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Evening star., 1946-09-20
Anqlo-Arqentine Pact

The economic agreement just
signed after months of arduous
negotiation at Buenos Aires between
a. British mission and the Argentine
government Is comprehensive
document covering finance and in
vestment as well as trade, though
this latter aspect has been the most
ppblicized Taken as a whole, the
agreement represents q constructive
stage in what appears to be basic
transformation in the economic
relations of the two countries.
Argentina's meteoric rise from a
neglected Spanish colony to a great
and rich nation in a trife over a
century was largely due to British
capital and enterprise This was
especially true of the railroads, as
vital to the development of Argen-
tine natural resources as they were
to our own Middle West. Later on,
the marketing OF Argentine meat
products was chiefly in British
hands, from packing to transporta-
ton in refrigerated ships. All this
produced an intimate Anglo-Argen-
tine economic relationship which
made of the South American republic
something analogous to an unofficial
dominion Of the British Empire.
That relationship was long mutually
profitable. Argentina acquired a sure
market for its expanding stock
raising and agriculture while Britain
had a major outlet for its manu-
factured goods and surplus capital.
The first modification of this
economic intimacy came with World
War I, when the sweeping disloca-
tions of that conflict disrupted the
channels Of trade, leaving Argentina
with unmarketable surpluses and
deprived OF the manufactured goods
vital to its economic life. This
induced the development of local
industry. besides the large-scale
entry of trade from the United
States and elsewhere. Alongside this
went the quickening of Argentine
national consciousness toward the
goal of well-rounded economic life
instead of a colonial" status de-
pendent on foreign trade and capital
for the marketing of its agricultural
and animal specialties.
World War II dealt still sharper
blows to Britains economic hegem-
ony by compelling it to liquidate
many of its Argentine investments
and pile up credits of blocked"
sterling, today exceeding $500, ,O00,-
600. This put Argentina in a favor
able trading position, which accounts
for the advantages its government
has gained in the new agreement.
Dritain Is still the major outlet for
Evening star., 1946-09-20
Should Stoy With Furmino
From the St. Thomas Times-Journsl.

From the st. Thomas Times-Journal
A Gait report says farmer reported
to the police that he got in card game
with two strangers in hotel there on
Saturday and lost $1,000. Any man is
a simpleton who plays cards with strang-
ers and lets them get away with wad
like that. But waht manner of farmer
is this who walks around with ST. 200
in his pocket? Judging by the hard
luck tales which farmers habituaIy
spread around, they just don't make
that kind of money. Anyway. this man
appears to have had better luck farm
ing than playing cards.
Evening star., 1946-09-20

Argentine products; but this market
Is guaranteed and at prices far above
those before the war. The blocked
sterling balances are to be gradually
liquidated and, as part of the fnan-
cial picture, provision is made for
the eventual purchase by Argentina
OF the British-owned railroads.
Evening star., 1946-09-20

In the Labor Day steeplechase at
Timonium, Md, horses went OF the
course and ran into spectators, many
of whom had a close call. This is
said to be the first contest in which
the bettors also ran,
Evening star., 1946-09-20
Readers Discuss Wallace Episode
To the Editor Of The Star:

