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Evening star., 1946-09-05

The stage has been set for New
York State election in November which
may make Gov. Thomas E. Dewey the
Republican nominee for President
again-or Senator Mead the Democratic
nominee for Vice President when 1943
rolls around. Mr.. Dewey was renomi-
mated for Governor at Republican
State convention in Saratoga, and Mr.
Mead was named to run for Governor
by Democratic convention in Albany.
The governorship of New York is no
small prize in itself. 1t has been often
a Springboard for national office-as in
the cases of Van Buren, Grover Cleve-
land, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin
D. Roosevelt-and for presidential NOM
nations, for example of Alfred E. Smith
and Charles Evans Hughes, who was
Governor before he became a Justice of
the Supreme Court. But this year spe-
cial significance is given the guberna-
torial election contest. If Gov. Dewey
should fail to be reelected his prospects
for presidential nomination two years
hence would be dimmed beyond repair.
If Senator Mead should be elected Gov
ernor, he would be logical nominee of
the Democratic party to run with Pres
ident Truman in 1948.
Mr. Mead has been indorsed and
placed on the tickets of the American
Labor party and the Liberal party, as
well as that of the Democrats He may
even have the support of the Communist
party if that party withdraWs its own
candidate for Governor. The failure of
the Communists to place candidate
for Governor in the field in 1888 was
responsible, it has been charged, for the
reelection of the then Gov. Lehman,
Democrat, over his challenger, District
Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. Four years
later Mr.. Dewey won election as Gov
ernor against j. ]. Bennett, the Demo-
cratic nominee, when the American
Labor party would not go along with
Mr.. Bennett-"Jim" Farley's selection
and put a candidate of its own in
nomination.
Otf-year elections-when no preSi-
Dental candidate is in the field-have
almost invariably seen gains in Congress
and in State elections by the political
party out OF power. The Republicans
made such gains in 1888 and in 1912
They were not sufficient, however. to
give the COP a majority in either
house Of Congress. This year the Re-
publicans are more hopeful than they
have been in a long time. The late
Franklin D. Roosevelt is no longer at
the head of the Government; there is
a good deal of unrest among the people
because Of governmental restrictions
placed upon them and because of high
taxes and inability to purchase peace
time products and materials The high
command talks hopefully of taking so
seats from the Democrats-25 more
than is necessary for bare majority.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
s. This Changing World /
By c Constantine Brown

After his precipitate and unsched-
uled trip to Moscow, Foreign Minister
Molotov is believed to be ready to pre-
sent his Paris conferees with demands
which the Kremlin considers as a mini
mum for Russla's continued participation
in the peace deliberations at Paris and
New York.
Molotov has made tactical errors at
Paris and has thus allowed himself to
be placed on slippery ground. His
maneuvers have put the onus of break
down squarely on Russia. The consul
tation with Prime Minister Stain and
the members of the Politbureau are be-
lieved in American diplomatic quarters
to have produced set of requirements
which the U S. S. r. considers essential
to its security"
Rejection OF the requirements by the
other foreign ministers of the big
powers would place Russia in position
to denounce the capitalistic democracies
as responsible for complete stalemate
of the present parleys and would give
important propaganda ammunition to
the Russian government to influence its
sympathizers throughout the world. Ac-
ceptance would place the Soviet govern
ment once more in the drivers seat and
enable 1t to exact further territorial and
political advantages all over the world
in months to come
In the meantime, Russia's policies
continue to be aggressive. This is evil
denced by the new attitude of Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia, who is being used
as a political weathercock by Moscow.
* x
Although for diplomatic reasons. the
U. S. S. r. has not been drawn into the
controversy between the United States
and Yugoslavia which followed the
shooting down of two American trans
port planes and the killing of five
American aviators, there is more than
circumstantial evidence that Tito's air.
men had been tipped off on their way
to Udine. This enabled the Yugoslav
interceptors to be in the air in time
to attack the unarmed American trans
ports.
While last week it appeared that the
Belgrade government had accepted
without restriction the American 'ulti-
matum' by releasing the pilots and
passengers of the plane shot down on
August and giving military honors to
the five flyers who were killed on August
Evening star., 1946-09-05

