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Montgomery County sentinel., 1946-10-03

Diminutive BerHice NJ. McPher-
son, center. shown with some of
her workmen, on the 81 ton steel
framework of the warehouse her
firm erected for the Leon C.Bulow
Canning Company near Federals-
burg, Maryland. Mrs. Mcpherson
is the owner and operator of the
f. & VI. Welding and Iron Works
Of Gaithersburg. Also shown in
the picture are, from left, VI. E.
Mcpherson, Gaithersburg; John
COulbourne, maintenance foreman
al the Bulow plant; Mrs. McPher-
son, and two colored workmen,
james and George Hackey Of
Germantown.
Local jobs which Mrs. McPher-
sons firm has worked on include
G. d. Armstrong; new building in
Montgomery County sentinel., 1946-10-03

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Montgomery County sentinel., 1946-10-03

DR.. Nolan B. Harmon, Jr., book
editor of the Methodist Publishing
House and editor-in-chief of the
journal, Religion in Life, spent
the first week Of September in
Baton Rouge and New Orleans as
guest of honor at numerous
functions held TO mark the publica-
tion by the University of Louisi-
ana Press Of his new book, The
FAMOUS CASE OF MYRA
CLARK GAINES. DR.. Harmon,
who was a pastor Of the Rock
vile Methodist Church from 1919
to 1924 has many, friends here.
HC married. Miss Rebecca Lamar
Of Rockville, .t-.+ i
The story sets forth the circum-
tta1ces that surrounded what the
MpreWe Court of the United
States declared to be "the most
remarkable case in the records of
the eountry's courts" "a case
which resulted in a judgment
against the defendant, the City of
New Orleans, of nearly two mil
hon dollars.
The grandfather of DR.. Har-
mon, the late Rev. John w. Har-
mon, who had long championed
Mrs. Gaines, was the eventual
recipient of bequest of $4,000
from her will. In the early
rineties it was paid to aim in
igreenbacks, which he stuffed into
his satchel and carried back to
Mississippi to display triumphant
ly to his sceptical wife. The
legacy, from which they had heard
nothing for thirty years, had sud
denly changed from a family joke
to what, for a retired minister,
was a sizeable fortune.
The story is that of Irish-born
Daniel Clark, rich merchant and
elegant bachelor of old New
Orleans; of his affair with Zulime
Desgrange and their child, Myra;
how Clark, before his death, made
q will in favor of Myra, declaring
that she was his legitimate daugh-
ter; how his partners destroyed
the will; of how Myra spent her
life in trying to prove that her
father and mother were really
married and that she was heiress
to vast properties in New Or
leans; how she was hated and mob
bed; how the Supreme Court
heard her case eleven times, with
the most prominent lawyers of the
country either for or against her.
DR.. Harmon says: 81 first be-
came interested in the story of
Myra Clark Gaines by hearing my
father tell about her when | was
just a boy. Especially do | re-
member the account of Myra's
visit to Bellechasse when she was
in disguise and threw back her
thick veil dramatically VIXEN this
old friend of her father proved his
loyalty. My father used to say
that no fiction equalled Mrs
Gaines story, and | am inclined to
agree with him.
"When | got into the thing, the
way in which both Daniel Clark
and Myra seemed to touch almost
Montgomery County sentinel., 1946-10-03

Complaints about the summers
heat are declining and in a few
months you will begin to hear
raises being sung to hot weather.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1946-10-03

Never take it for granted that
people understand your motives
unless you have made them very
clear, very often.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1946-10-03

