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Evening star., 1946-11-21
This Changing World
By Constantine Brovn

A perplexing issue for American
policy -makers is In the making In
Greece, where war now RACES beyond
the limits Of civil strife and threatens
TO embroil the entire Balkans.
The present Greek war--or third Bal
kan war, If one be inclined SO to desig-
nate it-springs from the conflict which
followed the Greek liberation and the
attempt Of Greek Leftists to take over
power from the Allied-supported regime
Of King George II.
The Leftists fought on their own for
many months until the plebiscite on the
monarchy last September decided the
issue In favor of the royal house. 1t
was not until this election against
which Soviet Russia bitterly protested
was decided that the civil conflict took
on its present international character.
On one side Is the monarchist gov
ernment, determined to suppress all
vestiges of the LeftiSt opposition and
relying on the support which Britain
and the United States may be able to
lend. On the other is the whole array
OF Leftist sympathizers in league with
separatist elements on the border areas.
Greece has three neighbors- -Yugo-
slavia, Albania and Bulgaria, all Com
munist- dominate ted-which could ask for
nothing better than an theological dis
turbance in Greece as pond in which
to fish for trouble. Yugoslavia wants,
of course, to 'liberate" Western Mace
donia, and for this purpose has not only
Western Macedonians of Leftist incli-
nation but her own greatly expanded
military forces TO call on.
Bulgaria, as has already been indi-
Gated in the Paris Peace Conference.
wants corridor through Eastern
Thrace to the Aegean and will-if she
has not already done so-recruit the
dissatisfied elements in this Greek ter
ritory to serve her own purposes.
Albania, of course, is at dagger points
with Greece over Northern Epirus and
will cooperate with the Yugoslavs in
the attack on Greek sovereignty.
There is no doubt-after the attack
on the Greek town of Skra and the
battle that has famed for a week-of
the international character of the war.
Greece is being attacked from Yugo-
slayia, Albanian and Bulgarian terri
tory and there Is considerable evidence
that each of these countries is supports
Ing the guerrillas In tangible way.
In the light of present Greek deyelop-
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Lending Policy

At the recent National Foreign
Trade Convention in New York,
John Carter Vincent, director of the
Far Eastern Division in the State
Department, cited sensible rule of
thumb regarding American loans
abroad. Generally speaking" he
said, what is unsound for private
capital is unsound for government
capital; that is, for the taxpayers
money. I believe it is unsound to
invest private or public capital in
countries where there is widespread
corruption in business and official
circles; where a government is vast
Ing its substance on excessive ar
mament; where the threat or fact
of civil war exists; where tendencies
toward government rnonopolization
exclude American business, or where
undemocratic concepts are controll-
Ing"
Read in the context of Mr.. Vim
cents full speech, this statement
was meant to apply particularly to
China. The Chang government has
acknowledged that over 80 per cent
of its expenditures are for military
purposes, and the country as
whole has been upended by political
instability, economic disorganization
and civil strife. While such condi-
tions obtain, we cannot safely in
vest money in the potentialities of
Chinese enterprises, and in making
that point clear, Mr.. Vincent has
merely re-emphasized policy enun-
ciated on more than one occasion by
President Truman. chaos and frat
ricidal war do not constitute what
bankers call good risk; until the
Kuomintang and the Yenan Com
munists work together to restore
peace and order, American loans will
at best be few and far between, and
strictly limited.
What Mr.. Vincent has had to say,
however, is broad enough to be ap-
plicable to other nations as we'll
wherever there are tendencies to ex-
clude our business or where undem-
ocratic concepts are controlling" !"
Like any rule of thumb, of course,
this one Is flexible and subject to
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Lewis Lubor Friends

