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Evening star., 1946-02-10
lndiun PUDDING

There is something about the hot.
spicy, molassestang fragrance of
Indian pudding that sets it apart
from other foods. No one knows
when men first began to experience
the deliciousness OF 1t. Long years
before the white man began hewing
a nation from this land that was
a wilderness, the Indians were using
corn meal, and perhaps they learned
to combine maple sirup with boiled
mush. The countrymari is not opin-
donated or arbitrary about his food,
he is merely definite in his views.
There are many wrong ways to
make Indian pudding, and only one
right method.
There are rumors to the effect
that some sections of the land
actually raise white field corn and
use the grain for human consump-
ton. The real tragedy about it, of
course, is that such folks cannot
know the true flavor of genuine
Indian pudding. Not that some who
make it of the right kind of meal
know the heights to which this dish
can aspire. There are those with
a heavy hand who turn out a dry.
sawdustlike affair that merely
tastes like sweetened, slightly mois-
tened meal. And one regrets that
some cooks, excellent in other re-
spectS, turn out an Indian pudding
that is a sloshy, wet, gruellike
consistency, fit for neither man nor
beast.
1t Is a simple, humble, unpreten-
tious dish but the yellow corn meal,
milk, molasses, butter, maple sirup
and other things must be blended
in just the right proportions. The
molasses, maple sirup, the CHINA
mon and ginger give it the flavor
that places it in category by itself.
Cook it long enough, but not so long
that the top crust becomes carbon
lied charcoal. Do not try to be
futuristic and cloud the flavor with
raisins or nuts. Real Indian pud-
ding can stand on its own feet. A
big saucedishful with plenty of
heavy cream is one of the country
mans favorite dishes.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
The Housing Emergency

There is abundant evidence here
and elsewhere that the country is
facing housing crisis of grave pro-
portions. Wartime reduction of
home building activities created a
shortage of homes that has grown
steadily worse since the close of hos
tilities. The Governments too
hasty action in lifting building re-
strictions after VI day contributed
to increased building material short
ages in the home construction field,
due to the flow of materials into
other less essential channels. Add
ing to the seriousness of the home
problem was the rapid demobiliza-
ton of the armed forces. with re-
sultant return of thousands of serv-
icemen demanding decent shelter
for themselves and their families
at reasonable prices. For the most
part these deserving citizens have
met with little success in finding
homes, apartments or even make
shift quarters within the limits of
their pocketbooks
1t is against such a dark back
ground that National Housing Ad-
ministrator Wyatt's comprehensive
emergency housing program for
veterans stands out in bold and
bright outline. President Truman,
in commencing Mr.. Wyatt's recon-
mendations to the earnest consid-
Grafton of Congress, pointed out that
he had given his housing expediter
a big job with the injunction: Make
no little plans" Mr.. Wyatt, taking
the President at his word, has come
forth with sweeping proposals for
stimulating production of scarce
building materials, channeling of
materials into home building
through priority and other restric-
tions, controlling prices on new and
existing housing, development OF
new techniques and products for
home building, use where feasible
of abandoned military construction,
and proposals of similar pertinence
Some of the steps can be taken
under wartime executive authority
-as in the reinstatement of priori-
ties on building materials. Other
measures, as in the case of price
ceilings, will require legislation
Whether such ceilings should be re-
stricted to new construction or
should apply equally to existing.
homes will be subject for congress
sional debate. There is strong op-
position in building circles to i'm
posing price ceilings on the millions
Of homes already built, and the
pending Patman bill. as reported by
the House Banking Committee, lin
its ceilings to new homes There will
be opposition to some other aspects
Of the Wyatt program. On the
whole, however, the broad attack on
Americas postwar housing problem
should start the machinery rolling
Evening star., 1946-02-10
East Potomac Park

