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Evening star., 1947-06-17

vention next Doris Fleeson.
l. year with some delegates-they
avoid mentioning number
pledged to Mr.. Wallace, the man,
and his program. They will insist
upon Vice President and a plat
form that are liberal. OF course,
If they don't get 1t, then they will
decide what next to do.
Caution is still the watchword Of
the Truman administration with re-
spect to Mr.. Wallace. The official
plan is to wait-and hope-for time
to take care of that one. There
is naturally considerable private ir-
ritation expressed by various emf
nent Democrats. Actually the most
likely one to break his own rule is
the President, who Is prone to shoot
from the hip when irked.
Audiences Paid to Hear Him.
Mr.. Wallace estimates that he
has aired his views before 200, 900
Americans. All have paid for the
privilege except one Texas audience.
AS if Mr.. Wallace alone were not
enough to bear, the Democrats are
rendered unhappy by the sudden
attack of the House Un-American
Activities Committee on the spon-
sors of the Water Gate affair, the
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Supreme Court the case OF the State
of Georgia charging rate-making
conspiracy harmful to all Southern
States. 1t would stop the prosecu-
ton of the Western railroads by the
Justice Department. Under ter
rife pressure from the Association
of American Railroads the House
passed the bill by a large majority,
but 1t met with knock-down-and
drag out battle in the Senate, with
Senator Tobey of New Hampshire
leading the opposing forces. He was
supported by a determined band of
Southern members headed by Sen
ator Russell of Georgia.
But with passage assured, atten-
ton has turned to the President.
Mr.. Truman has made a consider
able record in railroad matters. AS
member Of the Interstate and
Foreign Committee Of the Senate,
he remarked in 1899, II have been
In the Senate four and one-half
years and have spent most of my
time studying the problem of trans
portation 1t was my privilege
if you want to call 1t that to serve
on the subcommittee which investi-
gated railroad finance and railroad
bankruptcies
Truman's Comment in 1887.
During the debate on the Bull
Wrinkle bill, Senator Tobey earned
some headlines with his almost
blasphemous remarks concerning the
railroad lobby, but he said nothing
as torrid as certain views uttered by
Senator Truman in connection with
railroad finance. The following, for
example. on the Senate floor, De-
cember 20, 1887:
THE Missouri Pacific, the Chicago,
Milwaukee. st. Paul 65 Pacific, the
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brought, me Henry McLemors.
program called. Ladies, Be Seated.
At first I thought / was going to
have to listen to a female minstrel
show, complete with Miss Interlocu-
tor and Miss Bones. But I was mis-
taken-badly mistaken. What ] got
was 30-minute show In which
manufacturers Of everything from
self rising mattresses to eiderdown
hairpins peddled their wares with all
the finesse of old time medicine show
barkers.
I won't tell you all that went on
during the half hour, because went
to sleep in the middle OF the pro-
gram and was only aroused when the
announcer named Don Gall radio an
nouncers are named DON, aren't
|they?) said that q Mr.. Somebody Or
Other and q Mrs. Whatchamacauit
would debate this subject: Should a
husband serve his wife breakfast IN
bed on Sunday morning?
Result isn't Important.
Mrs. Understandable took the az
firmative and Mr.. Somebody Or
Other took the negative.
Never mind how they came out,
and what loot they lugged away for
their mastery arguments. What Is
important is that the subject set my
mind to working, and furnished me
with an opportunity to discuss
breakfast in bed.
Breakfast in bed Is commonly sup
posed to be a luxury. It Is no such
thing. It Is q hardship, q trial, and
something that brings out the best or
worst In a man or woman. Break
fast in bed must be served on a tray,
and no man living, and that goes for
the man who split the f1ssion and
atomized the atom, has ever been
able to figure out exactly how the
legs of a breakfast tray work. The
legs of a breakfast tray are more
complicated than the workings OF
a steam engine or a Diesel motor,
and the man who invented them
should be dropped in boiling choc-
olate and served in the second layer
of a box of candy.
The Gadget Won't Work.
Pull out the front legs and the
hind legs collapse like a wounded
accordion. Pull out the hind legs
and the forward legs fold their little
feet in prayer and threaten to spill
the food all over the place. Pull
all legs out at the same time and
you have just about as much OF a
table as a checkerboard.
But, say some mad husband fig
ures out how the legs work. He still
has to place the tray in such a
position that the person in bed can
eat off of it. This calls for more
cooperation than was needed for
Evening star., 1947-06-17
This Changing World
Counter.Intelligence System Proposed
To Guard Secrets of State Department

