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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-16

W0P, 9:30-Ann Soihefn returns 10 her role
Of "Msisie' in this comedy series.
WRc. 9:30-viyisn Blaine and Bill Stern chat
WRc. 9:45-Robert Hsnnsgan. chairman Of
The Democratic National Committee, speaks on
The Issue Of 1916"
WMAL. t0:00-"IWo Nafp Knives" the
Evening star., 1946-08-18
The CIO Proposals

CIO President Philip Murray is
entirely right in saying that the
postwar increases in wage rates have
been partially wiped out by the sub
Sequent rise in prices. He is very
much in error, however, if he be-
lieves, as one might infer from. his
statement to the Price Decontrol
Board, that labor can demand and
obtain further wage increase with
out having that gain also under
mined by still another advance in
prices.
Mr.. Murray places all the blame
for the rise in living costs upon in
dustry and the Government. Labor.
he says, has rejected the view that
wage increases are mf1ationary. But,
While labor may reject the PROPOSE
ton from now until doomsday, it is
perfectly clear that wage increases
and strikes-the latter to a greater
extent than the former-have been
lntiationary in their effect and have
contributed directly to the rise in
costs of which Mr.. Murray COM
plains.
For the future, the CIO chieftain
insists that price controls be rein
stated and that prices be rolled back
to the June 80 level; he advocates
another management-labor confer
ence, the usefulness of which, If any,
has been nullified by his extreme at
tack on industry in his statement to
the Decontrol Board, and he calls
specifically for the restoration of
subsidies until April-an artificial
device to reduce prices which is un-
deniably inf1ationary and which
must result in a price increase at
whatever time it may be abandoned.
These demands, so far as Mr..
Murray's statement went, were not
accompanied by any explicit strike
threat. That threat is implicit in
his remarks, however, and in an &C
companying CIO press release which
says that the CIO cannot accept a
situation In which wages are frozen
while the cost of living scars" This
inference is reinforced by the an
nouncement that the United Auto
mobile Workers will reopen the
Chrysler wage agreement on Octo-
Der Is.
There is no reason to doubt that
the CIO can use its economic power
to obtain higher wages. But If this
leads to a national wage advance, as
1t may be expected to do, and If
there should be protracted strikes in
behalf of higher wages, it will be idle
to talk of checking imitation. This
can be done only If organized labor,
as its contribution, will exercise self
restraint in the matter of wages and
strive to increase production. The
AFL has indicated that it Is fully
aware of this. Mr.. Murray may or
may not share this view, but in
either event he should be prepared
to accept his share of the RESPONSE
b1llty for the consequences if he
gives the signal for a disastrous
Wage-price scramble in the critical
months ahead.
Evening star., 1946-08-18
Presidential Vacation

OF all jobs which entitle man to
take a regular vacation, that of
President of the United States un-
questionably heads the list. In the
earlier days of the Republic the
Chief Executive had little difficulty
in finding time to enjoy a rest away
from the strenuous cares of state,
and most Of them took regular ad-
vantage of the opportunity. AS
government became more complex
and the responsibilities of the ex-
ecutive branch increased, however.
our Presidents have found that their
plans for getting away from the
White House have been subject to
change or cancellation without no
tice. Yet their need for rest and
relaxation has mounted as the bur-
dens Of the office have mounted.
1t Is gratifying, therefore, that
President Truman finally has found
1t feasible to close his desk, pack his
yachting togS and embark on a
three-Week ocean cruise to New
England waters It will be his first
extended vacation since the Nation
suddenly called him to take over the
heavy task Of wartime Chief of
State-a task which evolved into
that Of peacetime administrator of
turbulent foreign relations and of
economic reconverSion and readjust-
ment. There have been few mo-
ments during this trying period
when Chief Executive could be
expected to take his mind off ma
tional and international worries and
indulge in any diversions.
But Presidents are human. and the
human system needs occasional sur
cease from physical and mental
strain. The Presidents physician,
in recommending a seagoing trip,
said Mr. Truman looked "a little
tired" although his general health
is good. The ocean voyage is an
ideal way Of spending a presiden-
tial vacation. 1t insures the privacy
to which President is entitled on
such occasions, while affording him
a variety of healthful means of re-
laxing and enjoying life.
The company of close friends and
associates he has taken with him
indicates that not much heavy work,
If any, is contemplated. And the
absence of Mr.. Hannegan-who in
slsts he has not resigned as Demo-
cratic chairman-Will make it diff
cult to read any political angle into
his visit to Northern ports. There
are radio-telephone facilities aboard
the Williamsburg, but it is to be
hoped that the bell will ring infre-
quently with business calls. Mr..
Truman deserves a trouble-free va
cation, and his fellow Americans, it
can be taken for granted, join in
wishing him bon voyage"
Evening star., 1946-08-18
Joil improvements

