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Evening star., 1946-02-20
Feel of Sprino

Now the countryman knows that
time is slipping downhill toward
spring. When the first month of the
year Is finished and the sheet is torn
from the calendar, there is a feel Of
spring in the air. One knows there
will be days Of storm and gray
clouds, but out in the countryside
there are sure signs that the miracle
of new season is drawing on. Each
day the sun circles higher in the
heavens; now the days are definite
ly heightened and man can start
his chores In the afternoon without
the kerosene lantern.
February has its own distinctive
charm and beauty In the wood
lands one can see the intricate pat
tern of the bark. Each tree makes
It's own picture. Now also is the
time to study the many different
kinds of buds. Some, like the birches
and beeches, are small, pointed,
tightly wrapped. Some, like the
lilacs, dogwoods and pussy willows
are plump and already beginning to
burst the stitching that has held the
overlapping scales close together
In the high branches of the oaks
and hickories are the tumbled, rag
gedy nests of the gray squirrels, and
perhaps in tall pine one sees the
jumbled twiggy platform that was
a crows nest last season.
There is different song in the
meaaow brooks now that thawine
days are here. Gone now is thai
faint thin murmur when earth.
pulse was low and faint and hel
voice was thick with the numbinf
cold. The song OF the water is in.
ereasA In tempo and gay with tn,
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Britoin's Polish Leqions

arisen between the British govern
ment and the Yugoslav regime of
Marshal Tito over Polish troops in
British service stationed in Italy is
merely one phase Of much broader
issue that ranges Britain. America
and other democracies against
Soviet Russia and its satellite states.
This issue is the disposition of exiles
from the Soviet Union and its satel-
lites who refuse to acknowledge the
totalitarian system set up or i'm
posed upon countries either under
Russian influence or incorporated
into the Soviet Union. The immedi-
ate controversy concerns merely the
Polish units in Italy. but the same
question arises over similar exiles in
the British and American zones of
occupation in Germany, in Britain
itself and in certain European neu-
trails such as Sweden and Switzer-
land.
Marshal Tito claims that the units
comprising the Second Polish Corps,
under the immediate command of
their General Wladysiaw Anders,
but in British service, constitutes a
possible future threat to peace" by
their mere presence in Italy at a
time when the disputed Italo- -Yugo-
slav frontier remains unsettled. Tito
likewise claims that Yugoslav exiles
supporting his rival, General Mix
hailovitch, are joining up with the
Polish troops in Italy. These
charges were brought to the atten-
tion of the Security Council of UNO
by Russian Delegate vishinsky,
much to the ire Of British Foreign
Secretary Bevin, who contends that
the matter should first have been
discussed between the British and
Yugoslav governments. Mr.. Bevin
denies the recruiting of Yugoslav
exiles for the Polish corps and SCOTS
at the idea that a relatively small
force under British overall COM
mand could possibly constitute a
threat to the Yugoslav regime with
It's large and well-equipped army.
The Polish corps in Italy is mere
ly one of several Polish units formed
OF patriotic exiles during the war
who fought with extreme gallantry
alongside their British comrades
and who have been offered empire
citizenship" in case they do not wish
to return to their native land, which
the overwhelming majority of them
refuse to do, feeling that it is wholly
dominated by Moscow and that their
return would be tantamount to a
death sentence. The same fears are
shared by exiled Yugoslavs, Balts
and other categories of displaced
persons" whom Russia and its satel-
lites claim as their citizens and de-
mand to be returned to their re-
Spective countries. Those claims and
demands have been roundly rejected
by Britain and America. The issue
is one involving clashing ideologies
which seemingly cannot be COM
promised.
Evening star., 1946-02-20

first indications of the loosaning O.
the snow and ice chains. Along the
country roads the telephone wires
hum their steady symphonies and
the black-capped chickadees call
their throaty chants from the old
apple trees behind the shed. There
is work on the farm in February,
but the main winter tasks are done.
Now man is thinking Of spring and
his plans for a new year on the
land. On warm days water drips
from the barn caves and tiny rvu-
lets flow along the ruts in the farm
yard. The sun is back on speaking
terms with earth. There is a rest
lessness on the land as it begins to
stir in its sleep. 1t is the feel of
spring.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Notes and Beums
From the Daily Oklahoman.