The Commissioners are on sound
ground in opposing abandonment OF
the prewar plan to develop East Po-
tomac Park as a recreational area
for Government workers and other
residents of the growing city. Un-
der the expansion program adopted
in 1871 by the Office of National
Capital Parks, the Co-ordinating
Committee on Recreation Plans, the
Fine Ats Commission and the Dis
trict Recreation Board, the old tour
ist camp was to be removed to a
more adequate site across the Po-
tomac River and the entire East
Potomac Park area devoted to golf,
tennis, softbal and other sports.
Came the war, however, and the
proposed new tourist camp site in
the Arlington Experimental Farm
area was gobbled up by the Penta-
gon, barracks, dormitories and
network of approaches. Now the Ma
tional Park Service and Government
Services, Inc, which operates the
camp, are seeking not only to retain
the camp on its present site in East
Potomac Park, but to enlarge it to
such an extent that one of the ex-
isting nine-hole golf courses would
be eliminated.
The question at issue is whether
East Potomac Park is to develop
along the recreational lines original
~ intended or is to become the per-
manent site of an ever expanding
tourist haven. The camp first was
built as a temporary enterprise at
a time when park areas were not
so much in demand for recreational
purposes. With the rapid growth of
Washington and the expansion of
Federal offices, however, there is
urgent need for an increase in rec
reational areas, rather than any
such reduction as would be entailed
In enlargement of the tourist camp.
Since tourist camps cater to motor
lists, they need not be so close to the
center of the city as Fairgrounds,
which are designed primarily to
serve city dwellers. The wiser
course, then, would be to place the
tourist camp outside of, but con-
venient to, the city, and reserve all
Of East Potomac Park as place of
play and relaxation for Office work.
ers and others in need of healthful
exercise.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
The Germun Fleet
From the Montreal Star.

1t will be long time before the peace
ful nations of the world, If ever, have
again to cope with the threat of a
German Navy. Today the shattered
Reich, once so close to realization of its
dreams, is at its lowest ebb. Not one
OF its battleships remains afloat and
the somewhat less than 1000 ship units
OF all categories which survived the
surrender have now been portioned out
among Britain, the United States and
the Soviet Union One of the two re-
naming cruisers, the Nuremberg, is in
Russian hands to augment the Soviet
fleet, which was strengthened earlier
following the Italian surrender. The
other, the powerful Prinz Eugen, under
United States command, yesterday was
standing by a disabled troop transport
in the Atlantic en- route to Boston. It's
days are reported to be numbered, for,
together with various ships from the
japanese fleet, the Eugene is said to be
included in the heterogeneous armada
which will be used in deep-sea expert
mefts with atomic bombs to determine
the efficacy of the new weapon in naval
warfare. It is probable that most Of
the other units will be used for expert
mental purposes by Britain and the
United States as well.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
Observation-Disclosures
By the Req. Dr. Seth r. Brooks
Minister OF the Unipersast National Memorial Church

Considering the number Of persons
who have given years to study and
research before writing about Abra-
ham Lincoln, the average person is
forced to approach even the briefest
article on Abraham Lincoln with
humility and sense OF inadequacy.
Nevertheless. the anniversary of
Lincoln's birth never will go un-
marked In this country in which he
is and ever will be one of those tower
ing figures who belong to the ages
The paradox of his life is that
although 1t escapes complete compre- :
hension in the vastness of It's sweep
and the profundity OF its power,
Lincoln is individual and unique to
every man who stands In awe before
him.
AS boy I lived In a city where
there is one of the greatest of Lincoln
statues. 1t is figure of the Great
Emancipator sitting on bench, his
stove pipe hat beside him. Vividly
I'remember children climbing up and
sitting on the knee until the bronze
was worn bright and shiny. Is not
that symbolic? For, as children of a
much later day are drawn to figure
cast in bronze. are not we drawn by
a warmth flowing from this great
soul and flooding the years with a
feeling Of confidence and trust?
An elderly acquaintance told me
he once saw Lincoln and that
Lincoln had the homeliest and yet
most beautiful face he had ever
seem" That, too, is Lincoln-gaunt,
homely, homespun, yet radiating an
inner beauty which eludes descrip-
ton.
We in Washington have the con-
tinuing privilege of going to the
memorial that this Nation raised in
grateful tribute to Lincoln,s life.
have studied the inscription above
his head, the immortal words of the
Gettysburg Address and the Second
Inaugural etched on the walls, and
ever anew have been moved to the
deepest emotion and lifted In glad
surprise to higher levels.
I.have studied the huge figure seated
Evening star., 1946-02-10
Speedup in Koreo?