If there is any basis for surprise
In the fact that The leaders of the
CIO and the AFL are rallying to
the support of John L. Lewis in his
defiance of the Government, it lies
in the extent to which these men
are capable of going in the direction
Of deceiving themselves.
Certainly they are deceiving no
one else. The American people have
come to appreciate the emptiness
of their extravagant language, and
are beginning to understand that
the labor politicians, like the dema-
gogues in conventional politics, are
often guilty of using words to con-
fuse thought, or as a substitute for
thought.
Thus, the clio convention, spe-
cifically refraining from going into
the merits of the Lewis controversy
In any way, proceeds to adopt a
resolution which asserts that Amer
tcan democracy cannot tolerate any
attempt to impose economic slavery
through vicious antilabor injunc-
tions." And William Green, presi-
dent of the AFL, proclaims that "all
American labor unites with the mine
workers in condemning this rever-
sion to the archaic philosophy of
government by injunction with its
enslaving and discriminating effects
and this perversion of the Norris
La Guardia Act"
What do their words mean? First,
that the labor politicians are not
willing to trust the courts to test
the legality of the Governments
resort to the injunctive process.
Second, that they are much con-
cerned with what they are pleased
to call the enslavement of workers,
and are not at all concerned with
the plight of the. American people
when some power-swollen labor
leader sets out to bring them to their
knees. Finally, that these labor
spokesmen would deny even to the
Government the right and the power
to protect the national interest when
1t is threatened by a strike. If they
are right, Mr.. Lewis can make any
demand that he pleases and enforce
1t with a strike, while the Govern
ment remains powerless tointeryene.
1t is hard to understand the short
sightedness of these men. The real
interests of labor must be of vital
concern to them. Yet here they are,
lining up behind a fog of meaning
less language with man who Is
bent upon driving the people to a
point where they will be compelled
to secure legislation capable of pro-
tecting them from blind arrogance.
And If Mr.. Lewis and Mr.. Green and
the others persist in their present
tactics, the workers whom they are
supposed to represent face the dan
ger OF losing not only the legitimate
protection of the Norris-La Guardia
Act and the Wagner Act, but also the
prospect of the enactment of laws
that will impose truly drastic
restraints.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Abocus Test

NEWS reports from I0Ky0 TO the
effect that "a device that is about
as old as the Pyramids has beaten
"a twentieth century electric calcu-
lating machine In three out OF four
arithmetical operations may have
surprised some readers In the United
States. but among the number there
must have been very few who actual
~ have seen the abacus used in any
OF the eastern lands In which 1t Is
common. The ancient calculating
table Of the Valley of the Nile prob
ably was invented long ages before
any human settlement of that corner
Of Northeastern Africa occurred
Originally, men counted by fingers
and toes or fives and tens. Thus was
the decimal system founded.
Perhaps the next step was figuring
in dust or sand on the ground. The
pioneer who, faced with problem
in addition or subtraction, stopped
and wrote on the crust Of Mother
Earth was an innovator comparable
with the Edisons, the Bells and the
Marcoris of modern times. One
variety of abacus is q board coated
! with wax, a convenient equivalent
OF powdered clay or limestone.
Pebbles unquestionatly were en-
ployed by primitive accountants
working over issues OF plus or minus
In the prehistoric markets of Asia
and Europe. Counters, indeed, still
are shifted from space to space on
the second standard type of abacus
in the Orient. The third pattern"
in calculators represents tremen-
dous improvements offers the
counters in the form of beads strung
on wires and susceptible of being
moved with great rapidity from top
to bottom as desired.
In the Tokyo test an expert
manipulation of this aforementioned
and relatively recent sort OF abacus
proved his skill. Only in multiplying
did the twentieth century machine
triumph over the device that is
about as old as the Pyramids" The
result of the competition, however,
Is nothing for bankers, auditors and
internal revenue personnel to worry
about. With all their faults and
failings, the mechanical aids to
people professionally engaged in
practical arithmetic are invaluable.
The "genealogy" of them is direct
line down the ages.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
The Best Defense
rom the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Faoin sAic Assnhph1s Sommetclal Appeal,
Now and again we think that UncIa
Sam and John Bull ought to hire "
good public relations expert, and then
listen to him.
The propagandists for Soviet Russia
limit the number and variety Of charges
against the western powers not at all.
and the net result is that Great Britain
and the United States spend lots of
time and energy on the defense deny
ing that they are as bad as the Russians
charge
An anonymous spokesman for the
British Foreign Office, for example, en-
ployed q good many words and expended
more than little bitterness In DENYING
that the British are making rockets and
such-ike in factories in their zone Of
Germany. He would have done lot
better to smile as though he knew 4 lot
more than he cared to tell, and then
launch himself into vivid description.
carefully veiled. Of marvellous but nebu-
lous progress along such lines.
Evening star., 1946-11-21

exception. A loan to q country like
Russia, for example, could be q
sound investment in period OF rea-
sonably stable international rela-
tions and a genuinely cooperative
peace. BY and large, though, with
the world as it is, Mr.. Vincent's views
on lending add up to common sense
and presumably reflect the admin
istration's established policy.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
The Apple and the Atom