iplausible. It was an argument used
by certain civilian officials In the
War Department during con-
IgressionaI investigation on the conf
missioning of Communists in the
Sensitive. services in 1914, and il
was also used by Maj. Gen. William
III. Donovan when he was asked why
he used this kind of person In
| the OSS.
Experience has shown, however
that those afdliated with either the
Communists or front organizations
in most cases served the interests oi
the U. S. s. r. rather than those OF
their own country.
The authors of the security and
counter intelligence plan went fur
ther and expressed the belief that
many OF the so-called loyal" officials
were real security risks, since in their
effort to guard the nationalistie
character of the State Department
they let out important information
about internal affairs Of the depart
ment.
| Administration Embarrassed.
This explains, it is said In the re-
port, how so many top secret matters
reached the ears of Congress MEM
bers, who normally would not have
known anything but what the State
Department deemed necessary for
them to know through regular
channels.
The premature disclosure OF a
portion Of the Yalta agreement
granting the Ukraine and Byelo-
Russia seats In the U.N. brought
embarrassment to the administra-
tion. The disclosure was made In a
story in the New York Herald Trib-
une, but it Is suspected that its
Washington correspondent OBJ
tanned it from member Of Con-
gress, who in turn obtained the
secret from an indiscreet nation
alist" in the department.
| Many other instances, involving
secrets which some officials Of the
department think should not be re-
vealed to the people, are cited to
prove that establishment Of cur
tain between the State Department
and other branches of the Govern
ment is security necessity for our
high-ranking policy-framers.
| The authors of the memorandum
which is believed not to have
reached Gen. Marshalls desk yet,
contemplate organization of a spe-
cial intelligence branch in all dip
lomatic missions abroad. Camou-
flaged as clerks or attaches Of the
embassies and legations, the men
in this branch are expected to in
crease the daily news diet OF the
ambassadors and at the same time
keep a watchful eye on personnel.
Evening star., 1947-06-17
On the Other Hand
Presidents Record on Railroads
Suggests Bulwinkle Bill Veto

Chicago e. Eastern Illinois, the
Frisco, the Rock Island, the Cotton
Belt, the Seaboard-same reorgani-
zation committee personnel, same
lawyers-why, It's almost a racket,
or I might say the biggest racket on
earth!"
In the same speech:
Anyway, the st. Paul got three
receivers at $4,000 per month and
$1O0,0 bonus, Strawn and Shaw
became attorneys for the receivers
and got $247 900 out of it, and Judge
Wilkerson has st. Paul private car
at his beck and call to go hunting
and take pleasure trips in. The
receivers also had a grand time In
this respect. They even took their
families and their friends on long
jaunts on the poor old busted st.
Paul's private cars!"
Legal Counsel Criticized
The same speech again:
do you see how 1t pays to know
all about these things from the In
side? How these gentlemen, the
highest of the high-hat in the legal
world, resort to tricks that would
make an ambulance chaser in q
coroners court blush with shame.
The same gentlemen, If the past is
any guide to the future, will come
out of the pending receivership with
more and fatter fees, and wind up
becoming attorneys for the, new and
reorganized railroad companies at
fat yearly retainers, and they prob
ably will earn them; because 1t
will be their business to get by the
Interstate Commerce Commission
and to interpret, and see that the
courts interpret, laws passed by us
as they want them interpreted"
One more quotation:
"It is a pity that Wall Street. with
it's ability to control the wealth of
the Nation and to employ the best
law brains In the country, hasn't
produced some financial statement,
some men able to see the dangers of
bigness and the concentrated con-
troll of wealth. Instead of. working
to meet the situation, they are still
employing those brains to serve
greed and selfish interest"
The Justice Department which,
naturally, has opposed the Bulwin-
kle bill, is expected to recommend a
veto. More important, however,
may be the Presidents own strong
convictions on the subject Of rail-
road monopoly-what he sees be-
hind the Association Of American
Railroads. So, to use his own ex-
preston, ''if the past is any guide
to the future" veto should be
forthcoming. ..
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Wallace Still Democrat
Associates Say He Plans to Take
Program to National Convention

