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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-18

would mean over century to pay for
this war and for the New Deal. But to
strike even such an average as this we
should aim at $4,000. DOC, 900 to $4,000
100000 debt cut in the forthcoming fiscal
year,
Even this reduction is relatively small,
compared with what happened under
Secretary Andrew Mellon He came into
ONCE In 1921 with a debt Of about $24,-
GOO, 000,O 600, From June, 1921, to June,
1880. period of nine years, the debt
was reduced to something over $4,000
100000. That averaged something less
than a billion a year on debt Of less
than tenth of the present figure. And
those years were extraordinarily pros
porous.
The fact that Republicans face is that
the cost Of our revised attitude toward
Russia has already thrown the calcula-
tions Of President Trumans 1916 budget
message entirely out of line. He fore
cast budget Of much less than $40 00o.-
000, 600 as q peacetime level after this
year of transition. But now our military
preparations have raised the figure for
the next fiscal year so high that even
with all the optimistic proposed cuts
suggested by Senator Robert Taft and
Congressman Taber, the remainder will
be over $4,000 100000. To anticipate
tax cut Of 81. 0o0, 000, 900 to 81, 000, 900 900
would wipe out any hope Of debt reduce
ton. It would, in effect, probably mean
borrowing more money to pay for the
tax cut.
The pity Of these premature Repuh-
lican suggestions is that even political
considerations do not require them.
These men are in power now by q subs
sta1tial majority. They don't need to
begin promising for long time. Their
performance, not their l94e promises,
will determine their fate. And perform
ance should begin after a more careful
appraisal Of the facts than they seem
to have made.
Reieased By Consolidated News Features.l
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eminent has set January 10 as the
polling date. This means that the large
masses OF peasants who form the real
opposition to the present regime will
not be In q position to vote. Transpor-
tation and communication is most diff
cult in Poland, even In the summer and
fall, but is practically impossible in the
winter. The peasants who live in VII
lages-some distance from the county
seats-cannot travel far, not only be-
cause Of the heavy SHOWS but also be-
cause they have no horses or even oxen,
which provide the only means Of trans
portation to the larger settlements.
When this fact was brought to the
attention Of the Polish government and
the American and British Ambassadors
pointed out that the spirit Of the Big
Three agreement was being violated,
they were told that the Polish govern
ment could set any date it wished for
general elections. ANY further argument
was useless since the Poles told the two
ambassadors that their Intervention
meant interfering with domestic mat
ter concerning an independent republic.
The Polish government has init
mated that 1t would not keep Ameri-
can, British or any other newspaper
men from reporting the elections
fairly. But considering the lack Of
transportation facilities, these observ-
ers will be compelled to limit their
observations to what Is happening in
few large cities. where the opposition
Peasant Party Is weak. Moreover, the
Polish government does not allow
foreign correspondents to have local
"tipsters"
The American correspondents, who
seldom speak or read the language of
these republics, are having hard time
obtaining even the services Of "inde-
pendent" translators. The foreign Of
fices have lists from which the corre-
spondents can choose their translators.
Most Of them at the same time are
informers of the state secret police
and are particularly engaged in keep
ing the local NKVDs posted on what
their temporary employers are doing.
In the past the American Ambassador
was In a position to protect the re-
porters who were disliked by the local
authorities, provided they behaved
ethically. Now 1t would be useless for
him even to attempt to speak in favor
of a correspondent who has incurred
the disfavor of any oficial. Nor can
he promise adequate protection to
American citizens who wish to visit
some Of these countries on business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-18

to the point Of fantasy. Be that as
1t may. however. there can be no
doubt that the combination OF pop
ulation growth and advancing tech
nology promises to be something less
than an inmixed blessing. either in
our own country or in the world at
large. What with this, the atom and
everything else, it is clear enough
that the era Immediately ahead will
be anything but simple, to put it
mildly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-18
Population and Labor

