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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-23
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opposing the use of Russian forces
in his command. This story-to those
who knew the facts, and the Russian
government knew them-could only
show the extremes to which some
one will 60 to manufacturing a story
to discredit and create distrust and
suspicion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-23

One female praying mantis has
been known to devour as many as
eight enamored males.
Evening star., 1946-10-14
Republican Trend in Ohio
By Ray,n ond MoIey

previous victories. But it is clear that
Gov. Iausche will run much better than
Huffman. and straight ticket voting Will
cut this prospective Bricker majority.
On the other hand, the obvious Bricker
strength will enormously help HERBERT
in his fight against Gov. Lausche. News
paper polls show that Gov. Lausche is
running considerably below his ls44
strength in traditionally Democratic
counties. A month ago, wise people pre-
dicted substantial Lausche victory. Ine
same people now say that the contest
for Governor will be very close.
A Bricker sweep would probably carry
three Of the present Democratic con-
gressional districts. Three Republicans
viii have hard fight, unless the present
general Republican trend continues until
election. The rest Of the II Republican
congressional districts will probably re-
main Republican.
3 But Ohio well illustrates > factor
which should dampen the optimism Of
those Republicans who believe that =
trend away from the Truman admtnis-
Stration will sweep In q considerable Re-
publican majority in the House. Most Of
the normally Republican districts have
Republican Congressman now. Three
of the six Democrats are safe. The
other three can be displaced But three
Republican districts have local situa-
tions. such as strong Democratic candi-
dates, which make them fighting ground.
ohio may well contribute . quota Of
new Republican Congressman, but the
number will be small Except in three
az four States, similar situation pre-
yails. Here and there Republicans will
surely pick up seats. But the campaign
Is not over, despite the incredible blum
ders Of the Truman administration.
(Reieesed by the Associated NewspausFs, Ine.)
Evening star., 1946-10-14
Form Mongering'
By Dapid Laurence
d the London Sunday Dispatch.

kToH the Iondon SUNDAY DlSpdtcn.
Ills government-sponsored growth OF
inspectors of this and that; this form
monering and this general exaltation
Of tls supervisor at the expense Of the
prodGer Is so depressing that it is re.
freshng to record one case of active
rebellDn. One private manufacturing
firm, nable to get workers locally, has
askede0O of its 500 Office staff to leave
their tesks and 60 to production work.
They iant to boost production for both
the hone and the export market, And
most d the men and women concerned
have ccepted the change. This Is
q stimulating example Of getting ones
jacket S6 and getting down to the job.
It Is . Eecept which the country as
whole dll need to follow, particularly
If the Anerican loan Is spiked by our
vigorouacritics abroad. We shall Ger.
tainly red more workers then and
fewer inAectors. But 1t would be good
thing five started now to reverse
Q trend tat is becoming farcical.
Evening star., 1946-10-14

John w. Bricker was nominated ior
Vice President in 1914 because OF MS
extraordinary vote-getting record IN the
decisive State of Ohio. The Roosevelt
name was too much for him elsewhere,
hut Dewey -Bricker carried Ohio. This
year, he is again testing his popularity
in his native State, and 1t looks now as
If he would break his past records In
State elections. @
A month ago, when this observer
visited Ohio, John Bricker was confident.
but not overconfident. Neither Bricker
nor his running mate, Thomas ]. Her
bert, were inclined to slight the difficulty
of putting Ohio into Republican terri
tory by a big vote He realized, as do
all Ohioans, that Gov. Frank ]. Lausche
is going to run well on the Democratic
ticket. Since Gov. Lausche heads his
ticket, and Bricker, as candidate for
United States Senator, Is well down the
printed list, the Democratic Governor
win get what may be called typo
graphical advantage. But Bricker faced
8 similar situation before, with Roose-
welt running. And he proved to be .
lusty ballot splitting candidate. Twice
In recent years Ohio voters have split
their tickets by as much as half .
million votes.
kkN
This week the Ohio situation looks
very bright foS Bricker and unex-
pectedly good for Herbert. Reports and
polls from all over the State give Bricker
q big edge over Senator James w. Hum
man. A Gallup poll which, It should be
noted, offered only simple choice be-
tween the two candidates for Senator,
gives Bricker 2-to-1 lead. II that
advantage should prevail on election
day, the Bricker majority would b
around 700, 900, which Is more than 400
600 over the most imposing Of Brickes
Evening star., 1946-10-14
General StiIweII

