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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-22
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompso

The current issue Of This Month
contains an important article by A, A.
Berte, jr.. State Department member
OF President Rooseyelt's inner cabinet,
regarding what he calls "the struggle
by certain elements to seize Franklin
Roosevelts name and reputation as
sponsor for their own program"
Mr.. Berie particularly criticizes and
contradicts Henry Wallace and the late
Presidents brash son, Elliott.
He points out that although r. D. r.
sympathized with Mr.. Wallace's liberal
domestic policies, he declined to -entr,lst
him with foreign affairs, though
violent push was made to get Wallace
appointed" to replace Cordell Hull. Mr..
e1ttinius.l says Mr.. Berle, was thrown
in as stopgap. and .e.the men the Presi.
dent took to Halta to train in foreign
policy were Byrnes and Hartman"
This Is obviously true to fact and
dispels the idea that Mr.. Roosevelt con-
sidered Mr.. Wallace the spiritual heir"
to his external policy.
Regarding Elliott Roosevelt, Mr.. Berle
says: 9a W. 3a
~ 'sTiie fact is that Elliott saw little Of
his father after Christmas. 1914. He
never saw him at all during or after
the Yalta Conference where the Presi-
dent engaged in q last heroic attempt
to harmonic the views Of the three
great powers"
And how did President Roosevelt feel
toward Mr.. Churchill and Britain? If
he felt as contemptuous as some re-
corders would have us believe, he Ger.
tainly deceived Mr.. Churchill. Anyone
who saw Mr.. Churchill stand In st.
Paul's at the memorial service to Mr..
Roosevelt, unable to control his tears,
or talked with him privately the fol-
lowing week. as / did, knows that MIR.
Churchill believed the world to have
lost its greatest leader and himself, his
dearest friend.
Mr.. Berle says: According to Elliott,
one would suppose that Mr. Roosevelt
was fighting the war against Great
Britain and his main object was to
agree with any claim advanced by the
Soviets"
On the contrary, says Mr.. Berle, "he
thought Mr.. Churchill had 18th century
ideas Of empire. But he foresaw labor
government in Britain which would
pursue liberal imperial policy" as
Britain Is attempting, under heavy odds,
to do. But the President, says Mr..
Berle, was trying at Yalta to remove
any real Soviet complaint on the score
Of security and he was struggling to
prevent postwar diplomacy from becom-
ing grab by any one"
His concessions to the Soviet Union
we're for quid pro quo. He intended
to insure Soviet safety. In return, he
tried to get an agreement for free rep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-22
Footnote to q Fable
By Dapid Laurence

Totcn Mouse, TotDn Mouse,
Do you stu remember
Hotc It sDas in old times
with h0yseed In your hatrl:
Long fields, iDltite fields,
World tDtde In December
Do you iratch your patch OF SKI,
Wishing you sDere there?
ToiDn Mouse, ToiDn Mouse.
Do yot still remember
fS6fe iDithin your toacn nest.
Cory. snug and tporni
Old days, cold days
IN the bleak December,
Beating out to do the chores
In the face OF storm?
To,Dn Mouse, Tosrr Mouse.
Do you stu remember
CoDer- pulling brothers
In a tnmbled bed:
Housefuls, n1outhfuus,
Christmas In December
Scrappfng 0Der seconds
Turns upon the sled?
Totrn Mouse, TotDn Mouse,
Aye, but you remember
Alipavs iDill q i0flite inorld
Wider than the sea
Hdnnt you, tnupt you
IN the month December: !
Never quite reclaim you:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-22
Lotin American Economies