Although the future Is too uncer-
tain to warrant dogmatic forecasts,
we can be reasonably sure that the
next twenty-five years will show q
steady growth in Americas popula-
ton and q considerable Improvement
III its labor Saving spfodsiction tech-'
niques. The same holds true for a
large part Of the werld abroad
a fact likely to effect Important
changes In the balance Of power
among nations. In any event, leav-
ing It's international Implications to
one side and narrowing it down to
our own country, it involves serious
economic and sociological questions
that are likely to demand our atten-
ton more and more from now on.
This point received fresh emphasis
last week at the Cleveland confer
ence of the American Public Health
Association. in numerous scholarly
reports, the conference heard ex-
perts like DR.. Louis I. Dublin, the
eminent insurance statistican, make
such statements as these: Cd The
Nations birth rate has dropped
about one-third; ca but the aver
age life expectancy, which has in
creased greatly in recent decades,
will continue to increase, and our
population will keep on growing for
many years; CD as 1t grows, how
ever, oldsters will gain dispropor-
tionately over the young, and "a by
1910 or 1880 our total numbers will
begin to level of at a figure in the
neighborhood of 100 ,000, 900, of whom
some 2l,000,0 900 will be aged IS and
over, or not far from double the
number in that bracket now.
In terms of retirement plans, pen
sions, social security benefits, use Of
leisure time, ETC., this aging of our
population clearly suggests that we
are in for an intensification of our
economic and sociological problems.
But the prospect involves much more
than a marked increase in the older
group. The factor Of our multiplying
numbers must be related to the fac
tor of chronological improvement.
According to one of the statistical
studies read at Cleveland by DR..
Theodore g. Klumpp, head Of the
Winthrop Chemical. Company of New
York, 1t is reasonable to expect new
labor saving devices ION a scale
never dreamed Of before"-a de-
velopment potentially capable Of
creating a surplus OF 30,000,00o
American workers by 1880. With
this in mind, DR.. Klumpp has fatty
predicted that he will see 30-hour'
work week installed throughout our
industry in his lifetime.
Similar and even more striking
predictions have been made by other
sSadents Of the problem. Thus,
speaking to group of businessmen
in Chicago some time ago. DR.. Sey-
mour E. Harris. the Harvard econo-
mist, asserted that 10000. 900 Ameri-
can workers in 194l produced what
would have required the time Of
l5o,00o,000 in 1900, and 10000, 900
may well be able to achieve the same
output by 1880 or Whereabouts. Ac-
cordingly, in his judgment, before
the century ends, the United States
may, have to divide 30Ooo,0o0 jobs
among an employable labor force Of
upwards of 10000 900. and we may
then have to 60 on 2o-hour work
week and limit the working year to
thirty-five weeks.
The end of the century will not
come for another fifty-four years,
and lot can happen meanwhile to
make such predictions seem extreme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-18
II, r. HUGHES.
County Superintendent.

Proposes Embargo on Everything
To the Editor Of The Star:
have spent the past 10 months as q
patient In Walter Reed General Hos
pital as result of wounds received
in France after spending % months in
combat In the European theater. This
has given me an opportunity to read
a great deal about our economic prob
lens. As a result of this, have been
thinking of the following theory and
would like to receive your opinion of
the same:
Now that our Government has seen
fit to remove price controls from nearly
everything. the threat of imitation moves
much closer. Why can't our Govern
ment declare an embargo on everything
and export only to those countries from
which we must import goods and then
only on dollar for dollar basis?
BY doing this. we would build up a
surplus in this country In record time
and find our supply equal to our de-
mand. This would prevent an infia-
tionary condition such as exists in many
European countries today.
MARTIN A. WOLFE
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CONGRESS Adxuntuae

