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Evening star., 1946-07-03

property than they can carry in suit
case, into the already overcrowded and
bombed-out German interior
This crime against reason and hui
manity for which under the current
concept of collective guilt" you and
are responsible, has created-not by an
act of nature. nor by war but by de-
noerate villa situation unprecedented
since the great migrations of the Middle
Ages
This plus economic decentralization
through failure to re-establish a flow
Of goods between the various German
zones, this, plus hasty, irrational and
ill-conSidered land reforms, many OF
them in the form of pure loot-awards
to political "rellables lis a purely ar
tihclal augmentation of the crisis The
result. predicted by this columnist i'm
mediately after Potsdam year ago. is
the death, Immediately or by slow de
generation. of hundreds of thousands
of innocent children.
And this continues. Much of the
normally foOd-surplus areas of eastern
Europe. particularly Germany. are all
but denuded of Inhabitants The Ger
mans have left. but the Poles. to whom
the land was ambiguously awarded at
Potsdam. are not taking it over in suf-
flcient numbers to fill in the gaps
Thoroughly skeptical of the great pow
ers promises. they fear that they NAV
be the next TO be driven out. if or
when political ambitions seem to die
tate some new redistribution.
Thus many villages. together with
their surrounding farms. are totally
emptied of human life, while the
wretched inhabitants. who once lived
from and produced on the soil, are
herded into camps, where they will
become permanent relief charges
! repeat neither nature nor war did
this. Messrs. Stain, Truman and Attlee
and their so-called experts did it, and
the Polish and Czech governments. Now
the Czechs are demanding the removal
OF several hundred thousand citizens of
Magyar speech and race from Czecho-
slovakia, along with the German speak
ing population, though Czechoslovakia
certainly has not sufficient experienced
peasants productivity to repopulate the
deserted land
If all this was designed as a measure
OF biological warfare then why weep
for the death of the little ones? 1t
was planned that way. Or, if our
statesmen" could not foresee the re-
suits, then they are less intelligent than
the average. We have met our quotas
in Europe and still there is destitution
and near starvation if not actual fam
inc. The unaccounted-for gap is due
to the dislocations wrought at Potsdam
And the American people. who should
hear some straight thinking and speak
ing. are still being cajoled along.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate Inc)
Evening star., 1946-07-03
Personal Property Tax Bases

Personal Property Tax Bases
To tn. Editor OF The Star
OF all the maddening irritations
harassed citizens are put through, the
personal property tax is one Of the
worst. In the first place. the only
reasonable basis for any taxation Is
income with exemptions for dependents
regardless of age and for extraordinary
expenditures and donations to charity.
People are more intelligent now than in
years gone by, and to have to pay small
amounts of taxes on many things does
not fool any one. If there were only one
tax to income. simply arrived at, people
would be endlessly grateful.
In the second place, a thing is only
worth as much as you can get some one
to pay for it when you get ready to sell
1t. No human on earth honestly can
say how much that is, in advance and
to force people to swear to their state
ments is outrageous. On top of that, to
make people spend their time and energy
Cthat they have so little of these days.
estimating the value of all the thousands
Of things they have in their homes and
businesses Is hardship beyond express
sion. HELPLESS TAXPAYER.
Evening star., 1946-07-03

Trieste. Here national pride is involved
But the chronological makeup of the
population, which is not always the
same as the language used. is extremely
doubtful. The people of Trieste are a
mixed lot. The Italians got Trieste
because they happened to be on the
right side in the first World War. Their
historical rights were doubtful then,
for Trieste had been no part of the
Kingdom of Italy which was built
around the House of Savoy. But while
Austria and Hungary used Trieste to
ship goods westward. the Italy of Musso-
lini did not use the port extensively
for its own trade. Italy did little to
develop the port and Venice always con-
sidered Trieste dangerous competitor
In the solution of such problems in
Europe, claims based on language or
national prestige must necessarily be
subordinated to the general economic
welfare of Europe. The big powers in
Paris should primarily consider getting
Europe back on self sustaining basis
They should not chop up Europe into
group of jealousy nationalistic states
The whole idea of firm peace is based
on a generous use of the principle of
internationalization. If nations are to
depend on collective security they must
surrender some of their national claims.
This should be understood by both Tito
and Italy.
The proposal OF Bidault has brought
forth a cautious agreement from Molo-
tov to consider the plan. Bevin is re-
ceptlVe, The American attitude should
be equally friendly to the French solu-
ton.
Relsased1p. the Associated Newspaper,
Evening star., 1946-07-03