denied Governors promotion to the
United States Senate. Eight Governors
have tried for the Senate and have
failed.
There were local issues, too The Leg
islature recently had taken a million
dollars from funds marked for old-age
assistance. This raised big protest,
and Grlswold received part of the blame.
This had its part in the result
There was some talk in the campaign
OF the fact that Senator Butler voted
against the loan to Britain. But his
answer was that he supported the
United Nations He denied any isola-
zionist intentions. In any event, this
issue seemed to have made little i'm
preston upon voters.
Stassen came into the State and made
a number of speeches supporting Girls
void. He was we'll received and favor
ably commented upon. But his efforts
made little difference in the result
Good judges of the situation say that
Griswold was doomed before Stassen
appeared
Now that the issue has been resolved,
all Is harmony in the Republican party
in Nebraska. At the State convention
last week Griswold graciously supported
Butler Senator Wherry spoke Of the
need Of the national party for the
services Of Griswold. And speakers in
the convention put forward Wherry as
an excellent possibility for the presi-
dental nomination two years hence
There seems little doubt about the con-
tinuation of Republican dominance in
the State. The four representatives in
the House from the State were elected
two years ago by about 10 per cent of
the vote. All are running again and
win probably be reelected. Butler will
probably be reelected, and with him
the Republican candidate for Governor,
Val Peterson.
Nebraska is not isolationist, but has its
own ideas about selecting its public
ofiicials
Mslsassd b. The A.seeistsd Msvsespsrs InsJ.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Still Anonymous

The State Department was we'll
advised to repudiate the anonymous
spokesman" who hastened earlier
this week to cross swords with Gen.
eral Macarthur over an issue that
was both synthetic and absurd.
This unidentified official of the
department took exception to Gen.
eral MacArthur's first VI day an
niversary statement, and in an
exclusive" interview with a news
paper friend said that the general
on his own initiative had launched
an anti-Communist campaign in
violation of his American policy
dlrectives from President Truman.
This story was dressed up with
added inflammatory touches by the
reporter and published on the front
pages of some newspapers.
Subsequently the State Depart
ment said that there was no truth
to the "spokesman's" statement.
General Macarthur, it was declared,
had not violated any American
policy, nor was he supposed to clear
his comments with the department.
Presumably this disposes of one as
pect of an incident which was silly
on its face-silly because all that
General Macarthur did was to point
out that Japan, as the prize in an
theological conflict between democ-
racy and communism, can become
either a bulwark for peace or a
Springboard for war. This is pat
emily true, and since it can hardly
be American policy to deny an OBJ
vious truth, it should have been
evident that General Macarthur had
not violated American policy.
But this does not dispose of the
anonymous spokesman, who remains
unidentified and presumably still
securely lodged in the woodwork of
the State Department. If he can
be Identified, however, the respon-
slble officials ought to get rid of
him, for the department is plagued
with too many of these nameless
trouble-makers.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Surplus to Chino

Altnough the Yenan Communists
have strongly objected to it on the
ground that it will strengthen Gen.
eralissimo Chiang's hand against
them, the agreement to transfer to
China our nonmilitary surplus
property in the Pacific - property
which originally cost about $500 000,-
000-has one basic objective: Name
ly, to help the Chinese people as a
whole, irrespective of their political
divisions, to get back on their feet
economically and thus enjoy better
chance to achieve internal unity and
peace.
The property involved is. made up
of about 100000 tons of movable
equipment located in such places as
Okinawa, Guam, Saipan and on the
soil of China itself. 1t does not in
clude aircraft, ammunition or ar
maments of any kind. 1t includes
only items like trucks, ships, motors,
prefabricated houses, d-building
machinery and similar articles that
can be of very great help in pro-
noting economic rehabilitation. To
be sure, some of these things, though
nonmilitary in themselves. could be
used in the battle against the Com
muniStS, but nothing in the agree
ment with the Chang government
lustifies such a suspicion, the fact
being that some Is months may be
needed to complete the transfer
and that the properties are to be
distributed as much as possible
through normal commercial chan
nelS in China.
Described as our biggest aid-to-
China move since the. end of the
war, the agreement does not rep
resent free gift. Apart from the
fact that return of the surplus to
our own shores would have been of
doubtful feasibility, the transfer to
the Chinese obligates them to pay
an estimated fifth of the original
cost of the equipment involved. This
they will do by cancelling our in
debtedness to them for wartime
facilities, by making available to us
money for the acquisition of such
things as consulate buildings in
China, and by establishing a special
fund for an educational and re-
search exchange with the United
States. 1t Is worth noting, moreover.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Flomsteed Tercentenury

