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Evening star., 1946-01-17

civil war to an end in China, and the
British are trying to prevent one from
breaking out in India as soon as the
Tommies are gone. If this much can
be done, it is very great deal from
the point of view of the average man
and woman of the 800 millions
But to do it, the foundations, at least,
of orderly, responsible government must
be laid. Those foundations must be
broad enough to include participation
by all elements within the country
And so far as possible, no one pres
sure group or political party or reli-
gious faction must be left in possession
OF disproportionate power, power enough
to sweep away the good beginnings as
soon as opportunity arises.
**
These objectives will not be easily at
tained. either in China, or India, or
anywhere in Southeast Asia. They will
mot be attained by handing over power
to the first group of politicians which
comes forward calling itself a govern
ment. They will not be attained by
leaving minorities of any kind at the
mercy of hostile majorities, without
means of protection. They will not
be attained by favoring one group of
politicians or warlords at the expense
of another. They will not be attained
by leaving workmen and peasants at
the mercy of local capitalists, with no
recourse against an exploitation that
might we'll be far more rapacious than
any exploitation of East by West has
ever been. They will be attained only
by some system of basic guarantees, of
checks and balances, which shall be Sc
curely founded on the basic rights Of
human beings as such, whether they be
Nationalists or Communists, Moslems or
Hindus, rich or poor, white, yellow or
brown.
The governments we leave behind us
as we march down to our ships, we
and the British, must be governments
which have pledged themselves to OBJ
serve these basic human rights in their
dealings with their citizens; and they
must be governments which are SO con-
stituted that it is reasonably probable
that they will continue to do so. More
cannot be asked of us. Less we dare
not settle for, in our own interests and
the interests of mankind at large.
The accomplishment of this task Is
one in which personalities will be of
enormous importance. 1t is task to
which we must give our best. 1t is no
work for second-rate men.
tcopyrisht 1s46. N. Y. Tribune, InsJ
Evening star., 1946-01-17
Speaking for the District

Representative Karl Stefan spends
most of his time in Congress repre-
senting the people of the third dis
trict of Nebraska, who sent him here.
But as ranking minority member
of the House Subcommittee on Dis
trict Appropriations, Mr.. Stefan ad-
dressed the House yesterday as "a
District of Columbia Representative
in Congress-" He was trying to speak,
said Mr.. Stefan, as "the gentleman
from the District of Columbia"
would speak if he were representing
the best interest of his constituency.
In the course of his speech, Mr..
Stefan made one of the best sum-
maries of the fiscal problems facing
the District ever delivered on the
House floor. He called attention to
the increasing area of tax exempt
land, which now is greater than the
land available for taxation-exclud-
ing the streets and alleys. He showed
that the people of the District are
contributing 176 per cent more in
local revenues than they did in 1922
but in the same period the Federal
payment has decreased by 35 per cent.
He compiled a list of free taxes"
enjoyed in the District by the Fed
eral Government which total S14,-
$4,000 annually He emphasized
the increasing cost of running
the District-an increase of 81 per
cent since 1930-as contrasted with
the diminishing sources, of local rev.
enue, and he repeatedly asked the
question: Where do we GO from
here?"
"The time has come when we must
all consider Washington as a great
national city existing for millions
of citizens throughout the Union"
said Mr.. Stefan. COMMITTEE after
committee and expert after expert
have studied and reported on this
matter of fiscal relationship. Now
let's have some action. X 1t is
true, we can do as we please because
the sovereign power in the District
of Columbia is lodged in the United
States. . Yes, we have the power
and we also have the power to deal
fairly with the municipal govern
ment which we created. 3 = If you
fail to render full justice to this Ma
tion's Capital City, it will be only
because you fail to recognize its
relationship to all other cities, to
all States and to all the people of
this great Union"
Mr. Stefan's own proposal was to
increase the Federal payment until
such time as formula for meas
uring it annually can be agreed
upon. That is what should be done
this year, and the chances of its
being done are improved, in The
Stars opinion, by the fact that Mr..
Stefan spoke yesterday not merely
as representative of Nebraska and
of the District of Columbia, but as
a representative of an increasing
number of men in Congress who
believe in dealing fairly with the
voteless people of Washington.
Evening star., 1946-01-17