against the Central Powers but because
they recognized the justice of her
clinical claims. Even today, after
Italys defeat in the Second World War,
it is admitted by the American British
and French governments that from the
point of view of justice and lasting
peace, Italy should retain her sovereign
ty over the peninsula which once was
part of the Austro- Hungarian Empire.
But Mr.. Byrnes and British Foreign
Secretary Bevin are anxious to remove
one of the main bones of contention
between Russia and her western war as
sociates. The American delegation
hopes to summon a peace conference at
the earliest possible date in order to
liquidate the war in Europe as soon as
possible.
The American Government is aware
that We find ourselves today in a wasps
nest across the Atlantic We have al
ready been mildly stung, but the longer
we remain there with our skeleton mill
tary forces the more painful and dan
gerous the stings will be.
Our military establishment in Europe
is too weak to inspire the necessary re-
spect to bring about the kind of peace
We had in mind when we decided to
fight Nazi totalitarianism. On the other
hand, the presence of a handful of SOL
diers, planes and warships facing an
overwhelming military power. east of the
Rhine might get us into serious trouble
Secretary Byrnes went TO Paris for the
second time in six weeks with the full
backing of President Truman and was
determined to see that peace confer
ence was called even if the United
States and her western war associates
had to sign peace treaties without Rus
sian participation
In the last few days Trieste appeared
to be the main stumbling block Russia
was determined to refuse Italy her soy
ereignty over the disputed areas The
internationaliZatio ton of the city and ad-
jacent territory was the maximum that
Foreign Minister Molotov was willing to
concede. Like his other colleagues, he
is well aware that Italy will not be able
to retake Istria by force while Marshal
Tito could "readjust" Yugoslavia s from
tier at any time he desired With Rus
Sia having the veto poWer-Which she
will not hesitate to use whenever her
interests are at stake-the United Ma
tions will not be in position to frus-
trate future actions of the Sovet-spon-
sored Yugoslav leader.
In these troubled days however. our
statesmen believe that half a solution
Is better than none. And this will be
the case with Trieste If Mr. Byrnes
receives the go-ahead signal from the
White House
Evening star., 1946-07-03
Trieste as Touchstone

