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Evening star., 1946-12-21
Movie Bid Reported
, For Mrs. Pepper Life
Wife of Florida Senator Began
Career in Alabama Hamlet
By Doris Fieeson

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Washington, already alerted by Holly
wood for q cycle of moving pictures
about Congresswomen. now hears that
Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife Of the senior
Senator from Florida, has been ap-
preached about filming the story of her
life.
High point, naturally, would be the
scene at the Paris Peace Conference,
where Mrs. Pepper, representing thf
Peoples Mandate, interviewed the awe
some Foreign Affairs Commissar Mol =
tov of the Soviet Union.
This is good going for girl who was
born, reared and taught school in Opp,
piny woods hamlet in Southern Ala
bama, before romance brought her to
the national and international stage. 1t
is not. however, the only scene in her
life with cinematic possibilities.
Here First in 1887.
The former Mildred Webster arrived
in Washington New Years, 1887. Only
a few days before she had married the
new Senator, who was getting some ex-
ceptional publicity himself as one Of
those rare birds, a Southern New Deal
er. Reports preceded them that she
was the prize whose glamour had inspired
the son Of a tenant farmer to work his
way through Harvard Law School and
into a United States Senate career.
The photographers who lugubriously
traipsed to Union Station on the of
chance that woman in politics really
would make page one picture were not
tor once disappointed. Dark haired, vi
yacious and very pretty, the Senate bride
was an instant hit.
Through the years she has continued
to be boon for publicity men for good
causes. Belonging in the crusader camp
and of an obliging disposition, Mrs Pep
per could be relied on to help the cause
and the photographers could be relied
on to take her photogenic picture every
chance they got.
Only Recent Rival.
Her only rival in recent years for Cap
itol Hill appearances-with pictures
for worthy enterprises is another Ala
bama gill who made good, Tallulah
Bankhead. the actress, daughter of =
Senator and niece of Speaker. Both
naturally enjoyed a wide acquaintance
on the Hill and the privileges of the
Senate dining room.
Mrs. Peppers coup in Paris. where
she was one of three spokeswomen for
the Peoples Mandate. received wide
publicity. Reportedly she was herself
surprised-despite her former successes
when the aloof Molotov. who had
Stunned exclusive interviews, agreed to
see her. But she swiftly sent for one OF
her good friends, Secretary of State
Byrnes, who fixed her up with series
of questions. Molotov came through
with handsome Endorsement of women
and page one bit the dust again.
Some of Mrs. Peppers Alabama friends
who have long twitted her about Opp.
the old home town, being short for
Opportunity, are now sure of it since
Hollywood has put out its feelers. In
fact. one thinks she has the title for
Mildred's movie. It's up From Opp"
Evening star., 1946-12-21
This Changing World
By Gonsf0nfine Brown

self In no time, should she decide to
do SO. This Is true, but while the
Turkish crisis may be considered as only
postponed and the investigation on
Greece's frontier commits neither Rus-
Sia nor her Balkan satellites to any
thing definite, it is equally true that
we have gained breathing spell which
can. be used to great advantage for
promotion Of peace.
The Greek situation has improved in
the last two weeks. The raids by or
ganized guerrillas from across the bor-
ders have been less frequent and less
yirulent. Whether this is due to orders
from Moscow or to the very heavy
snowstorms which occur in that noun
famous area at this time of year, is
conjectural.
It Is also possible that Russian policy
trainers may have decided to muzzle
their war dogs in the Balkans in the
hope that such an action would compel
withdrawal of the $4,000 British troops
which are still In Greece.
Their presence Is a handicap to any
large-scale invasion of Greece by Rus
sia's Balkan satellites, because such ac-
ton would mean major ENHANCEMENT
with the British and possibly with the
United States.
However. the fact remains that the
Athens government now has breathing
spell. Moreover, it is conceivable that
the prestige Of the investigation COM
mission of the Security Council may
affect the explosive developments which
American-Britain and French military
observers forecast for next spring.
Whether the unexpectedly conciliatory
attiIudesof Foreign Minister Molotov at
the Big Four meeting and that of Mr.
Gromyko at the Security Council is due
to domestic conditions in the U. s. S. r.
or to long range plan for temporiz-
ing policy is immaterial. Their actions
will have to be kept under careful
scrutiny, but at the same time they
are giving the other peace-loying ma
tions chance to consolidate the few
gains they have made SO far,
Evening star., 1946-12-21

