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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Church and Stute
pm the Bangor Daily News.

From the Bangor Daily News.
THE new government structure d.
vides church and state" So say the
APP dispatches from Belgrade, describing
the innovations of Marshal Tito's re
public" So, too, say the newsmongers
of Americas radio. Is this ignorance
or propaganda?
At the last official counting there
were 6,785.501 Eastern Orthodox in
Yugoslavia, 5,242,581 Roman Catholics,
1861, 166 Moslems, 231, 1859 Protestants
and 68,405 Jews. All these religions were
recognized by law under the monarchy
and, declared the statesman's year.
book, in its accounts of the Yugoslavian
monarchy, "all religions recognized by
law enjoy the same rights"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Red Cross in 1916

The termination of hostilities last
May and September did not spell
an end of the demands upon the
American Red Cross. Never since
the great relief organization was
founded eighty three years ago has
the need for it been more compelling
than 1t is at the present moment.
Wars leave open wounds as we'll as
scars. The injuries must be healed
and the best agency for the work of
helping them to heal is the one for
which President Truman spoke last
evening.
1t is true that the Red Cross is
-"close to the hearts of the American
people" To degree unequaled by
any other voluntary body, it has
made mercy a practical reality in
the experience of literally millions
OF suffering men, women and chill
dren in time of war and in time of
peace alike. 1t possesses what is
called "the know how" the skill to
do what requires to be done prompt
ly, efficiently, economically. Much
OF the labor represented is given
freely by devoted individuals who.
as Mr.. Truman said, have many
other responsibilities, yet manage
to contribute constructively to relief
activities of many different varieties.
Some OF the volunteers are over
seas with those American forces of
occupation which are maintained in
former enemy countries to insure
the victory so extensively won in
blood, sweat and tears. They aid in
sustaining morale; they are, indeed,
IN the language Of the President.
IAN indispensable link with home"
and they symbolic the civilization
OF which America is part and for
which the Red Cross traditionally
strives even in the face of brutal
challenge. To foreign communities.
then, as we'll as to military person.
mel from the United States, the
overseas contingents wearing the
universal badge of the Geneva Con-
vention signify value deserving the
cooperation of all friends of good
will and fellowship.
But the task in the domestic field
likewise is important. The Red
Cross, Mr.. Truman reminded his
listeners, aids vast numbers of serv-
icemen ito solve their myriad prob
lens OF readjustment to civilian
life" Especially does it endeavor to
be OF use to sick and wounded men
In Army and Navy hospitals during
tedious hours of convalescence"
which all too commonly stretch into
months or even years. The work
IN this regard differs widely from
that OF relief to the populations of
war-devaStated areas and to occu-
patton troops, yet it really is of a
single piece with those overseas
activities in that it renders life more
tolerable than it otherwise would be
in an era of global reconstruction
still cluttered with the accumulated
aftermath of battle.
1t was a happy thought of the
President to suggest the picture of
making the clock tick faster "for
our casualties" Money given
to the Red Cross will conduce toward
that purpose. The more that is
given, the quicker the recovery of
humanity. In the thought of a
speedier restoration of normal
health and well-being, Mr.. Truman
surely spoke for the generality of
his countrymen when he urged sup
port of this noble cause" to the
utmost of the Nations ability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Boom or Depression?

economists composing it's research
staff, the Committee for Economic
Development has peered into the
country's immediate future and ar
rived at conclusions which deserve
the most careful consideration by
the administration. by Congress and
by the people whose welfare is at
stake. The committee, in lengthy
report just made public, warns not
only Of inflationary dangers unless
present trends are held in check, but
OF a possible deflationary reaction
against which it is not too early to
be planning countermeasures. The
report is aptly titled "Jobs and Mar
kets," or How to Prevent Imitation
and Depression in the Transition"
1t offers a blueprint for action in
either contingency.
The committee plainly fears a
recurrence of the inf1ationary boom
days that followed World War I.
leading to an inevitable collapse,
with attendant financial chaos and
human misery - unless intelligent
planning and certain measures are
carried out now. Recognizing that
the imminent peril facing the Ma
ton Is imitation, the committee
placed immediate emphasis on a
program designed to restrain the
forces seeking to break through the
price and wage lines. 1t is interest
ing to note that this representative
group OF industrialists, financiers
educators and other outstanding
business and professional leaders
discounts the theory prevailing in
some quarters that if all price con-
trolls are lifted the old law of supply
and demand will operate to main
tain industrial economy on an even
keel. The time has not yet come
for adjustment of Federal controls.
the committee believes. It placed at
the head of it's list of anti-inflation
steps recommendation that price
controls be continued to June 30.
1947. At that time, the committees
experts contend, the transition from
a wartime to a peacetime basis will
have progressed to the point where
supply and demand can function in
a normal way to keep prices down
and production up. Rent control,
however. may have to be continued
beyond that date, it was declared.
Among other anti-inflation moves
suggested were an overhauling and
streamlining of pricing machinery
to encourage production, postpone
ment of deferrable public works
construction. temporary raising of
individual income taxes in the first
bracket, a permanent policy of rely
Ing more on pay-as-you-go income
taxes rather than on excuses, and
strengthening of the Governments
financial structure through balanced
budgets. Meanwhile the Govern
ment should be prepared on short
notice, the committee said, to attack
any deflationary trends with perma-
nent and temporary public works
projects, tax relief and other ap-
proved measures.
The committees program, on the
whole, is sound one, particularly
since it stresses that cO-operative
action by management, labor and
the consuming public is essential to
complement the proposed govern
mental measures. Only through
such cooperative vigilance and CO.
ordinated efforts can there be any
real assurance that America will be
able to steer clear of boom and de-
preston dangers and emerge from
the critical transitional era with a
strong and healthy economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-03-02
Explained at Last

