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Evening star., 1946-06-20

chicken, duck and long strings of A
oo1en olHerent kinds of sausages.
lunerant gourmets crowd into the
cltys ''plzzerias" to snatch on the run a
slice OF 'pizza," that unsweetened mass
OF dough. anchovy, onion and what
have-you introduced here by Italians
and carried to perfection by Argentines:
or into "empanaderias" to devour "em-
panadas," obese little meat pies, typical
OF South America, to be had at their
succulent best here in the Argentine
metropolis.
In the doorways of local ''parrilla"
restaurants - grills to us - enormous
sides of beef broil over huge open fires,
and the ingredients for mixed grills of
unbelievable inclusiveness are speared
on big steel forks by chefs wearing
white coats white aprons and towering
white headgear, who assemble them on
cleaning gridirons and hold them over
live Goals until they are done to a crisp.
Meals in Buenos Aires restaurants are
amazingly cheap. OF course, there are
de luxe eating places here that cater to
those who never are made happy by
what they assimilate through the mouth
unless they pay for it through the nose;
but for eaters not thus constituted.
Buenos Aires is an economical nirvana
for gastronomes.
You can get at good restaurant
small steak of unbeatable merit for as
little as 20 cents; or large one for go
cents or thereabouts. Other courses, la
carte, rounding out the meal to the di-
EaenSionS favored by the average Ameri-
can, will bring its total cost to some
thing like SIPS (U. 81 without wine. If
you want wine, You must splurge-to the
tune, say, Of Is to IS cents for pint of
decent vintage from the vineyards at
the foot Of the Andes around Mendoza,
Some trenchermen are becoming
ashamed of themselves. One English
resident confided to crony the other
day that he simply could not go on eat
ing this way In view of the world sit
uation. Therefore he was going to cut
down his eating drastically-to q mere
three courses per meal
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Vignette

saw you today, in the crowded store
Shopping for groceries-meat and
bread,
ANA thousand memories or more
SUarmed like bees ,pithin rnv head.
Your hair ,Das gray and your prinkled
Spoke OF relentless years that 90.
You Douldn't renlember-I didn't
speak
Time is so certain and 80 slo,o.
Surely thousands of children's faces
Haze studded the arch OF your teach
ing days.
I haze returned from alien places
Polished by customs OF different ,sdys.
Yet for a moment our paths haze
crossed,
Yet for an instant, the lessons learned
Glow NTH the passion OF all things lost,
Sputter like candles broken and
burned.
/ sa,D Jou today in the market place:
Your eyes met mine, but there was no
spark
OF remembrance there, In your scanned
old face,
Only the deep indelible mark
OF the years OF service you gape that
gretU
TO q fot1er the shape OF humanity
I turned aside. I remembered you
And it's better, perhaps, you're for
gotten me.
LUCILLE 3. JACKSON.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

The latest move in the New Deal Su-
preme Court situation is the Eastland-
Bridges constitutional amendment to
'unpack" the court. Offered by a Demo-
cratic Senator from Mississippi and a
Republican Senator from New Hamp-
shire, the proposed amendment is SYM
bolic OF the distaste throughout the
country growing out of the revelations
contained in Associate Justice Robert
n. JackSon's statement attacking his
colleague, Associate Justice Black.
Under the terms Of the amendment
no President of the United States could
appoint more than three members of
the Supreme Court. Since it is retro
active, four of the Justices out of the
seven now on the bench appointed by
the late President Roosevelt would be
retired. The four would be Associate
Justices Douglas, Murphy. Jackson and
Rutledge. Left on the bench would be
Associate Justices Black, Reed and
Frankfurter. President Truman, who
has already appointed Associate Justice
Burton, a Republican from Ohio, and
Chief Justice-designate Vinson. Demo-
crat from Kentucky, would have one
more appointment to make.
AiA"' ~ouIu 1CdSC tIlIcS vacancies TO
be f1lled by majority vote of the House.
each State being entitled to one vote.
from judges of the inferior Federal
courts and the highest State courts
Justices so elected by the House would
serve until new President is elected
and makes appointments of his own.
The interim justices, if former Federal
judges, would go back to their former
places in the judiciary, and if State
judges, would be entitled to retirement
With such pay as Congress provides.
The proposal is fantastic. 1t empha-
sizes the desire. however, that something
be done to rectify the present situation
which has brought the highest court
into disrepute-with the court divided
into bitter personal factions and feuds.
That it leaves as members of the
supreme Court one or two of the men
who have done much to bring about
the conditions complained of is a weak
ness of the plan.
Another way Of attacking the ap-
pointment Of large numbers of justices
OF the Supreme Court by one President
would be to amend the Constitution so
as to limit Chief Executive to one or
two terms in the White House. During
the late President Roosevelt's 13
years in office. he appointed eight as
sociate justices and one Chief Justice.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Surveying Local Traffic