Although many details still remain
to be worked out, the deadlock over
Trieste, which had stymied Big Four
efforts to arrange a settlement of
that thorny problem, appears to be
on the way to a compromise. And
the nature of that compromise is
an adjustment of TrieSte's final dis
position by means of some form of
internationalizatio ton for consider
able period of time Furthermore,
if Secretary Byrnes and Foreign
Minister Bevin have their way.
the proposed international regime
will be tied in with the Security
Council of the United Nations. either
directly or through the major powers
in their capacity as Council men,,
bers.
This link with U. N. is perhaps the
most important aspect of the pro-
jected settlement, from the overall
point of view, because it imposes
upon U. N. responsibility the up
holding of which will go far toward
determining the organizations pres
tlge and vitality. In this connection
the record of the League of Nations
on such matters is highly significant.
BY the Versailles settlements,
number of experiments were made
in the field of Internal tional control.
Some of these were quickly defied
by the unilateral action of interested
nations. the most fragrant instances
being Polish interference in Wilma
and Upper Silesia, and Lithuanian
action at Memel. Meanwhile, Ga
briele dAnnunzio had similarly de-
fed the Versailles verdict on Fiume.
and got away with it, this being one
OF the reasons for the Italo-YugoSlav
hostility bearing evil fruit today. In
none of these cases did the League
take decisive remedial action, and 1t
Is generally acknowledged by histo-
rians that this failure to uphold It's
jurisdiction was the definite begin
ming Of the Leagues decline into
impotence in interna tional politics.
The handling of Trieste may thus
become a similar diplomatic and
moral touchstone for U. N
Other aspects of the Trieste
settlement are of more immediate
Importance. Mr. Molotov's last-mo-
ment recession from his former in
transigeance indicates that Moscow
does not want a showdown at this
time. France, as propoSer of the
compromise, gains considerable pres
tige and reemphasizes it's role as
mediator or honest broker" between
the English speaking powers and the
Soviet Union. Last but not least,
the internationalizati of Trieste
should not obscure the fact that. in
other respects, Yugoslavia gets en-
phatically the lions share of the
larger territorial stakes. Italy re-
tains only narrow band of territory
from its gains against Austria in
World War I. Under the French
plan. nearly nine-tenths of the area
Of Venezia Giulia will go to Yugo-
slavia in full sovereignty, including.
of course, the port city of Fiume and
the big naval arsenal at Pola. This
will be bitter pill for Italian ma
J. -
journment of Trieste's fate may
serve to lessen the impact of this
blow to Italian pride.
Evening star., 1946-07-03
British Policy in Palestine

British Policy IN Palestine
To the Editor of The Star:
On Saturday, June %, British troops
swooped down on Jewish settlements In
Palestine, arresting some 1000 persons
and occupying the Jerusalem Building
of the Jewish Agency-the same official
ly recognized Jewish body which re-
cruited thousands of volunteers for the
British armed forces during the war.
Among the arrested agency heads was
Rabbi j. G. Fishman, leader of Orthodox
Jewry. The shocking step. 1t is reported
had been taken with the full knowledge
if not under direct orders. of the London
government in an effort to disarm
Palestine's Jewish self-defense organiza-
ton. Haganah, so that Mr. Attlee can
render the Jews of Palestine completely
helpless against the nationalistic
pogrom- Threatening Arabs and their
British sponsors. Disarming the Jews
who have made Palestine habitable for
the British, besides improving the lot of
native and immigrant Arabs, has become
a mania with the Laborite Premier
Some day Mr.. Attlee or his successor
will regret this anti-Jewish policy.
MAURICE WINOGRAD.
Evening star., 1946-07-03
The Polish Referendum

Reports from Poland seem agreed
that the referendum held there on
Sunday was carried out in a reason
ably orderly manner and without
any serious interference at the polls.
Nevertheless the results-which are
still unofficial but which indicate an
easy victory for the Communist
favored proposal for one-house
Parliament-appear to be more than
little suspect, the reason for this
being that Vice Premier Mikolajczyk
and his Polish Peasant party were
hampered on all sides in an effort
to make their views known before
the voting
Thus, although Mr. Mikolaj jczyk
and his party were strongly opposed
to the onehouse plan, they were
unable to campaign along that line.
They wanted to deliver speeches and
distribute leaflets calling upon the
voters to write mo" against the
proposition, but the provisional gov
ernment-made up largely of Com
munists-gaye orders to the security
police to break up any effort to
spread such message among the
Poles at large. AS result thousands
of Mr. Mikolajczyk's partisans were
arrested or otherwise intimidated
before the referendum took place,
and Mr. -Mikolaj jczyk himself, though
a vice premier in the government,
had to confine his activities pretty
largely to giving interviews to Amer
lean correspondents. Moreover, now
that the voting itself is over, he has
been moved to suggest that the bal
lot counting may have been some
thing less than honest.
About the only encouraging fea-
ture of the referendum is that Mr..
Mikolajczyk has refrained up to now
from describing it fatty as fraud
and that the American correspond
ents reporting on it, though unflat-
tering to the predominantly Com
munist provisional regime, have
been completely uncensored. Other
wise, with the opposition not having
had much of chance to campaign
and with the extreme leftists ap-
parently in control Of the vote count,
Evening star., 1946-07-03
Now Is the Time to Beain