From the Bangor Daily News
In Yonkers, N. Y, shoplifter has
been arrested while leaving depart
ment store after hours, with a suitcase
full of stolen goods. The captive ex-
planned that she was trying to i'm
personate "a store clerk who had been
working late" Now you know what is
meant by "the take-home for over
time"
Evening star., 1946-08-25
Tale of the Puritans

them. Drinking. for example,
was not sin in their code.
They were called Puritans
because they wanted to "puri-
fly" ritual from religion. They
sensed how closely heraldry
and vestmentS were allied.
They were, with few excep'
tions. common people, jour
neyman worker and wealthy
merchant, who were resisting
any compromise with the past
in which the authority Of
God should continue to de-
scend through the hierarchy
of the old society.
1t was the voice of Calvin
in Geneva that stirred the
beginnings of PuritaniSm.
Their church in New England,
a cOngregationaliSt preSby-
terian church, continued un-
der the former name. Their
church in Maryland contin-
ued as the Presbyterian
Church, due in part to the
John Knox influence of
preachers from Scotland and
North Ireland. In the next
century the advent of Meth
odiSm and the success in the
South of Baptist misSiona-
ries from New England multi
piled their numbers.
With their rejection OF
tradition and insistence on
personal Interpretation of the
Bible they developed a rugged
individualism. They were the
ones who attempted to imple-
ment the ideal that all men
were created equal.
When the PuritanS became
the majority in Maryland
they extended the statute
against swearing on Sunday
to every day in the week.
And they voted in 1894 to
move the seat of the govern
ment to their stronghold at
Annapolis. The residents OF
st. Marys offered to provide
coach service to the Patuxent
River, but in vain. The Puri-
tans laughed at the offer and
the first era of Maryland his
tory - the Catholic Anglican
era-had come to an end.
Evening star., 1946-08-25
By GEORGE KENNEDY

1T WAS THE ARRIVAL in
numbers of those currently
misunderstood people. the
Puritans, that ended St.
Marys City as the capital of
Maryland.
The visitor today finds 1t a
city without population with
the exception of an academy,
sponsored by the State. for
young women. St. Mary's
Church protestant Episco-
paD, built from the bricks of
an older structure, was once
a unit of the established (An-
glican) church of the State,
The State house, with the
sharp gables characteristic of
Maryland farmhOuSeS, was
reconstructed in the fields for
the tercentenary celebration
of 1884.
The first shipload OF Puri-
tanS to arrive in America was
not the Mayflower in 1920, 1t
was the ship of Capt. Chris
topher Lawne, which landed
in 1919 in lower Virginia, An
other shipload followed in
1921. Their numbers in
creased, but they were still
in a minority when Cromwell
took the field against the
King. Berkeley. the royal Gov
ernor of Virginia. took meas
ures to prevent a revolt on
this side of the Atlantic. Due
to his repreSsive measures
some 800 Puritans moved in
l648 from Virginia to a site
on the Severn, near Annap-
oils. They called it Provi-
dence.
Constant immigration soon
made them the majority in
Maryland. The PuritanS and
the dissenting sects which
came after them were bound
to make the new world theirs.
They were against the old
and for the new-diSsatiSfied
with the here and now" in
England and hopeful of the
new land. Many puritanical
ideas of the present er-
roneously are attributed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-08