IL is a most encouraging report
which Federal Warden J. Ellis Over
lade has submitted regarding prog
ress made in restoring order and
strengthening security at the Dis
trict Jail. The magnitude of the
task which confronted him when
he took over supervision of the sadlv
rundown establishment is apparent
from perusal of the list of i'm
provements already Accomplished
or IN the making. That any penal
institution as important as this one.
serving not only the Nations Capi-
tai but the Federal Government as
well, should have lacked so manv
OF the basic facilities of a modern
Jail as the list of improvements in
oicates must have been an initial
shock to Warden Overlade. 1t was
no surprise, however, to those who
had become almost accustomed to
reading Of escapes from the Jail in
recent years and Of noting how little
was done to correct conditions.
1t is not fair to former superin-
tendents of the jail, of course. to
infer from the long g-continued mac
tion that they were not alert to
many OF the weaknesses and dan
gers Of the antiquated institution.
Some of the improvements which
Warden Overlade found it advisable
and possible to make, thanks to
Congress and an aroused public
opinion, had been urged by former
Superintendent Gill and his prede-
cessors, not to mention Department
of Justice officials and civic groups
But appropriations needed for new
buildings or for remodeling of the
old plant were never forthcoming in
the amounts asked or needed. And
as the plant deteriorated, ESCAPES
became more frequent and the eff
cheney and morale of the staff also
suffered.
Long overdue were such improve
nents as guard towers, modern steel
fencing, two-Way radio communica-
tions connecting with the police sys-
tenn and with other penal institu-
tions, up-to-date telephone equip
ment, tool-resistant steel windows
and escape proof ventilators. Long
needed have been such administra-
tive reforms as an enlarged guard
staff, training courses for guards,
Evening star., 1946-08-18
Cracking Chino

While the devious subtleties of
Chinese politics render always pos
slble surprising turn for the better,
the outward situation in that un-
happy country goes steadily from
bad to worse, tending to confirm the
joint statement of General Marshall
and Ambassador Stuart that they
have found 1t impossible to bring
about peaceful settlement of the
quarrel between the central govern
ment and the Communists. Civil
war is obviously spreading, with the
Communists on the offensive and
gaining initial victories, while ru-
mors of Communist uprisings in
Shanghai and other large cities add
to the somber prospect.
Immediate responsibility for the
deteriorating situation would seem,
on the whole, to lie with the Com
muniSts. Allowing for all reaction
ary and unsavory elements which
undoubtedly exist in the central
government, together with the gross
corruption that is a Chinese tradi-
ton not confined to any party, the
policy Of the Communist leaders has
been consistently so unco-operative
and provocative that a genuine un-
derstanding between them and the
central government simply cannot
be made. The Communists, though
a minority, insist on effective parity
with the central government, cou-
pied with privileged position that
would enable them to conserve their
military power and pursue their
revolutionary propaganda.
Those basic facts have just been
trenchantly set forth by General
issimo Chang Kai-shek in a dec
laration issued on the first anniver-
sary of the end of war with Japan.
Inviting the cooperation of all fac
tons wishing the establishment of
peace and reiterating his determina-
ton to convoke National Assembly
in November to frame new consti-
tuition, Chang nevertheless repudi-
ates the Communist demand to re-
main virtual state within a state,
and declares that such a secessionist
program will never be assented to
by him and the other upholders of
Chinese unity.
1t is hard to see how Chang can
yield on that basic issue. And 1t is
equally hard to see why he should
be criticized for his attitude. The
question which now arises Is, what
is behind Communist intransi-
geance? That the Chinese Comnlu-
Evening star., 1946-08-18
The Forgiveness OF Sim
By the ReU HorDood P Myers, D. d.
Pastor OF the Clarendon Methodist Church. Arlington

