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anguish over the plan or the Navy to include in the list of vessels be subjected to atomic bomb tests not only captured German and Japanese warshlps put American warshps as we'll Even such battle-scarrei veterans of World War II the batteshps New 4ofk Arkansas Pennsylvania and Nevada the aircraft car rjers Saratoga and Independence, and the heavy cruisers Salt Lake City and Pensacola on the list
 These names are rich with great memories of yaor ana forttude Many will argue that instead of being de stroyed they ought to be kept part of the fleet or if they have become obsolete turned into museums as was the old Constitution Already in fact the State of New York has asked the right to purchase the batleship bearing its with the idea of preserving it as a treasured relic of the war.
 Actually those ships could serve no finer purpose at this time than to be made the guinea pigs ot the
 operations Crossroads" project which the Army and Navy together with the Air Forces are planning. lne first test is to take place in the Marshall Islands early in May It is not too much to say that, without such experiments should remain completely in the dark as to the future function of our Navy Ill the national defense system Furthermore the tests can be as The Post has previously pointed out, great reminder to the world of the all-embracing need ol constructive international action in the matter ol atomic energy and it's For that reason IL Is somewhat disappointing that in giving out the details of the coming tests Vice Admiral w. H. P Blandy Who will be in charge of the experiment, has sad nothing as o whether foreign observers to be allowed to
 witness the test It strikes that failure to do so would mean foregoing a tremendous opportunity to nrovide the world with an eyewitness demonstration of atomic power in action and thus speed agreement on this vital matter which is already being considered by the United Nations
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put us in their corner for the En- pire's eventual showdown ol strength with Soviet Russia. They consider that showdown un- ;voidable. A lot of other people, in- cluding this columnist, don't agree
 All of this, however, Illustrates the basic difference between the friendship of the British and Am erican and Russian people. It's oul greatest failure of the war--in fact Of the last two decades. We have failed miserably to get acquainted with the Russian people. Instead we've left all our cards in the hands of Joe Stalin.
 There can't be any serious trouble between the British and American people. We know each other. Oul basic friendship is stronger thar any Government in London ol Washington. If British Prime Minister ever advocated war or the U. $. A., he would be kicked out in ten minutes-and vice-versa for any American President who got rash with the British.
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Food for Thought
Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati Enquirer
 Popular misconceptions about the economic and natural resources of the United States discussed the other day in a talk at Hartford, Conn., by John c Duncan who is widely known in Cincinnati
 He spikes the notion that we have Hmitless re- souces sressing the fact that many other regions oi the world have richer resources than if they would only bother to develop them. We are not, he sald oich enough to permit foreign statesmen to smother us with flattery and then presume on our sentiment alism to plunder us by seductive trade, loan ana notical agreements" There's food for thought Tn that-though we beg to differ from Duncans theory tht our lend-lease expenditures were lightly thrown away That isn't money gave" to other countries but an expense we gladly assumed in order to Keep from being left alone in the world Wltn deilhaliS and Japan and the virtual certainty o1 peng over whelmed ourselves in later years
 We agree heartily, however, with DuncanS coh- tention that "The real danger to our democracy oi free enterprise and prosperity lies not III oul Wal des but in our present conflicts between enpoyeis and employees" The bill for the nonsense oi strikes is daily wage loss of Sl7oOoooo ana ooea nroduction loss to consumers of about S3Ooooouo day or s18Oo0 900 900 year." he points out aoolns sNo nation not even one which our wealth ana re- sources can stand such losses without inviting reVolu tion dictatorship and slavery
 On the subject of wage increases he salo Lapol and captal both must realize that wages cannot go nm indefinitely without raising the prices of gooos bevond the purchasing power of the great consuming public"
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SOUND THEORY

