man court" began series of
lively hearings, both sides are just
as firm in their beliefs and both
profess to be motivated by concern
for the public interest. And both
are able to cite what has happened
to prices since Congress lifted con-
trolls as evidence in support OF their
divergent theories.
1t is obvious that whatever the
boards decision may be, adherents
OF one or the other schools of
thought will not like it. Fortunately,
Evening star., 1946-08-15

the island, already provides good
shipping accommodation and might
be readily improved into first-class
naval base.
1t is interesting to note that
Cyprus came into British possession
as the result of the great diplomatic
crisis of 1877-78. when Britain was
ready to 60 to war with Russia in
order to prevent the then Czarist
Empire from gaining control over
Constantinople and the Straits as
the fruits Of the victorious war
which Russia had just waged
against the Turks. The Sultan gave
Britain the right to occupy and ad-
minister Cyprus as an effective
counterweight against Russian pres
sure. This remained it's status down
to Turkeys entrance into World War
on the side of the Axis powers,
whereupon Britain declared its an
nexation and made it crown colony
of the empire.
Although Cyprus was for centuries
an integral part of the Ottoman EN-
pire, the bulk of the population re-
manned Greek Christians, and there
has long been strong nationalistic
movement for union with Greece.
Such sentiments will probably be
strengthened by the recent decision
of the Allied powers to transfer
Rhodes and the Dodecanese Islands
from Italian to Greek sovereignty.
In Greece itself, the Communists and
other left-wing elements are featur-
ing demands for the annexation of
Cyprus to Greece as part of their
anti-British propaganda. But the
exigencies of British imperial de-
fense probably preclude any such
change, at least for the near future.
Evening star., 1946-08-15
Aquinst the Need . .

My neighbor ,oas a thrifty soul w11o set
Her roDs OF cabbuges and tur1tip seed,
Potatoes, early peas and such against
The certain clamoring OF hunger's
need.
Each year a pumpkin zine climbed up
the fence
As il to run aD1y but 1lDuyS stayed
To do its duty came the Hallo,Ue'en
When Jack O. lanterns and good pies
,uere made.
But recall her best as on ,Carm days
She sought a jonqutl blade, a tulip
spear,
And cultivated bulbs and al,Udys she
Was diligent lest any tOeed appear.
So great her love OF beauty that she
knelt
Before bloom as one before shrine,
And I remember ho,D so tenderly
She touched ne,D-spung bud, her
eyes nshine.
"The little ones must haze a pumpkin
head,
Potatoes fH the body's need" she said,
But fotDers are the hungry sptrit's
bread"
INEZ CLARK THoRsoN.
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however. the President, in naming
Chairman Roy L. Thompson, George
H. Mead and Mr.. Bell, has set up a
board of such caliber that its deci-
sions cannot reasonably be ques-
toned on grounds of biased eco
nomic philosophy or of political mo-
tivation. Congress placed on this
board heavy responsibility. In
addition to deciding whether to per-
nit controls automatically to return
to meat and certain other major
foods next Wednesday, the board
must determine the advisability of
placing price ceilings back on poul-
try, eggs and tobacco at the same
time.
Beyond that, the board will have
overall authority to order decontrol
and recontrol of prices, as changing
conditions may warrant. Factors
which Congress said should be con-
sidered in applying or lifting the lid
include the trend of prices, the de-
gree of scarcity or abundance of
commodities, the practicability and
enforceability of recontrol and the
effect on the public of any action
taken. In short, the board is re-
quired to keep its eye on supply
and demand and strive to strike
a price control balance in accord
with realities of the situation.
In undertaking this difficult
assignment Chairman Thompson
made it plain that he and his asso-
ciates are staunch believers in the
ultimate ability Of private enter
prise to solve the price control prob
lem through free production and
competition. He voiced the hope of
a vast majority of citizens-con-
sumers as we'll as producers-when
he said, on taking over his job, that
"the quicker we can find the posi-
bility of getting things out from un-
der price controls, the sooner we
can arrive at the situation we are
looking for"-namely, a stabiliza-
ton of industry justifying elimina-
ton permanently of wartime con-
frN1c
Evening star., 1946-08-15
Our FouIt. Too
From the West Hartford Metropolitan News.

FROM the West Hartford Metropolitan News
There is no doubt that the OPA kept
the cost of living down, prevented run
away imitation and served to keep this
countrys economic standards on an
even keel 1t also served to nurture
an army of black marketeers that has
grown to tremendous proportions; this
latter phase is not entirely the. fault
of the OPA, but of the citizens who
were and still are being bilked by the
Shiny offal. There can be no black
market without the aid of the citizens
who foot the bill. Hungry and selfish
people make black market possible
When we pay above ceiling prices for
commodities, we help the black market
and by being timid we nurture 1t fur
ther by refusing to make proper COM
plant to the constituted authorities.
Evening star., 1946-08-15

There was a time when Mussolini
boasted "1n Fascist Italy capital
is at the states orders" But his
corporate system, with all the vir-
tues that he supposed it possessed,
collapsed before the power of the
democracies he was so sure were
finished" The world ought to re-
quire no more convincing instruc
ton about the essential weakness
of totalitarian governments.
Evening star., 1946-08-15
Blames Drunken DRIVING

10 lue EulLOT OF i ne Star.
The only feasible way to decrease the
accident rate In Washington, as we'll
as elsewhere in the Nation, is to have
police scout cars equipped with appara-
tus to test drivers involved in accidents
for intoxication and to have laws passed
providing for the suspension of drivers
licenses for at least year as mini
mum penalty for drunken driving
Surveys have been made showing that
In approximately so per cent of acc:-
dents at least one of the drivers had
been drinking liquor before the accl-
dent. Our per capita consumption of
liquor now is at an all-time high and 1t
is no mere coincidence that our acci-
dent rate likewise is rising to new
heights.
Until automobile drivers are made to
realize that they are menace to the
public when driving under the influence
of liquor and that they are likely to be
caught and punished, our accident rate
will remain a national disgrace.
HENRY c. PARKER.