Khan, heads current State inquiry
Of Khan activities.
The investigation was instigated
by Gov. Ellis Arnall, who ordered
the State legal department to at
tempt revocation of the Klan's
| charter.
Mr.. Duke said the crimes his
agents attributed to the inner Khan
group, the Klavalier Klub, were the
Staying Of colored taxi driver and
the fiogging by band of nine
men of a 22-year-old colored vet
eran.
Body Dumped on Doctors Lawn.
The taxi driver, Porter Flournoy
Turner, was stabbed to death last
August. His body was dumped on
the lawn of physicians home in
De Kalb County, part Of the At
lanta metropolitan area.
The case never has been solved.
The tiogging victim, Hugh John
son, who served in the Navy and
now is bellhop, said that while
one man covered him with a gun.
the others dashed him 81 times with
a two-tailed leather whip. The
beating occurred February 10 in
College Park, near Atlanta's Mu-
nicipal Airport.
Mr.. johnson said an automobile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-08
Youth Dies Defending Girl
In Central Park Assault
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, June "a 2O-year-
old youth was killed early today
after fierce but futile fight in
Central Park with three men to
save his 1S-year-old girl friend from
assault, police reported.
The youth was identified as Jack
Hyland. The girl, identified as
Yvonne Kenny, was reported to be
in serious condition at Mount Sinai
Hospital.
Police said the girl told this story
She and Hyland were walking
along the east walk of the park be-
tween Ninety-seventh and Ninety
eighth street, near her home, when
the men approached and seized
her. When Hyland, fists swinging
came to her aid, the men turned on
him and beat him. Then they at
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containing four men pulled w
alongside Of him and ordered him
into the car at pistol point. They
questioned him about where he
worked and then told him they were
going to beat hell out of him."
Calls Charges "Preposterous."
DR.. Green said the charges against
the Association of Georgia Klans-
which he contends is not the same
organization as the XXX which
fiourished in the 192O's-were pre-
posterous."
Every member of the Khan" he
said, takes an oath to uphold the
law, and to help prosecute any
member found violating the law"
In interviews since the hooded
order recently resumed its oldtime
practice of burning giant fiery
crosses on historic Stone Mountain
near here, DR.. Green has said the
Khan is pledged to uphold white
supremacy"
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Georgia Official Lays
Fatal 5tabbing and
FIogging 10 New Khan

ATLANTA, June 8.-Assistant At.
torney General Dan Duke of Georgia
laid a fatal stabbing and a f1oggine
at the door of the revived Ku Kluy
Khan today, but Grand Dragon Sam
uel Green disclaimed the connection
I'm not surprised" the Atlanta
dentist said contemptuously. 81
wouldn't be surprised even to see in
the papers that they're blaming the
La Sale Hotel fire in Chicago on us.
Mr.. Duke said his undercover
agents, who infiltrated the Khan
reported that members of an inner
strong arm" group openly boosted
Of the killing and fiogging.
ArnaA Ordered Investigation.
Mr.. Duke, who prosecuted a series
or f1ogging cases in 1910 in East
Point, an Atlanta suburb, that led
to conviction of nine members of the
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Thieves Steel 1912
From Liquor Store

Thieves broke into Heckman's
Wine & Liquor Store at 100 Con-
necticut avenue NV. early yester-
day and stole 1912 from the cash
register, Morris Hickman, the owner,
reported to police.
Entry was made by breaking the
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tackled her and fed.
Police said the girl staggered to
the hospital and told authorities
about the attack. Hyland was
found lying on the walk and died
shortly after being taken to the
hospital.
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CAMP ATTERBURY, ND-SHOOTING VICTIM-Col Ernest
Bxby post commander here the post hospital
WIN TWO gunshot wounds he Tuesday Mrs Bixbv
SAID TO be suffering from Col John Hatch
executive officer said that in serious condition
and That COL Bxby had been shot accidentally This picture
OF the couple taken last fall when Bxby was brigder
general ap Iu:nas si
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section over front show window
police said.
Evening star., 1946-12-08

(see BROWN, Page c-7o
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Freight Car Makers Believe
Rate Hike Will Speed Output
Lack of New Orders Needed for Full Production
Attributed to Financial Difficulty of
the Carriers
By T. E. Abblegafe

Admittedly, flood of new car orders
won't solve Immediately the materials
bottlenecks, although many in the in
dustry believe it would help in obtaining
allocationS.
Current allotments of steel, industry
sources said, are based on the per-
centage of total steel output received
in the years 1939-l941 when car produc-
ton averaged only $1,000 units year.
In addition they cite American Iron and
Steel Institute figures to show they are
receiving a smaller proportion of steel
output than they obtained in 194l.
1t takes 16 tons Of steel and 5000 board
feet of lumber to build box car. Car
builders have informed the Civilian
Production Administration that If they
could get an additional $4,000 to 10000
tons of steel monthly they could lift
production to 1000 cars month.
AS a sample of what may be needed
n freight car production, the builders
lite figures for the period after World
War I, when the average age OF cars
was lower than it now is. In five years
through 1924 the railroads ordered 522,-
$40 cars and retired 606,192. And in the
10 years through 1880 they installed
more than 100000 new freight cars.
distributed by the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Substitute Suggested to
Actfor Him in Foreign
Farley