Readers Discuss Wallace Episode
To the Editor Of The Star:
While we are busy getting tough with
Russia, let's also get tough at home. I
am ashamed to think that weakling
Americans like Secretary of Commerce
wallace represent you and me in the
United States Government. Politics
mas been foul, rotten game PLAYED
at the expense of the public, allowing
such lrresponsibles to hold key positions
IN our Government. For the good of
the country, let's get rid of them. What
does it matter that We hurt the feelings
OF few when the health of the Nation
is at stake?
The party that will get my support
IN the next election will be the one that
Will clamp down on un-American activi.
Ties promoted by Communists, their fel-
low travellers and New Deal-weaklinp
Americans. EDWARD P. THOMAS.
To the Editor OF The Star:
When are We going to be honest
enough to admit what is becoming
more evident every day, namely, that
we lost the recent war-to Russia?
The Soviet Union, as a result of the
war mas acquired additional territory,
including slave nations, having an area
nearly as large as the entire United
States with a population of some IS
millions.
We, on the other hand possibly NAV
acquire few island bases
When are We also going to admit that
Russia now Is actively operating her
25-year-old program of communizing
and making slave nations out of the
rest OF the world and that Russia is
now stronger and a greater menace to
our security than Germany ever was?
Russia has rehabilitated the industry
IN the territories under her control nd
now Is working all munition factories
overtime. as well as drilling and equip
ping new armies-for what purpose?
We-llke foOlS-could not wait until
we had blown up all the munition fac
tories in our occupied zone in Germany
and are doing little or nothing to re-
haoiiitate even light industry We
should be making friends of the Ger
man people training a German army
and building up the German industrial
and munitions potential, SO that when
we withdraw there will be some hope
OF preventing the Russians from moving
In. Instead. We still are pretending to
be afraid of the Nazis. Our soldiers can
marry all the Communists they wish
but not the German girls-they might
be Nazi. We are killing Germans un-
der pretense of law for atrocities
committed at Buchenwald while raising
no protest against the Russian opera
tion OF the same camp in probably
much the same fashion. We are per-
mitting fifth column INSPIRED strikes to
tie up our industrial production at
home. We are permitting higher 10y
atty boys in our Government depart
ments to play into the Russian hands
at every opportunity. And now as a
final blunder, one of the cabinet mem
bers is blatting around the country
shouting for appeasement and backing
the party line. This puts the question
squarely up to Mr.. Truman.
OBSERVER.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
France Votes Yes

For the second time in five months
the French people have voted on
draft constitution. Last May they
rejected the one drawn up by the
first Constituent Assembly by ap-
proximately a million votes. Now
they have accepted the one drawn
up by the second Constituent As
sembly by about the same margin.
The outstanding feature of the
plebiscite was the opposition Of for
mer President Charles de Gaulle to
the proposed constitution as falling
to give France a strong executive
and balanced legislative branch. De
Gaulle's influence on large section
of French public opinion is shown
by the way most of the Popular
Republicans refused to follow their
party leaders, who had Endorsed the
new constitution. Only the Com
n1unists maintained party discipline
and voted Eyes" almost unanimously.
AL this has its bearing on the
elections for new Parliament,
scheduled for November II. The
dominant question now is, what at
titude will De Gaulle take? Will he
persist in his current stand, or will
he acquiesce in the accomplished
fact2" His ability to rally the bulk
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Fair Thought
rom the Chicago Tribune

From the Chicago Tribune.
Corporation Counsel Hodes is talking
about another Chicago worlds fair for
1850. This, as the citizen will discern,
will just about solve anything.
Chester Bowles says we are about out
of bread, but Mr.. Hodes, a representa-
tive of the city hall local Of the party
of humanity. will see that We don't run
out of circuses. The OPA and the rest
of the New Deal are discouraging pri-
vate construction of housing, but there
was a considerable contingent Of con-
tractors on hand to hear Mr.. Hodes and
express their willingness to build Irish
and Swiss villages. If you can't buy .
suit or a white shirt, just reflect that
the dolly in the Streets of Paris gets by
with bubbles.
There are lot of things for the poll
ticians to solve before they get around
to carnivals Maybe by 1850 things will
be normal, but only an optimist would
be in the mind to think so right now.
And what are we supposed to be cele-
brating, anyway? Is somebody going
to tell us that happy days are here
yet again?
Evening star., 1946-10-17