From the Minneapolis Star and journal.
The public's memory is never as long
as congressional investigation.
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be done to prevent this indiscriminate
slaughter Of beautiful and useful bird?
"Yours very truly, r. w. c."
"ssth STREET.
Dear Sir.
"Your column the other day on the
mouse was not only charming but very
much to the point.
Likewise, your closing paragraph on
that droll and likable feathered citizen,
the startling.
II saw q frieze' of starlings on the
east side Of the United States Treasury
Building tonight, while waiting for a
streetcar on the opposite side Of the
street.
such a, chattering, as they settled
for the night, on the side where there
was the least wind!
Some OF us will miss these fellows, II
that wholesale slaughter of these birds
In this area ever comes OF, as sched-
uled.
THE way q startling goes after the
grubs of Japanese beetles in the spring,
with thrust of that strong and quest
these pests before they 10 much as see
3
way, 30 far as am concerned.
Sometimes I wish the experts would
sit down and think things over, then
put first things first. before they go OF
on wild tangent like the proposed
starting massacre.
Sometimes, sir, I think you sound
more like David Grayson, day by day,
than any one currently in print. Which
is all right with us, who found Grayson
q soothing, sound, and sensible note in
the upheaval of world sick unto death
with spiritual illness. Thanks very
much. We wish you-and your pen
sincerely, P. B. G."
Those who believe the proposed
starting slaughter would be totally url-
necessary and wholly uncivilized should
get in touch with members Of Congress
interested in birds.
Starlings are protected by the migra-
tory bird law, and cannot be harmed
until an act Of Congress makes them
an exception. 81
It must be understood by all persons
that the decision to kill the local star
lings was taken after due conferences
by various groups of very decent men.
Some OF these men are professional
bird people, men whose livings come
from work with birds.
It may be realized, therefore, that
they came to this decision only after
long thought.
Still, they may be mistaken. Perhaps
they have not realized, seated around
mahogany table, just what such a
total" killing involves.
The spectacle would not be a pretty
one for the National Capital to present
to q world talking Of peace on earth
Such slaughters have taken place out
West. Men We'd with one another to
wiring starlings' necks, gloating over
large counts.
The birds did not ask to be brought
here. II their habits make them MI
sance, such wholesale massacre would
not be fitting punishment for mems
mistakes.
We would suggest that more decent
way to rid the city of starlings, II this
Is thought advisable, would be to put
them in baskets and ship them back to
England.
Certainly the bird population Of
Europe must be depleted. after the ter
rihle six years Of war.
Vigorous cousins from America would
settle down to good life among peoples
who appreciate them, and always have
liked them.
Then, such Is the cussedness OF
human nature, perhaps America would
pine Tor them to b brought back againl
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From tbs Arkansas Gazette,
Gov. Ellis Arnall has launched drive
to reduce accidents in Georgia but Gene
Talmadge has already happened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-18

Sherbow Recommendation
To the Editor of The Star:
A news article which appeared In the
November II issue Of The Star dealt
largely with benefits to be derived by
Prince Georges County should the
recommendations of the Sherbow Com
mission be enacted into law.
The article said that: Under the
new setup the State equalization fund
for schools would be abandoned" This
statement Is erroneous and tends to
promote misunderstanding of the effect
upon the financing Of public schools
in Maryland on recommendation of the
Sherbow Commission.
The following statement appears on
pages lol and 1o2 of the Report Of the
Maryland Commission on the Distribu-
ton Of Tax Revenues, popularity known
as the .Sherbow Commission: THE
equalization fund would be. continued
under the commissions recommends
tions and the amounts determined there
under would be added to the amount Of
basic State aid received by the sub
divisions. The equalization fund will
supply the amount necessary to finance
the additional costs Of the 12-year pro-
gram In the equalization counties"
I am sure that you will appreciate my
interest. as superintendent Of schools Of
Calvert County-an equalization fund
county-in having the report of the
Sherbow Commission accurately pre-
sented to the public.
II, r. HUGHES,
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upon the Nazis, far from being
merely the act Of victors against the
vanquished. has set up standards ap-
plicable to all.
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The Oficeholders' Faultp


To the Editor OF The Star:
A few weeks ago went to see dairy
farm which was up for sale. in nearby
Virginia. The surrounding country was
of beautifully rolling ground. The barns
were well built. But the long rows OF
COW stalls were empty. The dwelling
house was vacant and weeds were crowd.
ing UP to the milking shed doors. The
owners had given UP because of lack
OF help.
A few days later I looked out OF my
office window and saw six husky labor
ers working on q patch Of grass about
30x50 feet at the old Patent once Build
ing at Ninth and r streets NV. These
were men Of the type who would ordi-
narily be employed In agriculture or
dairying. Tens Of thousands OF them
have been tempted from productive farm
labor to the Government payrolls where
they have been spoiled forever by high
pay for little piddling work. Price
control or no price control, our Difficult
ties will not be cured until hordes OF
office holders are taken of the backs
Of the taxpayers and returned to pro-
ductive employment.
r. q. CAMPBELL.
II
Appreciation For Editorial
To the Editor Of The Star:
In behalf of the family and friends Of
Gen. Leonard p. Ayres should like to
express warm appreciation of your most
understanding editorial which appeared
in the November issue.
A number of us were on the train
coming back from Washington where we
had witnessed the interment ceremony
at Arlington Cemetery, when we found
your editorial and promptly bribed the
porter to collect as many copies OF The
Star as he could find on the train.
1t will have an honored place in the
collection of clippings we are preparing.
w. RANDOLPH BURGESS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-18
Letters to The Star
Demosthenes' Speech Recalled
for Modern Guidance