Friends of Secretary of State Byrnes
are strongly urging him to appoint
substitute to act in his behalf at the
future conference of foreign ministers.
They point out that, particularly under
the present circumstances, the Secretary
of State should have finger in every
pie and deal with global rather than
regional situations.
Mr.. Byrnes has spent about two out
of twelve months of 1945 at the State
Department. He spent proportionately
less time from the day he took over the
department in July, 1945, to the end
of 1945.
This Is not being said in criticism OF
the Secretary-quite the contrary. His
work in 1916 has been better than first
class But his associates and friends
feel that in the present administration,
when the State Department is expected
to formulate policies. the head OF the
organization should be in Washington
dealing with all phases Of foreign affairs
instead of only one of its facets.
So long as President Roosevelt was
alive, Americas foreign policy was
formulated in the White House. The
State Department was called on to i'm
plement it. There were times when
even the implementation came from
the White House, and the State De-
partment was merely informed Of what
had been done.
President Truman has adopted pol
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Friends Urge By7nes to Stay in Capital
Secretary Should Deal
With GlobaI Affairs,
Associates Say

Byrnes, except on matters such as Pal
estine and China, which the Secretary
could not handle because he was in
volved in the negotiations of the Euro
pean peace treaties.
Balkan Treaties Ready.
The international situation has de-
Perforated, however. The peace treaties
with Italy and the Balkan satellite
states which took eight months of
Byrnes' time may be signed in the near
future. Every one around Mr.. Byrnes
agrees that these are peace treaties in
name only In fact, they merely serve to
formalize Russia's hold on the Balkan
states and may ultimately serve to bring
Italy into the Slav bloc. Mr.. Byrnes and
his advisers did the best they could
under most difficult circumstances and
nobody can blame them for not having
obtained something better.
The Council OF Foreign Ministers,
which was intended to be clearing
house for the settlement of all prob
lens among the big powers, has proved
to be little better than suburban de-
batting society.
Mr.. Byrnes is being advised by his
close friends to stay at home after the
conclusion of the five peace treaties and
handle all Americas foreign problems
from Washington. Should there be a de-
sire on the part Of other foreign min
isters to continue these gatherings in
definitely, the Secretary Of State could
Evening star., 1946-12-08
Oil Work Baked
BY Indonesians
American Firms Facing
Problem.in Gaining
Prewar Status
By Stan S.e,infon

PALEMBANG, Sumatra. - American
oil companies, whose heaviest Far East
investments are concentrated in petro-
eum-rich Sumatra, face staggering
political and mechanical problems as
they seek to put their prewar holdings
on paying basis.
More than .s5 per cent of Sumatra,
including the oil-producing areas. is
controlled by the new republic OF
Indonesia. The Dutch occupy only the
three slender bridgeheads at Palembang,
Medan and Padang, which they took
over from the British.
Key man in the Sumatra picture is
DR.. A. K. Gani, who gained such
following as Governor of South Sumatra
that he was promoted to Minister OF
Economics In the new Indonesian
cabinet.
Former Contracts Out
DR.. Gani, in an interview, said:
"We recognize that the refineries and
other installations are owned by inter-
national capital. Under our constitu-
ton, however, the oil lands themselves
belong to the people of Indonesla. 1t
is a question of social justice that they
receive benefits from these lands We
hold that the oil companies must re-
negotiate contracts to exploit these
lands with the republic. We do not
recognize the former contracts with the
Dutch administration"
DR.. Gani did not specify what oil fields
were involved Major fields in Sumatra,
however, include the Talang Akar-
Pendopo, Djirak and Benakat areas OF
the Standard Vacuum Oil subsidiary,
Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum
Maatschappij, and the potentially rich
areas explored in Northern Sumatra
by Nederlandsche Pacific Petroleum,
subsidiary of the Standard Oil Co. of
California and the Texas Co.
While the basic question of oil rights
remains up in the air, oilmen are max
ing progress on preparing the ref1neries
for renewed operation.
At Soengei Gerong, miles from this
city, 1,1O0 Indonesians are at work on
NKPMs $30000,000 installation, the
largest American-owned refinery in the
Far East.
It was at Soengei Gerong on February
Is, 1912, that Dutch demolition squads
secretly trained by American oilmen used
scorched earth tactics.
Production Crippled.
Minutes before japanese paratroopers
seized the installation the whole storage
area was set afire. Demolition charges
crippled critical production units. It
took the japanese experts almost year
to restore production.
Mr.. Vought said conditions gradually
are improving and that four months
after the Moesi River is open to- ships
bringing in repair equipment, very
limited production should get underway.
However, new processing equipment is
necessary to increase octane yield and
present equipment has been so damaged
that it can produce only about 25,000
barrels a day. A long-range equipment
replacement program of about two years
will be necessary to reach prewar levels.
distributed by the Associated Pressl