called rebels II they were not supported
by strong power. But under the pres
ent circumstances their chances of
defending the capital are practically
NIL The "rebels," who made the coup
in Azerbaijan with forces equipped with
only small arms and little artillery, are
reported now to possess tanks and other
modern war paraphernalia.
No one in Washington would be sur
prised to hear within the next few
weeks that the ''reactionary" Iranian
government has been overthrown and
replaced by a new truly democratic
regime" composed of many sympathiz-
ers of the Azerbaijan regime.
This would be nothing new in the
chameleonic picture of the United Ns-
tions. It has been done in Poland and
in YugoSlavia and the governments of
both countries were recognized by the
United States and Great Britain after
some perfunctory discussions and make
believe" agreements whereby the pup
pets of the Moscow regime gave full
guarantees for free elections and demo-
cratic behavior
Once the present regime which is
opposing Russia's Intervention in Trans
domestic affairs is overthrown, the
situation in that section of the Middle
East will be cleared up.
The new government which, II it
rises to power, must be grateful to Rus
sia, will not find 1t necessary to present
the Iranian case before the Security
Council of the UNO. After perfunctory
face-saving negotiations it likely will
be recognized by the other powers and
will take the seat now occupied by the
government which is still recognized by
all the other nations.
The UNO, it is pointed out cynically
in Washington, is not concerned with
governments" but with people II the
people of Iran or any other country
decide to choose new set Of men to
govern them, 1t is not matter to come
before the United Nations OrganiZa-
ton.
An investigation of the social en-
gineering" which brought about such
changes would be too troublesome, par
ticularly inasmuch as one of the large
nations is directly involved in the OPP
Grafton. Any such intrusion might give
offense to one of the Big Three and
cause a disruption of the harmony
among the big powers which consider
themselves the pillars of the world or
ganization for maintenance of peace.
Evening star., 1946-01-17
Aid to Asiatic Peoples
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

Imperialism. old-style. is dead.
That goes for political imperialism
and 1t goes for economic imperialism
such as the powers used to operate in
China, not to mention what our Latin
American friends used to call dollar
diplomacy
Anyway, political imperialism usually
had an economic angle, and economic
imperialism always had political angle.
The reason why imperialism is dead
is not that men have grown less greedy
or more benevolent. The reason is that
in the age of air power and atom bombs,
security is more important than profits.
And security can only be had for all
when every one has a vested interest in
it. 1t is no longer possible for the mil
lions of North America and Europe to
be secure unless the millions of Asia
and Africa are likewise secure, and un-
less those millions have each good
and sufficient reason to want every one
to be secure. In other words, the pillars
of the new security must be men and
women sharing responsibility for the
security of the community. Any large
group which is permanently cut off from
responsible, interested participation in
the common task is and will remain a
danger to the whole. The world COM
munity cannot continue to exist half
slave and half free, any more than could
this American community when Lincoln
spoke those words.
Writing along these lines recently,
I pointed out the particular need for
bringing the peoples of Eastern and
Southern Asia into this realm of re-
sponsible, interested participation in
the affairs of the world community, and
the heavy burden that is imposed on
the United States and Great Britain in
this respect-especially for the United
States in China, and Britain in India,
with about 400, 10000 900 human beings in
each.
These responsibilities are not to be
discharged as is sometimes urged, mere
ly by getting out, regardless Of conse-
quences. That might well be to leave
chaos and bloodshed behind instead of
at least, the beginnings of orderly gov
ernment. The western powers must get
out eventually; indeed, they must get
out as soon as they possibly can. The
new freedom in India, the new unity
in China, must begin as soon as possible
to work out their problems in their own
way. The most that can be done to
help them is to try to get them off to
peaceful start. We are trying to bring
Evening star., 1946-01-17

the time is not distant when our
choices must be made known to the
UNO. After that, since this is not
a problem that can be handled in
an entirely unilateral fashion, there
will have to be full international
discussion. Finally, lest the story
of Guam be repeated all over again,
Congress and the American people
AS whole will have to see to it that
our armed forces never lack the
money and means to maintain any
of the key bases to be established.
Evening star., 1946-01-17
Winter

The frost dra,Ds intricate designs
Upon the DindotD pane.
Sno,Us lies like huddled sheep upon the
hills,
And doapn the lane
5lue ShadotUS hold loneliness
As when the day and night cnress.
Behind the boughs OF leafess trees
The sunset burns like gold,
And children seek safe shelter round
hearth fires
From Uirtds and bitter cold.
Spring tempts young, eager feet to
roam,
But Uinter cnlls the wanderers horts.
EDITH TATUM.
Evening star., 1946-01-17