An apple fulltng from tres
Obeys the lam of rrnUitv. & /
"A child. though. may reach out his hand,
And NTH his measured strength.
tDithstnfid.
The pressure OF this primal force,
And alter. at his sDfu, Its course.
1 do not fear the atom bomb,
Because 1t ne assume calm
And reasonable attitude,
And scientists apply their shre,pd sasx
Tngenuons minds to turn it, use
ToiuGrd tDorthv aims, they soon nsay &
loose - W.
Such benefts. that Il nsav b
No greater threat than gravity. S
HIDEGARpE WALLS JoIHJsolf
Evening star., 1946-11-21

It is stated that when an airplane
took of recently from Ireland with
thirteen dogs, consigned to Florida,
while twenty-nine passengers were
held over. each pooch was given an
aspirin tablet ito quiet its nerves."
Perhaps the stranded passengers
quieted theirs BY singing 'It's a
long. long stay in Tipperary."
Evening star., 1946-11-21

A hot argument is raging now on
whether to decontrol sugar. It is
believed that the answer may help
the administration decide later what
to do about the scarcity Of hens
teeth.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
An OId-Fushioned Method

From the Cleveland News.
The Berlin poll is carried by Social
Democrats What the name signifies
ideologically we couldn't say, but there
is q strong overtone Of clambakes, with
heer 4
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Letters to The Star

1dAts AGsuICtcd ISQGTdl area
Under National Parks Control.
TO the Editor OF The Star:
The recent plebiscite demonstrated
that the citizens of the District OF
Columbia are interested In universal
suffrage and that suffrage should be
extended to them Now the question
arises as to the best procedure for
achieving this goal.
It occurs to me that the best solution
would be to have Federal control re-
stricted to a limited area and to place
most of the present District area under
the Jurisdiction OF the State OF Mary
land. Specifically, suggest that Fed
eral control be, restricted to the area
bounded on the west by Rock Greek
and the Potomac River, on the south and
east by the Anacostia River, and on
the north by Massachusetts avenue from
Gailinger Hospital to the District LII
brary, thence by < street to Rock Greek.
would include In the Federal area.
that area west Of the Potomac River
bounded on the north and west by Lee
boulevard. on the south by washington
boulevard and Columbia pike, and on
the east by the Potomac River.
In the Federal area, new residences
would be prohibited and existing resi-
dences would be abolished over a 10 tn
20 year period. Portions Of the area
would be designated for universities.
hotels, business establishments, etc. The
entire area would be administered by
the National Capital Park Service.
r. d. STIEHLER.
Master Plan" Objected To.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Before the new bus transportation to
brentwood, Hyattsyille, Riverdale land
College Park?) went into effect Sunday.
1t was amusing to think of such
scheme being called part of a master
Plan" But now that we are having to
put up with its inconvenience, the idea
isn't so entertaining.
The master plan seems to have been
designed by local merchants. Has the
Capital Transit Co. forgotten that most
OF Its Prince Georges County customers
are people going to and from work in
Washington2
AT best, the old College Park bus was
slow because of crooked route and
lack Of real express service. TODAY
tMonday), in addition, I lost 10 minutes
each way in Mount Rainier because OF
the company's lack of co-ordinated
schedule so that close connection
might be made at Thirty -foufth street
and Rainier avenue On top of that
at night. the first Riverdale bus to ar
rive was too full to take on any more
passengers. That chilly, wait was un-
pleasant after a long, rough ride. The
alternative of the additional ride to and
from the Mount Rainier terminal
wouldn't have been much more pleasant
And when 1t gets really cold and
stormy u
For several years many of us have
been looking for improvement in trans
portation to the Hyattsville- College Park
area. The Colesville road line was q
help. The recent streetcar change is a
help to those who always have depended
on the streetcars. These benefits seem
now TO have been more than Cancelled
to the area as whole. It seems un-
believable that the Capital Transit Co.
should have been willing to accept such
plan for even trial period.
NETI, HCTfsHYTGC ~
Evening star., 1946-11-21

Indonesian insurgents, many Of
them Communists responsive to
Moscow, who want, both immediate
local independence and dominance
over the rest Of the Indies.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
One Thino Luckino

From the Arkansas Gazette
These new automobile telephones
would be more popular II they came
equipped with m automobile.
Evening star., 1946-11-21
Plea for Chest Campaign