Southern Conference for Human
Welfare.
The Southern Conference is non.
political. But as 1t operates in the
one-party South 1t Is naturally pre-.
dominantly Democratic. Southern
Liberals have fiocked to 1t to gain
objectives they could not attain
within the framework of the con-
servative party organizations. and
many of them are among the DEM
ocratic great. Its standing with the
National Committee Is indicated by
the fact that Mrs. Charles w. Til
lett, committee vice chairman In
charge of the women's division
whose home is in North Carolina
lis member of her State chapter
So is the president Of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, Frank Ora
ham, who has done many jobs for
the White House since 1882.
Had Advantages for Party.
From the national party point OF
view the conference had various
advantages. It demonstrated to the
Northern Negro that the Democratic
Party South was not composed ex-
clusively of Rankins. 1t was q
channel through which liberal
Southern candidates might be en-
couraged when 1t was not possible
for the party nationally to inter-
fere in Southern primary which
is the equivalent of election.
These facts, according to an
noyed Democrats, probably were I'M
derstood by the Republican chair
man Of Un-American, MIR. Thomas
of New Jersey.
From a strictly civil liberties point
of view the conference and Mr.. Wal
lace are aroused by two main as
poets of the committees action. One
is that the conference was indicted
as Communist front without get
ting an opportunity to appear In
Its own defense.
The other was the announcement
by Representative Thomas that he
would have watchers" at the meet
ing. With Government employees
already being investigated under a
presidential loyalty order, this was
viewed as brazen intimidation.
Evening star., 1947-06-17

ana BACKGROUND NV
of certain officials. These inten-
tional eleaks" have led to inyestiga-
tions, both In open and executive
sessions.
For instance, 1t is believed that
the indiscretions of certain officials,
who have personal contacts with
members of Congress, resulted In an
embarrassing interrogation OF a high
State Department official last week.
Under cross-examination, based un-
questionably on inside information,
this official admitted reluctantly
that he maintained close contact
with relative who not only was
an advocate of communism but was
doing special work" for the U. s.
S. r. in this country.
The interrogation revealed to Con-
gress members who attended the
session that the two men saw each
other at intervals and, since the
State Department official was the
custodian of many secrets, this re-
lationShip could have damaging
results for the country's interests,
particularly In these difficult days.
Use OF "Subversivess Defended.
The authors Of the memorandum
for organization of security and
counterintelligence organization In
the department have very advanced
ideas, according to those who have
read their report.
For example, they maintain that
the employment of fellow travellers
and "so-called" subversives was not
the security risk it has been painted,
since, through their affiliation with
front organizations or even with the
Communist Party, they can provide
important and useful information.
On the surface this may sound
Evening star., 1947-06-17

the invasion Of Normandy. Pillows
must be eased here and there. A
shoulder blade must come up, .
batch Of ribs 60 down. During this
time the coffee Is getting cold. and
the eggs are taking on the nrmness
OF the Black Hills Of Dakota.
At last, everything Is set. Tray
In rlace. BODY In bed ready to gulp.
Then, with the hrst lifting Of the
hand to get the coffee cup, the mat
tress says little. the pillows slip
and everything Is shot to-well. what
Is that word?
No. you can't beat 3 table for
eating.
lDistributed By McNaught syndicate, Inc,1
Evening star., 1947-06-17

Tor q wallace
peace he is still
aiming at the
Democratic ma
tional conven-
tion. Despite his
hirtatious COM
ments on a third
party his asso-
ciates let 1t be
known that Mr..
Wallace is and
will remain a
Democrat.
Their story Is
that they will
attend the con-
Evening star., 1947-06-17

ment by persons
who have been
brought In from
o er depart
ments since the
war.
One objective
lis to draw a clE-
tain b e t W e e n
s t tat e Depart
nnent personnel
and Congress,
which recently
has recei iv e d
much inside In
formation about
the activities
Evening star., 1947-06-17

Indians beaten
Oh for a day or
tw o, slip tn e
lleadphones OF
your crystal set
over your ears
and listen to
what's cookin'
over the radio.
It was my good
fortune yester-
day afternoon,
while enjoying
such a siesta. to
happen to hit on
q facet Of the
cryst al t III a t
Evening star., 1947-06-17

opinion of many
who think they
know the mind
of the President.
This is the
bill to free the
railroads fr o m
the danger OF
anti trust suits
if t h e y fix
rates by agree
lnent a m O n g
themselves WlLI
the approval of
the Interstate
Commerce Com
mission. 1t would
Evening star., 1947-06-17