To ignore such telltale factors as
assets, earnings and general reputa-
tion and prospects of a corporation
is to run a gamblers risk fraught
with many pitfalls. And If this type
of irresponsible speculation should
become widespread enough. the ul-
innate consequences could be run
away market reminiscent of the hec-
tic days of 1927, 1928 and early 1929.
The New York Stock Exchange is
performing valuable public service
by calling these dangers to the at
tention of the investing public.
Evening star., 1946-01-17

Calvin Coolidge declared that:
Zone with the law is a majority"
but he did not continue the discus
sion by suggesting what would hap
pen if the one should indulge his
right to change his mind perpet-
ually.
Evening star., 1946-01-17
Churred Black, Doubtless!

From the Meriden (conn) Journal
Something is burning in the oven
while the cook and neighbors are
practicing on their fiddles In the front
parlor. We strongly suspect that it's
the goose of American business,
Evening star., 1946-01-17
Disagrees With Mr.. Ellis

To the Editor Of The Star:
I read with amazement the Lesson
for the Week" by William T. Ellis, pub
lished on your church page on Janu-
ary 5. refer particularly to the con-
clusions that Mr. Ellis drew from his
Lesson for the Week." namely: only
by the acceptance Of Jesus Christ as
Messiah will unity and world favor come
to the children of Israel"
1t is amazing to me that in the year
1916, year during which the nations
of the world, we hope, will begin to put
into practice the great lesson of re-
ligious freedom, Christian leader still
breaches the doctrine that any group
that does not accept Christianity is un-
worthy of world favor
Does Mr., Ellis propose that Moslems
and Buddhists, too, are subject to dis
favor because they follow the dictates
of their conscience, or are only the Jew
ish people, from whom Jesus Christ
sprang, to suffer because they have
been unable to accept the Saviour of
Christianity as their Messiah?
of all sects that they continue to recog-
nize and respect the fundamental diff
ferences that exist between religious
faiths, but at the same time emphasize
the fundamental similarities that exist.
Only in that way will the world reach
state of unity, good will and peace.
RABBI SAMUEL H. BERKOWITZ.
Lesson in Japanese Pronunciation
To the Editor of The Star:
In his reply to Ogden. in your issue
dated January u, Frank Colby Is mis-
taken. The name Yamashita as pro-
nounced over Radio Manila is correct.
1t is pronounced as Japanese from
Tokyo would pronounce it. The Tokyo
accent is reckoned to be the purest
in Japan. I have heard Yamashita
spoken Of by his staff officers, and
that is just how his name is pro-
nounced.
In ordinary normal conversation one
does not stress every syllable, partic-
ularly if you are pronouncing name
Graham is said more like gram" than
gray ham," It's different, of course,
if you are pedantic purist BY the
same token. therefore, Yamashita is
Yoe- e-MAH-shi-tuh, or Yer-MAH- -shi-
tab, depending on whether one comes
from Tokyo, Yokohama Or Korea.
As for accent, in words of more than
three syllables the accent falls on the
last but one, except when that syllable
contains an 81" or "u," in which
case the accent Is thrown back on the
preceding syllable. This is the case
with the name Yamashita, which is
dramatically Yah-MAH-s -sh'tah and
never YAH-mah- -shee- tab.
CAPT. w. A. NICHOLAS.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Col. B. |. Jacobson
dies al Manassas
Special Dispatch to The Star.


MANASSAS, Va, Jan. 12.-Col.
Benjamin L. jacobson, USA retired
sc, died at his home here Thursday
after brief illness.
Entering the service as a private
in 1898, Col. jacobson served in the
Spanish American War, the Philip
pine Insurrection, the World War
and World War II. He was dis
charged from the service in 1904 and
re-entered as a captain in 1917.
Col. jacobson held an L. L. B. de-
gree from Georgetown University
Law School. He was a graduate of
the Command and General Staff
School in 1923 and the Army War
College in 1928 During the World
War he was awarded the Distin-
guished Service Medal.
Col. Jacobson was a member of
the Masonic Lodge, Military Order
of Foreign Wars, Manassas Kiwanis
Club, Prince William County Cham
ber of Commerce, and Prince Will
liam Post, American Legion.
His wife, the former Miss Leigh
Hough, Manassas, is his only sur
vivor. Col. Jacobson's brother-in-
law, Thomas E. Didlake, Manassas
attorney, died Wednesday. Funeral
services and burial will be at Arling-
ton National Cemetery at 1:30 pm.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Five Women Worker.
IAt Meade Fired for
POW Fraternization