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct 17-PreSi-
dent Truman is facing test OF political
strength in his own home State. At
the present writing, it looks as though
it were pretty even thing whether the
Democrats will be able to elect their
candidate for the Senate-Frank P.
Briggs. And Enos Axtell, their candi-
date for the House in the 5th congress
sionai district-for whom Truman inter-
vened in big way in the primary-is
up against tough fight.
If Mr.. Briggs and Mr.. Axtell, or either
one of them, should fail in the November
S elections, Mr.. Truman's prestige,
which has already had severe jolts,
would deteriorate in Missouri, and even
to more marked degree in the country.
Obviously the administration and par
ticularly Democratic National Chairman
Robert E. Hannegan-who halls from
st. Louis and who had great deal to do
with the Truman nomination for Vice
Presidents going to throw the whole
works into the State to win in these
contests. It will be the same kind OF
effort as that which was made when
Mr.. Truman undertook to purge Demo-
cratic Representative Roger G. Slaughter
Cl1C jill ulStTlCG@dliu cuSSCCdSA'
4 X
1t was with great pleasure, therefore,
that Democratic leaders in this State
viewed the Presidents decision to re-
move al controls from meat. The meat
shortage, arousing resentment OF the
farmers and ranchers, as well as OF the
housewives, has been one OF the princi-
pal irritants which are helping to turn
Missouri from the Democratic to the
Republican Party.
The question is, however, how much
good this 11th-hour move will do the
Democratic cause. The time Is short
before the voters go to the polls. Some
of the Republicans say that it will at
least be better for the Democrats than
had the President insisted on keeping
OPA controls on meat. Some OF them
even admit that it may bring few Of
the outraged Democrats back into line,
to vote for the ticket.
The trouble about the meat question
50 far as the farmers of Missouri are
concerned is deep seated and Of long
duration. They have been disguised
with the "yea and nay" operation o. tie
OPA. and of the administration. First,
the price of corn was raised to such
degree that it would be improbable to
feed it to hogs and cattle, and the hog
crop suffered thereby. Second, the Gov
ernment offered to pay 80 cents bushel
over the OPA ceiling price in order to
send corn to Europe, and third, 1t PAID
a similar bonus for wheat for export
after the farmers had sold their Wneat.
Nor are the consumers of meat and
pork likelv to be happy in the immed1-
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Accent on Safety

James M. Lands, chairman of the
Civil Aeronautics Board, has raised
a question which has occurred to
many persons of late as they have
noted the frequency Of airplane
disasters: Is airline safety being
given as much attention as speed,
comfort and other competitive
services? Mr.. Lands told the Ma
tional Aviation Clinic that the COM
mercial airlines seem to be in too
much of a hurry-not only with
respect to delivery of their pas
sengers to their destinations in the
shortest possible time but also pos
sibly in the matters of crew train
ing and plane maintenance.
Mr.. Lands indicated that CAB
investigation of some of the recent
series of serious plane accidents has
revealed human faults" which tend
to raise the question of whether the
airlines are doing a satisfactory
job" of training pilots and maintain
ing equipment. He declared that
the CAB intended to see that safety
is the continuing primary con-
cern" of civil aviation authorities.
The announcement that a radar
system of controlling the approach
of planes soon is to be installed at
the Washington National Airport
and at La Guardia Field, New York,
and the Municipal Airport, Chicago,
is a reminder that much can be
done to enhance safety at the Ma
tons airports. Electronic ground
controlled approach" was wartime
development which enabled military
planes to land blind" in darkness
or fog. Yet, more than year after
the end of the war, fradar is still in
the "experimentar' stage in the
field of commercial aviation. One
reason for this undoubtedly is the
difficulty in obtaining the necessary
equipment. Ground-controlled ap-
Evening star., 1946-10-17