One OF the more interesting fea-
lures In the current financial world
picture is the trend visible through
out Latin America toward what may
be termed its economic coming -of-
age. This trend is most pronounced
In Argentina. where President
Peron's Five-Year Plan envisages the
paying-off OF all foreign bond In
debtedness and the acquisition of all
foreign-owned public utilities, but it
is also noticeable in nearly all the
Latin American republics. The gen.
eral objective is to attain financial
independence with an economy suf-
ficiently balanced to escape from
vital dependence on foreign markets,
for exports and imports alike.
Since its separation from Spain
and Portugal, somewhat over CEN
fury ago, Latin Americas economic
evolution has roughly paralleled that
OF the United States, with the diff.
ference that it started much later
and was more handicapped by gen.
eral backwardness and political in
stability. Such handicaps long kept
Latin America dependent on foreign
capital for economic development
which was confined mostly to nat
ural resources, the upshot being the
perpetuation Of what Latin Ameri-
cans term economic colonialism.
Early attempts at emancipation by
revolutionary appropriations of for
eign capital were vain, because this
merely destroyed the country's credit
and there was little or no domestic
capital available to fill the economic
void.
Latin Americas economic emanci-
patton really begins with World War
]. That cataclysmic struggle, which
broke Europe's financial supremacy
and changed the United States from
a debtor to q creditor nation, enabled
at least the more advanced Latin
American republics to liquidate some
OF their foreign indebtedness and to
lay the basis for balanced economies
by the development OF local industry.
For while, the United States tended
to supplant Europe as investor and
trader, bat much Of that trend ended
with the Great Depression of the
early 1930's. Now, World War II has
immensely accelerated the process Of
economic emancipation inaugurated
by World War I, both as regards Eu-
rope and the United States. For the
first time, Latin America bids fair
soon to be master In It's economic
house.
This does not mean the end of
foreign investment, which is still
needed even in the most advanced
Latin American economies. But 1t
does mean that foreign capital can
no longer exact special terms and
a privileged status. It must enter as
a working partner, sharing the spot
risks and participating in the re-
wards of local capital, which is now
becoming real factor in the eco
nomic picture. Provided that foreign
capital con be treasured against un-
fair treatment or the revolutionary
appropriations Of the past, there
would seem to be future of con-
structive collaboration for both fac
tors in Latin Americas evolution to-
ward economic maturity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-22
Wants Marcantonio Denied Seat
To the Editor of The Star:

Standing out to the discredit Of
democracy among the many election
races throughout the Nation Is the
tragic contest held in the 18th district
of New York, wherein the American
Labor Party's radical Vito Marcantonio
was reelected and Republican ward
leader, Joseph Scottoreggio, brutally was
murdered while on his way to exercise
his constitutional right to vote.
1t is tragic for both these reasons.
and unfortunately there is no substitute
for q human life. However, 1t seems
duly appropriate that the House of Rep
resentatives might refuse to seat Mr..
Marcantonio until investigation is COM
pleted into the motives behind the
attack, and the possibility Of certain
campaign aides Of Mr.. Marcantonio
being involved.
If Mr.. Marcantonio and his campaign
ers are found to be in no way involved,
directly or indirectly, then the House
could proceed to seat him without any
dishonorable implications.
Certainly, If Mr.. Marcantonio is as
liberal politically as he asserts himself
to be, he would feel himself doing a
service to his district to step aside
temporarily awaiting q thorough and
unprejudiced investigation
MARION EDWIN HARRISON II.
> ssAsa A. s~rEE sNw,
Favors Plenty Of Exporting =
To the Editor Of The Star:
I have no idea of what Martin a.
Wolfe has been reading for the past Is
months to cause him to think Of such
an impossible theory as declare an
embargo on everything, and export only
to those countries from which we must
import goods and then on a dollar-to-
dollar basis Yessg doing this we
would build up surplus in record time
which would oversupply our demand.
but then where would our world mar
kets be? There wouldn't be any. Eng
land, Russia, Sweden and some of the
South American countries certainly
would have all the markets cornered.
England still is very much on rationing
in order to capture all the trade pos
sible and SO are the other countries
mentioned.
I advocate world exporting to the
point Of just leaving this country with
the necessities of life BY this our in
dustries and labor would have many.
many years Of prosperity. J.C. WEST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-22
A Tenant Speaks Out