One of the most interesting of many thougntiul comments made by Leon Henderson former New Deal CT" in his recent speeches his strong urging of the abandonment of corporations It is not new idea to be sure. It is not radical idea save Ill the sense that it would be a radical departure from uractice But the political obstacles to such policy are formidable, as MT. Henderson would readily admits M z
 A Corporation is business enterprise owned py a number of ndiyduals-a number sometimes running into hundreds of thousands If it makes profit that is taxed as income under existing law. Then what is not taken as corporate income tax is most ot l0 handed out to stockholders Once more it is taxed as income" when the owners receive 1t as dividenos
 One result of this practice is to tax one flow of income twice Another result is to exert pressure on corporations to do their saving, instead of having individuals do the saving the traditional way Still another result flowing from the preceding, is to vest in management rather than ownership, very great discretion over the use of savings in or expanded production.
 The most important result of corporate taxes doubtless is to discourage production It probably logical and at least is necessary, to require the most successful individuals pay very much greater taxes than the less successful The progressive income tax is here to stay But the principle or even slightly graduated income tax applied to corporations works very differently. Penalzing the successful cor porations because they successful is unmistakaby
 damper on production, which is the source of all our wealth.
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RUSSIAN AGENTS vs. BRITISH

This confronts the U. s. A. with
 the most serious foreign-relations crisis since Pearl Harbor. One of our major allies has been caught at-
 tempting to steal military secrets and undermine American officials. The British also maintain agents in the United States, but most are registered with the Justice Department and others operate peacefully, though sometimes very effectively, in American drawing rooms and newspaper offices. In ether words, British agents operate to win American friendship, not to buy military secrets. They want to
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20 YEARS AGO f TIT HE EMPIRE
FEBRUARY ls, 1926

School girls basketball team defeated the Dougs six v score of in the doubeheader last night at the walked off with the honors Tn their game trimming soldier five from Chkoot Barracks 2o to
 The U Unaiga with Captain R. O. Weighan command arrived and to be stationed n Alaskan waters Juneau throughout the summer Executive Unalga Ut N H. Leslie
 Mrs G. E. Cleveland charming bridge party at her home last night Tulips willows lovely springme
 opbere Mrs Cleveland by Perich Mrs A Stewart.
 All renraons were completed Boy and Son dinner the Moose Hall and at which estimated 200 would be present
 Lloyd G. Ingman were high prize winners at the party Mooseheart Legion last night
 Weather Highest, 38; lowest, 32; partly cloudy
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ALooF RUSSIAN PEOPLE

The opposite is true in Russia. There, Government is stronger than public opinion. The Russian people can be led into war, blind ly, without knowing what it is about. They can't read Ameri- can newspapers, hear American ra- dio programs or meet American visitors. They aren't permitted to-. They live in a vacuum so far as American cultural relations are concerned. The Russian people are fine people. Whenever Ameri- can troops come into contact with them, both sides like each other. But contacts to get acquainted are studiously avoided by Moscow
 This puts the military -Commun- ist clique which rules Russia in the same dangerous position as Hitler. He could take his country into war almost at will. So can Stalin. It also emphasizes our greatest wartime error For. while we gave the Russians tanks, airplanes and munitions, We did not insist that American goodwill go with it They insisted that their pilots fly U. $. lend-lease planes from Alaska over Siberia. We yielded. No Ameri- can pilot was permitted to fly over Russian territory They sent theiI drivers to pick up American trucks in Iran. No American truck-driver could enter Russian territory.
 They wanted our goods. out not the danger of rubbing shoulders with American democracy And wher we finally established two air base: cn Russian territory 50 cur bomber; could rest one night before flyins rack over Poland. the Russians suddenly, without warning, ordered
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The Washington Merry-Go-Round
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other Russian agents operating in the U. s. A. and Canada. He also put the finger on certain officials inside the American and Canadian Governments cooperating with the Soviets. He pointed to certain la bor leaders. especially in New York, recently involved in paralying that city. photostats showing pay mentS made to U. s. and Canadian officials have even come to light.
 Serious secret differences inside the United States Government have resulted from these revelations, with the State Department anxious not to disrupt relations with Rus sia, the Justice Department anxious to arrest and prosecute. ~. One Russian agent named Shimishenka was negotiating for the purchase of the blue-prints of an American Jet-propelled plane. The FDi de- tected him. proposed arrestine him. After considerable internal debate, the State Department ruled against the arrest. shlmlshenka sailed with wife and child Jan. 6. Ee did not get the b!ucprints.
 Another Russian agent was found n Br, merton, Wash. He had not only rlans cf the atomic bomb, but, helieve 1t CT not, samples of the metal from which the bomb is made. U. s. agents were covering him, all ready to make an arrest but the State Department ruled otherwise The agent sailed fol Russia. It's hard to believe, but he took his atomic information with nim. State Department off cials make no comment, but appar- ently they figure that seizing Russian agent was less important than upsetting the diplomatic apple cart with Russia; also that tht Russians probably had the atomic bomb already.
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Today's couplet: If you go to bed carry ana get up with the sun, you may live long uihe' put yo" won't have much fun
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us out of these bases.
 AS far as the Russian people were concerned, both countries fought the war in a vacuum. Ioday, this vacuum has become worse, not better. Russians are permitted to enter this country almost at will, but not even an American orches- tra can enter the Soviet Union without having every drummer and saxophone player scrutinized for months, and even then probably refused a passport. i. A lot of this is the fault of the old Hughes Kellogg -Stimson policy of isolating Russia. We are now paying for that mistake. We are reaping l7-year harvest of suspicion.
 But if this suspicion IS not brok- en down, if the Russian people are not permitted to understand that we are peaceful and friendly, the British will be proved right. An other war will be inevitable. That
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HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compel"
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 20
HEART AND HOME

