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Evening star., 1946-12-07

"The Army authorities were unable to
state the source of the financial sup
port for transporting these trainIoads
of Jews, who all seem to be coming into
our zone. They suspect strongly, how
ever, that the American Joint Distribu-
ton Committee is doing it in spite of
their protestati0ns to the contrary"
However, the slightest inquiry would
have enabled Mr.. Meader to find out
that the American Joint Distribution
Committee. financed by the contri-
buttons of American Jews through
the United Jewish appeal, has been en-
gagged wholly in the humanitarian task
of caring for the frightened, suffering
Jewish population of Europe, in Poland
and in every other country where there
are jews remaining alive after the
Hitleriah holocaust.
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As for Mr.. Meader's sneering remark
coming into our zone" how does it hap
pen that Mr.. Meader did not trouble to
inform himself that the American zones
of Germany and Austria are the only
places in Europe where Jew fleeing
from anti-semitic terror in Poland or
elsewhere in Eastern Europe can be sure
OF refuge and shelter? Again to quote
Secretary of War Patterson: Hun
dreds of thousands of homeless people
have found their way to the United
States zones OF military occupation in
Europe. They have been given tenn
porary haven in their fight from misery
and persecution. Their gratitude has
been shown by prayers and tears. Many
Of them the Army was under no obliga-
ton to receive Closing of the zone bor-
ders had been sanctioned by Allied
agreement. Yet the American heart,
sympathetic to the oppressed, could not
fall back on legalistic decision. The
Army took these people in, fed them.
clothed them and gave them shelter.
These are all established facts, quite
available to Mr.. Meader. They are
known to every American reporter In
Germany, or who has recently been IN
Germany. They are facts ia which
every American should take pride.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
This Changing World
By Constantine Bro,Dn

one recognized by the rest Of the world,
and We have moral as yell as treaty
obligations to It. Although the State
Department liberals" are prone to for
get the invaluable services rendered by
the Chinese Nationalist administration
during the war, when passive resistance
by Gen. Chiang's troops pinned down
more than 100000 Japanese, President
fully aware OF what might have hap
pened II Gen. Chang had needed Japa-
nese oyertures.
representation in the Far Eastern Di-
vision Of the State Department, claim
that We must not support reactionaries
against true democrats. They maintain
that the Kuomintang is reactionary
outfit which uses the United States to
remain In power and once we withdraw
our helping hand from China 1t will not
last long. They also say that the Yenan
organization Is falsely labeled Com
munistic; that 1t is an agrarian party
which wished to establish real democ-
racy In China and also to provide the
SA14ScS pCOpAc WIFI q 1hIcI 0lStIlUu.
ton Of land and wealth.
Although there is plenty of evidence
that Gen. Mao and his associates are
Moscow-trained and follow tactics in
spired directly by the Politbureau, the
American liberals take little stock in
that evidence.
In order to prove our impartiality,
they contend, 1t Is essential that this
government cease supporting the legiti-
mate government Of China and cease
lending money and selling equipment
and supplies OF any kind to the Man.
king government The friends Of Yenan
admit that for the time being Gen.
Chang has better organized and bet
ter disciplined military force. But once
America has withdrawn all her support,
they insist, the Kuomintang's advantage
will disappear and real agrarian
democracy" will be established by the
men Of Gen. Mao's pattern.
Gen. Marshall may continue his diplo-
matte activities in other fields after he
returns from China, but his opinion on
what the policy Of this country should
be In regard to the Chang government
will have more than ordinary weight.
Evening star., 1946-12-07