The realization that holy, right
eous God can and does forgive the
sins Of His wayward children con-
stitutes the profoundest fact with
which the human mind is confronted.
Who can doubt the existence of
sin? If there be such an one, let
him look about in the world of today
and see the effects of sin In broken
hearts, In ruined lives and in a
civilization tottering on the brink,
and let him be convinced for him.
self
Sin is fact because man is
moral being. He was made in the
image of his Creator, and that gives
to him, among other things, person.
ality and freedom of the will BY
the use of this freedom, man may
become almost Godlike in char
acter or he may descend to the
lowest depths of degradation. Be-
cause man often chooses this latter
course he stands in need of for
giveness.
Sin is personal. 1t is not some
thing that may be cast off as one
might discard an old coat. One
cannot so easily be rid of sin. 1t
is inherently part of us. AS the
whole man suffers when any one
member of the body suffers, so the
whole man sins. The psychologist
would define it as an attitude" of
mind, as "set" of the soul, as the
direction" in which one is going.
1t goes even further than this.
Sin is a breach between persons
a man and his God In sin we are
raising our wills in rebellion against
the will of God. At root, all sin is
selfshness-the will of man over
against the will of God. All har-
monious relations arc severed, there
fore, and there can be no con-
tinued fellowship as long as sin
remains in the heart unrepented.
Evening star., 1946-08-18
Unemployed Veterans

IL is as 1rlend ana champion OF
the overwhelming majority of de-
serving and conscientious veterans
OF World War II that General Omar
Bradley, Veterans administrator,
continues his efforts to rid the
veterans program of abuses that
threaten to bring it into disrepute.
His latest criticism is aimed at the
relatively few former servicemen
who are taking improper advantage
OF the unemployment allowances
granted to tide veterans over until
they can find jobs and become self
supporting.
General Bradley, at the close Of
his first year as administrator, as
serted that reports have been re-
ceived that some recipients of the
allowances are loafing instead of
looking for work. In some instances
this loafing has been going on for
a considerable period, while the vet
Grams continue to draw twenty dol
lars a week, apparently content to
let matters take their course. There
are about 100000 beneficiaries of
the unemployment program at the
present time and the checks they
receive cost the Treasury more than
$135,000,0 900 month The allowance
rolls are growing, despite the fact,
as General Bradley pointed out, that
this is period of excellent employ
ment opportunities.
The situation justifies an investi-
cation of the type which the Veter-
ans Administration is planning. The
United States Employment Service
will be asked to list all veterans who
have been drawing the unemploy-
ment allowances for a period of ten
weeks or more. These long termers
will be asked about their efforts to
find work and will be urged to take
jobs which may be available but
which do not fully meet the specifi-
cations outlined by the veterans in
their original applications.
At the same time the Veterans
Administration again is urging pri-
vate industry to give greater consid-
Grafton to unemployed veterans in
filling job vacancies in the middle
and higher salary brackets. Most of
the positions now listed with USES
are in the lower-salary grades. Bet
ter cooperation from employers will
help to reduce the unemployment
allowance rolls and will benefit the
veterans who are eager to make
their own living at the earliest pos
sible moment. And the wider the
variety of jobs open, the fewer the
opportunities for the chiselers to
make excuses for their Incidence.
Evening star., 1946-08-18