HEART AND HUME This is an ideal period for home planning arrangements and family gatherings. Love affairs will flour ish. Overfond parents are warned by the stars not to encourage ex- travagance in their children.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 The oil industry will resume its efforts to close the Big Inch and Little Inch pipe lines on the ground that they have large investments in tankers which cannot compete. Fortunes will be made and lost in oil in the highly competitive period immediately ahead.
 NATIONAL ISSUES The medical profession will spaarhead the opposition to na- tional movement to provide medical advice and care through some form of health insurance. Radical changes in the income tax program will be proposed.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 A test of the powers of the Uni ted Nations Organization will bring increased respect for the UNO Important changes in the govern ment of a nation which maintain ed it's neutrality through the late war will occur in the next few months.
 i Persons born on this date are promised by the stars: Several in- vitations to participate in con structive enterprises and a year ot intellectual growth.
 Children born on this day will be impulsive and self-conscious, but under sympathetic guidance may gain boise and f-assurance to be successes.
 (coPYRIGHT, 1946)
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DRINK KING BLACK LABEL.
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ATTENTEON

ATTENTEON Chapel Ladies next meeting vii be held Feb. 26. (l96-t3.
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Daily Lessons in English v. " L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: say wait for few minutes Say YOU) SHOULD wait for few min
 OFTEN MIsPRONOUNCED Conspiracy the in IT. notas n
 OFTEN ISSPELLED: Spasm though pronounced SPAAM
 SYNONYMS Turbulence, tumu disturbance agitation 
 Use and is yours Let us vocabulary word each day Today CONCERTED agreed upon Tt will require con certed o accomplish this result"
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MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Ry LEE

O. If girl party, with whom first?
 with the daughters of his hostess there arean he partner he wishes table consist merely of the leftover dishes?
 A. No; i S very and unknd to do O. should wear to the formal theatre party?
 A a
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LOOK and LEARN &y' &sy c. GORDON