The Christmas spirit appears to pre-
vail not only among the members Of the
Security Council, who approved q thor
oughgoing investigation OF the Greek
situation last Thursday, but also among
the policy trainers in Moscow.
II 1t were not for the old saying, "once
bitten twice shy, even Washingtons
pessimists- otherwise known as realists
would join the optimists, who have
been dubbed .wishful thinkers" in
agreeing that the international situa-
ton IS the rosiest in years.
The moderation shown at the eight
hour Thursday meeting of the Security
Council by the Russian representative,
Andret A. Gromyko, Is not alone respon-
sible for the optimism which prevails
in official quarters here. Hitherto un-
published information regarding the
Turkish situation Is considered In official
quarters to be much more far-reaching.
The Russian government Is reliably
reported to have informed the govern
ments OF the United States and Great
Britain recently that it has no interest
in participating with Turkey ip the de-
tense of the Dardanelles. Diplomats who
have been reading between the lines
of the Russian communication believe.
it means the Soviets may now be will
ing to refer the highly explosive situ-
alton to the signatories OF the Montreux
treaty and to include the United States
IN the conversations. which should lead
to the settlement Of the Soviet Turkish
conflict.
While IL is premature to conclude that
all will soon be lovely in the world and
that one Of the most acute problems is
on the way to satisfactory settlement,
Russia's conciliatory attitude unques-
tionably justifies much greater opti-
mism than at any time since the end
OF the war.
The .4unbelievers' still keep their
fingers crossed and say this is mere
maneuver, dictated probably by do
mestic considerations within the U. s.
S. r. They say that the concessions are
nominal and Russia could reverse her
Evening star., 1946-12-21
world really learns to control its

world really learns 70 control us
arms.
Moreover, although suggestive OF
terrible horrors In the making, there
is a great deal to be said for the
warning character Of this kind Of
experimentation. Given enough Of
1t. armed conflict may be made SO
obviously uncomfortable. SO obviously
all-engnlfing and all-destru;tive,
that peoples and governments every
where spurred by the fundaHental
law OF self-preservation may be
panicked, SO to speak. into main
tsining literally lasting peace IA
short, where reason alone has failed
in the past, reason plus a deep and
healthy fear may succeed IN the
future. Such things as are happen
ing in New Mexico ought to be help
full to that end.
Evening star., 1946-12-21
On ottuwo's Conscience

The workingman can always 60 on
strike to enforce wage demands, but
the old-age pensioners, the blind PEN
sioners, the mothers pensioners, can't
do that They will have to rely upon
the governments conscience, upon .
moral obligation now resting upon
Ottawa through its own tacit admission
that it is costing more In Canada to
eat, to buy clothes and to find shelter.
Evening star., 1946-12-21
This and That
By Charles e. TraceiuelI

Betsy, who Is years old and just
new dish.
What is this, mother?" she asked.
''Why that Is hominy," replied her
mother.
"Hominy, hominy," said the child,
savoring the new word.
Then CLEAN came into her eye.
How many birds do you see?' she
chortled.
Betsy would have done well at the
old game of knock, knock"
Do you remember? This way:
Knock. knock, who's there?
Hominy!
Hominy who?
Hominy birds do you see?
A child who was brought up on
Spanish and learned her own native
tongue easily after a trip back home.
might we'll wonder over hominy, both
as word and thing.
Here was q food, corn, hulled, bro
ken, parched, treated with lye, often
causing redness Of hands and arms.
All this was done to the maize in the
old days because people had no way
of keeping it without treating it some
way.
Taking of the other coat, Of course.
took away much Of the vitamin con-
tent, but nobody knew that then.
If we look back we see that most OF
the processing of foods occurred In the
days when there were no deep freezes,
refrigerator cars or any other way
except icehouses-of keeping foods.
A great disservice was done. however,
to millions OF people, because the outer
coats and often the germ and oil OF
various foodstuffs were removed, thus
taking away all of the vitaminS and
most of the minerals In these coats.
People did not know then that most
of the vitamin content of many prod
ucts lay directly under the outer skin
or covering.
They peeled this away, and by taking
deep cuts-the easiest and quickest
they deprived the food Of much Of its
value.
Then they boiled the food and threw
the water away and most OF the re-
manning vitamins thus were lost.
In these and other ways Americans
were slowly deprived Of precious factors
in foods, although they appeared well
fed and often were too fat.
~ ~
Hominy, for instance, has been blamed
for some Of the vitamin deficiency
diseases OF the South.
Properly used. however, with plenty
of green vegetables and fruits, 1t causes
no harm.
And it does. have marvellous taste
il you happen to like corn products, as
most persons do.
Hominy grits as breakfast food Is
another good one.
Perhaps 1t isn't eaten as much today
as formerly, but it is still good on cold
morning.
II buttressed by plenty of foods
containing the members Of the vitanin
B complex. hominy Is an interesting
food.
It's name comes from an old Indian
word, rokohamin.
It was common thing for the early
settlers to use just the last one or two
syllables OF an Indian word. Too much
trouble to use the whole thingi
Fried hominy grits, IL fried mush,
makes good addition to the breakfast
bill Of fare every now and then.
with glass Of milk II goes very
well. One may have the satisfaction
while eating such simple fare OF feel
ing one with the pioneers.
There are many ways TO unite our
selves with the sturdy peoples Of yes
teryear. Eating some Of their foods is
cne way and watching the same birds
they saw is another.
1t Is just as casy--and pleasant
as looking out the window.
Evening star., 1946-12-21
Standardized Weapons
By George Fielding EIiof