40 the Eultot Oh Inc 0thI.
What has happened to our boosted de-
mocracy when one selfish group of real
estate men can attempt to dictate
course of action to our Government which
would perpetrate another major catas-
trophe on the American public? During
the war. when all other prices were held
in line, this same greedy group of
profiteers was taking advantage Of
helpless people caught in the housing
emergency to initiate home prices to an
incredible height. Using tremendous
pressure they were able to prevent leg
lation that would have given some
measure Of protection against them. 1t
has become impossible for people of
moderate incomes to buy homes, and so
they are the unfortunate renters who
are next in line for attack by this same
group. Not satisfied with their ire
mendous profits from home sales, they
now are out for killing in the rent
field. Since rents were frozen In 1871,
innumerable houses have been bought
up by "get-rich-quick" aspirants and
exorbitantly inflated prices placed on
them. Many Of these houses are in
shameful condition. with even the most
necessary repairs being refused by the
landlords. am the unfortunate victim
of such a case and there are hundreds
of thousands like me. TENANT.
Kind. Words From the Lutherans
To the Editor CT The Star:
Members of Luther Place Memorial
Church at Thomas Circle commented
many times during the course OF the
United Lutheran Church Convention in
October upon the news coverage of the
convention given by The Star. In q
regular meeting the church council Of
this congregation passed resolution
unanimously that we communicate to
you our sincere thanks for the coverage
given by your paper to this significant
meeting of our church.
The presence of our own washington
correspondent, Caspar Names, gave
direct line OF communication from the
convention floor to the thousands of
interested persons in the Nations Capt.
tai. Mr.. Names was more than e.
reporter at the convention. His friend-
illness and his cooperation made him
an important part Of the convention
fellowship.
This little note is an inadequate, but
very sincere expression Of apprecia-
ton from Lutheran congregation
which appreciates the contribution made
BY The Star to our community.
FRANK H. PIETILA, Secretary;
1. RALPH TABOR, President,
Luther Place Memorial Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-22
Letters to The Star
"A Working Man Talks Back
to Union Leaders
To the Editor OF The Star.

to Union Leaders
To the Editor OF The Star:
A former member Of the A. r. Of L.,
now am thoroughly disguised with
the tactics of John L. Lewis and Will
liam Green, who seem TO think that
they can make the rest Of us Ameri-
cans eat dirt and Ike 1t. I include the
CLIO also.
A few weeks ago was sad because
the Democrats had lost the election,
but now ! see that it was the best thing
after all, because the "swelled head"
Of labor needs to be reduced,
The unions have been getting away
with murder too long. AS an instance
/ worked on the Pentason project and
I know that 1t cost almost twice what
it should have because of the waste in
manpower and materials. Thousands
of whisky bottles are sealed up in the
walls where men on the Job drank all
day long and were unfit to do decent
work. Some went home before the day
was over and their pals always found
a way to get them credit for q full
days work. Many thousands Of dol
lars worth Of materials were carelessly
wasted
All this Is due to the power of the
unions--a power that must be broken.
I believe all men should have decent
wages and larger share Of the profits
OF industry, but they will never get 1t
through the unions. They are only
giving the working class black eye.
Here's to new legislation which will
make striking crime, especially when
1t ties up the country like the coal
strike. Let's repeal the Wagner and
Norris-La Guardia Acts and put the
AFL and the CIO in their proper place,
the ashcan. ALEX. II. ADAMS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-22

Judging from the uncertainties
and confusing statements, stocks are
in Russian bear market.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Mrs. Susie {. Harbauqh
Dies After 3-Week Illness