ETom tne Daly UKIahoman.
1t is an unwelcome thought, but come
to think about 1t If j. Caesar Petrillo
were cutting the didoes in Madrid or
Athens or Beirut or Calcutta or Shang-
hal that he is cutting daily here In our
own front yard our Government would
be making representations and filing
protests and limiting strongly of leav-
ing 1t to the Marines. On more than
one occasion we have landed the Ma
rines to suppress some cow bandit
whose worst offenses were not COM
parable in the damage they wrought
to the ofenses Of Petrillo. It might
help us a little to pay less attention to
foreign notes and more attention to
domestic beams. It might even improve
our seH-respect a little bit.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Birds on Snow

Doton to cold stalks OF fern and ho,Der
The iurco ictth his golden beak
Flies for iohat seeds are still ren,aini,,c
Nuthatch and strident spdrro,o seek
Berries they overlooked or lost
Before the iDhiriing storm, last night
The n1ockingbird and startling change
This moving pattern, dark on whtte.
Suddenly Hash Of feathers :.
I had torgottenl Noio I knoto
With Quickening pulse the mind de.
lights In
Color OF c0rffnals on s,eD snoU.
EDNA L. 3. BARKER
Evening star., 1946-02-20
But If We Did Likewise
rom the London Daily Mail.

FROM the London Daily Mail
1t has been said that come what
may millions of Germans are doomed
to die by starvation this winter, and
many of them are digging their own
graves before they become too weak
from malnutrition to do so. This is a
picture which no one with a spark of
feeling can contemplate without pity
and desire to do what Is possible to
save lives, especially those of children.
1t is true that the crimes committed
by the Germans against their neighbors
are enormous and unforgettable. Their
policy of deliberate devastation has
contributed much to Europe's present
distress. They let whole nations fall
into famine and thousands die from
starvation But If we did likewise we
should be unworthy of the victory we
have won and of the principles for
which we fought.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
This and That
BIZ Charles Z. TrdceDeU.
uApr rN-r0N Z,

| ATsL1No4SNi Va.
Dear Sir:
I'VE have completed two bird houses,
| bluebird and flicker, according to speci-
fcations previously printed in your
column.
THE wood is such that 1t will have
to be painted in order to Withstand the
elements. Would you recommend a
dark brown?
Your column previously carried in
formation as to the place and position
for the bluebird house, but what do
you recommend for the flicker-swing-
ing from a branch or fastened to the
trunk Of the tree?
approximately when should these
houses be put out in an attempt to in
duce the proper tenants?
my scrapbook contains many helpful
articles from your column, which
enjoy immensely. Many thanks.
Yours sincerely, j. A."
A dark brown stain makes a good
color for birdhouse.
The flicker house is best attached to
the trunk of large tree, from to 10
feet up.
AL birdhouses should be put out now
as early as possible, to get the human
smell of them. But any time is better
than none, because there Is never any
certainty about what will occupy them
The four most useful houses are those
for the bluebird, the house wren, the
crested flycatcher and the flicker.
Entrance hole for the flicker bird
house should be inches across. This,
Of course, will permit the entrance of
| squirrels.
Entrance Of the wren house should
be INCH in diameter. Some authori-
ties recommend only q inch.
| The blue bird house entrance is best
kept at rs inches, but not more than
| IL inches at the greatest.
The crested f1ycatcher house has an
entry inches across.
| *rx +
Probably it would be we'll to give
fuller details Of these four houses With
them in the yard, the bird lover can
feel that he has done the best he can,
in this regard.
1t must always be kept in mind that
not mean that the very species he in
tended it for will invariably fly in and
make himself at home
1
commodating, but there are too many
factors in nature to make things run
so smoothly.
We put out the houses with the best
intentions, and If the right birds come
all right; If others come, instead, that
is OK, too.
If squirrels enlarge the entrances and
make themselves at home, that should
be all right, too, with the person who
has enough philosophy in his makeup
to take things as they come.
\ 4
Dimensions of the flicker house are
as follows: Floor of box, 7 by 7 inches
depth Of box, 16 to 18 inches; diameter
Of hole, inches; hole above door, IA
to 16 inches, and height above ground
8 to 20 feet.
For the crested fiycatcher: Floor OF
box, 6 by inches; depth, 8 to 10 inches;
diameter of hole, inches; height above
ground, 8 to 20 feet.
The house wren box: Floor, by 4
inches; depth, 6 to inches; hole above
floor, to 6 inches; diameter of hole, !
inch: height above ground, to 10 feet
The house for bluebird is made a.
follows: Floor of box, by 5 inches
depth, inches; diameter of hole, l1l
inches; hole above floor. 6 inches, ane
height above ground, to 10 feet, the
lower the better.
Beginners do best with wren ant
bluebird houses, which should bt
stained dark green, brown or gray
Bluebird houses, by the way, are bes
| put On fence posta.
Evening star., 1946-02-20
The Italian Colonies