Few military leaders of his time
had seen SO much of the chances,
the disappointments and the tri-
umphal successes of war as General
Joseph Warren Stilwell. His expert
ence bridged bitter defeats and
glorious victories. To the lay public
at home he was a romantic figure,
ardently appreciated. Among SOL
diers he symbolized the ideal COM
mander-a father to his men. The
explanation of his attraction for
ali classes of people was, as
Secretary Patterson said: "He never
spared himself"
General Stilwell's achievements
were the result of hard work. The
tasks to which he was assigned
were arduous in the extreme. He
met their demands by drawing on
his own stores of physical and
intellectual energy. Tall. lean and
lanky, he had endurance. Other
wise he certainly would not have
survived the hardships of his cam
paigns in China and Burma. But
1t really was his mind that kept
him going when it would have been
easy--as we'll as entirely honorable
to quit. He was rich in folk
wisdom, possessed unbounded good
humor, was modest almost to
fault, optimistic in the face of
frightful odds, courageous in the
old and most chivalrous meaning
of the word.
Proper appraisal of his services
may not be feasible for many years
to come. Living generations are
too close to the whole vast picture
of global strife to be competent to
judge between one claim and
another. Exactly what happened
between General Stilwell and
Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek in
1914 is not yet clear. Neither has
there been published any strictly
objective account of the differences
which admittedly existed between
s'Vinegar Joe" and the British
commanders in the Orient It was
natural, probably inevitable, that
there should be difficulties.
But General Stilwell came through
the fire with credit to the traditions
of the Army to which he belonged.
He Was NOT "nllssy-footer" he
spoke his opinions sharply and he
was stubborn in sticking to his
views once he had formulated
them. These characteristics could
Evening star., 1946-10-14

tecttontStS, antarchiStS ana Iorelgn-
trade monopolists, and favor Qike Hit
ler) bi-lateral trade agreements, one Of
which they have just concluded with
Sweden.
Furthermore, as Mr.. Wallace knows,
American negotiators have been waiting
in Moscow for months trying to propose
q big loan, such as Mr.. Wallace favorS
to Britain, and the Russians aren't
biting because the conditions attached
like those attached to the British
loan-are the rejection of totalitarian or
autarchist trade methods, so where are
we now? It's hard to keep the place!
Mr.. Wallace decries an American mill
tary alliance with Great Britain, but
darn 1t, the Russians have q military
, alliance, with Great Hritain-who forgot
that?
The Russians, also, says Mr.. Wallace,
have no business stirring up native
Communists to political activity In
Western Euorpe, Latin America and the
United States" Why, Mr. Wallace, you
Red-baiter, you, and what shall We do
about 1t?
Also, the interests Of world peace
demand that China be free from any
sphere of influence, politically or eco
mically-including, presume, Man
churia.
The British Isles, he tells US, are,
according to military men, "our ad-
vanced air base against Europe
though we just fought q war to prevent
their being used against us by Hitler.
Also, we have no business In the Mid
die East, backing British imperialism,
though Mr.. Wallace's supporters de-
mand that British imperialism, having
failed to establish a Jewish national
state in Palestine with the consent OF
the native inhabitants of the Middle
East, should be compelled to do SO, and
none other than the "imperialist Tory"
Winston Churchill, has suggested that
Britain relinquish the Palestine man
date!
Mr.. Wallace wants for Germany "an
equitable settlement based on unified
German nation" which cannot be
unified - II that were desirable - pre-
cisely because 1t is partitioned between
Eastern Europe (where, according to Mr..
Wallace, the west has no political busi-
ness) and Western Europe (where he
thinks the Russians have no business).
And finally only the United Nations
should have atomic bombs and mill
tary establishment. The only PROPOSE
tion advanced for this is Mr.. Baruch's,
rejected by the Russians who don't
want interference with national SOW
ereignty."
But anyhow, let's have more" CO.
operation and peace: 'Milder," more
intoxicating" and different"
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Ine.)
Evening star., 1946-10-14
Tripurtite Boards

