davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1946-11-29
Automobile Outlook

Those new car waiting lists are
due for further revision as q result
Of the coal strike Prospective buyers
who have been hoping for months
that their turn to get one OF the new
models was Just around the corner
are probably in for some more dis
appointments, according to automo-
tive experts.
The fuel crisis could not have de-
veloped at more inopportune time
as far as the motor industry is con-
cerned. George Romney, general
manager OF the Automobile Manu-
facturers' Association, pointed out a
few days ago that passenger car pro-
duction so far this year has been
only SO per cent Of what might
have been expected for similar
period In normal times. The major
deterrents to production, he said,
have been strikes in the assembly
and supplier plants and in such basic
industries as coal and steel. Steel
and coal strikes alone-not counting
the current walkout-depriyed the
industry of steel needed to manufac-
ture l,2o0,0O0 additional cars.
The effects Of the current strike
cannot be estimated at this early
stage, but 1t has been asserted that
every day the coal strike continues.
general industry is set back another
ive days. If continued, a complete
shutdown of automobile production
is inevitable What this means to
dealers waiting lists-and to the
dealers themselves-becomes pain
fully obvious. And it also is obvious
that the longer new car production
is delayed, the greater the highway
hazards resulting from aging and
decrepit cars. Any way one views 1t,
the outlook is glum indeed.
Evening star., 1946-11-29
Mann Act vs.. Polygomy

1t is likely that the Supreme
Courts ruling that the scope OF the
Mann Act extends to religion-in-
spired polygamy will be debated in
legal circles as vigorously as have
prior decisions upholding broad in
depreciation OF the white-slaye stat
ute. The court itself was divided,
six to three, over the latest decision,
which sustained the conviction OF
members OF Mormon sect known as
the Fundamentalists for, transport
ing their plural wives across State
lines.
The case hinged on the courts
understanding OF the Anal phrase OF
the Mann Acts ban on transports
ton in interstate commerce OF "any
woman or girl for the purpose OF
prostitution or debauchery, or for
any other immoral purpose" It mar
rowed down to determination as to
whether a cultist's action in accom-
panying plural wife from one State
to another was interstate transpor-
tatione for an Immoral purpose"
within the meaning of the act. JUS.
tice Douglas, on behalf Of the ma
jority, held that ''polygamous prac-
tices have long been branded as i'm
moral in the law" that religion may
not be used as a shield for immo-
rality and that the wording of the
Mann Act is such as to warrant
broad application of Its provisions.
The court thus has followed the
line of reasoning behind the much
discussed Caminetti decision Of
thirty years ago. At that time the
high tribunal took the stand that
the Mann Act is not restricted to
commercialized vice but covers, also,
voluntary, individual activities of an
immoral nature 1t is interesting to
note that the three dissenting JUS
tices, Messrs. Murphy, Jackson and
Black, and one of the cencurring
Justices, Mr.. Rutledge, questioned
the correctness of the Caninetti de-
cision. Justice Rutledge felt. how
ever, that since the Caminetti opin-
ion still prevails after three decades,
he must abide by 1t. Justices Jack
son and Black regarded the old ruiz
ing as dubious one. Justice Muir
ply argued that the Caminetti case
Interpretation violated the intent OF
Congress to restrict the law to white
slavery as such and that 1t should
Evening star., 1946-11-29
This Changing World
By Consfanfine BrotDp

President Truman has given the
green light to plans drafted several
months ago whereby the State DEPART
ment will be moved to modern build
Ing which Was completed some time
before the war and is known as the
War Department Building. The Budget
Bureau, which in recent years has oc-
caslonally directed the actual policies Of
the Governments principal depart
merits because of Its control Of the
purse strings, will move into the old
State Department Building together,
with some Of the White House advisers.
The wisdom OF moving the State
Department from the location where it
has been for the last 10 years Is COM
her OF members Of Congress and by
most Neutrality-suspicious..
The old Victorian gingerbread huild-
ing, with its high -ceilinged and spacious
rooms, its massive double doors and
dignity that comes with age, seems to
.epitomize Americas growth from !
small to world power. It Is as much
q landmark as Is the White House or
the Capitol It Is true that the new
hona8 OF our foreign policy trainers
and executives has modern central
heating and air-cooling system. But it
is Just another Office building which has
nothing In common with the history OF
the United States.
x&
The removal of the State Department
from its present location is like moving
the White House to moLern mansion
with hundreds OF rooms. The President
and his stan might be far more COM
Portable and have more elbow room, but
1t would not be the same as lar as the
American people are concerned.
The present State, War and Navy
Building was erected in 1871. But the
building stands on an historic site-for'
1t was here, in 1899, that one Of the
first executive buildings for the new
Capital was erected The State De-
partment was an occupant, with the
war and Navy Departments. Much. of
the important history Of the United
states has been written in the present
building. From the suites on the
second floor where the Secretaries
OF State have their offices, Americas
destinies have been drafted. 1t is
from this building that policies were
developed which made the United
states power with worldwide In
Evening star., 1946-11-29
immigration Of Refugees
Bv Kendrick Lee