Although still hopeful that it will
be finished in time for the 21 1-nation
conference scheduled to open in
Paris on May l, Secretary Byrnes
has revealed that France, Britain,
Russia and the United States are
still SO far apart on the colonial
question that the drafting Of the
Italian peace treaty is definitely
begged down.
At the London meeting of Foreign
Ministers last September, the Brit
ish and French agreed to abandon
their own proposals and go along
with the American plan to place
Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Eritrea and
the Italian Somaliland under a 10
year United Nations trusteeship as
prelude to independence. The
Russians, however, had a plan, too,
and because they have not budged
from 1t in the months that have
since passed, Britain has decided to
return to its original position favor
ing settlement that would defer
action on the colonies at this time
but commit italy to accept what
ever the four powers may eventu-
ally decide to do with them.
Mr.. Byrnes' latest remarks on the
subject do pot make clear whether
the French, too, have decided to
withdraw support from the Ameri-
can plan and 60 back to their own
proposal to let the Italians be trus-
tees of the colonies under the SUI
pervision Of the United Nations.
But 1t Is obvious in view of Britains S
action and the unbending Russian
position, that the four powers are
further from a solution of the prob
lem than they were last September
The Russians appear to be mainly
responsible for this, for they have
kept on insisting-without any
| yielding-that each Of the four ter
ritories should be under a single
trustee, with Tripolitania assigned
to themselves and the three others
presumably to France, Britain and
the United States.
1t is altogether understandable
why the British are particularly op-
posed to any such arrangement.
glance at the map will show that
if the Soviet Union moved in as sole
trustee of Tripolitania, it would bs
projected for the first time in his
tory westward to the middle of thu
Mediterranean to q strategic ares
directly across from Sicily and thu!
would be In a position, as many
Britons fear, to threaten a key lift
line Of their commonwealth ane
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Doqmos DepIored
the Ottawa Journal.

From the Ottawa Journal.
No single government in this country,
and no single official or set Of of1cials.
possesses all the wisdom, and what we
need Is good will, tolerance and pool
ing Of wisdom. :. We must avoid the
all-for- r-nothing thinkers and avoid most
of all labels put forward as programs,
slogans put forward ~ thought and
prapaganda advanced a. debatA
Evening star., 1946-02-20
Water Plant Expansion

