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Evening star., 1946-09-15
New Arlington Radio Station
Plans Studio at Hiqh School

Plans to establish a studio at
Washington-Lee High School by
WARL. Arlington radio station,
which is scheduled to start opera
ton october l, are being worked
out by School Supt Fletcher Kemp
and Frank Blair, station program
director, it was announced yesterday.
A schedule of broadcasts ranging
from football games to news reports
especially written for civics and
sociology classes has been completed.
1t was said.
Other features of the plan in
clude dramatic programs from the
auditorium and musical presenta-
tions by junior and senior high
school orchestras and glee clubs.
Special news programs, written
for young people. will be broadcast
directly to classrooms by means of
the public address system.
Describing the plan as "a great
forward STEP" Mr. Kemp said the
station will be of utmost value in
Evening star., 1946-09-15
Maryland Health Study
To Quiz Pediutriciuns
BY the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 14-Dr. D. c.
Wharton Smith, who heads the
Maryland State Study of Child
Health Services, said today the
group expected replies within the
next few weeks from IS per cent
of the doctors and dentists in the
State asked about their pediatric
services.
DR.. Smith said the questionnaires
would be used in survey of what
medical services are available for
Evening star., 1946-09-15

aiding us during this desperate
teacher shortage"
In addition to classroom lectures
it was said, parents and children
will be kept informed of scholastic
events by a radio bulletin board
which will be broadcast at 7:30 m
every school day and will be directly
supervised by Mr.. Kemp.
Evening star., 1946-09-15
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We'r Lost Our Lease

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before We decided surroudno
territory tokens offering outstanding bargains
high quality furniture advantage EARLY
complete Bethesda stock spectacular and
future cordially invite shop Washington
where entire staff
Evening star., 1946-09-15

Maryland youngsters. The study Is
in conjunction with a Nation wide
survey being made by the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
Questionnaires also have been
sent to all organizations, agencies,
hospitals and personnel furnishings
child health services In Maryland.
OPA Cites 81 for Auto Sales
HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. IA
(P.-OPA officials here report that
81 persons, including several dealers,
face hearings on charges of violat-
ing ceiling prices on used cars
Evening star., 1946-09-15
& SPRINGS
SOFA BEDS AND STUDIOS

Simmons Wine Tapestry Sofa Bed 1900
Maple Ann Tapestry Sofa Bed 1l4.00
Lawson Wine Tapestry Sofa Bed 5000
Lawson Blue Tapestry Sofa Bed 5000
Evening star., 1946-07-12

ing factors may be involved, the Sc
verify of this indictment may be ur-
warranted by the facts of the situa-
tion. But until those facts are off,
cially clarified, one way or the other,
the public at large will have reason
to suspect the worst, and the Ma
tional governments good faith in
the matter will be under cloud.
In the circumstances, more Is
needed than Director General La
Guardia's offhand and somewhat
confusing comment on the situation.
A thorough investigation by UNRRA
would seem to be in order, and after
that. on the basis of authoritative
findings, reforms should be made
wherever necessary, to the end that
Allied relief in China will be handled
as honestly, as impartially and with
as little waste as possible. The
American people have a particular
interest in this; 1t is their money,
after all, that is footing about 10
per cent of the bill.
Evening star., 1946-07-12
81 Alqer Boy
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.


Ingenuity and enterprise of the indi-
vidual are not vanishing from the
American scene if the experience OF an
Arizona ex-soldier is any criterion In
eight months he has run his mastering
out pay into a million n-dollar-a-y
business. Before the war he was bus
station manager.
This "character" a CT would put
it's Max Twentier Is years old. for
mer first lieutenant. When he came out
OF the Army. he yearned for ring with
the insignia of his division, and felt
other soldiers would have the same feel
ing. So he got samples made up. mailed
them to generals of the Army's los divi.
sions ana inclosed order forms. When
nothing happened, he went back to the
bus job, A short time later. he got
single order with a check for s150Oo0
from one division. Business since has
been booming and he has expanded the
idea.
Many people have good ideas, but only
few do anything about them. And OF
those who do number suffer because
of poor timing. Twentiers timing was
good. His success story is in itself suf-
ficient answer to those who claim that
America is no longer the land of op-
portunitv
Evening star., 1946-07-12
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