The three hundredth anniversary
OF the birth of John Flamsteed, first
Astronomer Royal, occurred on Au-
gust 10, but the event, which nor
mally in less troubled times would
have been subject to world wide
notice, passed unregarded save for
few brief articles in the British
press. 1t seems to be characteristic
OF the modern age that little seems
to matter save pickering and re-
sultant tension. Meanwhile, con-
structive values are neglected.
To illustrate the point, an inter
national celebration of the tercen-
tenary Of Flamsteed would have
Afforded opportunity for mutual
consideration of an achievement of
science which has benefited man
kind everywhere and harmed man
kind nowhere. He was a person
whose whole career was dedicated
to "the dissemination of knowledge
among men" If any individual
lived up to James Smithson's ideal,
Flamsteed certainly did. Yet his
service was performed, in spite of
poverty and physical suffering as
well as professional antagonism.
At sixteen, his health was so poor
that it was necessary for him to
leave school. The leisure thus pain
fully acquired, he spent reading all
the astronomical works he could buy
or borrow. In 1870 a contribution
to the Philosophical Transactions
embodying his calculations of ap-
pulses to stars by the moon gained
him the respect of astronomers
throughout Europe.
Flamsteed's appointment as "as-
Economical observator" was dated
March 4, 1878. He began to observe
Systematically with a mural arc on
September IL, 1889. The results of
his labors were urgently needed"
by other scientists, but Flamsteed
desired to postpone publication
until his. celestial survey had been
finished A quarrel with his erst-
while patron Isaac Newton de-
veloped from this difference of opin-
ion on publication. Meanwhile,
Prince George Of Denmark had
undertaken to meet the cost of
printing the anticipated book. 1t
appeared in 1712 under the title
Historical coelestis" Flamsteed's
own edition was not issued until
1725. His death took place on De-
cember 81, 17l9, and the task of
bringing out the three volumes was
performed by his assistant, Joseph
Crosthwait. assisted by Abraham
Sharp.
What has happened since Flam-
steed himself turned away from his
desk for the last time has been
largely an expansion Of his enter
prise. Astronomers, inspired by his
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Power Within the Soul

Power Within the Soul
To the Editor OF The Star:
Various incidents show that as yet
the earth knows no peace. Nations, as
well as individuals, are growing at each
other like angry dogs.
America, armed to the teeth with the
atomic bomb, can be hurt by smaller de-
fenseless nations as we'll as larger ones.
But weapons, be they archaeological,
biological gas or atom, never insured
peace. We must remember Germanys
mighty strength, and to what it finally
was reduced.
No, peace is matter of ethics, rather
than physics. Men must be taught
mercy and understanding toward one
another, lest in hatred they destroy
completely the God-given, beautiful
earth.
All this falls quantity on 1946 ears.
But even We moderns still believe that
there is an inherent power in the souls
OF men mightier than the atom. II
this atomic force were set free, it would
insure security of life and property.
MARIE c. COMMINS.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Brief Hovejn

Time is no stalaUart isle on phich ,Ds
stand,
with granite cliffs to front the rising
sea.
Beneath our feet there lies no solid land
To giDe good promise for tutnrity.
Time is an ice foe nibbled ccaselessly
By eddying hours and stoift imperious
tides. ~
Constructed groi0s our halcyon island
see
What little time its crumbling rim
Gbides.
But tenderly our cool small kingdom
rides
These boarded moments on the grotc-
ing siDell.
A cherished tUhile so TRANQUILITY it clides
Before it turns to depths irreDocnble
And hnrIs us forth on dark and lonely
joan
kn0toing no p1v to s,pim or tDhers lies
honse. FRANCES HALL
Evening star., 1946-09-05

example, have explored stellar spec
ira, measured and weighed thou
sands of stars, investigated sources
of energy in the heavens, attempted
to measure the depth of space be-
tween the Milky Way and distant
galaxies presumably bigger and
brighter than our own coSmic Or
ganization. The end, of course, is
not yet, and three centuries are
only single tick of the clock of
eternity.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Letters to The Star
Americans Regarded Naive
Concerning Russia