The long-view District water sup
ply program presented to Congress
by the Commissioners and the
Washington Office of the Army En-
gineers' Corps provides the city with
a much-needed blueprint for over
all modernization and expansion OF
a water system which has been un-
able to keep pace with the rapid
growth OF the community 1t serves.
When the Potomac River first was
tapped as the source of Washing
tons water supply in Civil War days,
planners and builders of the col
lection, filtration and distribution
facilities did not dream that their
handiwork, plus accretions over the
years, would be called upon to sus-
tain great metropolis of nearly
million inhabitants and the resi-
dents Of thickly populated Airing
ton County, Virginia, besides. As the
city grew the old plant was i'm
proved and enlarged from time to
time, but In patchwork fashion
that gave consideration more to i'm
mediate emergencies than to long
range demands.
The greatly increased strain
placed on the water system by war
time developments moved Congress
In 1941 and 1912 to provide total
of $4,000 for a careful engineering
study of present and future water
needs of the District and Arlington
County. Because the District water
system has a dual-control setup,
with responsibility divided between
the Army Engineers and the Com
missioners, the study was a joint
one and the comprehensive report
which resulted attests the thorough
ness of the undertaking and the far
sightedness of those who made the
study. Among major plant improve
ments would be a dam at Little
Falls, remodeling of the old intake
at Great Falls, new publication ia
cilities, new pumping plants at
Dalecarlia and Fort Reno, a seven
mile cross-town conduit connecting
the Dalecarlia and Mcmillan Alter
STATIONS and various settling basins,
reservoirs and tanks. n
The construction program, to cost
approximately $41, 100000, would be
carried forward in four stages and,
when completed by the year 1000,
would provide the District, Arlington
County and possibly part of Fairfax
County with enough water to sup
ply the needs of community of
nearly 100000 people. While fore
going details Of financing the prof.
ect, the report said that IAN eco
nomically sound financial program"
could pay for the improvements with
no increase in water costs to the
consumers.
It may be that the planners had
in mind more equitable financial
program than that now existing
one that would require the Federal
Government, one of the chief con-
sumers, to pay proper share of
water costs. AS it is now, the Fed
eral Government pays nothing for
the water 1t uses. The McCarran
bill, now before Congress, would cor
rect this inequity and, in addition,
abolish the split-control arrange
ment for administering the water
supply. The expansion plan just sent
to the Capitol should be of great
help to this and future Congresses
in drawing up legislation to insure
for the National Capital modern.
efficiently run and fairly financed
water system.
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Livestock
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Jan. 10 R- Hog
prices turned upward today follow
ing yesterdays backward trend,
with heavyweights gaining as much
as a quarter. Weights under 240
pounds traded steady to Is cents
higher.
The bulk of coed and choice
barrows and gifts brought $14.70
to $1485, the OPA limit, with sows
ranging from steady to up IS cents
at $13.85 to $14. The 10000 salables,
off 10000 for last Thursdays run,
met good clearance and packers
bought 1880 by direct shipment.
The cattle market was mostly
fully steady with all classes re-
porting a broad clearance.
USDA)-Salable hogs 10000,
total %, 500; market active, weights
under 24O lbs. steady to Is cents
higher, heavier weights 10 to Is
cents higher; bull advance on
weights over 270 lbs; sows steady
to Is cents up; top at 1875 ceiling;
bulk good and choice 10000 h.,
14.70-14.85; other weights scarce;
most good and choice sows 1885,
400; good clearance; shippers took
5000.
Salable cattle 5000, total 5000;
salable calves 1000, total 1000; fed
steers and yearlings fully steady;
good and choice grades active;
heifers in broad demand especially
good and choice grades, instances
Is cents higher; other killing
classes steady with indications
broad clearance all classes; bulls
and vealers scarce; most fed
steers 15.0O-18.00; several loads
yearlings and weighty choice steers
1900; loads 1000 ID. choice heifers
bringing the price; most heifers
l3.50-17.00; cutter cows $50 down;
most beef cows 9.25-12.OO; weighty
sausage bulls to 1926 vealers
1880 down.
Salable sheep 1000, total 1o,5oo;
good and choice slaughter ewes
firm; good and choice wooded
slaughter lambs 14.5O-14.85; top
l4.85 paid for 8 loads fed wooded
westerns including cars Colora-
dos; 8 decks medium to good 1o1-
10. lambs 1895; deck common
natives 11.50; yearlings 12.25-12.5 so:
slaughter ewes 7.65 down.
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STOCK MARKET REGISTERS

STOCK MARKET REGISTERS y.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. -REThe
Stock market made new 15-year
average high today but profit cash
ing on the recent strong upswing
put a. number of rails and indus
trials in the losing ranks.
Dealings were fast enough after
the opening to put the ticker tape
a minute late for a brief interval.
There were subsequent slowdowns
although activity of low-quoted
util ties helped expand volume to
2,470,000 shares against yesterdays
100000 which was the second
largest since May 81, 1910. Closing
gains of fractions to 3 points were
in the majority with wider jumps
in evidence.
Demand still was attributed
mainly to initiation hedging based
on the administrations move to
hoist prices for steel and other
goods in an effort to settle mount
ing strikes and wage disputes. The
New York Western Union walkout
continued without particular effect
on securit es transactions. Accounts
were lightened in numerous cases
beca"se of the feeling the weeks
bulee may have been overdone
and called for a correction.
The Associated Press 60-stock
composite was up 5 Of point at
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Grain
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO. Jan. 10-P)-Exten-
sive profit taking and other liquida-
ton set rye futures prices back
around S cents a bushel from the
high times today after the heav-
lest furry of trading in several
sessions.
Brokers bid the grain up as
much as 2 3-8 cents in initial deal
ings following reports that eastern
sources were predicting the May
delivery might go to 1925 a BUSH
ell or higher. Recent quotations
have ranged between SLIT and
$1.80.
Wheat closed 1-8 cent lower to
IA cent higher than the previous
finish, May $180 IL; corn un-
changed at $1.18 IL ceilings; oats
1-8 higher to 3-8 lower, May 76
1884; rye unchanged to 1 1-8
lower, May SLIT 3-8-1-2; barley
unchanged to 7-8 higher, May $1,22
1-2.
Although trading in other grains
was light, they followed the lead
OF rye but within fractional fluc-
tuatlons. At one time, May rye
was quoted at $1.81, the highest
since late November.
wu Open High Low Close
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CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, Jan. 10. -RE(USDA)
arrivals rs, on track "a,
total U. S. shipments 931.
Old stocks supplies light, demand
slow, market dull and unsettled.
New stocks supplies light, demand
light, market steady. Idaho Russets
Burbanks U. S. No. 1, $685., Colo
RADIO Red McClures u. S. No. !,
$3.65-$3.75; Nebraska Bliss Tri-
umphs U. S. No. 1, $3.50-$3. Sc;
Minnesota and North Dakota Cob
blers commercial $40; Pontiacts
commercial $3.50; Bliss Triumphs
commercial $2.45$2.50; Wisconsin
Cobblers fair quality $2.25; Florida
5O-lb. sack Bliss Triumphs S. S.
No. 1, $3.60-$3.75.
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Cotton
NEW YORK COTTON