The Council of Foreign Ministers,
which reconvenes in New York next
month after an unhappy experience in
Paris, will have as its first task the final
preparation of peace treaties with the
Axis satellites-a distressing enough
problem in itself. When 1t has come to
some conclusion on these matters 1t
will grapple for the first time with the
crucial problem of Germany
Discussion OF peace treaty with Ger
many was deliberately delayed in the
belief that longer period was needed
for denazif1cation and establishment Of
unified German economic administra-
ton. and that the time could be better
spent disposing of the less troublesome
matters Of the Balkans, Italy and
- Finland
If the treaty making for the Axis
satellites was difficult and well-nigh
split the Big Four, treaty y-making for
Germany will be much more trouble
some because it Is here-and in Austria
that Russian strategic policy heads
up. 1t is in Germany that the Allies
and Russia come into most intimate
and potentially violent-contact, and
that cooperation between the wartime
Allies has proved most difficult.
The Russian aim is unified Germany
as satellite Of the Soviet Union-just
as Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and
Czechoslovakia have become. The
British American aim also is unified
Germany, but re-created in the demo-
cratic likeness and existing ultimately
as a free, self-respecting, law-abiding
member of the commonwealth of
nations.
If the Paris Peace Conference Is any
criterion of what Is to come in regard
to Germany. the points Of most violent
friction can already be foreseen.
First of ALL of course, will be the
question of unified German admins
tration, economic to start with and
political In the not-too- distant future.
A certain measure of political RESPONSE
bility has already been placed on Ger
mans in all four zones, but principally
in the American zone. The Russians
also have German officials well up the
administrative scale, but everything they
do Is under far closer control than in
the American zone.
Preparations will prove hard nut to
crack, with the Russians demanding
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Little Lost Sheep

The sheep. in ghostly t,pos and threes,
are lost
In toggy pockets OF the da,Dn: orisdills.
Mother = OF pearl. or sAk-und-siloer.
Tossed
HotD shall I find them? What amor.
phous trail
Shall take uptodrd through the hals
that cloak
The little ones in ,Dreuthes and shrottds
and iDhirls?
Mouing along the crest IN ,Draiths OF
smoke?
Hugging the holloto. spread in ,Doollv
curls?
Epen as fog has silenced bells that might
Take me to Them so it has closed upon
And stifed epery cry hurled through
the night,
And thinned my poice into the spec
tral da1Dn,
While neD ,Dhite tides Of Jog come IN,
defeating
Echoes OF distant, thin and futile bIedt.
ting. COSETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star., 1946-10-17

PARIS, Oct. 17.-Portugal. long lost
in seclusion, looms large today on
strategic and political maps Of the
world. BY the side of North Africa,
Sicily and Egypt Cor as much Of Egypt
as NAV remain available for British
American planning, Portugal is re-
parded in military conferences at the
highest level as a critical spot upon
which war operations could hardly fail
to hinge in the future.
In Portugal, the western world would
find one of its main bulwarks. Several
facts are emerging into the light OF
publicity which point to an outstand-
ing function that Portugal might full
fill in such circumstances.
One of these facts is an arrangement
recently concluded by American and
Portuguese negotiators concerning the
status of the air base on Santa Maria
Island in the Azores Archipelago. This
air base was built and provided with
the most up-to-date equipment by
American firms on commission for the
Portuguese government. AS long as the
war lasted 1t was used by American
forces.
Near by, on no less than five islands,
the British imperial staf had at its dis
posal an elaborate set of air and naval
bases. So far British military authori-
ties have not announced their inten-
ton Of Withdrawing men and material
from that stronghold. But Santa Maria.
at any rate, isn't going to remain under
any kind of de facto American occupa-
ton.
OF course, it will be open to United
States Army, naval and air commands
to avail themselves of the island as a
relay point homeward for troops.
BY contrast British scheming for the
years to come seems to be made more
directly, openly and on bigger scale.
Three divisions of the Portuguese Army
are reported to have been already
fully equipped with British war ma
terial. Air defense and coast defense
are in the hands of British experts.
Last but not least the port OF Lagos.
in the Province Of Algarve, is being
transformed into naval station Of
the hrst magnitude, an undertaking
Evening star., 1946-10-17

proach facilities should help to re-
duce the number of accidents due
to poor visibility during landing
operations.
But even the finest safety de-
vices will be of little avail If crews
are not properly trained and planes
are inadequately serviced and in
spected. That is point which MIR.
Lands is justified in stressing and
which the airlines must keep up
permost in mind if they are to merit
continued public confidence.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
The Political Mill
Bv Gould Lincoln

