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Evening star., 1946-06-30
Capital Sidelights
BIZ Will P. Kennedy.

More tnan score OF CongreSSmen
were taken on an abbreviated tour of
the Capitol this week by. veteran en-
ploye who amazed them by pointing out
how the rotunda and the old Hall OF
Representatives, most frequently called
"Statuary Hail." had been used for q
National Art and Industrial Exposition,
from November Is to December 3, 1882.
The object of the enterprise was to
raise fund to aid In the erection Of a
statue in Washington to the memory of
the late President Garfield. President
Arthur formally opened the affair, es-
corted by John w. Thompson, chairman
Of the Board of Directors. The Presi-
dent and his cabinet were seated on q
platform. The justices Of the Supreme
Court in their ofIicial robes, members Of
the Senate and the House, the diplomatic
corps in court dress, the General of the
their STATS. the Garfield Guard of Hon
or and members of the Society of the
Army Of the Cumberland occupied seats
in the east half Of the rotunda. Con-
spicuous in the assembly were Gen.
Keifer. Speaker of the House, and Gems
Logan and Sherman, Senator's
The walls Of the rotunda were draped
with maroon-colored cloth as back
ground for the exhibition Of pictures
and statuary. The rotunda was quar-
tered by aisles intersecting in the cen-
ter affording four sections for the dis
play of works of art. In the center,
where Garneld's remains had lain in
state about a year before, stood a
bronze Gothic temple containing a CO.
lossal bust Of the martyred President,
over which q lantern Of handsome de-
sign was kept burning.
That was gala week in the old House
chamber. usually somber as some ban
quet hall deserted" Under direction of
a committee Of women from all the
States. bazaar was held displaying
flowers, fancy work, bric-a-brac. bon
bons and souvenirs for sale. Special
displays and demonstrations of arms
were given by the War Department and
apparatus by the Life Saving Service.
Pianos were placed in the small rotunda
or light well to the north OF the main
rotunda where there was group singing.
which reverberated through the Capitol
corridors.
Even to the lower floor the exhibition
extended. The crypt was decorated and
emblazoned with lights as place for
Washington merchants to display their
wares.
The exposition was the last big social
event held in the Capitol. 1t did not
net as much as expected due to the
heavy expenses. At midnight on Sat-
urday, December 2, all the goods then
remaining unsold were auctioned. Much
damage was done to pictures in the
rotunda. This resulted in resolution
by Senator Henry B. Anthony Of Rhode
Island, passed by the Senate, prohibits
ing the use of the Capitol for other
than its legitimate purposes.
Evening star., 1946-06-30
Exit Mr.. BowIes
Leon Henderson is a man who r,

Leon Henderson is man who could
sympathize with Chester Bowles.
Regardless of what might have been
the results under any form of OPA
legislation, the time had come for
Mr.. BoWles to quit. As a crusading
price administrator, going far be-
yond any reasonable limits to the
activities imposed by administrative
responsibilities, he drew to himself
much of the personal abuse that
otherwise would have been directed
at the price control law. It was
probably true that some members of
Congress were as anxious to get rid
of Mr.. Bowles as to end price control.
In his conduct Mr.. Bowles has fol-
lowed the precepts which became
more marked under Mr.. Roosevelt
than under any other President.
Administrators have taken on the
job OF aggressive and jealous cham
pioning of the measures they were
given to enforce with a. resulting
emphasis on personalities that some
times overshadowed the issues.
While there may be certain advan-
tageS in this sort of crusading, they
are to a degree offset by the injec-
ton of personal likes and dislikes
which tend to eclipse the merits of
legislation or policies. And when
public sentiment begins to sour on
the statute, the crusading admins
traitor who has made himself the
guardian of the statute is left so far
out on a limb that there is nothing
left to do but saw it off as graciously
and as quietly as possible.
In his letter to Mr.. Bowles, the
President was right in dismissing as
unjust the criticism that Mr.. Bowles,
in seeking perpetuation of price con-
troll legislation, was trying to per-
petuate himself He has stayed on
the griddle longer than he intended
to. He has been courageous in his
fight to retain OPA, but his motive
could not be reasonably connected
with personal ambition. He fought
hard for what he thought was right,
and If the Presidents veto message
is as prophetic as it is fortnight,
Mr.. Bowles may live to see himself in
retrospect as more Of hero than he
ever got credit for being while on
the Job.
Evening star., 1946-06-30
Revival of On Old Evil