ZOE NlOQSTH JulQdnCe
To the Editor OF The star:
That the Athenian Republic had its
fifth column, even as we have in this
country today, is evidenced by excerpts
from Demothenes' Grafton, ION the
Crown" delivered in $50 BIC. -
He appeals to his fellow citizens in the
following words: Two things, men OF
Athens, are characteristic Of well-dis-
posed citizen. In authority, his constant
aim should be the dignity and pre-emi-
nence OF the commonwealth: In all cir
cumstances his spirit should be loyal"
The closing paragraphs OF that grafton
contain the following bitter denunciation
of the minions OF Philip and Alexander:
II do not walk about the market place
gay and cheerful because the stranger
has prospered, holding out my right
hand and congratulating those who I
think will report 1t yonder, and on any
news Of our own success shudder and
groan and stoop to the earth. like these
impious men, who rail at Athens, as il
In so doing they did not rail at them
selves; who look abroad, and II the for
eigner thriyes by the distress of Greece,
are thankful and say we should keep
him so thriving all the time.
Never, o We gods, may those wishes
be confirmed by you'll Inspire even in
these men better sense and feeling.
But II they are incurable, destroy them
by themselves; exterminate them on
land and sea; and for the rest Of Ills.
grant that we may be speedily released
from our present fears and enjoy q
lasting deliveranceT"
The orator, after manfully resisting
the inroads of the Macedonians for
years, finally fed from Athens and is
believed to have taken his own life to
escape falling into the hands OF the con-
queror.
No country Is safe which cannot exert
greater energy and fixity Of purpose to
protect itself than is exercised by the
enemy who would destroy 1t.
GEORGE H. MORSE.
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This and That
BIZ Charles z. :sT,raceweu.

SILVER SPRING, Md.
IT have been much distressed over
the plans being formulated for the
destruction of the starlings.
Can you suggest anything that can
be done to prevent this indiscriminate
slaughter Of beautiful and useful bird?
"Yours very truly, r. w. c."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-05-07
Board Is Named
To Investigate
Air Pa\ Dispute

Washingtom May :. - (AP) -
President Truman To-Day interviewed
to avert a scheduled m dni g t
strike Of 1000 air line pilots en-
ployed by Transcontinoltal and
Western Air Inc.
He set up an emergency board to
investigate d dispute between TWA,
- other airlines and the Air Line
Pilots Association Creation of such
a beard. under the Railway Labor
Act, normally halts strike action,
The TWA pilots and co-pllots are
damag, wage increases ranging up
to a maximum Of $3.50 additional
2nnrallv, shorter working hours and
other concessions.
TWA, known as Trans World, oD-
crates routes stretching for $4,000
across the world.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-05-07
DOcnitz Is Heard;
Nine Yet To Go

Nuremberg, May 7.-(AP)-Grand
Adm. Karl Doonitz opened his de
tense at the war crimes trial today,
one year after he surrendered the
Reich as successor to Hitler.
He followed Walter Funk, last
Reichsbank president and minister
of economy. Nine of the u defend
ants still are to be heard after
DNcnltZ
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-05-07
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

ConSiderabl clOudineSS and
continued warm with scattered
showers tonight. Wednesday, lit
tic change in temperatures: partly
cloudy, cooler central portions.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-05-07
Virginia To Ration
oyer On May 9;
rl.-S. Cuts Trains

lPy The Associated PrcsS)
Mere and more of the nations
cities were threatened with
return to war time "DroWn- n-Out"
today as effects of the day
sG!t coal strike forced stringent
rationin2 Of disappearing fuel
Supplies.
Chicago, Washington and Philadcl-
phia already We're plunged into par
tal darkness. Detroit was expected
to brCWn-out officially t o omorro W
night after the city meets to pass
al emergency law dlmming lights in
the automobile apital
IN Virginia. the State Corporation
Commissins or d er d rationing Of
electric power in the territories Of
the Birginia Electric and Power Co.
end the BraddoCll Light and Power
Co, effective midnight Thursday.
Virginia Electric supplies terri
Tory from Alexandria to North C@s-
olIna, east to Norfolk and west al
most to Lynchburg.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-09-30

