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Evening star., 1947-03-04
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TALLY, ROBERT N. On Sunday.
noTSe soEanf 2 as47 & qsofsssegn 1sse1 u R0S.at
Mrs. Mary 7. tucker. he also Is sur .
1 yHed xo sister, Msry nrs mossas Hat 4
the the Birch Funeral Home. 3034 X st. NV. =.
on Wednesday March 8. at 1880 am.
Interment Walkers Chapel, Va.
THURMAN, EDwARD JAMES. JR. On
sa.arda1 st D1WRp Aaush JANIS 1se e assd h H0o
1918 5th st. NV. father Of Emma Hedge
man and Minnie Wilson. brother of Emma
L.. and Robert B. Thurman. He also leaves
Thurman may be viewed at stswart's Fu-
TSuIsday; rassTsI Friday. Aslsa st
etery. 6
March 2. l947: ROBERT .ToNEY Of a05
g st. NV. the beloved husband Of Dorothy
father. two SS brothers. one sister ~ and other
relatives and friends. Notice Of funeral
later, Arrangements BY Walter e. Hunter
Co., 2512 Sheridan I'd. s.e.
TOMLIN, LILLIAN PERNETTA. On
META gH 1SaSCn ToMIIN. b Beloved vile q the late
J. H. Tomlin: mother Of James Adrian
Mrs. Nettis Erbeek Funerai from the
James r. Ryan Funeral Home. ait Pa.
ave. Sc. on "Wednesday. March 5; at 2
terment IVY Hill Cemetery. Alex. va.
M.rea Taay9s 9sa MARX AzKA ANN AkA A2ESs 2a MS5s.s
1920, w st; nv. widow OF George Archer
Nd 4ssyee psYea TShfT % # Trsy1 4 Thy ms
Mrs. Leroy livingston and Mrs. Gerald w
E TnszSF e. 4 g.
viii viii be % held on p Wednesday. March 5. AZ Il
am. Interment private.
WARFEL, CLARENCE 9; On sqndss,
MsTsst MsTfs lsa redersk N Ma hsaf
Allnutt. 1889 Newton St.. washington, and
ME- ME- Tsnss Eswis asaf 4 ny
wood, n: J., and W Carroll Wsrfsl,
Etchison & Son Funeral Home. Frederick,
Md, Wednesday afternoon at $50 o'clock.
Interment Mount olivet Cemetery. Fred
erick, Md. -
WILLIAMS. PEARL E.. Suddenly, on
MShcas Hsqa Fairmons msash st. s. NV NV p PEARL M E VIII
Jessie williams. Remains resting at the
1isn st. NV. a. 0n; Notice % of funeral later. ' '
4, i947, NAOMIA WILSON Of HOO 4th
ST. s.e.. sister of Lewis knight, aunt OF
Celestine Wheeler, Ella Francis and Sarah
Lew knight, and siSter-in-law of Ollie
Knight Notice of funeral later. Ar
rangements by Malvan g. Schey.
WINGRovE, HELEN HANSEN. On Sat-
Fla, @ HELEN HANSEN WINGRoVE, for.
merly Of Washington. d. c.. the beloved
wife of Thomas F. Wingrove, mother OF
Thomas e. Wingrove and Mrs William L:
Hughes. Services at Chambers Funeral
Home. 14Q0 Chaplin st. NV, on Wednes.
day, March B., at 2 pm. lnterment Fort
Lincoln Mausoleum.
WRIGHT. FLORENCE e. Suddenly. on
sntszTu sanaaz maTsh EhoaNce se =. RaAH nse
Davis, Of 1924 9th St. s.Y. the beloved
yifs Of Emmett 4 ov Wrish' mother s.,{ Sf
r. Wright. Friends may call at the Lee
Funeral Home. 4th ST. and MASSACHUSETTS
Wednesday, March s. at 2 pm. Inter
ment Cedar Hill Cemetery. -
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CEMETERY LOTS,