Mrs. Susie E. Harbaugh, II. Of
4217 Third street NV, widow Of
Robert B. Harbaugh, an ofncial Of
the Washington Gas Light Co., died
yesterday at Sibley Hospital after
an illness of three weeks.
Born in Annapolis, Md, Miss
SUSIE" as she was known by three
generations of friends and relatives,
came to Washington when a child.
She was educated in District schools
and was a member of the Wal
lace Memorial United Presbyterian
Church, Randolph place and New
Hampshire avenue NV. She also
was a member of the Naomi Chap
ter of the Eastern Star.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs
E. Paul Abernethy. wife of Capt
Abernethey, U. S. NJ, port director
of Seattle: a grandson, David r
Petit of Washington, recently dis
charged from the Navy; three great
grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Mar
tin Gilbertson, and a brother, Will
liam T. Howe, both Of Washington
Funeral services will be held at lC
a m. Monday at the Hysong funeral
home, 1900 N street NV. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Three Identified in Lineup
Are Held for Grand jury

Three colored men, who with five
others were identified Wednesday in
a police lineup in connection with
Is recent holdups, were held for
grand jury action following arraign-
ment yesterday before United States
Commissioner Needham C. Turnage.
Held for action OF the panel under
5000 bond each were Harry c.
Young, 20, of the 300 block of G
street S.W.; Clarence N. Brown, 20,
of the 900 block of E street S.W., and
Marshall Hill, %, OF the 200 block of
K street S.W.
The case of Benjamin Lewis, %,
colored, 1900 block Of A street Sc,
another suspect, was continued un-
til next Thursday to permit him to
retain counsel. He was held under
$1,000 bond
Police said the men were taken
into custody last week following an
investigation into the shooting of
Jacob Hopkins, rs, in the throat
with his own pistol by two men who
entered his apartment in the 1900
block of D street Sc.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
New Policy Of Army
Seeks Maximum Use
Of Negro Manpower

White officers assigned to Negro
units in the Army will be replaced
by Negro officers, the War De-
partment disclosed today in an
nouncing adoption OF a new policy
aimed at maximum utilization of
Negro manpower in forming the
postwar Army.
The new policy, it was announced,
will provide for Negro units no
larger than regiments. There were
at least two separate Negro divi-
sions in World War II.
Based on recommendations of a
recent report, the new policy pro-
vides that approximately 10 per cent
of the postwar Army shall be made
up of Negro troops. This is the same
as the ratio of Negro civilian popula-
tion to the total population of the
country.
The report was made on March
4 by a War Department board of
officers under the Craftsmanship of
1t. Gen. Alvin c. Gillem, who then
commanded the 18th Corps in Eu-
rope.
To meet the requirements of
training and expansion, combat and
service units will be organized from
the available Negro manpower. EN-
ployment will be in regiments or
groups ranging down in size to COM
panies. A proportionate number of
the small units will be merged to
form a larger number of regiments.
The new policy also provides for
increases in the number of Negro
officers of company grade. These
increases will be based on the
Armys intelligence tests. In units
where so per cent or more of the
men rate in class 4 and 5 an in
crease of Is per cent in the of1icer
strength will be permitted. A so
per cent increase is authorized for
units in which more than 10 Der
cent of the men are placed in the
two classes.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
New Top Army Branch
To Push Research
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

The War Department has raised
the development of new weapons to
full partnership with other major
military functions by creating a
new Research and Development Di-
vision.
The division will rank as a general
staff section. alongside such older
units as intelligence, operations and
supplies.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower sent
out directove telling Army COM
manders that the future security
Of the Nation" depends on continu-
ance in peacetime of the wartime
teamwork of the military with civ
llian science and industry.
With this objective, the Chief of
Staff ordered into effect several new
general policies which included civ
ilian assistance in military planning
as well as for the production OF
weapons"
The new Research and Develop
ment Division will coordinate Army
research Of all kinds, including atom
bombs, rockets and aircraft, with the
activities of industry and educa-
tional institutions.
Pending the selection of director
who will be general with scientist
background, the War Department
said, Col. Gervais W. Trichel will
be acting director.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Return to Prewur Rules
On Toxicubs Due Soon