significance of of throwing rice bride and bridegroom? mammals have legs?
 did the United States issue its first postage stamp? What pig iron? first the Atlantic Ocean under the British flag?
 ANSWERS: s symbol of fertility handed animals such the monkeys 3.
 bars convenient size for handling Q450-98).
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$ the biggest problem facing the State Department. So far nothing has been done about it. The Cana dian disclosures, however, may force a showdown. The time has come when we are going to have to tell Stalin that either Am erican newspapermen and American churchmen travel as freely in Rus sia as his people travel here, that q minimum of 25,000 students be exchanged between the two coun- tries, and that there be just as complete freedom of intercourse be- tween us as there is between Bri- tain and the U. s. A.-or else. In other words, there has to be gen. uine friendship between the Ameri- can and Russian people-or the al- formative is war. That is distress ing deplorable alternative. But the sooner we understand the issues and the sooner the Soviet Govern nent knows that we understand them. the better it will be all around. The Russians understand straight-from- m-the-shoulder talk and we should give it to them.
 (copYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946)
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Operation Crossroads

Washington Post It is inevitable that there will be outcries of
Evening star., 1946-04-07

several days with his daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Alexander, In the home of Judge
and Mrs. j. r. H. Alexander.
Maj. and Mrs. r. B. Lawrence
have returned to their home on
Catoctin Mountain after spending
the winter in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Fayen enter
tained this week in their Mount
Gilead home in celebration of the
birthday of the latter's father, Mr..
Homer Hilton.
Mr.. WILLIAM Junkin Cox of Hart
ford, Conn.,, spent the week end
in Leesburg.
Miss Michaela Grenata, who is
a student at William and Mary
College, has been spending her
spring vacation with her mother,
Mrs. Michael Grenata
Mr.. Ellis Mills has returned from
a visit in ClIha
Evening star., 1946-04-07

and Miss Rebecca Lewis accom-
panied Mrs. Powick to Drummond
and spent several days here.
Miss Anita Peter of Miami, Fla
spent the early part of the week
with DR.. and Mrs. Robert E. Moran
Of River road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Schumacher
of Alta Vista have mad Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Secrist and their two
young sons as their guests for the
past week.
Comdr. v. C. Gibson and Mrs
Gibson of Marblehead, Mass, have
been the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Stuart Bailey of Battery Park fol
the past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Fifield oil
Edgemoor are in Atlantic City where
Mr.. Fifield is attending the meet
tings Of the American Chemical
Society. Earlier in the week they
gave dinner and bridge party for
% guests. Their party was helc
at the American Association of Uni
versity Women.
Mrs. Sibbald Reid has returned
to her home here after three
month stay in Miami, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Earnest, who
have been in Chicago for the past
week, now are back at their home
in Bradley Hills.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Betbesda-Lo1Ver Montgomery County

Mrs. James M. Hammond enter
tanned % guests at luncheon on
Friday to introduce her future
daughter -in-law, Miss Jessie Reese
of Cleveland, Ohio.
Miss Reese arrived in Bethesda
Wednesday and will be Mrs. Ham
mond's house guest for the next
ten days or perhaps longer.
Miss Reese's engagement to Mrs.
Hammond's son, Mr.. Boen Evans
Belcher, now out of service after
one and a half years overseas with
the radar division of the Army Air
Corps, was recently announced and
the wedding will take place in the
near future.
The luncheon was held at the
Purple Iris tea room in Chevy
Chase. Guests were seated at a long
table in the main dining room, pro-
fusely decorated with spring flowers
After the luncheon they remained
for an afternoon of bridge.
Mrs. Hammond's guests were Mrs.
Edwin F. Wanner, Mrs. Hugh R.
Thomas, Mrs. F. G. Kayhoe, Mrs.
E. Percival Wilson, Mrs. Guy McIver
Hooks, Mrs. George Troxley, Mrs.
John Miles Nader, Mrs. Fred G.
Warren, Mrs. j. Reed Bradley, Mrs.
Morton B. Kammerer, Mrs. Alan G.
Phelps, Mrs. Raymond Webb, Mrs.
C. Eugene Doyle, Mrs. William c.
Bashore, Mrs. Mark Haller, Mrs.
w. Marvin Smith, Mrs. George D.
Mock, Mrs. Sydney Anderson, Mrs
William H. Nicholas, Mrs. Richard
E. Titlow, Mrs. Craddock Coins,
Mrs. Nelson c. Elgin, Mrs. George
E. Pariseau, Mrs. Philip J. Fischer
Mrs. Arthur J. Hilland, Mrs. F.. P
Di Blasi, Mrs. Ward H. Barnett
Mrs. Jarl E. Larson and Mrs. John
P. Bressler.
Another social event of the past
few days was the dinner that Mr.
and Mrs. George P. Troxler gave
Thursday following the fashion show
at the Woman'S Club of Bethesda
Their guests were Mr.. and Mrs
Guy Hooks, Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
O'Harra, DR.. and Mrs. Fred Warren,
Mrs. L. H. Pettus and her daughter,
Miss Jane Pettus, and Mr.. and Mrs
Hooks two sons, Guy Hooks, jr.,
and William Hooks.
Among the visitors to lower
Montgomery County at the present
time is Mrs. Edgar Curtis Leavitt
of Westmoreland Hills. Mrs. Lea
Wits home is in bingham, Mass.
Mrs. William PoWick of Norris
town, Pa, is visiting her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. David
R. Starry, in Richmond.
Mrs. Powick's sister, Miss Caro-
line Powick: Miss Olive Walton,
also Of Norristown; Mr.. Lewis Lewis
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Leesbnrg