The apportionment rule, suspended
during the war when the Govern
ment was crying for manpower in
the departmental service, has been
revived by the Civil Service Commits
sion now that the emergency is
ended, and District of Columbia res
idents again find themselves victims
of discriminatory hiring principle
which allocates jobs here on the
basis of State population. One glar-
ing inequity resulting is that local
people who took wartime berths
have no chance to keep them per-
manently. no matter what their
qualifications may be. II eligibles
can be procured from other jurisdic-
tions. And the same unfair restric-
tion applies, of course, to local resi-
dents seeking appointment.
Because of the element of proX-
unity, the District and neighboring
States always have had more than
their statutory quota of positions
here. In large part this condition
has derived from the fact that resi-
dents Of other localities-particu-
larly those at some distance-have
been unwilling to come to Wash
ington for the sort of employment
usually available. Until the war
emphasized the weakness of the
procedure. residents of these over
quota areas always were passed over
for appointment if vacancies could
be filled otherwise.
In the renewed application of this
system, the commission is opening
the gates to still another type of
discrimination which benefits en-
ployes who have come from other
States to Maryland and Virginia,
both of which are in the over-quota
category. Hitherto, such workers
have been governed by the Mary
land or Virginia quotas, as the case
may be, in competing for promotion.
Now they may claim the State of
origin for quota purposes if it will
be to their advantage, even though
they may have gone so far as to take
up new voting residence.
Because there still is heavy de-
mand for clerical personnel, the re-
vival OF apportionment is not cal
culated to cause widespread dismis-
sails among local appointees in the
near future. Another saving factor
is the commissions praiseworthy
action in exempting from apportion-
ment certain upper-bracket tech
nical, scientific and administrative
positions.
But so long as the basic evil re-
mains. the merit system is injured
correspondingly and the people of
Washington are victims of a curl
ously unfair type of discrimination.
Evening star., 1946-06-30
District War Record

The consolidated list of Army dead
and missing in World War II shows
that the District Of Columbia, as
usual in the past, has paid for free
dom an unequaled price in precious
lives. War Department calculations
indicate that the mortal casualty
rate for the Nation as whole was
298 per cent. For Washington,
however, the percentage was sos.
Even when it is remembered that
the list OF the fallen includes Regular
Army officers who gave their home
addresses as: care of the Adjutant
General" and elderly retired officers
who were recalled to active duty
during the war, it still is evident
that the figure is high.
So likewise was the toll Of District
dead in the First World War. Total
voluntary enlistments in the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps in 1917 and
1918 were 1914, larger number
than in any one of seven States and
only trifle less than in three other
States. Under the first and second
draft registrations of the same era,
1851 men were inducted into
the armed services. Thus the
number of volunteers and conscripts
from Washington reached 1884.
Before Germany surrendered at the
close of the original global conflict,
it was estimated that $4,000 individ-
uals-women as well as men-had
been enrolled in the several de-
tense services. When the District
War Memorial was dedicated on
November II, 1881, it was announced
that 400 persons who had been resi-
dents Of Washington and who had
died in the First World War were
commemorated in it. At least 10
soldiers were recorded to have been
killed in battle and % to have sue
cumbed to wounds sustained in
action.
Losses in the past war natu-
rally were greater. The United
States was engaged in World War II
more than twice as long as in World
War I. It sent it's soldiers to more
than thirty different fronts between
December, 1941, and August, 1945.
The fighting often was savage for
days on end. It therefore is not
remarkable that the War Depart
ment has listed 1929 Army losses.
The heroic dead loved their homes
in the Capital of their country. It
was that those homes might be
free that they made the ultimate
sacrifice. How paradoxical it is that
this fact is neglected or altogether
forgotten in its relation to the dis
Evening star., 1946-06-30
Toscunini's Protest

Arturo Toscanini is again in the
political limelight, and for much the
same reason. On the first occasion
his refusal to continue to conduct
the La Scala Orchestra in Milan
and his voluntary exile from his
native land were hailed throughout
the democratic world as a telling
demonstration against the Fascist
tyranny which Mussolini had i'm
posed upon Italy. Today the world
famous conductor refuses to take
this same orchestra to a concert
scheduled in Paris because of pro-
found bitterness caused by interna-
tional events which can be inter-
preted as a reference to the Paris
Conferences vindication against
Italy in favor of France"
Signor Toscanini refers. of course,
to the decision arrived at by the
Foreign Ministers Conference the
day before, indorsing Frances claim
to Briga and Tenda, which has raised
a veritable storm of angry protest
and denunciation from all sections
of Italian public opinion. This out
burst should be evaluated as caused
by wounded national pride much
more than by the material value of
two mountain valleys useful only
for a moderate amount of hydro
electric power. Their strategic i'm
portance is more considerable, fur
ther strengthening Frances Alpine
border, which already favors that
country. Yet, effectively considered,
it would seem an unwise acquisition
if purchased at the cost of Italian
ill-will that might. long hinder the
resumption Of genuine cordiality be-
tween two peoples who have every
Evening star., 1946-06-30
This Nation, Under God
By the Req. G. Custer Cromre'',
LeUts Memorial Methodist Church.