Now that joint Russian-Ameri-
can military commission has been
established in Korea, there seems
some reason to hope for a much
needed speedup In co-ordinating the
administrative and economic affairs
of that sorely tried country. Ever
since the defeat of Japan, the Kore-
ans have seen their land split in
two, with the Red Army occupying
the industrial north, with our forces
occupying the agricultural south,
and with an impossible barrier be-
tween. The effect of this arbitrary
division-which the Russians ap-
parently have been reluctant to dis
solve-has been to impede recon-
struction and create suspicion. It
is heartening, therefore, that the
new commission has just announced
a decision to start putting an end
to this unfortunate situation, in ac-
cordance with the agreement
reached last December at the Mos
COW meeting of the Big Three For
eign Ministers.
A second function of the commits
sion-as also set forth in the Moscow
agreements to help form provi-
sional native government of repre-
sentative democratic elements, and
to work with that government in
drawing up proposals for trustee
ship to be controlled by Britain,
China, the Soviet Union and the
United States "for period up to five
years." Economically and political
Evening star., 1946-02-10

there in the center Of that classic
temple. From every angle I have
studied the face-the mouth, the
eyes, the brow and the whole head.
What the artist wished to convey
above all else, cannot say, but to
me the one word which expresses this
superb creation is "brooding."
There sits the man born in log
cabin, rail splitter, country lawyer,
emancipator, martyred President,
master Of men brooding over the
Nation he so dearly loved. This is
the Lincoln men need to see today.
The man Of reflection who realized
how nearly Nation was severed In
twain, who counted the dead Of that
cruel conflict, who appreciated the
divine rights of men and who beheld
a Nation indiyisible with liberty and
justice for all"
Man Is curious creature who
often instinctively acts before reflect
ing. Our day calls for reflection.
We must see the way this Nation has
come. We must understand our
heritage and the ideals which have
made us great. We, too, must ponder
on the dangers of strife and division,
the American lives which have been
laid down for the rights of man and
the imperative need Of being united
in common determination to pro-
tect the weak, punish wrongdoing
and enthrone the right.
Abraham Lincoln, seated there,
looks across the Capital of the Ma
ton, across our farms, lakes, rivers,
towns and cities. He looks straight
into the future, and he dreams of a
United States of America fulfilling
its destiny through righteousness,
mercy and justice "'til all success be
nobleness and every gain divine"
Lincoln often has been called "the
man of the people" He Is also the
man of the individual. Every Ameri-
can should have his own Lincoln.
For as he belongs to the ages he be-
longs to our day and to us. We need
him and his vision of an America
that Is a Government Of just men
guided by Divine Providence.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
Conodo Stoys in the Air
By RAYMOND Molev
From La Tribune (snerbrook.).

from La tribune (Sherbrooke).
Canada which so brilliantly distinr-
ulshed itself during the war by its
powerful air force, Canada, which was
during the whole period of hostilities an
immense aviation school for the Allied
nations, fully intends to maintain an
enviable place in the field of aeronautics
and to nave its permanent army of
knights of the air. That, at least, is to
be gathered from the declarations made
by the federal authorities to the effect
that recruiting campaign will begin on
the first of February, for the formation
OF permanent Canadian air force.
Taking everything into consideration,
Canada should have no difnculty in set
ting up this permanent force. Aviation,
civilian and military, has become a
career and there will always be number
OF young Canadians anxious to devote
themselves to this daring and inspiring
calling. And more than one French
Canadian who distinguished himself in
this career during the last war will wish
to shine once again, now that peace is
come again to the world.
Evening star., 1946-02-10