Fort Meade officials yesterday
confirmed reports that five women
civilian workers at the post have
been discharged for fraternizing
with German prisoners of war.
The report was publicized in the
Andrews Field News-a soldier pa
perrin verbatim reprint of an ar
ticle published by Fort Meade pa
per. The paper said four of the
women had confessed to such acts
of determination as giving a pris-
oner pint of whisky, buying pres
ents for prisoners wife and dis
tributing candy, cigarettes and
chewing gum in the prison COM
pound.
One woman was accused of pass
ing note to a prisoner giving her
name and home address in nearby
community, an act which struck
military authorities as encouraging
break for freedom.
In pointing out how serious the
cases against the five women are
the newspaper said, a Fort Meade
official said that all of them "bor.
dered on treason" The newspaper
said, Heavy penalties could have
been imposed, including terms il
prison and stiff monetary fines.
However, following a Thorough
investigation of the cases, no fur,
ther action was taken by Fort Mead,
authorities after the quintet hat
been expelled from their jobs.
ct was stressed that only in tn
United States would the penalt,
be as light as it was in these cases.
The names of the women wer,
not disclosed.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
| Woman Swallows
Needle While
Eating Pastry

While eating pie last week. a
woman found needle in her mouth
During her effort to remove it. the
needle became imbedded in her
throat, the Red Cross Accident Pre-
vention Service reports.
In its weekly summary of home
accidents, it also reported five deaths
Of complications from falls and one
fatality from illuminating gas.
A 23-year-old woman was bitten
by cat and a. 62-year-old woman
was bitten by rat. While carving
basket of freshly laundered cloth
ing down her back porch steps, a
woman fell and fractured kneecap
Another woman punctured hand
with an ice pick while attempting
to repair a salt shaker.
Because -f1e smoked in bed. a man
went to the hospital with burns on
the arms, chest and hands. The
Red Cross said that 10 District hos
pltals gave first aid and hospitaliza-
tion to 103 victims of, accidents in
homes. 1t gave this summary: "a in
Jured in falls, 81 suffered cuts and
lacerations, Is burned. two suffered
gas poisoning and 81 cases were
listed as miscellaneous.
And a 5-year-old girl swallowed a
Red Cross button.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Alexandra Recreation Areas
Used by 14l, 1873 During Yeqr

The increasing popularity of rec
reational activities in Alexandria is
shown in a report by Alan He'll, di-
rector of the city's Recreation De-
partment, revealing total attend
ance during 1945 of 141, 1928 persons
at the various activities sponsored
by the department. This is an in
crease Of 25,423 over the 1874 figure.
Greatest increases we're noted in
the spring and summer Fairgrounds,
which drew 54,535 persons in 1945
as compared with 44,066 in 1914, the
municipal swimming pool, which re-
corded 28,248 in 1945 against 23.057
in 1914. and teen-age activities with
an attendance of 1858 in 1945 and
only 1925 in 1914.
A football clinic and a six-man
football program introduced for the
first time last year drew 5000 par
Elephants, while the addition of a
community center when the colored
USO building was turned over to the
city was accountable for the great
increase in colored participation.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Six Persons Are Injured
In 2-Car Crash at Berwyn

Six persons were injured, two seri-
ously, early yesterday in head-on
collision of two automobiles on the
Baltimore boulevard at Berwyn.
Pvt. Edward Davenport, "a, and
Gene Nance, %, both of Greenbelt,
were admitted to Leland Memorial
Hospital, Riverdale, suffering from
possible skull fractures. Pvt. Daven-
port later was transferred to Walter
Reed Hospital.
Mr.. Nance's wife, Marie, q, who
received a fractured jaw and pos
sible hip fracture, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Brosmer, IS, Greenbelt, with
a possibly broken nose, also were
hospitalized
Prince Georges County. Policemen
E. j. Huber and J. H. Burgess said
the four were in a car driven by
Mrs. Brosmer's husband, Lawrence
"a, who was treated for a possible
nose fracture and released.
The driver of the other car, iden-
titled by police as Robert w. Little
IS, of 1911 Delaf1eld place NV, was
treated at Leland Memorial Hospital
for decorations Of the face and one
knee and was released. Both drivers
were charged with reckless driving
pending a hearing at 10 am. Janu-
airy 81 in Hyattsville Police Court
Evening star., 1946-01-13
OES at Silver Spring
lnstoIIs Mrs. Wheeler