ated by the Russians, who thereby put
themselves in the position of receivers
of stolen goods
The suggestion of the italian Premier,
Signor de GaSperi for a customs union
with Austria, similar to the one already
concluded among Belgium, Holland and
Luxembourg. is one of the few construc-
tive proposals to come from that part
of the world. Over the years it might
obliterate the historic hostilities between
Italy and Austria over the Southern Ty-
rol and give both countries more room
to move in without taking anything from
any one else
But the Russians are opposed even
to this. For-as is clear from their past
and present obstructionism-they want
nothing less than the control of the Da-
nubian Basin. though the Danube is no
more Russian river than it is an Amer
lean, British or French stream.
II all this-and so much more-were
going to help any one, including the
Soviet Union. one could, at least, find
some method in the madness. But it
will not. The atomization, paralysis
and decay of Europe will set back
Russian recovery for generations. 1t
will ruin Great Britain. Once the pent-
up goods demand has been satiated in
the United States, it will precipitate a
terrible economic crisis here. And the
hate that is rising in every European
country against the great powers has
incalculable explosive elements
The Soviet Union is by no means the
only culprit. but our own country and
Great Britain are at least beginning to
reconsider some past policies in the
light of reality, whereas the U. S. S. R.
seems to be moving from bad to worse
In rejecting both the Byrnes offer of
25-year guarantee against German re-
armament, and the Baruch proposals re-
garding the control of atomic energy,
the Soviet is not acting even shrewdly,
but with oxlike stupidity Now the u
s. S. r. is threatening to bring paralysis
on the peace conference, first by expel-
ling China as one of the inviting powers,
then by settling the rules and proce-
dureS in advance so as to make the
invited nations into great power rubber
stamps. and finally, by demanding
two-thirds vote. thus making it possible
for a minority which Russia can con-
troll to nullify even a strong ma jority
One may be excused, under these cir
cumstances, for wondering whether the
worst thing we have to contend with Is
Just plain stupidity. Even the leader of
one of the Soviet's most abject satellites
in the Security Council recently re-
marked, privately, that he wished Mr.
Molotov would read How to Win
Friends and Influence People"
tReleaSed by the Bell Syndirate IreN
Evening star., 1946-07-12
China and UNRRA

In accusing the Chinese National
government of persistent misuse"
of relief supplies. some 800 UNRRA
workers in China have raised an
issue calling for prompt attention at
the highest administrative levels.
Director General La Guardia has de-
MED receiving any such indictment,
but even while belittling 1t he has
himself tended to confirm some of
the charges in it.
The charges include % that vast
stores of food and other supplies
have been allowed to pile up while
the starving continue to starve and
the needy remain without; (2) that
large amount of this wastefully
stored material has been pilfered,
has found it's way into the black
market, or is being lost through de-
terioration; and 80 that the Ma
tional regime has been using Allied
relief as "a political weapon" dis
tributing less than 2 per cent of it
to areas controlled by the Chinese
Communists. 1t is charged, further,
that the Chang government has re-
quested the recall of J. Franklin
Ray, American director of China's
UNRRA, only because of his criti-
cism of abuses, and that Mr.. Rays
predecessor was forced to resign
under similar circumstances.
Since transportation facilities in
many parts of China are woefully
inadequate, since the Communist
controlled areas are said by some
officials to be capable of raising their
own food, and since similar mitigat-
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Moscow's Plan for Germany