8 LOTS in Cedar Hin Cemetery, washing
toms finest; prefer to sell in block, bu
Ea E 81 sao snsE a q 7 r. ss s. snS 5 Or HSe
9l37 after pm. B
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SMITH, BENJAMIN F. On Tuesday
March 4. 1947, BENJAMIN F. SMITH oi
1903 Bunker Hill I'd. Mount Rainier, Md ;,
beloved husband Of Rosa Z. Smith Friends
may call at VIM. ]. Nalley's Funeral Home
200 200 r: r,:. y ave; ;;, NJ Mount s Raisisr. Nd
invited. Tntsrment Fort Lincoln ce.,es
tery. 8
SNYDER, JOHN c: On Sunday. March
band Of Ruth 8. snider Friends are in
yited to esll at the w W. Deal Funeral
services at Arlington National Cemetery on
Wednesday, March 5. at 10 am Inter-
ment Arlington National Cemetery.
sTRUNK. MAXWELL f.. SR. Suddenly
on Sunday, March 2. 1947. at his residence,
45a4 Buchanan ST.. Hyattsyille. Nd. MAX.
tof Lillian H. Strunk and father Of Isabelle
y. Strunk. Marjory NJ. Morris. Samuel j..
Prank R. and Maxwell F. Strunk, .jr. Mr.
Strunk rests at Gasch's Funeral Home,
4739 Baltimore ave., Hyattsyiile, Md,
where services will be held on Wednesday,
March 5, at 2 pm. Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
taft. THEODORE A. r. On Monday,
March 3, 1947, at his daughters residence,
$3.50 p ST.. Sc, THEODORE a. T.. taft
Raymond e. md Robert 2: Tan, Mrs; Mar,
Services Il Chambers Funeral Home. 617
11th st. s.e. on wednesday. March 5. al
10 an. 1nterment Congressional Gene
tery,
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DURHAM, JAMES. Departed this He
sAatuIdaiy' IaMS MaEsh 5241 a. Frssdmen
NV. He leaves to mourn their loss several
friends. Notice of funeral later. Arrange
ments by Dabney & Garner's Funeral Home,
442 M st. NV. &
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Changing the High Command

President Truman's choice of Admiral
Louis E. Denfeld to succeed Fleet Admiral
Nimitz as chief of naval operations should
be popular one outside of naval circles
as we'll as within. Admiral Denfeld has
outstanding qualifications for the coveted
post, with a splendid record of admins
trative and combat services and knack
for teamwork that will be of special value
under the armed forces unif1cation setup.
Admiral Denfeld, at f1fty-six, will be
one of the younger "Opnavs" in the his
tory of the Office, which was created in
1915. 1t is signal honor that has come to
him, for it is not easy to fill the shoes of SO
distinguished lead as the Navy's wartime
Pacific commander. That Fleet Admiral
Nimitz recommended Admiral Denfeld for
the top Navy job was not unexpected
"Cincpac" had seen him in action and
found him capable.
Few officers today have a wider knowl
edge of naval problems, both as to men
and materiel. He gained this knowl
edge not only during combat service in
the Atlantic and the Pacific, but as a
supervisor of naval personnel under war
time conditions. His services In the latter
role brought him into frequent contact
with members Of Congress. who became
impressed with his energy, his under
standing of the Navy's responsibilities both
Toward It's own personnel and toward the
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public and his broad grasp of national
defense requirements. The respect thus
gained should stand him in good stead
in the Nays relations with the legisla-
tive branch in the critical period Of man
power and equipment shortages now con-
fronting the Nations defense arms.
Manpower problems have been of par
ticular concern to Admiral Denfeld for
years. During the war years he helped
to expand naval personnel strength to un-
precedented proportions, and after the
war, as chief of naval personnel. he su-
pervised a rapid but orderly demobiliza-
tion. That rehabilitation was so far
reaching that he turned his attention to
means of building a peacetime Navy
through more adequate and better
trained regular corps of officers and men
and an effective reserve. He will be in a
key position to continue his interest in
naval personnel development when he
takes over from Fleet Admiral Nimitz on
December Is. This will be a distinct
break for the Navy, which shares with the
Army and the Air Force the difficult task
of rebuilding manpower by voluntary re-
oruitment methods. AS peacetime naval
operations chief, Admiral Denfeld will
have opportunities for service to the Navy
and to the country as great as, II not
greater than, have been his lot during an
active and distinguished career.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
More Speed Coming
Bv Gerard d. Reilly
From the Topeka Capital,

From the Topeka Capital e ~sys
This Is the age of speed but you amt sssrs
nothin yet" the scientists say. Not long ago
. couple Of astronomers at Yale University de-
clared confidently that flight around the world
in rocket ship will be possible in hour and
81 minutes. However, the professors refused 70
speculate as to whether O man could live In o.
ship travelling Mt such q speed other men are
issuing similar prophecies and they cannot bs
brushed aside Within the last dozen yeafs
aviation has taken gigantic strides and 1t 10
reasonable to suppose that greater progress VIII
be made in the future to assure faster transports
tation. Meanwhile, the world needs 10 obtain
mastery Of the speeds already possible, in airs
planes. automobiles and trains. We are hllinx
ourselves at q wholesale rate because We have
not accepted the full responsibility of speed.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
Coordination of Reserves