kel, da so Zedinjene drzave gro
zile, da ne bodo pristale ma fran
cosko pogodbo, dokler nj bill
sprejet tax nacrt "a upravo tr-
zaske zone, kakrsnega 50 one
hotele. Potem pa je pripomnil,
da Sc amerisko stalisce mic ne
razlikuie cd jugoslovanskega.
Docim je Rusija. glasovala "a
francosko linijo, kakor Sc je OBJ
vezala ma konferenci zunanjih
ministrov velike cetvorice, pa so
vse ostale slovanske drzave gla-
sovale proti liniji. Glasovanja
so Sc vzdrzale Brazilija, Belgija
in Abesinija.
Pouceni viri pravijo, da ina
Jugoslavija v Istri JUNO cd Tr-
sta Il divizij vojastva, medtem
ko Sc v spornem ozemlju naha-
jajo dive britski in ena ameriska
divizija.
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jan pri Turjaku ma Dolenjskem
kjer zapusca vec sorodnikov
v Ameriki je bivala 48 let in
je bila clanica drustva sv. Joze'
ia st. 169 KSKJ, drustva St
Clair Grove st. SO VIC in podr
st. 10 SzZ ter Oltarnega dru.
stva fare Marie Vnebovzete
Tukaj zapusca tri sinove: An.
thonya, Louisa in ,Josepha te1
sest vnukov in vec drugih so.
rodnikov. Pogreb Sc DO vrsil v
torek zjutraj oh 8.45 uri il
zeletovega pogrebnega zavods a
ma 458 E. 152 st. v cerkev Ma.
rije Vnebovzete OBJ $50 uri in
nato v druzinsko lgrobnico ma
Calvary pokopalisce.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-09-30
Londonski list 0 anglo-ameriskem
nacrtu O statutu Trsta

L. Londona Sc javlja, da list
"New Statesman and Nation
oznacuje v svojem komentarju
o sedanjem stanju trzaskega
problema anglo-ameriski nacrt
"a ureditev predlaganega "svo-
bodnega teritorija" Trsta kot
demokraticen.
List pise med drugim: ~ OBJ
javo porocila, XII ga je komisija
"a Trst predlozila mirovni kon-
ferenci je postalo jasno, da je
bill dosezen sporazum med stiri-
mi ministri "a zunanje zadeve,
po katerem maj postane Trst
svobodno podrocje, bolj navide-
zen kakor stvaren. Med ruskim
nacrtom predlaganega statuta
"a Trst in nacrti, XII sta jih izde-
lali britanska in ameriska dele.
gacija, je globok jez, ki ga be
pariska konferenca mogla le |
tezavo prebroditi."
Ko je obrazlozil najprej CLAW.
ne odlike soyjetskega naGrta I
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-09-30

trzaskem statutu, XII je izdelan
ma podlagi soglasnega sporazu-
ma O osnovnih demokraticnih
nacelih, ma katerih maj bi bill "a
snovan statat svobodnega pod
rocja, navajo list tudi glavne
toeke britanskega in ameriskega
predloga, XII pa Sc med seboj
Tmnogo ne razlikuieta. Nato pra-
vi
"Britanci in Americani so 81
Iedini v svojem nasprotovanju
Epredlagani carinski uniji med
Trstom in Jugoslavijo in pred
lagajo, maj imajo samo tisti pre-
bivalci Trsta, XII sedaj tam sta
|nujejo, glasovalno pravico. Mas
|protno med predlaganimi nacrti
|zelo prekasa nesoglasje v navad-
|nih tehnicnih podrobnostih.
sTezkoce glo-Americanov
bodo v TEN, kako bodo v Parixu
zagovarjali svoj predloxen ma
frt statuta, ki 60 bodo Rusi M
|padli kot nedemokratiGnega, kar
~ y,nSnici f1sdi il -
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-09-30
Russia in plovba
ma reki Donayi

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, %
sept.-Rusija je ma seji ekonom.
skega in socialnega sveta, Zdru.
zenih narodov dala razumeti, ds
SO vojaske uredbe v obmoeju
Donave jako vazne in da "a en-.
krat ne namerava pristati ma
svobodno donavsko plovbo mec
rusko in amerisko okupacijskc
zOnO.
Jugoslovanski delegat Andri.
ia Stampar, XII je predsednik
sveta, je naznanil, da sc bo odlo.
citev O vprasanju, XII ga potts.
kajo v ospredje Zedinjene drza.
We, odlozila do prihodnjega ted.
ma.
Sovjetski delegat Nikolaj Fe.
onov je ma seji Ameriko dolzil
da drzi jugoslovanske in Geske
donavske ladje v avstrijski oku.
pacijski zoni zavoljo tega, da
izsili odlocitev, XII jo hoce ona.
Ameriski delegat John Wi
nant je vceraj rekel, da Sc jugo-
slovanske in ceske iadje drzijo
cato, da Sc zajamci pla6itev od-
skodnine "a amerisko lastnino
XII je bila zaplenjena ali podrzav.
Fljena " 'omenjenih drzavah.'