" LAtS FS~
Today the Re-
pubHcans ar e
bill In t. for
they have been
handed on a
platter an issue
that can win for
them no matter
who their can
didate may be.
w hat h e
President said to
$4,000, 900 t a k
payers was that
they couldn't
have a tax re-
<a..nkinn hoco1ien
Evening star., 1947-06-17
By Doris FIeeson

L With his Water Gate speech here
Henry Wallace Is ready to recess his
successful tour and gather in his
crops-his farm crops, that is.
For the political yield Of his fight
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Tax Bill Veto Termed
Error That May Cost
Truman 1948 Victory
By David Laurence

President Truman's veto Of the
tax bill may cost him the 1948 elec-
ton. He mistakenly thought, no
doubt, that he would gain politically
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Bv LoweII MeHeH

Looks like another presidential
veto coming up. The Bulwinkle bill
now being enacted by Congress is
headed for that treatment, in the
Evening star., 1947-06-17
By Constantine Bro,cn

Plans for establishment OF q spe-
cial security and counterintelligenc
organization are being laid In the
lower echelons of the State Depart
Evening star., 1947-06-17
Mel emo
Likes His Breakfast
Anywhere but in Bed
By Henry McLsmore

There are few more pleasant ways
to spend a rainy afternoon than to
slip Of your leggings and moccasins,
curl up on a hassock and. with the
Evening star., 1947-06-17

rs on shs,rsserd. ;. IS years of cooking DEM
onsuation service right here in the Home
Service Bureau kitchen in the Pepeo Building!
This new looking aluminium pan is one of 10
bought in 1882 :. and today all 10 pieces shine
as brightly as the day we unwrapped them!
They've been used hard for IS long years, but
(and we repeat BUT) they've always been used
on an ELECTRIC range. They look the way
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
BY RUTH MILLETT

A young New York artist, in a
recent TRADE against the modern
girl" said that men want honesty
in a woman first and foremost"
That may be what they think
they want. But a completely hon
est woman would never get a man
to the altar, much less hold on
to him ~afterward.
Women are such practical, cal
culating creatures that if they
were completely honest with men
about their motives and reactions
it would scare the men to death.
A girl takes a long look in her
mirror one day and decides it is
time for her to get a husband.
From the moment that decision is
made, every man she meets is po'
tential husband material.
With a calculating eye she picks
the man she wants and then sets
out to make him fall in love with
her. If she were honest with the
man at this point, about her In
t%entions and her reasons for want
ing to get married, he would run
a mile.
And so it goes-from the first
meeting to the silver wedding an
~niversary and beyond. Womer
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
"Passion Play" To Be Presented
At Ti|eston Tuesday EVENING

1.-THE Passion Play, presented
every Easter by Pollock TWINS
Eighth Grade History students at
the Tileston school, will go on stage
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the
Tileston auditorium in more glory
and pageantry than used in pre-.
vious years.
Against a background OF palms
placed in an oriental garden, the
characters of the Easter story
will act out the scenes Of THE
Agony, THE Crucifixion," "The
Burial" 1.-THE Resurrection, and
the The Ascension"
Narrator for this years pageant
will be the Rev. Charles A. Mad
dry, pastor of First Baptist church,
and soloist will be Henri Ernurian.
Lighting and scenery IS under
the direction of Berry Lewis, r.
wing Glover, and James Stone.
Property manager is r. N. Nal.
lard.
The leading part of the ChristuI
will be taken by Julius Parker
while the three Marys will be por
trayed by Joyce Hayes, Pat Haw
ley, and Nancy Bennett.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
WE THE WOMEN
Men Don't Like Honest Women

don't give men honesty, because
they are intuitively wise enough
to know that isn't what men want
from women. And they know that
if they don't give men what they
want, the men will find other
women who will.
Men want a woman to let them
hold on to an idealized picture
of her. They want women who
can make themselves look better
than they are. They want a woin'
an to be a woman" not an in
dividual-but a woman who reacts
In the ways a woman is supposed
to react.
What the artist really meant is
that men want a girl to give the
impression of being completely
honest. They want her to be a
good enough actress to make her
play acting seem real.
But they aren't yet ready for
honesty in women, not in 1947.
Any woman who doubts this might
just try being completely honest
with a man for a week-if she
can afford to lose him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
Critics Laud
NextArtist To
Appear Here