Sin separates from God. So long
as Adam and Eve remained in their
innocent state in the garden, they
delighted in the presence of God.
but when once they had eaten of
the forbidden fruit and sinned, i'm
mediatley they became conscious of
shame and guilt, and straightway
ran away from the presence of God.
In forgiveness, the breach between
man and God is hSsled, the chasm
is bridged, the former relationship
is restored and man and God become
friends once more 1t is impos-
sible for God to forgive until first
the offender reveals a desire to be
forgiven. In the beautiful story
Jesus told of the young man who
left home for the far country, this
phase of the transaction clearly is
revealed. When at last, weary of
sin and sick Of heart, the young
man decided to return to the fathers
house. he received gracious well
come. No word was spoken about
forgiveness, but the fact nonetheless
fully was revealed. The gracious
welcome, the kiss, the ring, the
best robe and, finally, the complete
restoration of the BOY into the former
place OF intimacy and love he once
had enjoyed speak more eloquently
OF forgiving love than any word of
mouth possibly could indicate.
The offending party must be will
ing to seek forgiveness of a gracious
and loving God, or else there can
be no such experience. IF we con-
fess our sins, He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
To fall is human; to rise is divine.
We still are living in the Land of
Beginning Again No matter how
far away we may have drifted from
the Fathers house, we may come
back II we will. Where sin abounds,
grace doth much more abound"
Evening star., 1946-08-18

the Soviets for help against America
and Britain-and are getting it.
AS the Arabs hostility has risen, the
Jews, too, have suffered. Among other
things, the Arabs own resistance and
the Russian danger have forced the
British to clamp down on immigration
into Palestine at the very time when
the Jews most desperately want to get
there
This, in turn, has made many Jews,
also, violently anti-British.
In the end, If these processes continue,
the Holy Land of three great faiths will
fall under the sway of ruler who Is an
'infidel" such as the Turk never dream
ed of being, for the Krenllin doesn't
believe In any God at all
tchicaso Daily News Foreisn service)
Evening star., 1946-08-18

white dome which surmounts and COM
pletes the vast building" and super
intended placing the colossal bronze
figure of Liberty on the dome and was
the last man down, retreating step by
step as each board of the scaffolding
was removed and lowered. Another
work of distinct Importance architec-
turally to the Capitol was the construc-
ton of the beautiful marble terrace on
the north, west and south fronts" The
additions thus described reversed the
frontage of the Capitol and dovetailed
it into practical connection with the
City OF Washington, which had grown
up to the west rather than the east .ss
as its original designer expected would
be the event" Mr.. Miller's death was
attributed to 'the excessive torridity" of
the weather. He was 70 years of age.
Evening star., 1946-08-18

nists have the sympathy and moral
support of Soviet Russia is obvious.
1t is that backing which must be
taken into consideration by Ameri-
can policy. Chinese dissension purely
indigenous Is one thing. Dissension
fomented and abetted by a foreign
power is something else again.
Evening star., 1946-08-18
A New COLLEGE

Many persons will watch with
interest the development Of plans
for the new liberal arts college to
be headed by DR.. Stringfellow Barr,
president Of st, Johns at Annapolis
since 1887. Any such project Is cer-
tain to engage the attention OF
large public. The time is ripe for
progress in the upper levels of edu-
cation. 1t has been a long while
since the impact of a truly great
individuality has made itself felt
in the wide field of higher learning
In America. Another name is needed
to be added to those of Horace Mann
and Mark Hopkins, Charles w. Eliot
and Booker T. Washington.
Whether DR.. Barr can meet the
demands Of challenge of this sort,
OF course, remains to be SEEN There
Is no question about the quality of
the preparation he has had. His
experience as student at Tulane,
the University Of Virginia, Oxford,
Paris, Ghent and elsewhere un-
doubtedly has contributed to the
depth OF his convictions as we'll as
the breadth of his sympathies. He
taught modern European history at
Charlottesville with distinctive sue
cess for thirteen years. His tenure
at st. Johns has been extensively
advertised because Of the emphasis
which he chose to insist upon there
In behalf Of the humanitieS. In the
new enterprise, which the generosity
of Paul Mellon is to capitalize, he
Intends to bring together an active
group of scholars for research in
various departments of knowledge
rather than in specialized branches.
That, as DR.. Barr has said, will be
"a new departure" What 1t may
lead to is anybody's guess. One
obvious objective might be the
creation of a keener enthusiasm for
academic advantages. During sew
eral generations prior to World
War II the privilege of attending
university classes was taken for
granted by considerable numbers of
young men and women while still
larger numbers automatically were
disqualified from such opportunity.
The CT Bill of Rights has opened
the doors to higher learning for
legions of veterans. But the problem
of instructing whole nation is not
to be solved even by training twice
as many citizens.
The element which most notably
is required is the dynamic of genius.
1t was that force which vitalized
Saint Anselm, William of Cham
peaux, Peter Abelard, Saint Thomas
Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William
OCEAN and the other masters of the
Middle Ages. Crowds literally fought
to hear them lecture. They were the
principal architects of the modern
era. Everything which today is de-
serving to be called civilized" traces
back to them. Dr. Barr already at
Annapolis has revived their tradi-
ton. Now with the help of Mr..
Mellon he is about to take the next
natural step. His new college should
have useful, constructive effect
from the start.
Evening star., 1946-08-18