The reciprocity ruling permitting
District, Maryland and Virginia
taxicabs to pick up return fares in
any of the three areas, established
during the war to save gasoline and
tires, is expected to be abolished in
the near future.
1t Joseph D. Harrington, District
taxicab inspector, said he expects a
return soon to prewar status, under
which cab drivers were permitted
to take passengers over the District
line but were prohibited from pick
ing up fares on their return trip. He
said the present ruling, which was
created during the height Of the war.
would end like all other wartime
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Coast GombIer Slain
In GonqIond Foshion
By the Asseciotsd Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, May s.
The Staying in gangland fashion
of Paul Gibbons, 43, gambler and
eX-convict, sent police into the
Southern California underworld to-
day for clues to his assassins.
Police Chief c. H. Anderson said
there Is no doubt that the killing
was the outcome of gangsteI
activities"
Six bullets killed Gibbons yes
terday as he stepped from his cal
near his home. Several shots were
fired from a car which drew along
side, witnesses reported, then one
gunman leaped out, yanked the
PROSTATE Gibbons to sitting posi-
ton and administered a coup dc
grace in his head
Gibbons brother, Myer Gibbons
told Chief Anderson that Pau
has been in q lot of trouble over
not paying his gambling debts
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Woman Robbed Of $23
After Threats Of Death

b A colored man robbed the woman
manager of cleaning establish
ment at q Third street NE. of $23
at noon today after threatening to
kill her if she failed to hand over
the money and made his escape
despite the presence of scores OF
passersby.
Acting on tip that the thug was
seen to board a streetcar, police
surrounded the car at Eighth and
G streets NE. a few moments after
the robbery, but failed to find their
man.
Victim of the robbery was Miss
Mary Nelson, %, OF Al D street NE.
She told police the man entered
the store, Paul's Cleaners, and de-
manded money.
A uniformed policeman had been
in the store only a short while be-
fore the robbery occurred. He said
he had remained in the back room
for some time on 'hunch" that
the place might be held up.
Miss Nelson told police she was
not sure whether the thief had
weapon.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Mothers Meet Tomorrow
To Back Nurseries Bill

A meeting of working mothers has
been called for pm. tomorrow at
Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and Harvard
streets NV, to urge enactment of
the Healy bill to make child day
care centers permanent part of the
District school system.
Mrs. Dorothy Thomson, chair
man of the corporation of mothers
now operating the nurseries, said the
mothers were surprised and indig-
nant" at the action of School Supt.
Hobart M. Corning and the Board
of Education in opposing the Healy
bill.
Mrs. Thomason pointed out that
fees from mothers were accepted by
the Board of Education as part-pay-
ment Of expenses for three and
half years during the war.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
laborer Stays Land|ady
With Hatchet, Gases Self

Arthur Richards, Al, colored, la.
borer at the Bureau OF Engraving
and Printing, yesterday killed his
landlady with a hatchet in hel
house. in the 300 block Division
avenue NE. and then opened -four
gas jets on a kitchen stove and
died of asphyxiation, according to
police.
Richards, former soldier. struck
the landlady, Mrs. Inez Onley, IS
colored, several times with the
hatchet after encountering her in
the second-foor bathroom, police
said. He then went to the kitchen
on the first floor. closed all windows
and doors and turned on the gas
awaiting his own death while sit
ting at the kitchen table.
Police were summoned after Mrs
Onley's daughter Gloria, 10, re-
turned home from school and
found she could not open the front
door. She went to a neighbor s
home and police were called. They
broke down the front door and
discovered the bodies
Richards, who possessed the Good
Conduct Medal, entered military
service in September, 1912, and was
discharged last August. Police dis
closed he had been under treat
ment by private physician.
They also declared that Mrs. On
ley's husband, James H. Onley, At
had shot and killed himself in the
same house in April, 1912.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Cathedral Slayer Wins
Eighth Postponement

Justice David A. Pine of District
Court today postponed from May
10 to June % the execution date
for Julius Fisher, 80, colored, for
the Staying of Miss Catherine Rear
don in the Washington Cathedral
library in March, 1914.
The postponement was granted
pending a decision in the case by
the Supreme Court. 1t was the
eighth execution date postponement
for Fisher.