American angle. Finally, Canada is a
part of the British Commonwealth of
Nations, and has been in the two great
wars of this century close and loyal
associate Of the United Kingdom. A
large factor in the effectiveness Of that
association was Standardization Of MILL
tary equipment OF all sorts, as well as
of military methods and techniques.
For all these reasons, it is clear that
Canada's weapons must be Britain's
weapons, and vice versa.
Take another point of yiew During
the late war ships of the British Navy
were repaired, refitted and to great
extent supplied from American yards.
To very great degree. Standardization
of equipment, fittings and ammunition
was brought about under the pressure
OF necessity. The United States Army
Air Force and the Royal Air Force CO.
operated closely, almost interchangeably.
In the execution Of air missions all over
the world Here again great degree
Of Standardization was attained and
continues to exist. The advantages are
obvious In q world in which policing
Of the high seas and Of the overseas
air lanes must remain largely If not en-
blICty III ALlCIlChA d1lQ 0AAtAoAA AA1AAsAS--
at least for many years to come.
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1t should not, Of course. be supposed
that every. single weapon and every
single item Of equipment used by the
forces Of the United States, Britain and
Canada are to become identical. The
tendency will be rather to make full
use Of the interchangeabiity brought
about BY the war, to agree on q few
basic decisions AS In the matter Of
small arms and field artillery-and to.
engage in series Of technical consulta-
tions from time to time as new weapons
or new techniques are developed. All
this does not amounts Mr. Wallace
and the British left-Wingers would have
us believeto some sort Of sinister!
Anglo American plot directed against
the security Of the Soviet Union. It
amounts simply to one more sensible ac-.
ceptai1ce Of the fact that American and
British fundamental objectives In this
world are virtually identical.
tcpoyriRhk i94c)
Evening star., 1946-12-21

II postage stamps are to be issued
in remembrance of Lou Gehrig and
Knut Rockne, how about the same
recognition for that other great
citizen OF the world of good sport,
Walter Johnson?
Evening star., 1946-12-21

There Is direct connection between
the informal Anglo-American discus
sions OF the Standardization of weapons
and plans now being made for the secu-
rity Of North America, of which the
most recent disclosure is the announce
ment by President Truman Of the estab-
lishment of series of unified military
commands.
These plans are being made on the
basis Of the hard, cold facts Of time.
distance and geographical position.
America no longer faces east and west;
America faces north. Danger no longer
comes to us by sea, but through the air.
BY air, Europe and Asia-the only possi-
bic sources of danger-ara closer to
our vital centers by transpolar lines than
by transatlantic or trans-Pacific lines.
Recognition of these facts is seen in
the establishment Of the northeastern
and Alaska commands, the one con-
trolling approaches to the United States
and Canada form the northeast. the
other from the northwest. The one
is based in Newfoundland, Labrador.
Greenland: the other IN Alaska. But
between them lies q vast stretch OF
Canadian territory; Canadian security
and American security are more tnan
ever interdependent when the defense
Of our northern approaches Is TO be con-
sidered. Security In the north cannot
ever be intelligently discussed except IN
terms Of the closest co-operatton be-
tween Canada and the United States.
Given the intricate complextty Of mod
ern weapons and their complete de-
pendence on highly organised Indus
trial support, American Canadian coz
operation for the common security de-
mands q certain degree Of Standard
ization Of all weapons and equipment
In order to permit the proper allocation
Of industrial resources and the high
state OF readiness which the time factors
OF modern security require.
N
But We may 90 further and still be on
the same sound basis. Newfoundland
and Labrador, essential parts cf our
lortheastern bastioii, are not Canadian
but British. Moreover. the security Of
the North Atlantic Is the security Of
the British Isles: they are inseparable,
whether viewed from the British Or the
Evening star., 1946-12-21

DIR. Nearing on Imperialism
To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is part OF the present anti-Soviet
campaign in this country to impute
imperialistic aims to the U. S. S. r.
The facts do not sustain this charge.
An empire consists of power nucleus
surrounded by economic and political
dependencies. Is the Soviet Union build-
ing an empire? The question can be
answered by comparison with the
early history Of our own country.
The United States OF America began
with 10 units along the Atlantic
seaboard. In the course of century
1t expanded across the continent and
increased its member units from Is
to 48. Was this Imperialism?
If the l3 original States had sub
ordinated the newly acquired territory
to their interests, the term could be
correctly applied. But since the new
units were admitted to the Union on
a basis Of equality with the original
IS, the procedure must be designated
as expansion. Certainly 1t was not
imperialistic.
Thus far the Soviet Union has fol-
lowed the United States pattern. It
has admitted newly acquired territory,
such as the Baltic republics, on Z basis
Of full legal equality with the other
units Of the o. S. S. r. Unlike British
policy in India, which has aimed TO
hold the culture level down to agri-
cultural production. the Soviet policy
in added territory has been to indus
trialize and raise the cultural level as
rapidly as possible.
So long as this procedure Is followed,
the process must be described Is expan-
sion, not imperialism.
SCOTT NEARING.
Evening star., 1946-03-04
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