higher salaries and better working
conditions. The discouraging thing
Is that 1t took SO long and that SO
many risks to public safety had to
be endured before corrective action
became assured.
Mr.. Overlade has promised to re-
turn from his regular job with the
Federal Prisons Bureau when l948
budget estimates for the Jail are
sent to the Capitol. He can render
the District a further service by
impressing upon Congress the short
sightedness of economizing at the
expense of an institution SO potent
with latent danger as the District
Jail
Evening star., 1946-08-18
A Necessary Study

From the Detroit Free Press.
Columbia University opens a new
school for the purpose of understand
ing Russia. How about another school
whereby we can begin understanding
ourselves?
Evening star., 1946-08-18

Such persons as are frankly de-
lighted with how cool 1t is In August
haven't seen anything of September
yet.
Evening star., 1946-08-18
Form Of FIottery?
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The effrontery OF those Russians!
Not satisfied with a flve-year atomic
energy project, they're now going to
try to make American-type chewing
gum
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24

Washington to Chicago which cannot be
moved.
We quote from the Journal:
Transportation experts see a need
of $4,000 to 100,0 600 new cars yearly
for the next four years. Taking the
lower figure would give a tour-year
total of 400, 1000. At 1916 production
rates, the program would not be COM
pleted before today's second-grade KIDS
got their high school diplomas.
Car making last month strained up
to a 60, 000-a-year level. How hopeless
ly manufacturers are begged down can
be seen in the fact that they have a
plant capacity for turning out 100000
to 10000 cars yearly"
Why? The Journal blames the five
day week, the strikes and lumber and
steel shortages. For every box car there
is needed two and one-half tons OF lum-
Der and sixteen tons of steel. while
manufacturers wait for them, the old
cars continue to wear out" The eco
nomic loss in this is found in the fact
that 70 per cent, of the nations freight
moves by train; ut rides the rails or it
ride"
Surely the railroads, which did SO
much in the war emergency, deserve
better than this of a government that
could we'll afford to remove some OF
it's restrictions on vital materials IN
their favor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24
Delegate Assails Attitude
Of Bias Toward Asiatic Laborites

NEW DELHI, Sept. 23-tR-The
Indian Delegate to the Internation-
al Labor organization declares that
unless there is a rapid change
Hos attitude towards the non
white races, there will be every
justification for the latter to form
an independent international labor
organization of their own"
l.. N. Birla, member of the
family which controls many OF
midas largest Industries and who
was an employer delegate to the
Ilo session last year in Paris,
charges in a pamphlet, India and
the ILO," that there pro-European
bias in the international %organiza-
ton.
"Ofticers in all the key posts
are European or American"
Birla says in the pamphlet pub
lished by the Indian Council of
world affairs. India, and Asia
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-24
Let The Truth Be Known

A recent Shanghai dispatch says
that Chinese. communists threaten to
publish the "full record of the deadlock
ed peace negotiations" unless the Ma
tionalist government agrees to reassm-
BILE the Marshall military truce commit
tee.
It certainly is time somebody did
this very thing. The world is getting
tired Of the con again, off again, gone
again" Chinaman proceedings in that
trouble-spot.
We may reasonably doubt that the
communists could, or. would, tell the
whole story. The communist pattern is
always out of drawing, as the painters
say. But if they told their side, and
1t did not square with the other side,
the Nationalist government might come
across with it's version, and from the
two a fair estimate of what is wrong