The wisdom OF continuing the tri-
partite system Of attempting to
solve problems involving manage
ment and labor is seriously to be
questioned as result OF the renewed
designations of industry's two repre-
sentatives on the War Stabilization
Board, Earl N. Cannon and A. Cole
man Barrett. Both assert that the
system is unavoidable. They have
good reason to be pessimistic. Ex-
perience has shown that 1t Is too
much to expect harmony and
unanimity among members spe-
cificaliy chosen to represent in
herently divergent interests. The
very makeup of the boards men,
bership is such as to imply that
there are other factors to be con-
sidered in wage controls than the
public interest.
Although the Nations welfare
should be the controlling considera-
ton in so vital matter as stabiliza-
ton of the national economy, the
tripartite system allots to the public
not dominating influence in wage
decisions but one coequal with that
of industry and labor, respectively.
Two WsB members represent the
public, two represent industry and
two represent labor. This division
of the board into factions seems to
denote that industry and labor are
something apart from the public,
a reasoning that is dangerous in
weighing matters affecting the well
fare of all Americans, whatever their
means of livelihood.
The resigning representatives of
industry not only criticized the tri-
partite system but called for aban-
donment of all wage controls. They
are justified in their contention that
the Wage Sterilization Board has
been rendered impotent by the Gov
ernment's policy Of overriding the
boards decisions. President Truman,
In declining to accept the resigna-
tions of Messrs. Cannon and Barrett,
gave the impression that the WSB
will be ordered to carry on, however
futile its efforts. He would be well
advised, in that event, to convert the
board into an all-public body, whose
members are responsible to no class
or faction. Thus reconstructed, the
WSB would be In q better position
to function effectively as an i'm
partial and influential protector Of
the public interest-provided, OF
course, that its decisions are backed
by the Government it represents.
Evening star., 1946-10-14
Trouble in Portugal

Although the disturbances which
broke out in one or more military
garrisons in Northern Portugal seem
to have been quickly suppressed, the
mere fact of open unrest In the
army is serious portent for the
stability of the authoritarian regime
which has ruled Portugal for the
past two decades.
1t will be exactly twenty years
next month since the election OF
General Antonio Carmona inaugu-
rated a new era in Portuguese po-
litical life. The overthrow Of the
Braganza monarchy in 1910 in favor
of a republic had ushered in a period
of political instability. punctuated
by frequent revolutions. Graft. in
eficiency and mounting load Of
debt characterized a republican re-
gime which discredited the demo-
cratic ideals that had not been lived
up to in practice. Indeed, they could
hardly be expected to flourish in q
country traditionally misgoverned,
economically backward. and with
socially primitive masses almost
wholly illiterate.
The regime headed by General
Carmona which took Office in No
vember, 1925. was infused with the
determination to achieve political
and economic stability at the ex-
pense of democratic methods and
institutions, for which its leaders
did not believe the Portuguese peo-
pie were suited. The guiding spirit
was DR.. Oliverra Salazar. a univer-
sity professor of economics with a
program of governmental efficiency
and social discipline attained by au-
thoritarian methods. This program
was put fully into effect by the pro-
mitigation OF q new constitution in
1888. Termed the Estado Novo or
New State" it established an au-
thoritarian republic on cooperative
basis, having many similarities with
the Fascist state set up by Mussolini
in Italy a decade before.
This authoritarian republic has
given Portugal political and eco
nomic stability, social discipline and
balanced budgets. But 1t has not
insulated Portugal from the conse-
quences of the late war. especially in
q rise in living costs which bears
especially hard on both the masses
and the middle classes. That, IN
turn, has encouraged radical agita-
ton, cotncidihg with the falling
Evening star., 1946-10-14
A Gratifying Rebellion