ferent record, and at one time elected
a President-Grover Cleveland-who had
been In office, defeated for reelection,
and renominated. OF course, the late
william Jennings Bryan was more or
less Of q perennial presidential nominee.
Gov. Dewey, according to some of the
committeeman, is already on the job of
getting the l948 nomination not
crudely. but by showing to the party
leaders and the general run-of-th mine
Republicans that he is not the cold
proposition which he was charged with
being. Furthermore, Gov. Dewey is
under no wraps in the 1913 race for the
nomination, as he was in 1914. At that
time he had declared he was not
candidate and would not be one-that
he wanted to serve out his term as
Governor to which he was elected in
1912 and to make New York a Republi-
can State. He certainly accomplished
the latter when the elections rolled
round. He did not want the nomina-
tion In 1914, regardless OF what may be
said on that subject. But l948 is
vastly different affair. II he goes after
the nomination, Gov. Dewey is going to
be hard man to stop.
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Only one Of the prospective candi-
dates for the presidential nomination
was on the scene when the Republicans
met here-former Gov. Harold E. Stas-
sen OF Minnesota The tall. rugged
and youthful Minnesotan who served as
captain in the Navy during the late
war. was busy talking with the COM
mitteemen and women at the various
parties given by the committee, and he
had suite in the hotel in which he
did some entertaining himself He has
q wide following.
The Ohio Republicans were still un-
able to make up their minds as to
whether they would back Senator Taft
or Senator-elect Bricker, admitting
that for them this was still the $64
question. They have to make up their
minds soon. or Mr.. Dewey or some
other candidates will make inroads
on the State delegations to the national
convention, while Ohio sits by the way
side.
A practical problem confronting the
Republicans is the selection of a con-
vention city in l948 The committee
provided for special subcommittee to
investigate and to report on possible
sites at an early date 1t is difficult
to get housing facilities for the thou
sands who attend national conventions
Of the major political parties The site
committee members are Chairman Car
roll Reece, Walter s. Hallanan of West
Virginia. Werner B. Schroeder of Illinois,
John E. Jackson of Louisiana, Mrs.
Charles w. Weis, jr, of New York, Mrs.
Chris Carlson of Minnesota, and Mrs.
Paul Henry OF Washington.
Evening star., 1946-12-07

Gen. George C.. Marshall. special
American Ambassador to China, is ex-
pected to return to this country soon--
probably by January /. Mrs. Marshall
will arrive on the West Coast in United
States Navy ship about December 8. Her
husbands aide will accompany her.
Gen. MarShalps mission to China,
which lasted 10 months, has ended with
out tangible accomplishment.
He can scarcely BE- blamed for fail
ure to bring the Communists, head
ed by Moscow-trained Gen. Mao Tse-
In spite of high hopes which Gen.
Marshall held for reconciliation between
the Nanking government and the Ye11an
group, at no time did he have any real
chance to obtain Yenan's cooperation.
Gen. Macs representative, Gen. Chou
En-lai, occasionally went through the
motions Of accepting Gen. Marshall's
conciliatory and impartial solutions. But
after they were actually set down In
formal agreement and accepted by
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek, the
Communist representative found ways
to weasel out OF them.
Gen. Chang was willing, however, to
comply with all Gen. Marshall's requests
for conciliatory solutions, principally
because he was aware Of the existence OF
. powerful group In the Far East Di-
vision Of the State Department which
favored an agreement with Yenan at
any price.
The generalissimo finally dropped fur
ther attempts to reach an agreement
when 1t became obvious, not only to him
self but also to President Truman's spe-
cial envoy. that even q temporary agree
ment was not possible. This was evi-
denced particularly blythe failure OF the
agreement to have three-man teams en-
force. the truce signed between Gen.
Chang and Gen. Chou early this year
At present there are two distinct
trends regarding our policy in China.
One, represented by what Is generally
described as the conservatives" around
the President and In the State Depart
ment, favors continuation OF the pres
ent support to the Nanking govern
ment. The other is represented by the
liberals" who favor reconciliation
with the Yenan government.
The Marking government is the only
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Proximity Torpedoes

The proximity torpedo, developed
during the latter stages of World
War II, is another grim reason why
submarine warfare is expected to be
more deadly than ever in the future.
Equipped with proximity fuse
somewhat like that which proved so
effective in artillery shells. the new
torpedo does not need to hit it's
target in order to destroy it. All that
the torpedoman needs to do is fire
the torpedo reasonably close to an
enemy ship and the electronic
.brain" in the warhead will do the
rest. When the sensitive fuse gets
close enough to steel hull to be
Affected by the magnetic field sur
Evening star., 1946-12-07
And Dangerous Nonsense
From the ottawa Journal.