The study of reserve components OF the
armed forces ordered by Defense Secretary
Forrestal is logical further step IN the
defense coordination program authorized
by the merger law The various civilian
reserves. including especially the National
Guard. have encountered difficulties In re-
building their organizations In ACCORDANCE
with estimated postwar requirements
Each operates in its own sphere with little
or no regard for what the other COM
moments of Americas M-day force are
doing. Consequently, some Of their actlVi-
ties overlap to the disadvantage OF ALL
One of the fields in which there has been
destructive competition is in the recruit.
ment of members for new units. Recruit
ing drives impinge upon one another, with
apparently no effort looking toward CO.
ordination of recruiting drives to eliminate
duplication and public confusion. 1t Is
reasonable to believe that better timing
and better coordination of the recruiting
campaigns would produce better results for
all units. Navy, Army and Air Force Reg
ular and Reserve components are engaged
In various enlistment drives today, con-
current with an intensive campaign by
the National Guard. The National Guard
has been unsuccessful in obtaining its
quotas, a development of grave concern
to the War Department because of the key
position assigned the Guard under the M
day plan.
One proposal which Secretary Forrestaps
study group undoubtedly will consider Is
the one for consolidation of the Army's
Organized Reserve and the National
Guard This proposal ''in principle" was
recommended by the Indiana Department
of the Reserve Officers Association, and
was supported recently by Major General
Vaughan, the Presidents military aide. 1t
k opposed. however. by the National Guard
Association and most Guard authorities.
The plan involves political angles which
make 1t touchy subject for Federal
sneials. I Is certain that the States
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would resist any effort to dislodge the
militia from their control.
Nevertheless the National Guards as
signed role as an "in being" M-day force
is 50 vital to the national security that
political considerations should have no
place in weighing the merits of any plan
for strengthening the Guard and the Re
serves. Mr.. ForrestaIs committee will
render useful public service If they lift
such questions out of the realm of politics
and study them only in relation to the
Nations defense needs.
Evening star., 1947-11-16

Since the method Of administration and not
the amount Of aid is the vital point in setting
up the Marshall plan for aid to Europe, 1t
lis pity that the report of the Presidents Com
mittee on Foreign Aid had so little to say on
that subject.
The committee, after laying down a num-
ber Of principles and wisely suggesting that
after the first year the amount and character
Of aid should be determined on year-to-year
basis, said only that the aid should be ad-
ministered by board independent of the
State Department and other existing agencies
of the Federal Government
The committee then added that this board
should have representatives in the countries
involved and that such representatives should
deal with the governments on important mat
ters through the various American Ambassadors.
This is all right as far as It goes. But 1t does
not 60 far enough.
When Congress gets down to business On
the plan, 1t is to be hoped that an I'M
portant suggestion Of Bernard Baruch will
be adopted. The Baruch idea has to do with
the responsibility Of European industries and
governments for the sums loaned for machinery
and other material needed for production.
Every one. including the Presidents COM
mittee, agrees on number of principles. Fore
most among these Is that the goods and
services we can afford should not be free gifts.
Another principle is that the great need OF
Europe is for stabilized currencies and bal
anced governmental budgets. Further the
stabilization of those currencies should be
achieved by the countries themselves and
not through gifts or loans Of American dollars
Evening star., 1947-11-16

wAsEINoYoN-s Several top-ranking Treas
My Department officials are seriously con-
cerned about one recommendation IN the re-
port Of the special House Committee on For
eign Aid headed by Representative Herter, Re-
publican, Of Massachusetts,. They fear 1t might
actually wreck eny chance Of some countries
finally coming in under the Marshall plan
The worrisome item first proposes that as
many new European factories for strategic and
critical materials be established as practicable
and that "a portion Of the increased produc-
tion should accrue to the producing country
and thereby aid in providing exchange"
So far, so good.
But then it is proposed that "the remainder
should be delivered to the United States for
sterilized stockpiles which would be held out
of competition with normal commercial mar
kets."
The Treasury officials fear that some coun
tries may take this as an insulting suggestion
that they can't handle their own affairs, can't
be trusted to manage these stockpiles them
selves.
They may even decide. 1t is feared to go 1t
alone and take their chances with communism
rather than get tied up with the United States
in this way.
Poona Corvfco PIenspf
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Some Wise Borrowing Needed