After having avoided the German
issue for many months, Moscow is
now raising the issue in what looks
like diplomatic offensive with
highly important implications. The
first move was Mr.. Molotov's state
ment, already discussed editorially,
wherein the Soviet Foreign Secre-
tary vigorously criticized American
and British policy toward the Reich
and claimed war damages Of $10,-
000,0O00OO. The very next day. Mr..
Molotov followed up with a program
of his own which, on close examina-
ton, is as clever as it is unacceptable
to the western powers.
Mr.. Molotov begins by categorical
ly rejecting projects for dismember-
ing Germany as nation, fatty op-
poses the French idea of detaching
the Ruhr from the Reich, and con-
demns the Morgenthau concept Of
Transforming Germany into an agri-
CULTURAL country. He sets forth the
eventual aim of an economically
stable, peace-loving and self-re-
specting Germany, purged Of the
militaristic ambitions which have
made it danger to its neighbors.
All this should logically evoke IA
vorable response on the part Of
nearly all Germans, who naturally
oppose and fear plans for the de-
struction of their national unity and
their economic life.
However, involved in these SEEM
ingly generous intentions are certain
conditions which will render the re-
establishment of German sovereign
ty and unity illusory except in an
almost illimitably distant future and
then under Soviet influence and
control. The Joker" is, OF course,
Russia's insistence upon $4,000
100000 of reparations for itself, re-
gardless of other reparation claims
which raise the total to heights too
fantastic for the shrunken and i'm
poNSl AeSASiA w PoJ All AAAoAAJ
decades. perhaps for full century.
Until those claims are satisfied, the
Russians would continue to occupy
their present zone, thereby compell-
ing the western powers either to do
likewise or turn over the whole of
Germany to Russian influence by
default.
This reparations proviso likewise
renders illusory the central admins
tration for Germany which Mr.
Molotov proposes, even after it has
been granted political status suffl-
cient to enable it to accept the set
tlement drafted by the victors The
result of the Russian program would
inevitably be the complete sovietiza-
tion of the Russian zone and the
evolution of the other zones in the
same direction. AS Mr. Molotov's
suggestion stands, it can hardly
form the basis for Big Four agree
p1ent
Evening star., 1946-07-12

stages. But during that period, free
trade and industry cannot be permitted
because all business must be carefully
scheduled.
The loan will not be advanced at once.
but over a period of years For that
reason suggestions by Jesse Jones, Ber-
nard Baruch and Herbert Hoover that
We provide, say. billion now, either as
a loan or as gift. and then let Britain
come back for more make much sense
1t is not idle to say that the loan will
not hasten the Labor party's program of
naturalization. Whatever helps the
British budget will hasten any spending
ideas Parliament may have
But these considerations are water
over the dam. We are confronted with
condition, not theory. We need a
self-sustaining, prosperous world. Brit
aims great trade ramif1cations are a part
OF the worlds economy. The lending
of money to Britain will, in measure,
accelerate trade, even though it may
not make 1t free. That is why it is wise
to take this step as the worlds banker.
(ReleaSed by the 81 rnc
Evening star., 1946-07-12

It is impossible not to feel increasing
dismay over the prospect of any en-
durable peace for the European peoples.
Indeed, the century of the common
man" promises. as of the present out
look, to be an epoch of the most hope.
less misery and oppression for the COM
mon" people, in whose name, to add
hypocrisy to injury, everything, nova.
days, is being done
What will become of Italy? If any
country needs increased outlets for its
population and energies, it is Italy. The
country has almost no resources except
water-power electricity. Its population
is greater than that of France. 1t can
only prosper by thriving export trade
enabling it to purchase essential ma
terials. Yet. apparently the British
with American consent-wish to make 1t
an economic colony. and at the very
moment when it is proposed to free
India
What is the prospect for Austria-until
World War l one of the great cultural
centers of Europe and almost the only
one which hao withstood 10Th CEN
tury chauvinistic nationalism? The
peace treaties of the World War de-
molished, along with the Hapsburg dy-
nasty, a prosperous economic unity, in
favor of congeries of weak states,
quarreling amongst each other across
formidable tariff walls. This condition
invited German aggression. Austria
hobbled on crutches from 1919 to 1888
when she was forcibly incorporated into
the Reich with the open or tacit consent
of all the great powers.
As early, then, as the first conference
in Moscow, the Big Three announced as
a war aim. free and independent
Austria, which naturally implied condi-
ditions making freedom and independ-
ence possible. Actually, liberated" Aus
tria is pulverized between four occupy
ing armies and Russia is engaging in
unconscionable plunder while feeding an
army out of all proportion to necessity
off country that never, since 1919. has
been able to feed even its own. Mean
while. the u. S. S. r. complains of a
shortage OF manpower.
The latest Russian decision. unilateral-
ly taken. to regard as war booty" all
Austrian property formerly in German
hands. is plain thievery. Instead OF be-
wailing the defunct Atlantic Charter it
would be more apropos to mourn the
defunct Ten Commandments. During the
war the Allied world knew and de-
nounced the methods of force and CHI
canery by which Hitler's Germany ac-
quired properties in all conquered coun-
tries, including. of course. Austria. Now
this property, instead of being returned
to the appropriated owners or the Aus
trian state, is simply being 're-expropri-
Evening star., 1946-07-12
UnconscionobIe Racket