Contradictory proposals for revision OF
the immigration laws will be placed be-
fore the new Congress when 1t meets
for its first session in January. PreSi-
dent Truman told the United Nations
General Assembly last October that he
would recommend that Congress @an-
thorize the United States to do its full
part" III accepting European refugees.
Administration bills will propose moo
Grafton OF present restrictions 70 IA
cilitate the admission OF displaced per
sons. Bills offered from other sources
will propose Tightening OF present re.
strictions, or complete st0ppage OF all
immigration for 9 period OF years.
Arguments for and against liberaliza-
tion Of the country's immigration poll
cies will cover much familiar ground,
but on both sides there will be q new
sense Of urgency. Shortages OF many
consumer goods, the pressing need OF
housing for war veterans and fear Of q
postwar depression will be cited as COM
nelling reasons for prohibiting any con-
siderable influx Of immigrants at this
time.
4+&
sss AQV0EdGtS Vi si1ECI 1uiAAAl64 6UA0AA " -
point to the approaching end q Eu-
ropean operations by the United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Administra-
tion. Even II the presently projected
international refugee organization has
started work by 1947. It cannot be
expected to provide adequate care Tor
hundreds Of thousands Of refugees tor
an Indefinite period The number Of
refugees and displaced persons still IN
Europe today is generally believed TO
be &c least I,30O, 900 Of whom approx
imately. II per cent are Jews A con-
siderable number Of displaced Europeans
will return to the lands ct their birth.
But after all possible repatriations have
been carried out, there viii still remain
hard core Of approximately 10000
refugees who are unwilling Tor various
reasons to, return to their native cosln-
tries. 1t is the immediate critical plight
Evening star., 1946-11-29
her
JANE X SMITH
mark
mark

This abstract is complete. brought up
to date
To transfer title to a tract OF land
TO purchasers tnlio ksaoto 1t must relate
Each detail OF its history. One hand
Jane Smiths, in its brief entry has be-
trdyed
Far more than She ,oho made u
dreamed, the price
The early settlers in that region paid
Their children's schooling ,Das the
sacrifice. "a
Jane Smith has made her mark. which.
ii0tGrized
Beneath her husbands signature. q
proof
She could not ,Orite. All this can be
surDlised.
Their ne,0 home oape them food and
fuel, q root,
And knotoledOe of the Woodland. felds
and brooks.
But Il denied Jane Smith the ,oorld Of
HIIDEGARDE WALLS JOHNSON.
Evening star., 1946-11-29
Cortes Remembered
The reported finding of the lor

The reported finding of the long
missing remains Of fernando Cortes
may mean little to the ordinary
reader outside Mexico. But to those
who are interested in the history of
the New World, which he notably
helped to open and reveal, the an
nouncement will have considerable
significance. 1t serves in certain
sense to revive recollection of one of
the greatest men who ever has lived
ain modern times.
Cortes, a native of Medellin in
Estremadura born In 1884, was a
student of law at the University of
Salamanca when in 1901 he decided
upon a career of action. His earliest
endeavors to leave Spain were not
fruitful. In 1904, however, he
reached San Domingo. Seven years
later he accompanied Diego Velaz-
quez to Cuba and In 1913 he was
named to command an expedition
to the coast Of Yucatan The mar
rative Of his conquest OF the Aztec
empire and its neighbors and rivals
contained in his five communications
to Charles v, became available In
English in 1903. Admittedly his
methods were deplorable. Yet the
common notion that he was heart
less destroyer Of the Indian peoples
is not justified. Clarerice H Earring,
writing in the Encyclopedias OF the
Social Sciences, says: His great
administrative ability, combined
with the conviction that he was
leading crusade transformed
the hazardous schemes OF mere
adventurer into the matured policies
OF constructive statesman Espe-
cially 4 p 1850 he won for himself
Evening star., 1946-11-29