If Robert Moses, New York parks
commissioner, is willing to give Dis
trict officials the benefit OF his ex-
perience and advice on automobile
parking matters, as Chairman He
bert OF tie House District Subcom-
mittee on Traffic indicated yester-
day. such counsel and guidance
should constitute a welcome addi-
tion to the fund of information and
recommendations already available
on this perplexing subject. Mr..
Moses is a nationally recognized au-
thority on parks and parking. His
professional services have been
sought by numerous cities in their
quest for solution OF traffic and
parking problems.
In these professional undertak-
ings. of course. he has operated on
fee basis. The District would be
fortunate, therefore, If 1t could OBJ
tain similar assistance from the
New York expert as a voluntary
contribution to the development of
the Nations Capital. The Commits
sioners have made it plain that they
are glad to have the advice of any
one who thinks he can aid in un-.
tangling Washington's growing
traffic problems, especially in the
congested downtown section of the
city.
There would be no logical reason,
however, for asking Mr.. Moses to go
beyond the scope of whatever VOL
untary services he may be prepared
to render. To employ him and his
organization to make a professional
study of Washington's traffic and
parking situation would be to dupli-
cate work already done by other
competent experts. What the city
needs is not more traffic SURVEYS.
but definite action to carry out the
recommendations contained in those
that have been made in recent years.
1t was with a view to correlating and
analyzing the data of these various
studies that the committee headed
by Col. Joseph Arthur, assistant
Engineer Commissioner, was formed.
This committee now is engaged in
this survey of the surveys" The
important work of this committee
would only be further delayed by
another all-out parking survey by
any organization unfamiliar with
Washington's peculiar traffic prob
lens.
Evening star., 1946-06-20

In the last few days there have been
sensational rumors. mostly emanating
from abroad, to the effect that parallel
with the discussions OF the Big Four
in Paris important American and Brit
ish military movements have been TAX
ing place throughout the occupied areas.
Responsible military quarters in
Washington where these rumors have
been checked deny formally that any
thing Of the sort is happening in the
American zone. And, as far as these
sources know, there is no preparatory
activity" in the British zone in Ger
many or on the Morgan Line, either.
Some observers who, under the con-
slant demand for checkup, have
looked into the matter believe that the
sensational reports of American and
British concentrations are part and par
Gel OF war of nerves skillfully engi-
neered by devotees Of Russia.
From the strictly military point OF
view, there Is not much of a military
force that our military leaders can play
around with" across the Atlantic. The
troops are rapidly being redeployed
and it is expected that by the middle
OF July their number will not exceed
$4,000, mere handful of soldiers COM
pared with the large Soviet force in the
Russian-controlled areas The British
have somewhat larger army than the
Americans, but they are not likely to
play with fire when the Americans on
the f1ankS are SO weak
From the political angle, Secretary OF
State Bylnes is not likely to attempt
to make demonstration of strength
in his pourparlers with the Russian
delegates He is good poker player
and knows the rules of the game; he
would rather throw in a hand and
wait for new deal in which he might
have better cards.
Mr.. Byrnes has gone to Paris de-
tsrmined to bring about peace by CIV
ilized peaceful methods. He will not
threaten use Of force or even hint at
the atom bomb In his negotiations with
the Russians. The line he is following
is that the world is hungry for the
immediate liquidation of the major
postwar problems and that just peace
treaties are essential. In the event the
Russians wish to break up the parleys
and march into territories where they
have no business being. they will have
to give an account of their action not
to the United States or Great Britain
alone but to the whole world.
In other words, any aggressive action
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Smith Resigns