1t is the business of every ma.
jority to prevent any minority
from having its way.
Evening star., 1946-09-19
the Socialist and even by the Popular
Republican movement

the Socialist and even by the Popular
Republican movement.
Such development would produce
several political changes. In the
first place, it would crystalline the
scattered elements of the Right and
bring into existence a genuine con-
servative party ranged under the
banner of De Gaulle's prestige and
personality. This would undoubtedly
deprive the Popular Republicans of
their conservative wing. which at
tached itself to these christian So
cialists" because it had nowhere else
to go. simultaneously, it would
enable the Communists to flaunt the
specter of reaction" to radical
minded voters. Indeed, Communist
propaganda has already taken this
line in a speech by Jacques Duclos,
who charges the Gaullist Union
leader, M. Capitant, with threaten
ing civil war If De Gaulle's constitu-
tional ideas were not adopted. Lastly,
this sharpening of political extremes
should tend to intensity the tensions
existing within the Socialist party.
The end result might we'll be a rup,.
ture of the present tricornered un-
derstanding among Communists,
Socialists and Popular Republicans,
with consequences almost unpredict-
able before new political pattern
was achieved.
Evening star., 1946-09-19
Farewell Anniversary

The one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the publication of
George Washington's Farewell Ad-
dress" will be important to the
degree that it promotes reading and
comprehension of it. Too often
perhaps, has the historic document
of September 49, 1896, been supposed
to have lost its meaning. The fact
is that it possesses today much of
the dynamic attraction which it had
when it first was written. It's
authors warning against political
connection" with foreign powers still
is as valid as his injunction that:
Harmony, liberal intercourse with
all nations are recommended by
policy, humanity and interest"
But even more significant just
now is Washington's advice concern
ing domestic affairs. No thoughtful
citizen who ponders the following
words today can fail to find in them
constructive guidance of immediate
value:
Toward the preservation of your
government and the permanency of
your present happy state, it is requi-
site not only that you steadily dis
countenance irregular oppositions to
its acknowledged authority, but also
that you resist with care the spirit
Of innovation upon its principles,
however, specious the pretexts.
1t is for such wisdom that the
Farewell Address" most notably
merits appreciation in 1916.
Evening star., 1946-09-19
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Soviet government, it is still within rea-
son to surmise that Mr. Wallace is seek
ing an uprising of the leftists in this
country which would place him in posi-
ton to make a future bid for the presi-
dency.
Disintegration of the Roosevelt Dem
ocratic party-the old combination OF
New Dealers and the conservative DEM
ocrats-has been underway in Congress
and out. The hundred-per cent New
the scalps OF Democratic members of
the House and Senate who failed to 60
along with the New Deal policies.
President Truman has, to some de-
gree, lined up with the New Dealers,
certainly to the extent of demanding
purge of Representative Slaughter of
the 5th Missouri district. Mr. Slaughter,
as conservative Democrat, had been
instrumental through his membership
IN the House Rules Committee in block
ing some of the New Deal legislation
requested by the President. Mt Slaugh-
ter was defeated recently for renomna-
tion in the primary election in his dis
trict.
Wnab tnlS olSlnteeratlon Is going
to mean in the coming congressional
elections is still to be assayed. 1t is
questionable however, that even desire
for party victory is going to hold the
left and right Democrats in line to-
eether.
Too many of the conservative Dem
ocrats have no use for Mr. Wallace, and
only his reputation by the President
would be popular with them On the
other hand, Mr. Wallace's elimination
from his cabinet office would be re-
sented by the left-wingers and might
result in loss Of votes to the DEM
ocratic party candidates.
From the Republican point of view,
it matters little whether Mr.. Wallace
is kept on or is let 60. The Republicans
believe that the fat is in the fire
that breakup in the old Roosevelt
ranks has already arrived. They do
not believe that Mr. Truman can ride
herd on these divergent groups. In the
hight between the left wingers and the
right in the Democratic party they see
Mr.. Wallace supported by Senator Pep
per of Florida, the C1O and some other
labor leaders, and they see him op-
posed by conservative Democrats in all
parts of the country,
Evening star., 1946-09-19
Public Library Needs