ly, very little can be accomplished
in Korea until these matters are
acted upon. Up to- now there has
been too much slow motion in
handling the whole problem, and
certainly the Koreans, after their
long and bitter experience under the
Japanese, have a right to believe
that the time has come when their
liberation should be less Of a promise
and more of fact. The new Rus
sian-American commission, If the
Moscow agreement means what it
says, ought to lose no time in taking
all possible steps to this end.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
A Promising Venture


From the standpoint of promoting
the future coordination of our for
eign and military policies, there is a
great deal of promise in the pro-
jected new "supercollege" for high
ranking personnel of the, armed
services and the State Department.
1t is well-known fact that in the
past our generals, our admirals and
our diplomats have frequently
tended to operate in specialized
vacuums of their own, independent
ly of each other and sometimes at
cross purposes--a situation hardly
conducive to the formulation of a
sound overall national policy in re-
lation to the rest of the world It is
against this kind of separatism that
the "Supercollege" will operate, the
primary objective being to encour-
age genuine teamwork and mutual
understanding.
AS explained by Vice Admiral
Harry w. Hill, the distinguished for
mer commander of the Fifth Am
phibious Force, the new institution
which is to function under direc-
tives from the Joint Chiefs of Staff
will have varied curriculum en-
phasizing two broad subjects: ID
Military preparedness, calling for
studies in new developments like
atomic energy and for research in
such matters as industrial produc-
ton and manpower mobilization,
and CD the problem of maintaining
world peace, with special stress on
thorough studies of the foreign poll
cies of the United States and other
powers, plus courses on the United
Nations Organization and general
methods of preventing war.
In other words, the college-which
will open for the first time next Sep
tember, with Admiral Hill as it's
commandant-will seek to give
Army and Navy officers better un-
derstanding of world politics while
at the same time instructing our
diplomats in military realities about
which they might otherwise be ig-
norant or naive. To this end, the
initial student body will number ap-
proximately 100, with the Army,
Navy and State Department being
each represented by about a third
of the total, which is to be enlarged
as time goes on. The students prob
ably will be of ranks not lower than
colonies, naval captains, first secre-
taries and consuls general, and the
faculty will be drawn mainly from
the topmost authorities Of all three
services. In Admiral Hills words, 1t
will be s.the highest level educational
institution of the armed forces" and
as such 1t will represent the first ef-
fort OF its kind and size to work. for
a common official American ap-
proach to the problems of national
security and world peace.
In all likelihood, as a brand-new
venture, the "supercollege" will
have to feel its way, more or less ex-
perimentally, in its beginning phas-
es. But certainly if its administra-
ton proves as far-seeing and sound
as the idea on which it is founded,
it should yield results of real value
to the Nation.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
The idea of paratroop invasion is

The idea of paratroop invasion is
neither new nor, as some have sup
posed, particularly Russian. Benja-
min Franklin. on January 16, 1884,
wrote: Five thousand balloons,
capable of raising two men each,
could not cost more than five ships
of the line, and where is the prince
who can afford so to cover his coun-
try with troops for its defense as
that 10000 men descending from the
clouds might not in many places do
an infinite deal of mischief before
a force could be brought together to
repel them?"
Evening star., 1946-02-10

toward production Of a substantial
part of the 2,7OO,0oo new homes
needed to meet estimated minimum
requirements during the next two
crucial years. The bulk OF the bur-,
den must be assumed by private
industry, OF course, but the Federal
Government has the right and the
duty OF encouraging production in
such an emergency as that con-
fronting the Nation.
Evening star., 1946-02-10