The Old Testament, sacred to
Jews and Christians alike, opens with
the account Of how, "in the begin
Ming" God brought forth order out
OF chaos. made provision for mans
physical welfare, and then turned
the world over to him with the COM
mand that he "be fruitful, and
multiply; replenish the earth and
subdue it."
From that time until the present,
man has continued the struggle to
conquer his physical environment.
In this century, because OF mechanic
cal inventions, 1t has become possi-
BILE for the first time in history to
grow enough food and to provide
for its distribution that famine may
be prevented. And yet, In spite OF
this, famine is more widespread
and starvation more imminent for
millions than ever before.
AS we seek to account for this
paradox We are brought face to face
with mans failure to recognize his
total environment. If we should
conduct poll on the question, What
constitutes your environment" very
few would add to their physical sur
roundings their human associates
and also their Divine Creator. It
is because Of this, that man, with
the greatest capacity for production
ever known-a capacity undreamed
OF one hundred years ago-faces the
gravest crisis of human need.
X xx
Mans failure to adjust his social
environment, ie his failure to achieve
international brotherhood, has not
only caused the wholesale destruc-
ton of the material blessings neces-
sary for life, but the mass murder
of able-bodied men who should be
planting and ploughing and pro-
viding food for their fellowmen.
Even this failure. however. is not
mans basic failure. His basic
error is that he has ignored God
as part of his environment.
It has been said that: Man
lives in two worlds: the world
of the flesh and the world OF the
spirit" Really. however, his environ
ment is threefold-things, men. God.
He has learned to make a multitude
Evening star., 1946-06-30

Of things to provide for life and COM
fort. but he has not learned how to
live in such mutual cooperation
as to prevent conflict. The Nations
Of the world are scething in turmoil
because Of economic, political, social
and racial tensions within each ma
ton. The race Of man is trembling
in fear because of international
tensions. What Is our hope for
deliverance?
Eighty years ago, In the midst Of
our country's first great crisis, Presi-
dent Lincoln pied that: This Ma
ton, under God, shall have q new
birth" The United States Of America
came into being because the leaders
OF the struggle for Independence
believed that they were men under
God" God was part Of their en-
vironment. Ignoring his dependence
upon God, you cannot explain George
Washington's tenacity or the final
victory Of his threadbare. emaciated.
farmer-army.
Moving forward through q maze
OF untrodden ways, our fathers,
under God," evolved a new political
structure which today stands as q
stronghold for human rights among
the nations of the world.
Today, not only We in America, but
all mankind, are confronted with
mans greatest crisis: A crisis brought
on by our failure to learn how to
live together. This is Gods judg-
ment upon mans refusal to recog-
ni7e his true position in the world:
That he is in the world under God"
Our hope then-yes, humanity's
hope-is that. beginning with our
selves, we shall become a Nation
under Cod; that we shall recognize
that He is part OF our environ
ment: that this Is His world; that
all men are His children, and that
His way is the way Of cooperation
for the good Of all-co- operation
between all classes and races within
each Nation, and cooperation be-
tween the Nations. Then shall the
hungry be fed and the naked clothed.
for God provided abundantly for all.
Then shall men live together in peace.
and only then.
Evening star., 1946-06-30
Meanwhile, D. c. Is VoteIess

From the Peoria Star
We see little evidence Of public COM
placency or cash-happiness. We hear
q good many remarks that indicate
eagerness to register protests in the
November election. Politicians who
think the public Is Indifferent are going
to be surprised, We think, when the
votes are counted next fall
Evening star., 1946-06-30

abilities under which District citi-
zens live! Washington invariably
has played a major role in winning
and preserving the freedom for
which its sons and daughters have
died but from the full exercise of
which their heirs are shut out.
Evening star., 1946-06-30
Black Murios Exempt

From the Boston Globe.
OPA has removed the ceiling on patrol
wagons and effect OF the move on
private enterprise will be carefully
watched.-Boston Globe
Evening star., 1946-06-30
Might Knock OFF Roof Instead
From the Indianapolis News.

From the Indianapolis News.
Rockets and pilotless airplanes may
deliver mail In the future. but they
won't knock at the door TO- collect
.---tage d.. o.
Evening star., 1946-06-30