The budget estimates submitted
to the Commissioners by the trustees
OF the Public Library, while much
larger than current appropriation
are designed to restore the type of
adequate public service which pre-
vailed prior to the advent of war
time personnel and material short
ages. This is the prime objective of
the operating funds included in the
request, together with acquisition OF
the personnel necessary to open the
first unit of the new main library
building On Pennsylvania avenue. at
least part of which will be vacated
next week by Federal occupants. The
program of capital expenditures is
In line with the minimum recon-
mendations in General Young's six
year program.
The immediate desperate" needs
OF the library are in the field of per-
sonal services. Never overstaffed,
the Central Library and its branches
were forced to struggle along during
the war years with totally made
quate administrative, reference and
advisory staffs, eliminating last year
in an uncompensated reduction of
the work week from A to 40 hours.
The crippling of staff services came
at time when demands on the
library were increasing in proper
tion to the city's growth. AS a re-
suit, all branches have been forced
to close all or part of one day each
week, to reduce cooperation with
educational, health, social service
and young peoples groups, to cur
tail reading-room assistance and to
delay acquisition and cataloguing of
new books.
The estimates for capital improve
nents are contingent, of course, on
Evening star., 1946-09-19
De GuuIle as CotoIyst

The prospect of the return of
General Charles de Gaulle to the
political arena as head of a party
Rightist in complexion and bound
up with his personality is producing
a sharp reaction in every section of
French political life. The ultimate
erect might be to transform the
present political picture in a notable
way.
Although De Gaulle has openly
taken no part in politics since his
sudden resignation from the provi-
sional presidency many months ago,
the ideas he is known to stand for
have been propa gated by an organ
ization calling itself the Gaullist
Union. The Unions head, Rene
Capltant, has now stated in a public
address that a new national party
backed by De Gaulle would put up
candidates In every district of
France at the next election. And
this pronouncement comes only
short time after warm Endorsement
of De Gaulle by another conserva-
tive organization, the Republican
Party OF Liberty. These two pro-
nouncements, coming almost stimuli
taneously, lead most qualified OBJ
servers to believe that M. de Gsulle
Is about to avow himself the cham
pion of strong executive as part
OF a constitution much more con-
servative than that advocated, not
only by the Communist but also by
Evening star., 1946-09-19
This Changing World \
BY Constantine BroWn

Reports received in responsible Wash
ington quarters from Paris indicate that
the letter OF Secretary of Commerce
Wallace to President Truman came as
a political atomic bomb to those ma
tions sitting around the peace table.
According to these reports, it's effect
might we'll be to cut the ground from
under Secretary of State Byrnes' feet
and throw the wavering Western Euro
pean continental nations into the Rus
sian fold altogether. Secretary Byrnes
and his associates are genuinely alarmed
and have so informed the White House.
Those who have followed the Russian
propaganda in the u s. S. r. and in this
country see little difference except in
tone between the articles which appear
in Pravda, Izvestia and the New Times
and Mr.. Wallaces utterances.
In his letter to the President, the
Secretary of Commerce included even
historical untruths which are so fire.
quently used by Moscow to prove Rus
sias case" For instance, he EMU
merates the reasons for Russia's distrust
Of the western world and says: The
'first is Russian history which for
over 1000 years has been a succession
OF attempts to resist invasion and
conquest by the Mongols, the Turks,
the Swedes. the Germans and the Poles" 4"
1t Is obvious that he is in error when
he includes Turkey as an invader" Of
Russia. There have been l3 wars be-
tween these two countries since the be-
ginning Of the 18th century. All these
wars were provoked by Russia. which
wanted to get to the Dardanelles and
invaded Turkey under the pretext that
it wanted to lberate the Christian prin-
cipalities which had been conquered by
the Turkish Sultans from the Moslem
yoke.
There could be no quarrel with Mr..
Wallaces thesis that we must spare no
effort to get along with Russia. He is,
however, not sufficiently unbiased to
recognize that everything has been done
by this administration since the early
days OF the war, to bring about this
highly desirable condition But the vari-
Gus Secretaries of State were met with a
blank wall from Moscow. We threw
overheard the Atlantic Charter, which
Mr.. wallace had at one time SO en-
Enthusiastically Endorsed, acted impassively
when the freedom Of small nations was
trampled under the feet OF the Red
soldiers and accepted the Moscow thesis
that she must have security by con-
quering some 100 1000 900 non Russians.
All this was done in a desperate effort to
avoid friction with the Soviets and get
them into the concert of world powers
as sincere collaborators in a lasting
peace.
When Mr.. Wallace wrote his much
Evening star., 1946-09-19
Wallace Beat BOWles
By Jay G. Hayden