The absurd secrecy which surrounds local
budget making will obscure for some time
10 come the decisions reached by the
Commissioners on how much money-in
relation to local needs-can be appropri-
ated next year.
The secrecy is part of Federal budg-
etary procedure. The Commissioners must
conform to a policy which concealS from
the local taxpayer the decisions made re-
garding how much of his money is to be
spent and for what. Not until next Janu-
ary, when the Presidents budget message
Is sent to Congress, will Washingtonians
know what the Commissioners are pro-
posing to do about number Of things
vitaIy affecting the interests of the people
who live here.
One of these things is school building.
Are we going to follow the practices of the
past and confne the construction OF
schools to what can be financed from
current revenues? Or are we going to take
the sensible steps which conditions seem
to demand and borrow whatever is neces-
sary to bring school facilities especially
In the colored schools, up to existing need?
As Superintendent of Schools Corning
pointed out last May, in statement to
the Board of Education, "The experience
of the years has demonstrated that the
pay -as-you-go plan will never accomplish
the needs of the school system" And why
should we expect that it would? There are
few business undertakings of any kind
that can depend on current revenue to
finance necessary expansion. Why should
we do it here? We keep out of debt, it is
true. But we punish ourselves, at the same
time, in two ways: We do not receive the
services which our children need while in
viting burdensome taxes in the attempt to
get them.
Discussing this point, the recent report
of the Auchincloss Committee on Home
Rule has this to say: 'The District cannot
borrow money for either temporary revenue
purposes or for capital improvements,
although occasional advances are made by
the Federal Government for specific pur-
poses This has had the advantage OF
freeing the District of the burden OF debt
which is a curse to many urban commu-
mites, but, at the same time, much-needed
improvements are delayed because OF the
Districts increasing inability to finance
UNeIQ OUT VI CuIIcuG lCfCllQCo. NO DAoVAANV
government could possibly remain respon-
sible under such conditions"
The Commissioners have not publicly
committed themselves on the proposition
OF seeking from Congress the authority to
borrow for such things as school building
construction. There has been some dis
cussion of the point that If borrowing
becomes necessary it should be used to
finance program of capital improvements
not confined to schools.
That, it seems to The Star, is a mere
detail. We paid off about $4,000, 600 OF
debt (the debt representing Federal loans)
during the war. We paid it off because the
money could not be spent for construction
But, while we are out of debt now, we are
also facing an accumulation of needed
public improvements. especially IN the
schools, which cannot be financed out OF
current taxation.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
While Young Men Died

The picture of wartime Washington now
being filled in by Senator FerguSon's War
Investigating Subcommittee is not pretty
one.
Now prominent in this picture is Major
General Bennett E. Meyers, retired, who,
as second in command of procurement for
the Army Air Forces, held wartime post
of high trust. The story, as related to the
subcommittee of his activities, Is tumble OF
charges and denials-a tumble which per
nlits Of no conclusion except that perjury
Il the rule rather than the exception IN
this hearing.
The subcommittee has done good Job
of digging into the activities Of General
Meyers, and Chairman Ferguson says that
I'VE haven't even lit the fire under him
yet" From all indications, however, the
case OF General Meyers is going to wind up
in the Department of Justice, and that Is
as it should be. For the proper place for
final judgment on his performance during
the war is not in the newspapers, or even
in a congressional committee, but in the
Department of Justice and If the facts
warrant, in the criminal courts.
The case of the high command Of the
Army Air Forces rests on somewhat diff
ferent basis, and the subcommittee is just
beginning to get into this phase of its in
quiry. It ought to be pursued relentlessly,
however for the facts so far developed
indicate that the highest officers OF the
Air Corps displayed an almost incredible
disinclination to dig into rumors and re-
ports suggestive of graft and corruption.
They were diligent enough in laying plans
for a publicity program which, If worst
came to worst, might whitewash the Air
Corps. But, for example, when the FBI
sent~in an anonymous letter setting out
grave charges against General Meyers 1t
was mysteriously routed into the Office Of
Commanding General Arnold, where 1t
was filed with notation that nothing was
to be done about 1t.
This is the sort Of thing that con-
gressional committee, and only con-
gressional committee, can get into. And
the Ferguson Committee ought to keep
going until it gets to the bottom of this
contemplate business. After all, some
5000 young men were giving up their
lives on the battlefronts while this specu-
lation in War Bonds, aviation stocks and
whatnot was going on back home. The
least that ought to be done now is to bring
out all of the facts, as well as the names
of those who used the war as means of
enriching themselves.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
When Honeymoons Are Over