the compromise s2,0O0000 increase
in the Federal payment, voted by
the House yesterday, is this; With
out the increase the cost of running
the District Government for the
fiscal year which begins next July
l would have exceeded general fund
revenues by $4,000, 0O0 With the
increase, the prospective deficit
would be only $2000,00O.
But another and a more helpful
way to look at it is as an indication
that majority of the members of
the House recognizes the need for
greater participation by the con-
trolling National Government In
meeting National Capital expenses.
The amount of the increase voted
yesterday-$2, 900 000-is not a meas
. urement of the need in this respect.
q 1t is simply compromise figure. 1t
becomes the duty of District citizens
and the Commissioners. therefore. to
convince Congress next year of the
amount of increase justified by the
evidence and to work for the in
corporation of this increase in
permanent legislation.
It seems to The Star that Engineer
Commissioner Young's six-year plan
of capital improvements. to cost In
the neighborhood of S100,000,O00,
and the committee of citizens he
has chosen to examine and report
on this plan, provide the occasion
and the means to work with Con-
gress for appropriate fiscal legisla-
ton next year.
The amount to be appropriated by
the Federal Government each year
for National Capital expenses should
be established by legislation, not by
temporary increases in approprla-
ton bills. On this principle there is
no disagreement. And the work for
that legislation, either the OMah-
oney-OVerton proposal or something
like it. should begin with the con-
vening of the new Congress in
January. 1t should not be delayed
until the appropriation bill is being
considered at the end of the session.
For the next fiscal year for which
the Commissioners will begin pre-
pairing their estimates in September,
the District will not have one red
cent for capital expenditures. 1t
will be short S2,OO0,OOO in meeting
running expenses. General Youngs
six-year plan means nothing, unless
there is provided some method of
financing it.
Beginning in January of next year
the District Legislative Committees
in Congress should have this picture
presented in way that will con-
vince Congress of the need for
permanent legislation fixing the
Federal payment. This year the
District is grateful for the efforts
and the interest shown by Chair
man OMahoney of the Senate
Subcommittee on District Appro-
prlations, to Chairman Coffee of
the House Subcommittee and to
their colleagues who worked to
bring about the temporary $4,000
900 increase. Next year these
and other gentlemen should have
the vigorous support from the be-
ginning of local citizens working for
temporary, increase in the Federal
payment.
Evening star., 1946-07-03

it would seem to have been a Polish
version of the way Tammany oper-
ated In the old days. Accordingly,
unless the news stories from Warsaw
have been inaccurate, it can hardly
be regarded as a reassuring prelude
to the free and unfettered" Polish
elections promised at Yalta and
Potsdam and still waiting to be held.
Evening star., 1946-07-03

pational income from such private
practice of law"
This is a reasonable and sensible
limitation. 1t would still leave two
outsiders" on the court, and even
if the present membership should
be raised to thirteen judges, as pro-
posed in another bill, there is no
good reason to increase the number
of nonresident appointees to the
one court in Washington that can
be termed truly local.
Evening star., 1946-07-03
Why Not Medicine, Too?
From the Milwaukee journal

From the Milwaukee journal
When an Indiana doctor says that IF
God had intended us to eat spinach, He
would have favored it with something
that tastes good" his reasoning seems
logical enough. But when we remember
the vile taste of some of the stuff the
doctors tell us to take, We wonder why
the same logic doesn't apply in the case
Of medicine.
Evening star., 1946-07-03

Tokyo businessmen are complain
ing that it is almost impossible to
start business there because the
city is cluttered up with miscella-
neous junk of all sizes and shapes.
Apparently it remains for some ge-
MUS to start manufacturing hats for
women.
Evening star., 1946-07-03

A pair of bee martins are raising
family in nest on one of the bus
lest traffic lights in Baltimore. This
shows that If you keep fitting
around long enough, you, too, can
find place in which to set up light
housekeeping.
Evening star., 1946-07-03