Chester Bowles, defeated for the
Democratic eubernatorial nomination in
Connecticut on Tuesday, can be chalked
up as the first personal political casual
ty OF LAffaire Wallace.
The predominantly Irish leadership
OF the State Democratic machine, pres
emily headed by Senator Mcmahon,
never did like the idea of nominating
Mr.. Bcwles for Governor and did its
best to divert him into the United States
Senator slot.
But before the convention assembled
on Monday the CIO PAC had built
up such a demand for Mr.. Bowles in
the States industrial centers, where
most of the Democratic votes lie, that
the machine leaders decided they
couldn't afford TO oppose him. Senator
Mcmahon announced that he would cast
his delegate vote for Mr.. Bowles, dis
claiming at the same time any intention
Of trying to dictate the conventions
action.
But then came the storm over Russo
American relations, aroused by the
Wallace speech, which was delivered
before a New York audience largely
composed of CIO-PAC adherents The
result in Connecticut was a stiffening
of Irish opposition to Bowles, and
rising against him also among the States
large italian American population.
*
As related by observers, returned to
Washington from the convention, the
opposition was not so much to Mi.
Bowles personally as to the CIO-PAC
and its Communist associates. Since
the drive for Mr.. Bowles had come
chiefly from this group, 1t was logical
assumption that If elected he would
staff his administration largely with
members of it, and thus possibly pave
the way for transfer of control of the
Democratic organization to the CIO-
PAC.
At any rate, the Bowles vote on the
first ballot fell well below the advance
claim Of his supporters. and the con-
vention quickly turned into 3 stampede
for his principal orthodox Democratic
Evening star., 1946-09-19

When Secretary of Commerce Wallace
brought into the open his attack on the
Administrators foreign policy he blew
big hole in the already crumbling
walls OF the Democratic party, so-called.
which had rallied so often to the sup
port OF the late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. The unfortunate part, for
the country. Is that it has given the rest
of the world a distinct impression that
the American people are widely divided,
and certainly the American Govern
ment is, on the subject of our dealings
with Soviet Russia.
Mr.. Wallace has made political foot
oall OF the foreign policy which Secre-
tary Of State Byrnes had carefully built
up over many months-a policy of the
utmost flrmness where Russia is con-
cerred. He delivered his attack at
political rally starting the Democratic
campaign to carry New York State for
Senator Mead in his race against Gov.
Dewey. In no other way could he have
been more effective, however, in align
ing the right-wing Democrats against
the left-wing Democrats.
President Truman has striven hard to
keep the political hodge podge that
AAAooC up lAlC 4tCOSCFClO SuHPOIt IO6ClllCI.
His desire for a semblance of harmony
was responsible for his efforts to keep
Hybrid" Henry and Secretary Byrnes
both in the cabinet, despite Mr. WAL
lace's effort to scuttle the policies of the
Secretary of State. Mr. Wallace was put
forward as a leader in the present con-
gressional campaign, to help keep the
labor vote and the radicals in line. He
was the last member of the old Roose-
welt cabinet to remain in office He was,
Chairman Hannegan of the Democratic
National Committee figured, an essential
man IN the present political campaign.
X
Mr.. Wallace would be more than hui
man if he carried in his heart much love
for President Truman, Mr.. Hannegan or
Secretary OF State Byrnes. Mr. Truman
has the office which Mr. Wallace wanted.
Mr.. Hanneean had as much to do with
giving Mr.. Truman that office and keep
ing Mr.. Wallace out of it as any one
except perhaps the late President
Roosevelt As for Mr.. Byrnes, he has the
other job which Mr.. Wallace wanted
Secretary of State. Giving Mr.. Wallace
full credit for the sincerity of his belief
that this country should appease Rus
sia rather than get tough" with the
Evening star., 1946-09-19