In using his own resignation from
the Government as an argument for
payment of higher salaries to those
engaged in public service, Budget
Director Harold D. Smith directs at
tention to condition which is seri-
GUS enough now and which will be-
come more serious in the future.
AS Budget Director, Mr.. Smith re-
ceived salary of $4,000 a year. As
vice president Of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and De-
velopment, his new position, he will
receive tax-exempt salary of $22,-
500 year. This. roughly, is equiva-
lent to taxable income of $4,000 a
year.
Mr.. Smiths case, of course, is an
exceptional one, in the sense that
Government service can hardly be
expected to offer financial induce
ments comparable to those which
90 with his new position. Never
theless, there is much that can be
and should be done if public service
is going to attract and hold the cali
Der Of men needed in a period when
the business of Government al
ready big-is certain to become big
ger.
Mr.. Smith told the President in
his letter of resignation that he
could not have continued in Govern
ment service without reducing Ger
tain (of his OWN fixed charges
which I have regarded for many
years as important to the security
Of my family" and that he would
have felt obliged to quit the Gov
ernment even if the opportunity to
60 with the International Bank had
not come along. The President,
praising Mr.. Smiths distinguished
career" as Budget Director, agreed
that he had remained with the Gov
ernment at great financial sacrifice,
and added: That is too often
tragedy of public service"
There is no doubt that this is
true-that a measure of personal A.
nancial tragedy" is involved in the
public service careers of many men.
But greater tragedy lies in the loss
to the Government, and to the peo-
pie, of the services of able men who
are constantly leaving the Federal
service for private employment be-
cause the rewards there are greater.
This Is 4 form Of false economy
Evening star., 1946-06-20

Reaction to Mr.. Bilbo's Letter
To the Editor Of The Star:
II the extracts of Senator Bilbo's
letter to his political opponents pub
lished in The Star, June II, had ema-
mated from Hitler's Reichschancellery,
one would not have been surprised.
However, the Senator holds a position
in the highest legislative body of the
United States, and such letter is read
with dismay.
We well may ask whether Mr.. Bilbo
is aware of the statements enunciated
in the Declaration Of Independence
upon which this country was founded
and the provisions In the Constitution
of the United States and its amend
ments which he has sworn to uphold.
To deny because of their race the po-
litical rights of men who risked their
lives in this country's defense. appears
tc be entirely unwarranted, whatever
may be the racia1-political problems In
the State OF Mississippi Maybe the
Senator is worried that the decent
American citizens Of his State now feel
that he does not truly represent them
in Congress.
OLIVER WHITWELL WILSON.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Of Things to Come

On July 2, 1921, a ringside an
nouncer broadcast a blow-by blow
account OF the Dempsey Carpenter
fight at Boyle's Thirty Acres. It
was the first time a championship
match had ever been put on the
air and several million Americans
picked up the broadcast on their
crystal sets and earphones and came
down town next morning with their
tongues wagging over the wonders
OF science and predicting great
things for radio. Why, they were
saying, you could hear the fellow
talking just as plain as If he were
III the next room. You could even
hear the bell, the cheers OF the
crowds and the shuffling feet in
the ring.
Last night audiences in Philadel-
phia, Schenectady and Washington,
assembled as guests Of the National
Broadcasting Company, saw Joe
Louis knock out Billy Conn in the
first championship match ever
broadcast by television. Why, the
people were saying, you could see it
just as plain as If you had a genuine
rlngside seat. Almost as plain. The
small figures sometimes flickered,
and the focus was not quite sharp
enough to bring out facial express
slons. There was ghostly absence
OF sound, too, reminiscent OF the
early movies. But there 1t was-a
foretaste of things to come and one
that carried far more understanding
OF how quickly things will come than
that first broadcast, twenty-five
years ago, from Boyle's Thirty Acres.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Violence in Palestine