AS former caSeWorker in Com
munity Chest child welfare agency. I
feel compelled to write this letter in
behalf of the present campaign. Be-
cause I know from personal experience
how very great is the need for the
money which the Chest is requesting, I
cannot keep silent.
How can any one neglect giving
generously?" is the question ask my
self. How can any one afford to pinch
pennies when his fellow humans are in
need?"
There always Is need. Even when
times are prosperous there Is need.
There always are the homeless chill
dren, the deserted wives, the widows, the
sick, the unemployable.A the defeated.
They are the responsibility OF their
neighbors just as much in 1946 as they
were in the days of our grandparents.
1t is true that you may not know them,
but they are there, in your community.
II you cannot help them directly, and
most of us can't, then you must help
them through your representatives, the
Community Chest agencies. You must
help because the need is there and be-
cause it Is one Of the laws of God that
those who have must share with those
who have not. Give to him that asketh
thee, and from him that would borrow
Of thee turn not thou away" Matthew,
v42. MRS. A. KARL BOEHMKE.
Agrees With Scott Editorial
To the Editor Of The Star.
I wish to express the agreement OF
the Washington Committee of the
Southern Conference for Human We'll
fare with the conclusions reached in
Mondays Evening Star editorial on the
delay In final settlement OF the Scott
case.
The question Of guilt or innocence Of
the man does not enter into this case
every one is entitled to fair treatment
at the hands of our public servants.
II there is nothing to hide, 1t GER
tainly Is to the advantage of the Police
Department, the coroner and the Dis
trict officials to order an inquest held
Immediately. If the delay continues, it
will be necessary to the public safety
to follow the admirable suggestion of
The Star and bring the Scott case be-
fore grand jury.
The public merely wants light shed
upon the case. If the District officials
do not act to dispel the mystery sur
rounding the Scott case, the Federal
authorities have duty to the citizens
of the Nations Capital.
JOSEPH L. JOHNSON,
Chairman, Washington Committee
Southern Conference for Human
Welfare.
Appreciation From MIR. Ickes
To the Editor Of The Star:
! want to congratulate The Star on
the very thoughtful article by Newbold
Noyes, jr., in your issue Of last Sunday
hope that it had as many readers as
it deserved. HAROLD L. ICKES.
Evening star., 1946-11-21

Appreciation From MIR. Ickes
To the Editor Of The Star:
I want to congratulate The Star on
the very thoughtful article by Newbold
Noyes, jr, in your issue of last Sunday
I hope that it had as many readers as
it deserved. HAROLD L. ICKES.
Evening star., 1946-07-20

steadily in numbers and physical
properties. The parsonage at 6811
Piney Branch road NV, was built
during this period as we'll as the
present church. The latter, at Piney
Branch road and Aspen street NV,
was dedicated on April 13, 1924.
The history of the church properly
goes back to the early part of 1919
when the Rev. F. Paul Langhorne,
pastor then of Petworth Baptist
Church, and several deacons of his
church surveyed the Takoma Park
section with view of starting a
new Sunday school. This project,
sponsored by the District Associa-
ton of Baptist Churches, received
its initial impetus on March 2, 1919,
when 80 persons came together in
the home of Mrs. George r.
Fraser, 664 Highland avenue NV.
1t was also in Mrs. Fraser's home
that the church organization was
effected three months later, and
meetings were held there the fol-
lowing two years Mr.. Heiges was
the first Sunday school superinten-
dent and Mrs. N. L. Dayton of
Petworth Church was the first pri-
mary department superintendent.
Evening star., 1946-07-20

The Rev. Thomas Browne served
as acting pastor of the new church
from December, 1919, until Mr.. La
Rue came two years later. Shortly
after Mr. La Rue came plans to
build permanent building were
made. In the interim period the
Rev. B. Franklin Bryan, pastor of
the Takoma Park Seventh Day
Adventist Church. invited the con-
gregation to use the church's
quarters.
A site for the proposed new build
ing was bought at Eighth and But
ternut streets NV. District coming
laws operated against the erection
of a stable structure at the location
SO that the present site was used
instead for the church building.
The present pastor, the Rev.
Herbert w. Baucom, jr., came
to Takoma Park Baptist Church
last January, A native of Garth
Evening star., 1946-07-20