Mrs. Catherine A. Wheeler has
been installed worthy matron OF
Silver Spring Chapter No. 66, Order
Of the Eastern Star, with James E
Witherite as worthy patron.
Other officers are Mrs. Pearl B
Witherite, associate matron; Charles
M. Smith, associate patron; Miss E
Alice Gladmon, secretary; Mrs. Edna
c.. Pumphrey, treasurer; Mrs. Sue
H. Swindell. conductress; Mrs. Ruth
F. Lee, associate conductress; Mrs
Elsie L. Wheeler, chaplain; Mrs
Eta E. Thompson, marshal; Mrs
Mary R. Marston, organist; Mrs
Dorothy M. Headley, Adah; Mrs
Reba Enyeart, Ruth Mrs. Grace
T. Regnier, Esther; Mrs. Marion B
Billman. Martha: Mrs Helene l.
Davis, Electa; Mrs. Elsie Heilman
warden, and Elmer A. Nelson
sentinel.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Owner Of Dog Killed by Car
Seeks Body for Rabies Jest

A 5-year-old Arlington girl may
have to take anti-rabies serum be-
cause some one removed the body
of dog killed on Lee boulevard
Friday night or yesterday morning
The dog, black Labrador re-
triever. had scratched Patsy Lank-
ford. of the 100 block of South
Aberdeen street, on the check a few
days ago while romping with her
according to the animals owner, A
P. Haskell, l25 South Aberdeen
street, Arlington
Mr.. Haskell said the dog was te
be kept under observation for II
days to determine if it had rabies
A neighbor reported seeing the body
of the dog on Lee boulevard between
North Edison and North Granada
streets after it apparently had beer
struck by motorist, but the dog
had been removed when Mr.. Has.
kell arrived.
The dog had a leather collar bear.
ing the name Prince Haskell anc
the Aberdeen street address, he said
Mr.. Haskell would like information
on the dogs body So that the heac
may be examined. His phone num-
Der is Chestnut 9142.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Montgomery Federation
To Hear Tax Law Report

A report on the new persona
property tax law in Montgomery
County will feature the January
meeting of the Montgomery County
Civic Federation at 8 pm. Monday
In the Bethesda Elementary School
Lewis B. Sims, chairman of the
Public Finance and Budget Com
mittee, will discuss the financial
aspects Of the new law; Walter H
McClennon, chairman of the Legis-
lation and Legal Action Committee
will discuss its legislative aspects
and a. representative from the coun-
ty assessors Office will explain its
practical application.
Samuel Stonebraker, chairman OF
the Public Utilities Committee has
arranged to have representatives of
the Capital Transit Co. and the
Oriole Coach Lines discuss their
requests to the Maryland Public
Service Commission for franchises
to furnish bus service between
Bethesda, Silver Spring and College
Park.
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Arlington Official to Seek
Pension Plan for All EMPLOYEES

Arlington County Board Member
Leo Lloyd said last night he will
ask the county delegation in the
Virginia General Assembly to offer
legislation setting up pension and
retirement system for all county
employees, rather than a system lin
tied to police and fire department
members as proposed earlier last
week.
Mr.. Lloyd, who pointed out that
he had proposed retirement sys-
tenn several years ago, said he
though 1t would be impracticable to
set up a retirement and pension
system that did not apply to all
county workers.
while I have not seen the draft
of the proposed police and firemen's
pension measure" he said, Il hope
in its final form 1t will be fair to all
employees. If so, will support it."
Meanwhile, three other members
of the flve-man board expressed
their views on the pension and re-
tirement plan for police and fire-
man. A bill to set up the system
was drafted by former State Sena-
Evening star., 1946-01-13
Falls Church Citizens
Planning Club for Boys

A group of residents in the west
end section of Falls Church is
organizing boys club in a move
to combat juvenile delinquency.
The action follows a recent meet
ing of residents of the area at the
home of Ralph B. Ley, president
of the West End Citizens Associa-
ton. Donald Coffelt and Herbert
Moran have been named temporary
secretary and chairman of the by
laws committee, respectively, for the
group, which will meet again next
Saturday.
According to Mr.. Ley, sponsors of
the proposed club hope to provide
recreational activities for boys, in
cluding formation of baseball club
He added that two members of the
group have offered the use of their
Easements as clubhouses while 9TH
ers will sponsor such activities as
indoor and outdoor athletics, hikes
and a boys band.