OF this last group OF refugees that will
constitute the most forceful argument
for increased admissions to the United
States.
The present immigration policy Of the
United States, as set forth in the I'M
migration Act of 1924. assigns an annual
quota Of 126,053 immigrants to all OF
Europe. Each European nation is per-.
mitted to send fixed share Of the quota
in accordance with formula contained
in the law.
The majority of plans tt, ease the
entry of European immigrants are based
on the fact that the annual legal total
of quota immigrants is never reached
in any single year The number OF un-
used quotas has exceeded 100000 IN
every fiscal year of the period 1881
through 1945. with the exception Of 1889.
Under the law, however, the unused
quotas Of one year cannot be added to
the ensuing years quota. Moreover. the
law forbids the transfer Of unused
quotas in one country to another coun-
try which may desire to send many
more immigrants than its assigned
quota permits
Fiorello H. La Guardia, director gen
eral Of the UNRRA, proposed last July
that the unused quotas Of all nations
be pooled and distributed among dis
placed persons without regard to Z
refugees country Of birth. He esti-
mated that the plan would permit the
immediate entry Of some 10000 Euro
pean refugees, without increasing the
total annual number Of immigrants now
permitted by law.
Administration measures to lit or TO
alter present restrictions viii meet stih
opposition from the major veteran or
ganizations. Last year the American
Legion indorsed bill calling for = 50
per cent cut In Al immigration quotas.
And q resolution adopted at the l946
convention OF the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars favored complete suspension Of all
immigration for I period Of 10 years.
Evening star., 1946-11-29

teTeStE.
The reason given for this break with
tradition Is that the building Is no
longer sufficient to accommodate the
large number Of officials now employed
by the State Department. This is a
specious argument. It is true that
during the war the personnel Of the de-
partment was greatly. increased and the
mushrooming which has taken place IN
every other Federal agency has not
spared the foreign policy framing de-
partment.
During the Second World War. the
number OF Government officials was in
creased more than during the First
World War. There was much more
overlapping OF functions between 1888
and 1946 than at any other time IN
American history. But -the war has
ended and the Eiehtieth Congress Is
expected to order drastic reduction in
the many services. agencies and tenn
porary bureaus which were created, for
no valid reason, In the course Of the
war;
For instance, before Pearl Harbor the
public relations section OF the State
Department, known in the past as Cur
rent Information Division, comprised
six officials and a few clerks. 1t de-
yeloped during the war into an organi-
zation OF several hundred individuals.
So have many new economic and ana
lytical divisions During a crisis every
department wishes to become state
within the state and does not hesitate
to create bureaus stated by many
officials who frequently are doing moth
ing but duplicating other services estab-
lished in peacetime.
The overflow of the vast army OF
officials OF the State Department Is
being housed in number OF rented
buildings throughout Washington. The
new building which is to house the
State Department has actually several
thousand square feet less than the old
Victorian building The secret OF ind
inc adequate space for the ofncials OF
the organization does not lie in moving
the building. but doing away-to the
advantage of the taxpayer-with num-
ber of useless and superf1uous officials.
These superfiuous officials were placed
in the organization at time when the
eficiency of d government was meas
ured not by its achievements, but by the
number Of persons 1t employed.
Evening star., 1946-11-29
On the Record
By Dorothy Thomp pson