To the Editor Of The Star
I quote three extracts from Sundays
publications:
Harold Calender, writing from Paris,
tells US: Instead of merely rejecting
freedom of trade in Eastern Europe, Mr.
Molotov now comes out on, public plat
form to oppose freedom of trade any,
where and to accuse the great western
powers of using that doctrine to en-
slave smaller countries by placing them
under the yoke of capitalism There
upon Mr.. Byrnes replies that Russia is
re-creating in Central Europe the Nazi
system of economic domination"
Michael Hoffman adds from Paris
these lines: I'm substance, the Russian
message is that the United States was
enriched by the war; is seeking to ex-
plot the weakened economies of smaller
countries, and is threatening the friend
ly economic settlements worked out be-
tween some of those countries since the
end Of the war;
4llCl SolilCo Ch-VAdyOl LID SudI uld
from London, where he has arrived from
Russia. He is very pleased with himself
because UNRRA has finished delivering
(free, of course approximately a quar-
ter of billion dollars worth OF. goods
to White Russia and the Russian
Ukraine, and he hopes to add large
quantities of American made agricul-
tural implements!
Could there ever be a more naive peo-
pie than we are? Can't we realize that
Russia has disowned all the decent prin-
ciples of the Atlantic Charter and in
tends to dominate the world, econom-
ically and politically, If she can. More
over, as UNRRA supplies Poland and
other Eastern European countries, Rus
sia drains them economically, yet
UNRRA supplies Russia, too. D. S.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
This and That
By Charles E. TraceueU.

Feed the birds, feed stray cats and
dogs. feed the bees with raisins, but
don't send food to peoples who only
want to be fed up to treat you nasty
again."
Templeton Jones was in an oratorial
mood, and some people don't like Tenn
pleton Jones when he is serious. Per-
haps his statements are too true for
some persons to take
Truth is wonderful, we have been
told. and by it no man yet was harmed.
but at times it hurts. (We have been
told that too)
we were not interested in Jones' DO
htlcal opinions, nor in those of many
another famous personages, most OF
whom managed to rate more space on
the front page.
What did interest us, and no doubt
many others, was his tip to feed raisins
to the honey bees.
Immediately We took few choice
specimens, and put them out on the
porch rail.
Before we got back indoors, here came
a bee!
We saw it first, and got inside be-
fore it saw us. Some people are allergic
to bees, you know. And bees, being
wise beyond their size, know when a
human being is easy meat.
Just what fun bee gets out of sting
ing perfectly harmless person is un-
known You would have to be a bee
to know.
Bees do dislike certain persons. It is
thing well known in bee culture.
Maybe they do it by smell. Odor among
the creatures of earth is a far greater
factor than among humans
In fact, probably 80 per cent of all
the people have very poor noses. They
do not mind" as they say, bad smells.
They are unable to tell the difference
between scents. Some persons are even
blind, when it comes to odors not being
able to tell the difference between the
sweetest flower and the garbage wagon
on its rounds.
Honey bees like raiSins. rather for
food than for honey making purposes
Talk about bee, and you imme-
diately think of honey, but a bee is
hungry, too, and wants something to
eat while on those 10000 900 trips max
ing up his one pound of honey.
That's a lot of trip taking, Just to
make one pound of honey.
Honey is good, but not as good as
some of the food faddists would have
you believe.
Since more and more people have
taken to using honey, as a result of
sugar being hard to get, all sorts of
filters and adulterations have been used
with the result that newcomers to honey
will never know how real honey tastes
Honey is one substance you can add
nothing to nor take away from with
out injuring 1t, and spelling its UNIQUE
taste.
Bees know honey better than any one
else, because they make It, eat some of
1t, and store the rest so that man. the
universal grabber and exploiter. can
come along and take it away from
them.
We were glad to see the bee on the
railing, munching away at his raisin.
One raisin would do honey bee all
day long
He is little, and does not demand
much food.
satisfaction down flew catbird, and
took the raisin in his beak and flew
away with 1t.
- 1t was another demonstration of the
law Of the jungle, that the largest takes
what he wants, and it would be a good
thing If our dear old Uncle Sam didn't
forget 1t. II he doesn't want to take,
himself, he ought to be big enough
and keep big enough-to see to 1t that
no one else takes, either.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Mr.. Mellett in Error?
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Lowell Mellett in The Star for August
81 makes an error in putting Ad-
miral Halsey's remarks about our ships
going where they please in the category
OF 'admirals and generals sounding of
for their personal qualification" Ad-
miral Halsey was not speaking as
naval officer but as an elder statesman,
a new Office recently created. Elder
statesmen are Immediately under the
President and not the Navy Depart
ment rs Mr.. Mellett infers.
@. A. SEVANE.
Evening star., 1946-09-05