From the Ottawa Journal.
R. H. Crossman, who led the so-called
"revolt" of British labor against the
foreign policies of Mr. Bevin, is de-,
manding that Britain stand up against
American economic imperialism in the
Far East asks rhetorically II Japan
is anything more today than colony
of the United States. And the United
States, he declares, is the only country
with the potential to wage war today"
although he acquits that country OF any
combative intentions. All this is nom
sense. of course, but dangerous nonsense
because it leads to misunderstanding
and recrimination and irritation. There
is, moreover, no more reason to suspect
the motives of the Americans IN the
Far East than of the British In the
Middle East. Neither Britain nor the
United States is interested in acquiring
more territory. or more power, but
both are deeply concerned-and rightly
so-with security in any conceivable
future.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Defends Occupation Army
By George Fielding Eliot

It would be inaccurate, indeed to say
that the American occupation Of Ger
many has been without fault. But it is
likewise inaccurate to give the impress
sion-as Mr.. George Meader's report
definitely does-that the whole thing is
a mismanaged, filthy mess and Is stead
lily growing worse.
Reading the Meader report, one can
only conclude that Mr.. Meader was spe-
officially looking for things to criticize
and that nothing else made much inn
preston on his mind.
Otherwise it could hardly have es-
capped his notice that the overall quality
Of the American occupation forces is
steadily improving as regards discipline,
organization and morale. There are
distinct signs Of the old Regular Army
now quite apparent to the eye OF the
trained observer, as this reporter had
opportunity to note when visiting Ger
many in August and September OF
this year. It Is quite true that the
venereal disease rate is still very high.
but 1t is to the improvement Of the con-
ditions under which the men are living
that we must look for q decrease In
this respect. A boy who lives In slum
district in this country. uncontrolled by
sound home influences. is far likelier q
victim OF venereal disease or drink or
crime than a boy from good home.
with normal, healthy outlets for his
youthful energies The boy who puts on
uniform Is still boy. II he lives in
4 dissolving, disorganised military COM
munity where no one cares about any
thing except getting home-as Was the
case IN Germany for too long after the
end Of hostilities- he viii suffer morally
as well Is physically from lack Of proper
care. attention and interest In his
welfare.
n
Just to demonstrate the degree of
confidence which should be given to the
Meader report as 4 whole, let us take q
question not Of judgment but OF fact, .
question ON which this reporter took
care tc inform himself while in Ger
many This Is the problem Of the jew
ish displaced persons In the American
zone Of occupation. Mr.. Meader says:
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Immunity Question

Presumably because of an unfa-
vorable public reaction to it, Sec
retary General Trygve Lie of the
United Nations has withdrawn his
request that speeding charges against
his chauffeur be dismissed on grounds
OF diplomatic immunity. As result,
the case has been settled without
legal contest, but the question Of
principle involved still remains to be
clarified.
When the case first came up, Mr..
Lies immunity claim seemed broad
enough to apply to everybody in the
United Nations, irrespective Of rank
or status. Later, just before dropping
the matter, Mr.. Lie asked our State
Department for>an opinion, explain
ing that his chauffeur was driving
him on official business at the time
of the traffic violation. In reply,
Charles Fahy, legal adviser to the
State Department, gave 1t as his per-
sonal view that Mr.. Lies claim was
justified under the international Or
ganizations Immunities Act adopted
by Congress last December.
Accordingly, although Mr.. Lie has
withdrawn his claim and although
his chauffeur has paid fne without
further contest, the issue itself has
not been settled. Speaking for the
United Nations, Mr.. Lie has empha-
sized that all employees and offlcials
of the U. N. have been instructed to
comply fully with the laws OF the
community and that this particular
case was not in any sense an effort
to circumvent such compliance.
Rather, it was an effort to test the
extent to which the immunity prin-
ciple is applicable. Though the case
has been closed, the test remains in
doubt, especially in view of the legal
opinion from the State Department.
Considering that the United Ma
tions will have thousands OF perma-
nent employees in our country, this
state of affairs Is unsatisfactory. In
the circumstances, to clarity the sit
uation, there is real need for the
projected conference between the
state Department and counsel for
the U. N. BY agreeing on definitions
and a fixed procedure. such a con-
ference can do much to permit a
smooth handling of future cases in
yolving the immunity question.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
A Fable About 1 Strike