ouate. The fraternity Of miners Tex
uressed in their union) thus seeks in
tegration in the fraternity of the Nation
Miners from most ancient times have
constituted unique guild, tied to their
work and each other by Freemasonry
of pride in manly dangers demanding
fellowshtp. and In realization of the
primary necessity of their toll In parts
Of Europe they wear, for dress occasions,
q special uniform, black and braided.
with i tail cap haunting a scarlet
brush, and when they appear in body
at public festivals they are greeted with
the homage accorded veterans They
have never had the mentality Of "prole-
tarians." Being highly disciplined by
the hazardous nature Of their work,
they are highly sensitive to external
disciplines. They have a comradely
solidarity, similar to that of soldiers at
the front. To fail ones buddies, to fail
even to risk ones life for them In .
mine disaster. is infamy.
$50
Miners recall epochs when they held
special status as pillars OF the social
order. In Germanic countries they bore
from medieval times the title Berg
knappe," or Young knight Of the Noun
tains.n Peasants who would not allow
their daughters to marry ordinary wage
laborers made exceptions OF miners,
austere and virile men, whom none
could intinidate. Prof. Rosenstock-
Huessy of Dartmouth tells me that
the first German general strike occur
red in 1857 when the miners struck
against the proposal to abolish the title
of knight" and sink the miners
identity among other workers. Wages
and hours were not involved, involved
was self respect and status in the eyes
of society, and, above all, Of their
womenfolk.
Our mechanistic age. however, has
lost its sensibilities about the most OBJ
vious human feelings.
have seen an experts report, pre-
pared for Hitler in 1913, inquiring into
the falling OF Of new recruits for the
mining profession. Its summary says:
Every attempt to solve this problem
by compulsory labor Is doomed TO fail-
ure. A lasting solution is to be found
only in the creation of mining COM
munity pridefully bound to their work. =
Even Hitler recognized limitations.
There is only one reason why the
miners should go back to the pits. That
is because we cannot live without them.
And that is why they will go back the
moment they know that we fully rec
ognize their national and social value.
That is what they always strike for:
Our respect; our gratitude; our recog-
milton of their manhood; our care
not meanly expressed, but freely and
magnanimously- -as magnanimously as
the magnitude of their sacrificial serv-
ice demands.
released by the Bell syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1946-11-29
A Word From StuIin
BIZ Dapid Lawrence
From the London Daily Mail.

From the London Daily Mall.
Stain declares roundly that commu.
nism can exist in one country-by which
he means that it does not need to be
exported. If this could be interpreted
as a declaration that Communist inter-
ference in the internal affairs of other
nations would cease lit would be thu
most hopeful of the words uttered by
Stain. - Stalin's words may mean
much or little. according to whether OF.
not he is still master of the Soviet state.
1t would be foolish to draw too optimistic
inferences from his words. and it would
be defeatist to dismiss them as mere
talk. 1t comes to this. Either Stains
statement makes nonsense Of present
Russian policy, or Russian policy will
make nonsense of Stalin's words.
Evening star., 1946-11-29
Letters to The Star
Praises Japanese-American
For Their Patriotism

To the Editor Of The Star:
H. j. McClatchy's letter in The Star
Of November 1s would have interested
me great deal more had it come from
some other part of the country than
California.
Many years ago spent nearly u
months In Los Angeles and being much
younger. naturally, and less given to
weighing statements. came away quite
anti-Japanese. It was not until I spent
five years In Hawaii and grew to know
Japanese Americans both In social and
business capacities that / realized how
very untrue had been the propaganda
l had been fed in Los Angeles. The
finest helper ever had was . young
japanese American boy who later be-
came teacher. During the war, Hawaii
wisely using its loyal citizens OF Oriental
background. he was principal OF . large
rural school and leader Of his commu-
nity's bond drives and thus gave valiant
service to his country, the United States
of America.
hold no brief for the japanese EN-
pire and its treatment Of the Koreans
or any other peoples and am glad TO
remember that demonstrated against
its treatment OF the Koreans years
ago when some people thought ] was Z
bit odd for my stand. But ! am writing
in defense Of the japanese Americans
who, for the most part have been more
loyal than we ha ve had any right TO
expect them to be. considering our
treatment of them.
AS for Hawaiian statehood, Mr.. Nc
Clatchy does not need to worry about
that. know for fact that Chinese
was elected to the territorial legislature
one time from japanese neighborhood.
Our Oriental Americans think OF them
selves first Of all as Americans. Don't
believe anything else.
LULA B. BELLINGER.
Evening star., 1946-11-29