clsm, in search of what tickles the tired
appetite of the sensation hunter, may bs
harmful in its effect upon the unthink-
ing but it cannot explain away the
efficiency and suitability of the organ
ization set up by the Combined Chiefs
OF Staff and based upon the experience
which had already produced excellent
results in other theaters Of the war.
The Supreme Commander here paws
no empty compliments but he does make
brief references to outstanding features
OF the British contribution to victory
which will be read with pleasure in this
country. He describes Field Marshal
Montgomery's tactical conduct of tho
operations in the Caen sector as mas
terly." He praises the combined effort
OF the Admiralty. the Royal Corps Of
Signals and the Post Office in providing
the landing force with q submarine
cable at an early stage and recognizes
fully the effort involved in the prepara-
ton OF Mulberry" He pays tribute to
the two British officers who played so
great part in the venture and lost
their lives before its end, Admiral Sir
Bertram Ramsay and Air Chief Marshal
Sir Trahord Leigh Mallory. But still
more important is his insistence upon
the harmony and good fellowship in
which his staff worked, "obliterating all
distinction OF national outlook in their
Jealous service to single organization,
while in the field of battle the men Of
the allied armies fought shoulder to
shoulder under my supreme command"
General Eisenhower himself will always
be remembered as the very personif1ca.
ton Of the greatest experiment in inte-
grafton hitherto made in warfare and
for the success with which, under his
leadership. it served the cause for which
it had been created.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-21

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row. I suppose. Hes always there.
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-21
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-22
PACIFIC NORTHERN AIRLINE5 CARRIES
 B, TUESDAY TRIPS

Pacific Northern Airiinss yester- day flew two sections to and from Juneau.
 Flying to Naknek with Captain Ernie Davis, First Officer Jack Dean and Stewardess Dorothy Mather were Ralph Mize, R. Sutterlin, J. Ekern, c. Benson, V. Kochergin, l.. Rasmussen, H. Miller, J. P. Ewing, L. Grogan, L. Allen, K. Kasperson; to Kodiak: Wilbur Scott; to An- chorage. Eel Robert, Glenn Powell.
 Arriving here from Anchorage with Captain Matty Springer, First Offi- cer Tony Gomez and Stewardess Dorothy Barry were Howard Baker, Bill Wagner, Ut. Commander E. s. Fletcher, w. c. Arnold, s. c. Wright, Leon Wies, David Carley, Myron Morgan, C. w. Wright, How ard Davant; to Cordova: Melvin Hecox; to Anchorage: Jane Jones, Mrs. P. Phillips, zelma Rounds, Hugh Rounds, Carol Rounds, Harold Rounds, David Rounds, Mrs. Freida Egtvet, John Huff, Elsie Stougffer-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-22
HULA DANCER TO BE
 FEATURE OF EMBLEM
 CLUB CABARET DANCE

All Elks and their ladies who haven't yet made their reservations for the Cabaret Dance being given by the Emblem Club Saturday night at the Elks Hall had better get busy and get their names down, unless they want to miss really good time. according to committee members who are arranging the af- fair.
 A variety of specialties will be provided for entertainment. in cluding scngs by Marecha, we'll known and popular entertainer; Roy Hartsfield and his guitar; plus an attraction not too often seen in Juneau, a hula dancer who IS the real thing" committee mem bers say.
 Matheny's Orchestra will furnish the music for dancing, which starts at 10 o'clock, continuing until 2 o'clock. Lunch will be served during the evening.
 Mrs. Art Hedges is taking care of the reservations, and may be contacted by calling 112.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-22
,orse. Fairbanks. and Nome:

horse, Fairbanks, and Nome:
 From Seattle: Walter Seelig, Glen Powell. James Parks, Alfred Adams Harry MaoKay, Virgil Klinkham- mer, Jane Jones, Winnie Phelps, zelma Rounds, Hough Rounds, Carol Rounds, Frieda Egtvet, Har- old Rounds, David Rounds, Ned McClarren, Edna Graham, Charles Thomas, Lorang Rasmussen, N. Kochergin, Glen Benson, Karl Kas- person, Richard Sutterlin, H. Miller, Levi Allen. Leslie Grogan, Joseph Ewing. James Ekran.
 To Seattle: Evelyn Fisher, Jesse Foster, Elaine Harrington, Carol Harrington, Faye Cypher, Bill Wag- ner, Howard Davent, Myren Moran, John Schetzler, Edna Schetzler Mamie Ratcliff, Robert Ratcliff Ruben Daumer, Robert Kelm.
 From Whitehorse: George Morris, Dora Morris, Ned Morris; from Fairbanks, Michael Haas; from Nome, Elizabeth Cross.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-05-22
ICE CAUSES MAJOR DAMAGE TO BRIDGE
 ON ALChN HIGHWAY

Gus Skinner, Office Manager for the Alaska Road Commission here, today disclosed that reports have reached him of considerable ice damage to the Robertson River bridge at Mile 1858 on the AL can Highway, just west of Tana- cross.
 Three of the six huge concrete piers set in the stream to support the steel-truss spans of the 1,8O0- foot structure have been moved for some distance by glacier ice pres sure, the reports state. At present, light traffic is being permitted to cross the bridge but it is possible that a suspension of travel may later be required as ice Effect thick is reported still in the river yet to move out. It is estimated that some months work may be needed to repair the structure
 This has been the second winter for the Robertson River bridge. Built in 1943 by the U. S. Army, it survived the first without ill ef- feet.