ate future. While there will be an in
crease in the number of cattle and hogs
reaching market, it will be insufficient
to meet demands within the next few
months, and while there is a shortage,
the prices are bound to be high. The
cattle on the ranges are thin-they are
not beef cattle" in the true meaning OF
the word until they have been fed. 1t
takes q couple Of years, or even three,
to produce beef cattle, from the calf to
the steer 1t takes six months to year
to produce an adequate crop OF hogs.
The trouble today is that the Govern
ment threw a monkey wrench into the
whole machinery-with a consequence
that there are real shortages of beef
and pork.
The feeling toward President Truman
in Missouri has undergone a serious
change since a year ago. Missourians,
Republicans and Democrats alike,
wished him we'll when he entered the
White House. Today there is no feeling
of hatred toward Mr.. Truman-rather
it is one of sorrow and regret.
1t is generally understood that he
inherited q difficult and almost impos-
sible situation from the late President
Roosevelt. But what Missourians feel
is that there have been too many blum
ders on the part of Mr.. Truman, and
they are inclined to blame him for the
slowness in reconversion from war to
peace economy. for the breakdown OF
all wage controls, with consequent in
crease in all prices. And they blame
him for the shortages in all kinds OF
consumer goods, from sugar to farm
machinery. They think the President
did not use his own best judgment when
important issues arose, but allowed him.
self to be swayed by advisers who ia.
vored doing everything possible to keep
in line the radical, left-wing voters.
All this is heavy handicap to Mr..
Truman and his party politically. 1t
would be difficult to find Missourians
who today would predict the reelection
of Mr.. Truman in 1948, If they were
to speak their honest conviction. OF
course. the Democrats are hopeful that
conditions will change, that Mr.. Tru-
man will get the breaks" from here on.
But they haven't any conviction that
such will be the case.
The principal question right now, with
the congressional elections just around
the corner, is whether this anti-Tru-
man, anti-Democratic feeling has
reached such proportions that it will
result in a victory for the Republicans,
a victory sufficient to give the COP con-
troll of the new Congress. Political OBJ
servers here say that the people are
sore, but are not saying much. They
have been unable to find real turbu-
lent uprising.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
This Changing World
By Constantine Brovn

fulfillment of the Potsdam provision for
delivery to them of rs per cent Of the
plant and equipment in the western
These deliveries have been brought to
a standstill because Of Russian refusal
to fulfill another Potsdam agreement.
namely, the establishment OF unified
German economic administration.
German frontiers will provide tight
political dispute, in which there Is
plenty of room for horse trading. In
the west, France wants the Saar Basin
outright and creation of an internation-
allied zone out. of the Ruhr and Rhine
land. In the east the Poles occupy ter
ritory up to frontier which is deep in
former German territory. The United
States has served notice that this
frontier is still to be decided, with the
prospect that it will restore some areas
to Germany The Czech German bor-
der is not likely to cause too much of a
problem, for both Czechoslovakia and
the abutting portion Of Germany are
under Soviet control.
A large number of other more tech
nical problems can be foreseen, but
the positions taken by the Big -Four
at first and later the other nations who
fought the Nazi Reich can be fairly
well reduced to the issue Of Russian or
western democratic control of re-estab-
lished Germany.
The discussion of how long the Big
Four will occupy Germany will bring this
issue clearly to the fore, with Russia
because of her ability to outstay the
other powers-arguing for long occu-
patton, and Britain and the United
States-because of their desire to re-
lieve renascent Germany of as much
as possible of the occupation burden
attempting to limit the term of occupa-
ton so far as it is consistent with de-
notification and entrenchment in Ger
many of a native administration which
can be depended on to preserve itself
against both German and foreign
enemies.
The question of Germany is scheduled
for a No. position in the list of world
problems, just as soon as the principal
powers can come to grips with it, for
what is done about Germany will decide
what happens to Europe-and the world
i'm coming generations,