The War Department Is to be
commended for it's action in expos
ing particularly unconscionable
racket which apparently is spring.
ing up in various forms throughout
the country with the objective of
preying on next of kin of World
War II dead The department
warned bereaved parents and rela-
tives that organized attempts are
being made to cash in on the emo
tional susceptibilities of persons
seeking additional information about
the dead-fnal burial plans, grave
locations, care of graves and the
like.
1t is not necessary to join any or
ganization-for a fee-or to con-
tribute to any fund or any indi-
vidual in order to get all available
official information concerning these
matters, the department points out.
There is only one authentic source
of such data, namely, the Quarter
master General of the Army-and
he does not make any charge for
supplying next of kin with every
bit of reliable information that Is
obtainable. All that is necessary Is
a letter requesting the information
desired. No private organization or
individual is in position to give
more or better advice. And claims
repeatedly made that priority" can
be arranged-for price-for return
of war dead to this country are obvi-
ouSly absurd. Parents who are ap-
preached with questionable propo-
Sltions of this or similar nature
would do well to consult the War
Department before replying.
Evening star., 1946-07-12

been an active member of the NaH
party was not deterrent to his obtain
ing position Of trust in the new set-up.
Factories and all kinds of industrial
equipment were removed wholesale into
Russia as were the household posses
sions of private individuals. When this
thorough "puriflcation" ended after
year of intensive work, the Russian gov
ernment was ready to present its official
plan for the future of Germany. This
consists of the establishment of a
central government which would have
complete control of the entire remaining
German territory.
There is q strong suspicion in the
minds of the American and British
policy trainers that Moscow feels now
that the Western Allies have damaged
themselves sufficiently in the eyes Of
their wards through the maladministra-
tion and lack of positive policies in their
own zones to consider the time ripe
for the German population to welcome
a Moscow-inspired central government.
Because of the stringent regulations
regarding travel from one zone to an
other the Germans west of the Elbe
River have little knowledge of the hard
ships suffered by their compatriots on
the other side. They hear merely that
land In the agricultural areas is being
taken away from the landlords and
given to the soil tillers and that there
is representative government under
Russian domination. Despite the fear
which many Germans still have for the
Russians the idea that their country
will not remain split indefinitely will ap
peal to the man in the street.
,
The Molotov political bombshell is
likely to be we'll received by the mass
Of the German people because it holds
out the promise that they will once
more have central government and
the country will no longer be divided
into small portions unable to communi-
cate with each other.
For some time there has been strong
propaganda in Germany favoring an
eventual union with the U. S. S. r. as the
only way for the fatherland to get out
Of the present impasse. Now that the
Russians have unveiled officially in
Paris the plan for unified Germany
with its main props in Moscow, the idea
is likely to gain even more favor than
when 1t was broached only vaguely in
unoficial statements from Germans in
the Soviet zone This will appeal par
ticularly to the millions who out of con-
viction or expediency were affiliated with
the Nazis and cannot make living in
the western areas They knew that COL
leagues in the east have nice juicy Jobs
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Fulse Economy