Mrs. Wells Henderson has returned
to Raspberry Plain with her father
Mr.. w. H. Lipscomb, after attending
the launching in Newport News
Tuesday of an aircraft carrier.
Mr.. Elliott Preston, of Pittsburgh
has been the recent guest of rela-
tives in Leesburg Mr.. Preston is
leaving shortly for a trip of six
weeks to Rio de Janeiro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pere Wilmer and
their daughter, Mrs. Edwin Aiken
and son, who have been spending
the winter in Washington, have re-
turned to their country home near
Leesburg.
Mr.. Clyde Aycock has returned to
Montgomery, Ala, after visiting fol-
Evening star., 1946-12-24
The, Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

kinds OF corruptionist activities, Mayor
Kelly nevertheless gave Chicago good
government during his long tenure Of
ofiice. Even Republicans admit that.
Chicago, with its polyglot population, is
no easy city to run. But Mayor Kelly
had the faculty Now he is giving over,
at the age of TO. 1t may be difficult,
however, for him to keep his finger
out of politics He is still Democratic
national committeeman for Illinois. AL
ways a strong supporter of the late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mayor
Kelly was one of the earliest to demand
that Mr.. Roosevelt smash tradition and
run for a third term. He won the
Democratic National Convention for
Chicago in 1940-over the opposition of
the then national chairman, Jim Far
ley, who wanted to 60 to Philadelphia.
1t was Mr.. Kelly, too, who had a lot
to do with the ditching of Henry Wal
lace for the Democratic vice presidential
nomination in 1944-thereby preventing
Mr.. Wallace from being President today.
= Il
Mayor Kelly has never been concerned
over the charge that he ran political
machine. When you are in control OF
government, he said, people called it q
machine" and when you were out, they
dubbed it an Organization" His step
into the office of Mayor came when
Mayor Anton j. Cermack was assassi-
mated when a bullet, intended for
President-elect Roosevelt, hit him. Mr..
Kelly was elected Mayor by the City
Council, and two years later he was
elected by popular vote. His political
philosophy-to which he subscribed
wholeheartedly-haS been: you've got
to be the boss"
Mayor Kelly's present withdrawal
makes one wonder when Frank Il Am
the Law" Hague, Democratic boss of
Jersey City, will be stepping out. Mr..
Hague has lost a great deal Of his power
because Republican Governor, Walter
Edge, has had the opportunity to appoint
men to high Office in New Jersey and
Jersey City. Mr.. Hague, too, has long
been a member of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. He was able to re-
elect the two Democratic Represent
atives from Hudson County Jersey
City, in November, but he has been
clipped in other quarters.
Boss" Crump of Memphis apparently
is still going strong.
Big cities need a strong hand, with
strong political organization usually.
Some Republican bosses may be on the
way in again.