To the Editor Of The Star:
One day the members Of the human
body we're dissatisfied with the behavior
of the stomach The stomach always
wanted food and the other members of
the body had to work very hard to
feed the stomach.
SO it came to pass that the members
of the body met to discuss the lazy
stomach that wanted to be fed but did
not do anything to earn 1t.
The big mouth was elected speaker
and he declared: 1--WE the members Of
the body agree that we are not willing
to support the stomach, that he must
obtain food for himself in his own way"
The fingers and hands clapped their
approval, the feet tramped their agree
ment and the remaining members
joined in until a full majority decided
to 90 on strike. Only the brain opposed.
The stomach became very angry and
was growing and grumbling, but he
could not do anything against the strike.
He received no food from the members
OF the body. Finally he became III and
a short while after, one by one, the
members became Ill also. The first Of
these was the big mouth.
After a few days, the brain called
q special session and this time he be-
came president. He pointed out that
1t was wrong for the members to have
gone on strike and introduced the pro-
posal that the strike should cease, and
all work together again. for without
feeding the stomach, they could not
insure life for themselves.
The members agreed and soon every-
thing was in motion again.
Shouldn't we the people learn sOrne-
thing from this old tale?
MAX LCRSCH.
"A Rose BY ANY Other
70 the Editer Of The Star:
He should sign his name: John
ell Lewisl MRS. Z.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Turning Point?

fortnight may be singled out as a
decisive turning point in interna-
tional affairs-as the time when the
United Nations suddenly snapped
out of near-fatal torpor and began
to make real progress toward estab-
fishing sound peace The history
books may say, too, that this happy
development was first set in motion
on last November Is, when Secretary
of State Byrnes and Foreign Minis
ter Molotov held a private and quite
sociable meeting between themselves.
At any rate. history will have to
record that Immediately after this
man-to-man conference. Mr.. Molo-
tov launched series of major Rus
sian concessions on issues which had
threatened, before then, to perpetu-
ate a fundamental deadlock in the
United Nations and to Illustrate all
efforts to create genuine system
of collective security. To begin with,
after having fought doggedly against
1t in order to win special advantages
for the Yugoslavs, he yielded to
the Anglo-American viewpoint on
Trieste. Next, he agreed to the prin-
ciple of free international naviga-
ton on the Danube, and he agreed,
further, to the idea of arbitrating
any future disputes over interpreting
the terms of the peace treaties now
near completion. Finally-and this
promises to be the most important
concession of all-he gave in to the
arguments of the western powers
and committed the Soviet Union to
a vetoless system of world control
and inspection for the atom and for
disarmament in, general. ~
All this, to be sure, constitutes
merely a beginning. As indicated by
the bitter Russian attack on an
alleged American maneuver to make
San Francisco the permanent home
of the United Nations, there are
likely to be many more arguments
and perhaps some deadlocks-in the
hard process of making peace.
Nevertheless, the new Soviet line is
conciliatory enough to support the
hope that from this point on there
will be fewer instances of sterile and
uncompromising debate and more
instances of concrete action. Thus,
with full agreement near on the
treaties for Italy, Romania, Hungary,
Bulgaria and Finland. we can look
forward to a concentrated effort on
the Austrian and German settle
ments. Another encouraging fact is
that Mr.. Molotov's concession on the
Danube raises the possibility that
Moscow may be dissuaded from
building an economic iron curtain"
in Eastern Europe. Above all, Soviet
acceptance of vetoless control and
inspection suggests that substantial
headway may now be made on dis
armament, atomic and otherwise.
Several factors probably account
for this conciliatory new temper, not
the least of them being that Russia
may at last be convinced that Amer
ica's policy of patience and firmness
rules out any further one-sided con-
cessions-a point that could have
figured largely in the recent Byrnes-
Molotov meeting. If we add to this
the possibility that Prime Minister
Stain may be as Ill as rumored and
that other serious internal problems
may be troubling Moscow, the
changed line is not altogether sur
prising. In any case, however 1t
may be explained, the change Is
plainly for the better.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Inscription for q Flyleuf