The appeal of the Bureau of In
ternal Revenue for exemption from
the so-called Dirksen amendment
serves to illustrate the unwisdom
OF attempting to bring about indis-
criminate reductions in the Federal
working force.
1t was the intent of Congress to
reduce the number of Government
employees by 100000 during the next
year. In June of 1945 there were
2,915,472 civilian employees on the
Federal payrolls in this country. BY
January, after the war with Japan
had ended, the total was down to
2,406, 1873. From that time on, how
ever, the decrease has been rela-
lively slight, primarily because en-
ployeS dropped from the emergency
war agencies have been hired by
the regular Government establish
ments. To prevent this, Congress
adopted the 'reduction-in force"
proviso, designed to force a further
reduction of 100000 employees, with
only the Veterans Administration
excepted.
The intent was admirable. But
as the appeal from internal revenue
shows, the practical workings of the
plan are something less than
admirable
In letter to Chairman Doughton
of the Ways and Means Committee.
Joseph D. Nunan, commissioner of
internal revenue, has pointed out
that reduction of 10 per cent in
his investigative force would save
the Government $10,400000 in
salaries and cost the Government
S180,00O0O0 in revenue. Manifestly,
this is false economy-especially so
at time when there is compelling
reason to track down the war
profteers who have been trying to
cheat the Government on income
taxes. Nobody knows how many
millions of dollars in taxes and
penalties might be recovered by a
competent and adequate internal
revenue staff But 1t is perfectly
obvious that the less adequate the
staff, the smaller the recovery will be
In view of this it would seem that
Congress should exempt internal
revenue from the scope of the
amendment, as it seriously con-
sidered doing when the proviso was
adODted
Evening star., 1946-07-12
Canada and the Council

Looked at either from the stand
point of the technical provisions of
the United Nations Charter or from
the standpoint of plain common
sense, Mr.. Gromyko's latest effort to
use the veto is difficult to under
stand
The attempt was made in connec-
ton with Canada's request to be al
lowed to take part-Without vote
in the Security Councils consid-
Grafton of rules of procedure for the
Atomic Energy Commission. With
the Polish delegate abstaining, all
members of the Council acted ia
vorably on the request, with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Gromyko, who voted
negatively Then. when the Council
seated Canada despite his objection,
he insisted that the question was
one of substance and not procedural
and that therefore his veto could
not be overridden.
In taking this position, however.
Mr.. Gromyko did not press for a
showdown, deciding merely to re-
serve the right to raise the question
again. But if he revives the subject
at some later session. he will face
the same arguments used so effec-
lively by DR. Evatt of Australia and
Sir Alexander Cadogan of Britain
to cut the ground out from under
him in this first test. The argu-
mentS are 1) that at San Francisco
last year the Soviet Union Joined in
formal statement specifically de-
claring that the veto would not ap-
ply to inviting nations to take part
in Council discussions, and ca that
Article 81. which empowers the
Council to invite any nonmember
country to join-without a vote
in Council deliberations affecting
that countrys interests, comes under
the heading of procedure" in the
Charter itself and that this i'm
plicitly rules out the veto in such
matters.
Moreover, wholly apart from the
technical weakness of his position.
Mr.. Gromyko's objection in this in
stance seems less than sensible.
With Britain and the United States,
Canada has played a key role in
what remains up to now an exclu-
sive three-power development of
nuclear fission. 1t was in recognition
of that fact that the Canadians
who are not on the Council-were
placed on the Atomic Energy Com
mission, whose membership is 9TH
erwise made up only of Council
members. BY the same token, con-
sidering It's special relationship to
the subject. Canada logically ought
to participate in Council discussions
dealing with the commissions af-
fairs.
In view of all this it is hard to be-
iieve that Mr. Gromyko will again
challenge the Canadian request. If
he does, his action, inexplicable on