Wonderful, Indeed, Is Progress
To the Editor Of The Star:
Laura K. Pollock planitively inquiries
In The Star about what has become of
the city's white wings"
Let her take heart Let her shout
with joy! Progress is here and we don't
need whitewings any more, with or
without creeping paralysis. The city
now sends large gray trucks through
the streets, instead. The trucks shoot
a strong blast of water directly at the
gutter. The force of the water lifts
trash from the days official trash COL
lection, etc, about 3 feet into the
air and with much splushing deposits
all this debris right smack on our
pavements.
Well, sir, we housewives, needing the
keep our streets clean" slogan, then
rush out with our respective brooms
and dustpans and, singing a roundelay,
gratefully sweep up all that Shiny,
smelly wet stuff the "sprinklers" slyly
left us. We empty the stuff in our trash
bins and, come the next trash collection
day, We find that the trash collectors
have left a goodly part of their take"
in the gutter, including part of the
muck We previously had removed from
the pavement.
Just after the trash collectors depart,
what do our listening ears hear but
the good old street sprinkler coming
down the street.
Hooray! They did it again!
Loan me your broom, Miz Jones,
please; mines worn clean down to a
stump"
Progress, it's wonderful
DORIS CONLYN.
Evening star., 1946-09-05

Because OF a scarcity of wild
minks, women are said to be de-
pending more and more on tame
ones for their fur coats-and tame
husbands are also quite help.
Evening star., 1946-09-05

Husbands have been defined as
domesticated wolves. Most wives
would rather have tanned dears.
Evening star., 1946-09-05

Our country now has agencies of
Government created to solve any
problem relating to human existence,
Evening star., 1946-09-05

There are two varieties of Amer
leans, Fasteners and people who
know what "catawampus" means.
Evening star., 1946-09-05
Ethical Society Independent

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Citizens Committee studying re-
ligious relations in Washington is to be
commended for it's expressed interest in
promoting tolerance and understanding,
as presented in the article appearing in
the columns of The Star on Sunday,
September /.
The recommendation that religious
subject matter sans dogma be taught
in public schools raises questions of basic
educational policy which doubtless will
be considered carefully by the District
Board of Education. The plan to include
contributions to American life of all
religions seems belied by reference later
in Mr.. Names article to the develop
ment of joint attitudes by leaders of
the three faiths. II our reading is cor
rect, this would exclude religious organ
izations other than Protestant, Catholic
or Jewish as making no worthwhile con-
tribution to American life.
Although the statistics quoted prob
ably list them among the 412,500 or 1870
unchurched residents in the District of
Columbia, we believe there are many
such who are deeply religious though not
members of one of the three major
faiths. For example, the Washington
Ethical Society is religious fellowship
without creed or dogma or racial distinc-
tions, Affirming as common ground for
all men a faith in mans moral possi-
bilities. 1t tries to implement this ethi-
cal faith through education and a re-
sponsible citizenship
GEORGE E. BEAUCHAMP,
President, Washington Ethical Society.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-10-31

erick Brown Harris. Dr.. and Mrs.
Foster will reside in Indiana where
DR.. Foster is on the staff of a
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Hobbs and
Mrs. Harry Daley of Olney have
returned from a motor trip to
Anderson, Indiana.
Mr., and Mrs. Leonard Hobbs
who have been living in the home
of Mrs. Eleanor Bailey, have NOV
ed to their new home. Mrs. Bailey
will move into her home in the
near future.
Technical Sgt. Helen Douda and
Cpl. Louise Gonser of South Post
Fort Myers, Va. and Mrs. Ruth
burnell of Colesville were guests
Sunday of Miss Ethel Thompson.
Some of the recent callers at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Granville
Thompson were Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther Cooke, Irving Mann and
friend of Arlington, Va, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy Thompson, Larry and
Beverly Thompson, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Thompson of Silver
Spring; and Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
Lethbridge of Ednor.