Tumbling into naeadotp-grdss
DotUn the rabbit-holloto
Through the tdst-dissoluing glass,
Like her s11adotp-folloto!
Marpel at the Cheshire cats
Smile, detached and stable:;
Taste the eat-nae cookie thGts
on the crystal table;
Stir the soup OF peppered sting
Share the clsornsed steeses;
Hear the dro,csy dornsouse sing
How the trencle pledses;
Feel the henpy y-hended queens
Sleeping on each shoulder -.
You may ponder irhnt 1t means
Ldter-irten you're olderf
DOROTHY BROWN THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
This and That
BIZ Charles z. Tracepell.


Happy days are here again for house
cats.
Salmon is back.
American tabbies and toms purr with
satisfaction.
If there is anything the average cat
likes, 1t is canned salmon.
Something about the cooking and
canning process puts this fish into a
class by itself, as far as these animals
are concerned.
Their friends can see their eyes light
up, and their morale elevated with
their tails, as they get their first snih
after long doing without.
Here is food ancient Egypt. home OF
all cats, knew nothing about.
It is odd that cats like salmon so,
because in nature they would never
catch it.
You can get raw salmon, and they
turn up their noses at 1t.
Cook it, and their reception Is not
much heartier.
But open canned salmon, and they
they like it that well.
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Here is good food for them, openly
arrived at with can cutter.
There is oil In 1t, helpful to their
insides and the fur balls all cats man
age to anass therein.
There are vitamins, minerals and
plenty of good honest protein with all
the essential amino acids.
Now and then some one will tell you
that cats should not have salmon, but
don't you believe them for an instant.
Listen to the cats purr, and be guided
accordingly.
1t is true that not all specimens like
canned salmon. Probably ! out OF 10
will spufn 1t, or eat 1t gingerly.
That leaves 90 per cent going for the
food In big way.
No other common available foodstuff
affects the cat in the same fashion. It
will 20 back time after time, all day
long, until the last scrap Is consumed.
After each bout with the food will
come an elaborate face washing.
Nothing that cat does has attracted
more attention than its washing habits.
Cat harersscry, How disgusting!" but
all friends Of cats, as they have for
thousands OF years, find the habit
amusing.
They never tire Of watching some
old fellow or old lady wash away, first
wetting the paw, then rubbing it across
the face.
Enthusiasts assert that cat saliva is
antiseptic. They declare the animal not
only deodorizes himself, but also man
ages to end the lives OF inimical germs.
People who write books about cats,
instead OF trying to be cute and funny,
as they mostly do, ought to put in some
time honestly analyzing cat saliva, to
see If these claims are true.
If they are, 1t would do more than
anything else to end the old wives tales
about cats causing diphtheria.
II you live with cat, try can OF
salmon Of the new pack, just now in.
It may be more costly than in the
old days, but ounce for ounce 1t is the
best food you can buy him.
No matter what it costs, 1t is all
meat, and the animal likes it and thriyes
on 1t.
1t should not be fed every day, how
ever. Three times week Is suficient,
but on those days 1t win do for both
breakfast and supper.
4 Is
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Invasion Story Recalled

Invasion Story Recalled
To the Editor OF The STAR
was interested in the letter written
by Mrs. F. j. Rebman and published
in The Star of November go under the
heading who Remembers Invasion
Story?" Mrs. Rebman says that she
read the narrative in serial form in
London paper in 1906.
recall reading sometime around
1908 book entitled THE Riddle of the
Sands" by E. Chiders. 1t was colorful
story of the experiences Of two British
Army officers on vacation In the Ger
man East Frisian Islands Of Borkum
and Nordenay. where they stumbled
into preparations for q mass invasion
of England.
The story OF the actual invasion slips
my memory just now, but remember
that the book caused quite stir at the
time and was q best seller ut the OUT
break Of World War in 1914
Perhaps this information will be Of
use. l.. A. PICKERING.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
"A Rose by Any Othe

"A INUSG Uy THY S1NA1SK
70 the Editor Of The Star:
He should sign his name: John
ell Lewisl MRS. =.