opponent. present 1t. Gov. Wilbert
Snow.
This result, in the opinion of local
newspapermen who usually have been
accurate in forecasting Connecticut
political results, destroyed the one re-
mote chance that the Democrats had
OF carrying the State for either Cover
nor or Senator this year.
Mr.. Bowles, these men calculate, might
have drawn out a Democratic vote in
the cities large enough to overcome the
certain bumper Republican rural ma
jority, but they do not believe the Demo-
cratic nominees, Snow for Governor and
Joseph M. Tone, a relatively unknown
labor conciliator, for United States Sen
ator, can do it.
At stake in Connecticut also are six
House seats, at present held by four
Democrats and two, Republicans. Since
the Democrats rejected the Bowles
vote-drawing card, the Republicans are
confident of a clean sweep of these con-
gressional contests. A reversal of less
than 2 per cent Of the 1914 overall vote
in the State would produce this grand
slam
Political repercussions from the Wal
lace controversy, of course, are by no
means confined to Connecticut. Even
before this incident arose, the New York
City primary vote had disclosed sharp
new divisions among racial and religious
groups over the issues of Russo-Amer-
lean relations and Communism.
The .same voting elements exist in
varying degrees in all the large cities of
the country, in which the huge Demo-
cratic majorities rolled up were mainly
responsible for the late President RooSe-
velts third and fourth elections.
Only a mild crack in this Democratic
solidarity in the cities is required to
give control of both Houses of Congress
to the Republicans. Anything approach
ing $3.50 overall alignment in the 40
principal cities In the North and West
would mean = Republican landslide.
Evening star., 1946-09-19

publicized letter to Mr. Truman last July
Moscow was primarily interested in the
atomic bomb. the secret of which its
western possessors were reluctant to
relinquish until Russia gave sufficient
guarantee that she would give us her
unstlnted cooperation in exchange.
Mr.. Wallace repeats in his letter the
Well-known propaganda line that unless
Russia Is given the atomic secret we
may be destroyed in another war by
our own brain child. Theoretically this
may be true. But the facts are not
quite as the Secretary of Commerce
sets forth in his international political
credo. Although the Soviets are believed
TO be still at the experimental stage
with that new war weapon they have
given us every indication that they are
on rampage. Russia may move her
troops into Western Europe and the
Near and Middle East before she OBJ
tains possession of the atomic bomb
secret without actually fearing that we
may use the bomb itself. The reason
for this is that the missile can be
launched only from airplanes and the
Soviet today-counting plane for plane
and disregarding potential strength has
L.
The chances of our planes breaking
through that curtain-even If we had
the necessary bases-would be exceed
ingly slim should Russia decide to take
what she wants by force.
X
The Secretary of Commerce points out
that Russia's suspicion of us is increased
by the fact that we are spending Sl3.-
900 900 600 on the Army and Navy Mr..
Wallace thinks of military forces in
terms of dollars and cents He ina gines
that because of that lavish expenditure
we really have a strong armed force.
He overlOoks the cold fact, which he
could have aScertained from his COL
leagues in the War Department, that
while We have fewer than 20 combat
divisions the Russians have no fewer
than 3l6 divisions of full combat
strength. Our forces are strewn over
the globe from the Pacific to the Elbe
River. The Russian forces are concen-
trated principally in Eastern Europe
and in the Balkans.
The speech delivered by Mr.. Wallace
last week in New York, together with
the letter he sent to President Truman
last July and which was made public
only Tuesday, have served to undermine
the confidence of the western nations
in the United States. They knew that
We were militarily weak, but they be-
heved that in spite of many trends in
this country We were a united nation.
Mr.. WallaceS outburSts, following a line
which Moscow has followed for the last
II months, is likely to destroy even that
belief.