InQlcaJl0QS Oh Change III Tile
. Board of Public Welfare's public
relations pelicy are welcome. Such
indications are contained in the
boards annual report to the Com
missioners, made public yesterday,
| where the statement Of needs is
made in language so vigorous that
the reporters describe it as rebellion.
We need this type of rebellion,
! especially in the Board of Public
welfare. We need a show of real
indignation over the continuation,
year after year, of conditions which
! have become accepted as common
place in some of the boards inStitu-
tions. We need to have public senti-
! ment directed effectively to their
correction.
The Board of Public Welfare
speaks from dismal experience when
it describes sensational episodes of
the past where, under highly emo
tional hint of scandal, money previ-
ously withheld has been quickly
appropriated. In each case the
! faults had been pointed out before,
J but in the dull, statistical jargon Of
requests for estimates. It needed
some colorful incident, that people
could understand, to bring them to
the surface. But as the board points
out such government by catas-
trophe" is not desirable.
The system under which funds
for the District are appropriated
creates a type of defeatism on the
part of the department heads.
There is only so much money avail
! able and a gain in appropriations
for one city agency is often made
at the loss of funds to another. An
additional complication results from
the work of small but influential
groups who, by concentrating their
efforts on one favored undertaking
such as the day-care nursery
schools-are able to commit the
District to expenditures on relatively,
luxurious undertakings at the ex-5
-, pense of others, for which there is
I greater need. It is difficult for the
Con,missiensrs and the budgetsofa-
Ger to ouercomessSuch handicaps.
! They need more revenue, of course.
, But to correct some of the worst
conditions such as the care of child
wards of the Board of Public We'll
fare-we should be able to devise
system of priorities, under which
selected needs will be pressed before
Congress until they are met. A frank
policy of taking the public into its
confidence, in candid description OF
such needs, would help the Board
of Public Welfare. It would also
help the Commissioners in their
difficult task of allotting, between
so many claimants, the available
revenue.
Evening star., 1946-10-14

be and doubtless were nlisunder-
stood on occasion. It was 50 Ia the
case OF several of his forerunners.
including Andrew Jackson and
U. s. Grant. What is important
and will be remembered were those
qualities which gained for him the
admiration and the affection OF
thousands Of his contemporaries as
human as himself. His place in the
annals OF his age is secure.
Evening star., 1946-10-14
EipendubIe Days

The snoklot burning leaves sends up
plus$
And sIotly shapes nsnsbus round my
head
This crimSn glory. which the flames
consfne,
Soon snlders grey within It's ashy
bed.,s f s
And NTH iiiies the silpcr-fighted sheen
The ripespsists haze sptn-ths lucent
hue
Which shadsps operhanging ntuscadins.
And rin,slhe distant sails IN lustross
blue.
sin, II t1te4 days iDere neDer pdst
Liks oopn cosns mfser hates to
spend,S
Each bnrnised leaf at my command
ciung est,
The splenar Of this autumn serer
md, M
pan,
Axd i. rntosked, not notice h at ailg
sARAH n. HOWARD.
Evening star., 1946-10-14
This Changing World
Bv Constantine BrOWn

insisted that plans for the organization
Of an international military force should
be made only after the Security Coun-
Gil has decided that Intervention was
necessary.
The reason behind this attitude is
believed to be that the q. s. s. r.,
which has large military forces IN
Europe, the Middle East and the Far
East, would offer It's services as soon
as the Security Council decided that
military Intervention was necessary.
Russia would thus assume the "chore"
Of keeping order In the areas In which
she is particularly interested, to the
exclusion Of other members Of the
Council. /E
BY rejecting the proposal to organize
an international force the u. 8. s. r.,
which still has the worlds largest
standing army and fighting aviation,
could rush punitive forces without delay.
It may be argued that this would
relieve the United States Of the burden
Of sending American soldiers to the
four corners Of the world. But in
practice, II the Russian proposal were
accepted, 1t would mean that Russia
would remain the paramount power in
Europe and Asia and Moscow could
further her already advanced political
plans.
The fear of power is great political
asset in most parts Of the world. Weaker
nations will be prone to accept Soviet
domination when they know that the
only military enforcement" agency Is
that of the U. s. s. r.
The representatives Of the United
States, Britain, France and China have
rejected the Russian proposal. In the
meantime, however, there is no Anter-
national force to implement decisions
of the Security Council.
The situation on the Greek border
soon may become so strained that 1t
will constitute threat to the peace Of
the world. In the event of major
outbreak involving Greece, Albania and
Yugoslavia the matter will be imme-
diately brought before the Security
Council Whatever decisions may be
taken, there is no force at present to
implement them The United States
or Britain, or both, may then be COM
PEELED to send their own troops. planes
and warships to deal with the aggres-
sor.
An international force could not be
described as serving "imperialistic aims"
while the use Of force by the Western
powers would Immediately be described
by the Slavic bloc as "capitaltsttc
Intervention" The same thing would
be true in regard to Tran or any Bull
garian- Turkish incident" that may
0cc1fr
Evening star., 1946-10-14
AIusku for Statehood