Inc current wave OF ShootingS and
bomblngs by Jewish extremists ex-
acerbates an already grave situation
in Palestine with far-reaching rami-
f1cations. The primary clash be-
tween Zionist and pan-Arab aspira-
tions Is complicated by the desperate
plight OF surviving European Jewry.
British imperial interests, and even
distant America through the wide
spread sympathy evinced for the
Jewish cause in our public opinion.
This latter aspect of the problem
Is evidenced by formal note pre-
sented by the Arab League to the
United States Minister in Cairo ac-
cusing many Americans" of sup
porting Zionist terrorists with
money and arms" The league ad-
vised the American Government that
such action is considered unfriendly
and warned that continuance of
Jewish violence could involve in
tervention by independent Arab
states on behalf of the Palestinian
Arabs and the imperiling of peace
throughout the entire Middle East.
The present crisis in Palestine is.
OF course, merely the latest and most
severe phase Of a situation which
has been chronically tense and has
been periodically punctuated by vio-
lence for many years. The root cause
is contained in the famous Balfour
Declaration of 1917. whereby the
British government expressed SYM
pathy and approval for the Zionist
aspiration toward a National Home
in Palestine" albeit qualifying this
expression by stating that the real
ization Of such a goal must take into
consideration the native Arabic
population. Ever since Britain OBJ
tanned League of Nations Mandate
for Palestine under the settlement
of World War I. successive British
governments have been trying to
balance OF the opposing pressures
of Zionist and Pan-Arab national
isms, with due regard for British i'm
perial policy.
In the years just prior to World
War II. Pan-Arab pressure became
so insistent that Britain virtually
stopped Jewish immigration to
Palestine. Then came the war with
its attendant mass-slaughter OF Eu-
ropean Jewry by the Nazis. the re-
suit being an intensification of Jew
ish urgency to get to Palestine at
any cost. But that. in turn. has in
tensified Pan-Arabism with its de-.
termination to prevent large-scale
Jewish immigration. Jewish desper-
alton has engendered terroristic or
CARNATIONS which try to force =
Evening star., 1946-06-20
New Digging
Prom the st. Louis Post-Dispatch

from the st. Louis st-Dispatch.
Archeologists examining bomb craters
IN europe and Britain have discovered
that many OF the explosions uncovered
important new evidences of antique life
and culture. An American bomb land
ing at Pompeii. for instance, disclosed
archaic terra Gotta revetments, while a
German bomb landing at Canterbury.
England, led to the discovery there Of
Roman city built around As AID.
Inns Is fascinating. Even more fas-
clnatlng, however, is the fact that We
may all md ourselves living in an
atomic bomb crater with the culture
OF the Dark Ages around us unless the
International Atomic Development Au-
tnorlty becomes reality, and soon.
Evening star., 1946-06-20

change in British policy by creating
an intolerable situation. Meanwhile
the British government declines to
consider relaxing immigration re-
strictions into Palestine unless the
United States assumes a definite
share in the responsibility for the
consequences that might ensue.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
This and That
By Charles E. TraceueU.

Templeton Jones is washington's orig
1nal cat spotter.
Since he began this game, many years
ago, there have been hundreds Of con-
verts to it,
The necessary mental Ingredient, of
course, is liking for common cats.
1t seems to be In some peoples blood.
The feline nature. appearance. habits
intrigue them
Their grace and coats, the hardy self
hood, the tubbornness-these and many
other characteristics make a great ap-
peal.
Jones 1t was who first made a habit OF
spotting downtown cats as he went
around.
In this way he built UP long list of
felines, from fat to thin, all of which
submitted gracefully to the Jonesian
hand pat.
Cats, through many centuries have
come to look for the hand pat.
This Is q sign manual between men
and cats. They are always looking for
1t, even when they receive kick instead.
1t speaks volumes for the breed, that
all OF them, without exception, are ready
to be friends. This cannot be said of
dogs. But cats have their backs always
arched for the pressure of the human
hand.
Since their great days in Egypt, when
they were gods, and were worshiped and
revered, and the murder of a cat was an
awful thing, they have been friends of
man.
IL Is only when man betrays the
ancient bond that they become un-
friendly. Even then it is not their fault
AS king of the cat spoilers, Templeton
Jones knows where all the raggedy cats
are in downtown Washington.
Select any block, and ask Jones, and
he can tell you where there is an old
gray one, or big black one, or a spotted
fellow with black, gray and yellow in his
coat.
Wherever he walks, Jones keeps his
eyes open for his four-legged friends
Iney may not come running, when they
see him, but they all wait patiently
enough for the usual greeting.
There is big black one with typical
green eyes, who sits sedately in front
OF restaurant at exactly o'clock each
afternoon.
Thousands of passersby 60 their ways.
without casting glance at him, but he
is not watching them, either.
He has those big green eyes open for
one who will detach himself from the
hurrying throng.
This black cat knows Jones' voice. All
cats recognize voices. They can remember
them for years. They never forget.
The minute Jones speaks, the black
cat comes to attention. He straightens
himself out, and arches his back.
Patiently he submits to the applied
hand, first to the head, then along the
back, then along the tail.
The procedure each day is the same
AS soon SIS Jones' hand comes to the end
of the tail, the cat stretches out his fore
legs, and gives a mighty yawn.
This Is not discourtesy, but the high
est form of feline greeting.
The yawn. among cats, is equivalent to
the smile among their two-leeged
friends. II cat yawns at you, it is a
sure sign that you have been accepted
and belong to the royal blood. That is
why, somewhere, somehow, in the ancient
temples of Bubastes, cats are paving
homage to Templeton Jones, he who
detaches himself from the thoughtless
herds to place his hand on the heads of
his friends.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
on Federal Council