The people of Korea are greatly dis
turbed." A SIMILAR observation might
be made In 1916.
ktt =
Benjamin Harrison made use Of The
Star of February 4, 1896, to let it be
known that he
Mr.. Harrison would not again
ForeefuIIy Declines ne o . C. candidate
dency. There never has been an hour
since left the White House that T. have
felt q desire to return to it. - think
the voters of our party are now entitled
to have a new name" for consideration.
I cannot consent that my name be pre-
sented to or be used In the ST Louis
convention" The views thus expressed
were honored. Mr.. Harrison was not
obliged to be . nominee against his win.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
cogitotion Demunded

From the lima News.
1t is no, belittlement of the heroes OF
the battlef1elds to say that, in a way, it
is harder to think than to fight.
They had to fight or die. Now all OF U.S.
the heroes included, must either think
or die.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
Mr.. Byrnes' Hope

ioSiS tIldt OIlc Ol UIle mistakes maQe
after the First World War was that
the victors moved too swiftly in
drawing up definitive peace treaty
at Versailles. But, by the same
token, as regards the war just ended,
it may be said that they can go to
the other extreme and move too
slowly-a fact which helps explain
why Secretary of State Byrnes has
Just voiced the earnest hope that
final settlements will be negotiated
with Germany and Japan within
the next year or year and a half.
This is good hope, and anything
Mr.. Byrnes may be able to do to
promote it's fulfillment will be COM
mended by the world at large. The
first step to that end, of course,
must be the preparation OF peace
treaties with Italy, Romania, Bull
garia, Hungary and Finland. At
the Moscow conference of the Big
Three Foreign Ministers last De-
cember it was agreed that the set
Elements with these countries should
be drafted by the victors who signed
the armistice with them with
special exception to include France
in the case of italy, and that the
drafts should then be submitted to
a general conference of 81 members
of the United Nations not later than
next May l. After this the drafting
powers are to write the final texts
of the pacts, giving due "censidera-
ton" to any recommendations made
by the general conferences pro-
vision which may mean much or
little, depending on whether or not
the recommendation are taken
seriously by France, Britain the
United States and Russia.
In any event, however, as soon as
this procedure is completed, Italy,
Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and
Finland will be taken care of-so
to speak-and there can then be a
full concentration on the task of
drafting final settlements for Ger
many and Japan. In sense-be-
cause it involves such deadly serious
problems as reconciling the rival
interests of Britain and Russia in the
Mediterranean-writing treaties for
these lesser former enemies, partic-
ularly Italy, may be regarded as one
of the most difficult parts OF the
entire peace-making process, so
much so that some doubt has been
expressed that the work will be
finished in time for the general 81
nation conference scheduled for
Paris in May. Nevertheless, Mr..
Byrnes is hopeful, and to, support his
hope he has asked british Foreign
Secretary Bevin and Soviet Foreign
Commissar Molotov to abandon
plans to meet with him here next
month and meet at the Paris gather
ing instead. -rSSs
If all this is done according to the
schedule agreed upon at the De-
cember Moscow conference, it may
we'll be that in another twelve or
eighteen months the German and
Japanese peace treaties will have
been drawn up and perhaps even
put in the process of ratification.
In that case the world as a whole
now so weary of abnormality in the
life of nations-will have ample rea-
son to be encouraged, for the de-
velopment will mean a long step for
ward toward achieving genuine
order and stability in our interna-
tional society. The hope expressed
by Mr.. Byrnes is thus one that can
be shared heartily by peoples every
where.
Evening star., 1946-02-10

Ireland is supposed to be starting
a campaign to capture the British
tourist trade. Perhaps one Of the
main attractions might be butter.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
But Only the Best

Prom the Vancouver Sun.
The days of mass movements Of people
across the Atlantic would appear to be
done with-at least for some time. But
there is no reason why Canada should
not make planned effort to attract the
best she can.
Evening star., 1946-02-10

It is Illegal in South Africa to
keep pet baboons. Probably 1t also
is against the law In Chicago to
maintain pet gorillas.
Evening star., 1946-02-10
Sure Does!

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
It takes heap o. looking for house
TO make II home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-04-06

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