Voting more than two-to-one In
favor OF admission to the Union, the
people OF Alaska have taken the first
formal step toward those advantages
which derive. from statehood. This
means that a new star soon may be
added to the national flag. It also
indicates liquidation OF the organ
ized Territory" administration Of the
area which has been In effect since
1912. The Territorial Legislature
will be replaced with State Legis-
lature. In all important respects,
Alaska seems to be destined To enjoy
as complete a measure Of "home
government" as any of the forty
eight commonwealths already repre-
sented in the Star spangled Banner.
The only opposition in Alaska It
self has centered in the probability
that statehood will involve one or
two million dollars a year "addi-
tional expense" but the Alaska
Statehood Association has answered
that good local government" will be
worth more than it possibly can cost.
Some question formerly was raised
about the Territory's insularity-its
separation from the continental
United States-but this angle does
not appear in current discussion.
OF course, Congress has yet to
pass the necessary enabling law and
there may be some delay in securing
congressional approval Of Alaska's
application just as there already
has been in the case Of Hawaii.
whose people likewise have voted
for statehood. But no insuperable
obstacle exists; and the rich and
beautiful northwest peninsula which
has been a possession since 1857
almost certainly will be welcomed
into the Union during the next few
years. It's residents-72,5 ,524 OF them,
according to the latest census-will
become citizens, have political and
fiscal rights and duties like the
majority Of their contemporary
Americans to the south Of Sitka.
They will vote for the Chief Execu-
tive of the Republic and for members
of Congress. In brief, they will be
Americans in the full and complete
meaning of the word.
Meanwhile, the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia, numbering a
million and a half approximately,
will remain under their present
handicaps Of votelessness and voice.
lessness In national affairs-until
Congress finally grants them the
same measure OF justice which is to
be conceded the Alaskan community.
Evening star., 1946-10-14
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

Much Of the talk Of our political lead
ers today Is like those irritating adver-
tisements expressed in unfinished COM
paratives, such as o mattress truly
different" q perfume more intoxicat-
ing" q cigarette "milder," without ever
telling you what it Is different from, or
milder or more intoxicating than. Con-
seuuently-if your mind runs that way
you begin imagining all the ways q
mattress could be different, designed.
say, like the back OF dromedary, or
stuffed with dried sage, or releasing
ether when one tosses upon 1t; and the
more intoxicating" perfume suggests .
new cocktail ingredient. and the mild
er" recalls the cornsilk twists OF ones
childhood, and so on.
Il got q chance to read the full text
OF Mr.. Wallace's famous speech only
the other day, because / don't get the
newspaper PM, which alone published
Ii. up Ia the country. But now, reading
1t in fun. can well understand how
President Truman passed 1t and failed
to distinguish how what Mr.. Wallace adj
yocated is any different from what MI.
Byrnes Is doing, or for that matter.
Senator Vandenberg, for 1t is Ike those
advertisements. What Mr.. Wallace
wants, Is more cooperation" with Rus
sia. but when 1t comes to cooperation
on and about what specific things, he
turns out to be selling approximately
the same mattress and the same smoke.
Let's see what Mr.. wallace describes
as the necessary conditions for more"
cooperation with Russia and the aver
sion Of the threat of war.
" n
free world trade financed by America
as the worlds leading creditor nation
and an open door for American trade
everywhere, including Eastern Europe.
He makes that the first practical con-
dition for avoiding war.
1--WE cannot permit the door to be
closed against our trade to Eastern
Europe any more than we can to China.
Now, one Of the most acrimonious
fights Of the Peace Conference, which
led Mr.. Molotov to speech Of the Ut
most nonsequiturs cncluding the charge
that Americans were "richer'o developed
over the question Of equal access Tor
trade with the Danubian countries, ana
split the conference on . straight east
west vote, Mr.. Byrnes (and Senator
Vandenberg) standing with MI. Wallace.
So what?
But" says Mr.. Wallace, I'VE have no
business interfering In the politics OF
Eastern Europe" Here is where the
constant reader gets lost. Since when
have economic policies, such as trade
conditions, been divorced from politics?
Right in the same speech, Mr.. Wallace
attacks the Republicans for being pro-
tectionists. But the Russians are pro-