NEW YORK, Jan. 10-P)-Cottor.
futures advanced IS cents a bale
in early dealings today, but later
turned reactionary under pressure
Of hedge selling and profit taking.
Final prices were 80 cents a bale
higher to Is cents lower.
In the early rally, new crop
months reached new seasonal high
ground as traders appeared upper
turbed over the prospective cell
ings on the 1916 cotton crop.
Many were withdrawn from the
market until the Office of Price
Administration announces its in
tended ceiling ,for the next crop.
This is expected over the week
end.
Traders were also awaiting the
bidding for commodity credit cor
poration cotton next Monday. Spot
cotton markets were quiet.
Futures closed 30 cents a bale
higher to 5 cents lower
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RICHMOND LIyEsTocK

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 10. ~
USDA)-Hogs As. Market at cell.
ing, 1870 (fat) on good and choice
barrows and gifts 12O-330 lbs, up:
l0O-l20 lbs, 1910; good sows un.
der $50 lbs, 1855; 350-500 lbs, 13. 40
weights over 500 lbs, 1890. Good
stays 1910.
Cattle Choice steers 16.O0-16. Is:
medium 11.0o-12.5O; common 500.
1000. Good beef type cows 900.
1000; good dairy type 8.o0-s.50:
medium 7.00-7.50; common 500.
500 shelly kinds lower. Good beet
type heifers 12.0O-13.50; medium
100000; common 6.O0-7.00. Good
butcher bulls 10.00-10.5O; medium
8.00-9.50; light common kinds $50
$50. Choice calves 1900; good H..
00-14.50; medium 11.00-12.00; com.
mon 100000. Good to choice
lambs 14.00-14.50. Good sheep 500
700.
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Stock Market Quotations
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CURB
LATE SELL0FFS
HIT BOND MARKET

NEW YORK, Jan. 10-P)-The
bond market made some new
progress today and then let much
Of the advantage slip away in a
late selloff that conferred in rails.
Investment rated corporates and
U. S. governments steered an in
dependent course all through the
session with most treasury loans
ending up 1872 to around - point
and the 2 lbs of 1968-63 pushing
up nearly 2 full points to 104.9.
Monon As and IS held advances
of to 2 points at the close. Rock
Island As were up a point but 9TH
er loans of the road acted indiffer-
entity and most Of the Missouri Pa
cific bonds were off fractions to
a point. New Haven As were UP
"a while other obligations of the
carrier lost ground.
The Associated Press average
of 10 utility bonds ended at a new
high at 100, up Il of a point,
Sales of $9,010,000 attested to a
relatively busy day but were under
the Sill 200, 900 total of Wednesday,
largest in several months.
Brazilian bonds lost ground and
those of Peru were higher in. the
foreign list.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Jan. 10-P)-Clos-
ing foreign exchange rates follow
Great Britain in dollars, others
in cents:)
Canadian dollar in New York
open market 9 3-16 per cent dis
count or so.81 IA U. S. cents, I'M
changed.
Europe: Great Britain $4.03 IL,
unchanged; France Franc) .845
UP .125 Of cent.
I.atin-America: Argentina free
24.55. down 10 of cent; Brazil
free 5.25; Mexico 20.65.