The George H. Winslow Mems
Bible Glass of Eastern Presbyterian
Church will be taught tomorrow by
j. l.. Branthaver. The class will
join the Good Will Glass in a pic
mic at Jessup-Blair Park on July
27.
j. r. Mitchell, Department of JUS
tice, will teach the joint session of
the Sparkman and Mizpah Glasses
OF Hamline Methodist Church to-
morrow. The Sparkman Glass will
hold a picnic in Area No. 2, Rock
Creek Park, this afternoon.
The Hummer Memorial Glass of
Epworth Methodist Church will be
taught tomorrow by Beecher Clark.
The Box, Mabel Galley and Glass
of Friendship of Emory Methodist
Church will be taught tomorrow by
H. L. Garrett.
The Rev. Virgil Hobbs will teach
the Templemen's Bible Glass of
Temple Baptist Church tomorrow.
The Mems and Friendship Glasses
of Eldbrooke Methodist Church will
hold joint session tomorrow. v. E.
Heaton will teach the lesson.
D. A. Dollarhide will teach the
Fellow Workers Glass of Mount Yer
non Place Methodist Church to-
morrow
Maj. Neil M. Wherry, chairman.
Teachers Committee, Organized
Bible Glass Association, will be the
guest teacher of the Trinity Mems
Bible Glass of Trinity Methodist
Church tomorrow.
DR.. M. j. Gamboa, assistant sec
retary to the President of the Philip
pines, will address the Covenant
Summer Bible Glass of the Covenant
First Presbyterian Church, at GAS
a m. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-07-20

Lynwood Heiges, Rev. IL. w. Baucom. Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Livingston, sr.
Claude Livingston, jr.; Mrs. Benja-
min j. Mills, Fred w. Pearce, F. l.
Pearce, Mr.. and Mrs. C. G.. Royle
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Thomas.
Charles c. Royles has served as
financial secretary of the church
since its organization, a period OF
27 years. Mr.. Livingston, sr., was
the first treasurer of the organiza-
ton, holding that position until
1927. He was succeeded by Thomas
w. Marshall, who served in that
capacity from 1927 to 1945, a term
of 18 years Walter Trey became
church clerk in 1920 and retained
that post until 1912.
Harry G. Heiges, who was Sunday
school superintendent from 1919 to
1922, and Fred w. Pearce have been
on the Board of Deacons since the
church was organized.
1t is quite fitting that the first
regular pastor, the Rev. William E.
LaRue, should have been a part of
this long term service tradition by
holding his post from November Is,
1924, to May 2, 1945. During Mr..
LaRue's pastorate the church grew
Evening star., 1946-07-20
Mi. Carmel Devotion
To Be Celebrated
Al Catholic University

The annual devotion to Our Lady
of Mount Carmel will be held at
Catholic University at II am. to-
morrow with a procession about the
campus preceding the solemn high
mass in the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception. In the
procession, a statue of Our Lady OF
Mount Carmel will be borne aloft by
a Franciscan, Dominican, an Au-
gustinian and a Carmelite friar.
The mass will be celebrated by the
Carmelite fathers. The Very Rev
Matthew T. O'Neill of Joliet, Ill.
prior provincial of the Chicago
province of the Carmelites, will cele-
brate the mass, and the sermon will
be delivered by the Rev. John G
Schultz, instructor in homiletics ano
sacred eloquence of the School o1
Sacred Theology. The White Friars
Hall Choir will sing.
Following the mass those who de.
sire will be enrolled in the Scapular
OF Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Evening star., 1946-07-20
State Of Texas
|Win Be Honored
AT the Cathedral

The flag of the State of Texas
will be carried in procession at the
II am. and 4 pm. services tomor-
row at Washington Cathedral and
special prayers will be offered for
the Governor and people of that
State.
The Rev. Curtis w. Craper, ir.,
cannon precentor, will preach at
II am.
The $50 am. celebration of Holy
Communion will be held in Bethle-
hem Chapel, with the Rev. DR.. Oscar
Dew Randolph. assistant at st.
Johns Church, La Fayette square,
officiating.
The preacher at pm. will be
the Rev. J. Brooke Mosley, director
of the department of Christian
Social Relations of the Diocese of
Washington.
Evening star., 1946-07-20
Catholic Evidence GuiId

On Sunday the Washington Cath
olic Evidence Guild will hold relig-
ious forums in Franklin Park from
3 to S pm. and will have John
Bowen, John J. O'Connor and Jo-
seph I. Woods. Mr.. Woods will speak
on "Apostolicity." From 7::30 to $50
pm, the Rev. William H Russell Of
Catholic University will be assisted
by the Rev. John Conway of ths
Vincentian Fathers and v. E. Smith.
Mr. Smith will speak on God and
Science"