It will be surprising to many married
persons to learn that legislators in Ireland
are having difficulty in deciding when
honeymoons are over. The question arose
during consideration of bill to provide
for state construction of dream houses"
for Irish honeymooners The measure calls
for vacating such cottage when honey
moon ends and ordinary married life
begins.
Can all those Irish legislators be single
men? If there are any married ones, they
should know that the end of honeymoon
Is signaled in unmistakable manner by
certain phenomena not observed at the
very outset of married life. A honeymoon
is over, for example, when the husband
props his newspaper in front Of him at
breakfast and screens his bride from view
Ut is only fair to point out that the paper
routine seldom starts-until he gets his first
crossthe-table glimpse of his bride done
up in curriers' and minus makeup) A
honeymoon is a thing Of the past when
the husband first compares the coffee to
dish water, or when he fails to force a
smile as he tries to swallow a heavy biscuit.
breakfast 1t Is gone forever when the
wife fails to welcome her husband home
from the office with hug. Or when, on
arriving home, the husband is more in
terested in shifting what is cooking than
the perfume behind his wife's ear. And
it indubitably flies out the window with
the first tossed salad bowl-in fact, when
either party starts throwing crockery
instead of kisses.
None Of these things is really as serious
as it sounds, although all of them are grim
enough when they first appear. They by
no means portend a broken marriage.
Indeed, they are often incidental to long
and happy welded career All they signify
is a return to reality and normalcy. When
that happens, the certain period" men,
toned in the Irish bill will definitely be
at an end and the time will have come to
hang out the vacancy" sign on an Irish
or any other variety of dream house"
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Aid to European Industry
Marshall Plan Should Provide Loans Guaranteed by
Governments as Free Enterprise Stmulant
By Rayn ond MoIey.

Another point Of agreement will be that
food loans should be made on a basis different
from that applying to raw materials for manu-
featuring, machinery and equipment for fac
tories and farms.
1t is on the point of materials for re-estab-
fishing production that Baruchs idea comes
in. He suggests that all loans for productive
purposes should be made directly to :yndicates
of various industries Further, he suggests
that, because industries throughout almost
all of Europe will not be allowed to transfer
interest or repayments of capital without the
consent of their respective governments, the
governments should join with the industries In
guaranteeing the loans But the industries
themselves should bear the primary obligation.
The first difnculty in imposing such a condi-
ton will be that in most countries many In
dustries are already nationalized or are In the
process Of naturalization. 1t may be possible.
as the Presidents committee suggests to I'M
pose naturalization conditions in our
loans Such conditions would be regarded as
political interference with the internal sffairs
Of the countries concerned. In most industries,
however the degree Of future naturalization
will depend upon the energy and success with
which private owners recover the capacity to
produce goods and services. The trend toward
naturalization can well pe halted, If private
industry gets into anything like prewar pro-
duction. This applies with special emphasis
to Germany.
IT, as we assume, the objective of the Mar
shall plan is to re-establish free enterprise as
barrier to statism In all forms, we should follow
the normal course of lending directly to those
who will finally administer industry.
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Among the years odd mishaps was that
of the Congressman who turned over in a
taxi. For while he thought he was taking
a position on the Marshall plan.
Evening star., 1947-11-16

The score for the season is sos whales
"bagged" by Russians in Arctic waters
which is nice fishing, and no mean feat as
a packaging job
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49, Some Shadows of Coming Events
LOOklllS AllCdu Are Noted Here swd Abroad
esy the World star Of the Associated Prsss)

with supply and demand closer 10 balance than
Ut any time since the war.
Lead Is at . record high, but demand b
easing.
Zinc is in good supply and under little buy
ing pressure.
Evening star., 1947-11-16

"The American Past" new best-selling
picture history of the United States, weighs
5 pounds exactly. Once laid down 1t can
hardly ha nAcked 10.
Evening star., 1947-11-16
More Vsfoes?

LAKE SUCCESSIVE U. N. General Assem-
bly, has set the stage for another series Of
Soviet vetoes in the Security Council. 1t has
called on the Council to reconsider the men,
bership applications Of Italy. Austria, Ireland
Portugal, Trans-Jordan and Finland.
The Soviet bloc voted against asking the
Council to reconsider the applications. Little
doubt was left that Russia would again bar
the six countries despite the Assembly's find
ing that all are "peace-loving"
Evening star., 1947-11-16
DOT Wallpaper

WASHINGTON-Now they've come up with
a wallpaper with DDT built in! It's designed
for chldrens roons-with nursery story motif
the idea being to protect the kids from mos
quitoes, flies and other disease-bearing In
SectS