Comments on Federal Council
To the Editor of The Star:
The Vatican envoy is the Presidents
affair. However, the ef1rontery of the
protesting Federal Church Councils
spokesman in impusning the patriotism
of Is 900 900 Americans is quite another
matter and fully warrants strong rebuke.
Your Mr.. John H. Cline obviously is
neither particularly discerning nor Inn
partial in dismissing such 4 rebuke as
pickering.
Incidentally, 1t would seem to be an
unfortunate reflection on the sects rep
resented by the Federal Council that
their sole rallying- point Of unity was an
intended attack on fellow Christians OF
an ancient faith. The fact, as implied
by Mr.. Cline. that these sects are appre-
hensive or jittery (by reason OF some
obscure theory fabricated by themselves)
in no way justifies their attack.
ANN ROTHSCH1LD.
Evening star., 1946-06-20

1t used to be that a man was
entitled to consider himself
celebrity If he had flown the Atlantic.
Now, 20 years after Lindbergh's
hop to Paris, so many people have
made the trip that those who haven't
feel like apologizing for not having
done so.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Letters to The Star
Says the Poll Tax Discussion
Is Much Ado About Little
o the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The star:
The recent strenuous efforts Of
various politicians to make the maxi
the poll tax issue seem to merit few
remarks directed toward q more rea-
sonable estimate of the situation. /
have been somewhat puzzled that rep
resenta tives from those States retain
ing the tax consistently have joined
issue on the purely political aspects
and have entirely ignored the practical
viewpoint.
AS matter OF fact, the poll tax Is a
nominal tax of an amount entirely in
sufficient to affect any otherwise quail
fled voters right to vote. In Mississippi
it amounts to 81 year, in Tennessee
$3.50 and in most of the other States 81
year. 1t averages about one-half the
amount of the dog tax in the same
localities yet 1t Is a reasonably safe bet
that large number Of the people who
object to paying the poll tax own one or
more dogs on which they pay taxes.
seriously doubt whether any OF the
poll tax paying voters ever knew they
objected to the tax until they were so
informed by the politicians.
The tax is not used for any special
malicious purposes, as its opponents
seem to imply, but Is part of the
regular revenue of the States used to
support the schools, police forces and
for other legal and useful purposes. If
the poll tax were eliminated, the equiva-
lent amount of revenue still would have
to be collected and by less equitable
means, such as by increasing the in
come or real estate taxes or by imposing
or increasing sales taxes. The poll tax
is light, evenly distributed burden on
the entire electorate of the State, the
members OF which expect to receive
some benefit from the expenditure of
State revenue, and is about the only
contribution that 4 large number of
these beneficiaries ever make.
Most of the States have 1t in one
form or another passing under some
other name. In Connecticut, for ex-
ample, the "old-age assistance tax"
amounts to So person year and, un-
less the law very recently has been
changed, no one is permitted to vote
unless the old-age assistance tax is
paid in full. He also is subject to other
penalties for nonpayment.
II the citizens of some of the States
do not wish to have State poll tax,
they are entirely at liberty to call 1t by
some other name or collect the equiva-
lent revenue by some other means; but
it seems q bit meddlesome of them, to
say the least, to attempt by Federal law
to force this viewpoint on the citizens
Of States wherein the majority of the
voters hold different viewpoint. In
any case, 1t is an outstanding example
of much ado about little or nothing.
JAMES w. COLVIN