Many man has agreed to finance
his Wife'S next visit to the hair
dresser because a permanent wave
would not hit him nearly as hard as
a permanent rave.
Evening star., 1946-07-03
Strawberry Soda

Fodnly billo1US
Rosy-lipped,
Slim lDhite reed
Ambrosia dipped,
Here tHthtn
A pastel brink
Chiffon clouds are
Pearled uath pink;
Cool as ledpes
Where berries Hs
Far beneath
A farther sky
Than this pink hedrer
That / drutD- 9
Slipping summer
Through q strnt5.
JESSIE FARNHAM,
Evening star., 1946-07-03

BY presidential order. ANY en-
ployer can raise wages all he wants"
The trick, of course. is for the en-
ploye to find an employer who wants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-23

Naish and Frances Rafserty are others In the cast.
 "Junior Prom" stars the radio and band vocalist Freddie Stewart with June Preiger and Judy Clark in the first of the '"Teen-Agers" series.
 Starting tomorrow is the technl. color musical "ziegfeld Follies of i946".
 Headlining the stellar roster are Fred Astaire, Edward Arnold Lu- ellie Ball, Marion Bell, Lucille Bremmer, Fanny Brice, Judy Gar land, Kathryn 0rayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, James Melton, Keenan Wynn, and the Zigfeld Girls.
 Robert Alton, director of the dance numbers in the picture, has twenty-six Brodway hits, including four original "ziegfeld Follies" to his credit. Gene Loring of Carmen Jones" dance fame, assisted on the choregraphy. LeSnuel Ayers, who designed the sets of "The Pirate"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-23

HOLLYWOOD, April 2S--Accord. ing to insiders at MGM, Clark Gables No. 1 stipulation, in de- manding e new contract, Is the pri- vilege of making one picture a year for another studio or, If he chooses Independently. Looking over his rec- ords, l can't help wondering why that particular bee has invaded ,hlS bannet.
 wyn-Mayer for IS almost unblleV- ably prosperous years. From the very start, Boss man Louis B. Mayer realized that he was best bet, and handled his career accord- ingly The studio gave Clark the best of everyth!ng-and everything, in MGM's care, Is plenty, for Metro additionally, has been the most eX. pert of all picture companies in the fine art of star building.
 Gable was given the gest stories available. He was cast opposite the hottest feminine stars and assigned the studios outstanding directors, Ills publicity needs were given maximum attention. The net re. suit certainly leaves him small cause for logical complaint. During the IS years, Clark has been among the top ten box office stars more than 75 percent of the time. In keeping with his popularity, his salary has been one of the biggest paid to any screen celebrity.
 For Gable, in the face of that record, to pine for other employ ment seems strange. To an outsider, at least. he resembles a man who yearns to leave the luxurious safe- ty of an ocean liner for the du. biouS security of 0 lifeboat.
 The action taken by the Motion Picture Association of America the Erie Johnston Ofhce'D in sum moning Howard Hughes to appear before It's directors and defend him. self against charges that he has violated the Associations rules of good taste" in advertising "The outlaw" is encouraging. Whether Hughes be acquitted, or found guilty as charged the most re- gponsible group in the motion plc- ture industry has at least demotl- strated Q proper concern about the growing trend toward "seX-Sational- iSm.' It's 6 lead pipe clnch that this trend must be stopped unless movies are to become a debaSing influence in American life, instead of the contribution to good citizen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-23

and "Okiahoma" stage shows, cole laborated with Supervising Art Di- rector Cedric Gibbons and Merrill Eye on the sixty-tive separate sets.
 Under the supervision of the studios executive designer, Irene, with Helen Rose of Ice Follies fame, assisting, 40O costumes and ultra modern gowns creations are worn by the stars and the ziegfeld beau- ties. Seventy-five extra seamstres- ses supplemented the regular stu- dio stan working for four months to complete this hugh wardrobe, one dress of which has a skirt of D.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-23

900 ermine tails.
 A surrounding program of selects ca shorts will complete this ssESa.