The late Antoine de ST. Exupery
wrote. Democracy will either be .
brotherhood or It Will ceAse TO be
A revival Of an Oscar wilde play in
New york rediscoyers his famous epi-
gram. IA cynic is one who knows the
price OF everything and the value OF
nothing"
our economic order puts the emphasis
on price. Al brotherhood. or family.
recognizes value. There Is vast dis
parity between price and value. The
disparity, for instance. between an ounce
OF secret glamour parfum and ton OF
coal.
The fundaments OF all economies are
agriculture and mining. Yet miners
receive less, both in money and In Amer
lean standards OF homely and civilized
living In proportion to their efforts and
risks. than do almost any other class Of
workers. They also receive less In pro-
portion to their value to society. On the
whole. those engaged in services devoted
to maintaining the economic order-the
conseryationists- receive less than those
engaged In catering TO the ultimate
consumer. The value OF the miners
services only becomes patent to all when
he ceases to render them. The bitumi-
nous coal miner knows that half OF all
our factory power and two-thirds OF
ali our electric power depend upon him.
Indeed. he knows that the operation OF
civilization, its homes, its schools, rests
upon his bent shoulders rs he crouches
inside mountains.
The miners knowledge Of his own
value constantly seeks recognition. II
the recognition Is withheld, he withholds
his services in order to compel public
awareness Of his value.
Perhaps the deepest and most social
human yearning is for recognition OF
ones value. 1t says: Notice me, be-
cause YOU need me; care for me, that
may serve you" It is q manly de-
mand for the praise Of other men, say
ing. Permit me. in my pride, to think
of you because you think Of me-"
A miner expressed it simply to re-
porter from the New York Herald
Tribue: II am sorry for you who may
freeze in New York, but you are not
sorry for me, in the mines" sympathy
alone begets sympathy and has the
right to ask for sympathy
The miner respects himself and his
occupation because he knows that he is
indispensable. Indispensable, for In
stance, as I am not, and you are not,
and Congressmen are not, because one
can always elect others. The miners
self-respect and occupational respect
seek confirmation. Recognition
tribute paid to value-is the only COM
pensation that can be added to price
twage), for without the compensation
Of esteem fame) the wage is divorced
from value and will always be made
Evening star., 1946-11-29

be overruled. Chief Justice White
and Justices McKenna and Clarke
dissented from the original Cami-
netti opinion. And the probability
Is that what Congress had In mind
when 1t inserted ANY other Inn
moral purpose" In the White Slave
Traffic Act will continue to be q
subject for argument until some new
Congress sees fit to make the law
more specific.
Evening star., 1946-11-29

Who remembers when the appear
ance OF first baby born to q rler1-
ber of college class was a note
worthy event?
Evening star., 1946-11-29
Anti sMasher" Crusade

Antl.V NIaSnef LfuSdue
10 the Editor Of The Star:
It's high time the Washington Police
Department cracked down on the
.'naashers,o whose brazen molesting Of
unescorted women downtown has
reached scandalous proportions.
Some OF these wretches, who consider
all women. regardless Of age Or marital
status, fair game, are Hollywood
influenced wise guys: others are n,o-
rons; but III are dangerous. READER.
Evening star., 1946-11-29
The Landlords Side Of II

In 1888 during the depression, rented
an s-room, 2-bath brick house in IN
excellent location to Government EN-
ploye for $40 a month. Since then his
salary has been raised IS per cent be-
cause of the increased cost of living.
and he also gets about $100 month
for subrenting rooms in my house
At the same time my net income
steadily has been decreasing because OF
the increasing cost of upkeep and taxes.
Yet, under the OPA. ! can neither raise
his rent nor get possession OF my prop
erty. Is this fair or just?
Many prewar landlords thus penal
lied for having furnished shelter to z
large number Of our citizens during the
past years, can save themselves finan-
cially only by selling their properties.
Consequently the papers are full OF adj
vertisements of Houses for Sale" but
few of Houses for Rent" Many an
owner would prefer to keep his prop
erty if he could get fair rental, and
It certainly is hardship to the hone-
seeker compelled to buy house ~ inr
flated values or go homeless.
This situation has been brought about
by the arbitrary removal Of one Of the
foundation stones of our Government
Equal Justice Under Law.
A PREWAR LANDLORD.
Evening star., 1946-11-29
Others Repudiated?

To the Editor o. The star.
Harold L. Ickes says that President
Truman has been clearly and decisively
repudiated by the people, but won-
der if Mr.. Ickes realizes that he. Henry
Wallace and various certain others who
either are or have been in high Gov
ernment places and all Reds, Pinks
and Fellow Travellers may have con-
stituted d decisive factor In theSresult
Of the recent election.
"A REPUBLICAN,.