From all reports, Angel Reyes,
internationally known Cuban VIC
llnist, who is to appear here Mon
day night at 9 o'clock at the New
Hanover High School auditorium
under the auspices of the Com
munity concert Association, will
be one Of the inspiring virtuosos
to play before a Wilmington au-
dlence in many years.
According to the critic from the
New York Times, Mr.. Reyes has
"A technique which overcomes all
difficulties. His bowling was sure,
his tone consistently suave. There
was much beauty in his playing
and a dash and assurance which
provoked admiring applause"
. From other sources also comes
tribute to Mr.. Reyes, and as a
result today Angel Reyes is
known internationally as a violin
list of musical and personal mag
netism.
O"i SO0iAIly 11CoPGd llOIiOA .
upon him, naming him Cultural
Attache of the Cuban Embassy in
Washington, and a Knight of the
National Order of Carlos Manuel
De Cespedes, the latter bestowed
only by the President of the Cuban
Republic for outstanding achieve
ment.
His every concert is an achieve
ment, a musical event deservedly
lauded by musicians, music critics,
and just plain music lovers. From
Cuba to Canada, Angel Reyes to-
day charms the North American
continent as he did Europe during
his early career. With mis- first
sweep of the strings audiences
realize how much he loves to
play his violin. and relax to the
delights of his warmly human
artistry.
Admission to the concert Mon
day night is open only to those Viii
m%ingtonians holding membership
cards to the Community Concerts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21

duced Mr.. Bailey to the numbe,
Oh women attending the luncheon
prior to his speech.
Among those present at the
luncheon were: Mrs. George John.
son, Mrs. ]. c. Carroll, Mrs. Adam
Smith, Miss Mary Lucas Cant
Wen, Miss Eleanor Snyder, Mrs.
j. D. Freeman, Miss Virginia
Ward, Mrs. Robert Holden. and
Mrs. J. c. Knox.
Mrs. Nell M. Hill, Mrs. G.. C.
Greer, Mrs. w. M. Pullen. Mrs.
W. B. Evans, Rabbi S. A. Fried.
man, Mrs. Frank Oppenheimer.
Miss Dorothea Mcdowell, and
T. d. Love, Jr.
Prior to the luncheon. a meet.
ing OF the board of directors with
Mrs. J. D. Freeman, presiding
was held. Two reports were made
by Miss Dorothea Mcdowell, ex.
ecutive secretary of the YWCA,
and Mrs. Nell M. Hill, teen-ape
director.
members OF the board present
included: Mrs. J. D. Freeman,
Mrs. ]. H. Gerdes, Mrs. Dan Pen
ton, Mrs. L. N. Boney, Mrs. j. c.
Carroll, Mrs. A.. c. Graft, Mrs.
w. B. Evans, Miss Peggy Hall.
Mrs. II. A. Marks, Mrs. Adam w.
Smith, Mrs. c. Wayne Spencer,
Mrs. A. R. Urquhart, and Miss
Virginia Ward.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21

Other characters are as follows;
the three soldiers, Harold Good
son, Earl Rouse. Walter Rodgers;
St. John, E. H. Britt; high priests,
Dalziel Reynolds, Forrest Walton,
Dozier Murray, Eugene Peterson,
LinWood Robinson.
Angel, Ronald Guther1e; Joseph,
W wayne Burkatt; Nicodemus,
Charles farrell; St. Mark, Marvin
Moss; shepherds, julius Harvard,
John Campbell, Smith Jewell;
thieves, Page Taylor, Harold Kelly.
Miscellaneous characters adding
atmosphere to the pageant are:
John Permenter, Jack Ward, Betty
Jordan, Lois Marshburn, Marilyn
Cooper, Joyce Gore, Ann Rhodes,
Kent Miller, Margaret Grove, De-
lores Downing, jeanette Potter,
Sonya Knowles, Henrietta Hughes,
Lola Pantages, and Wanda Aman
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-21
Surgeon Bax|eySpeaks Before
YWCAPub|icA ffairsLuncheoo
friday, MARCH II, 1947

.oking at the Public Affairs
sp luncheon, held yesterday at
yWCA, Sturgeon Bailey, for
ts chairman of the Board OF
n ns,ctors of the YMCA, said that
mount of money spent on
the and the amount of money
ll9uY. IN the correction Of crime
sps. his country was seven times
n n. amount spent on education.
us conclusion gathered from the
iistics was that it would be
s| '.;sr and less expensive to pre-
sss crime than to cure it.
osering methods for the cure,
~ Baxley urged more support to
NJ social institutions for youth
NJ ~, As the YWCA, the YMCA,
~ Boy Scouts, and the Girl
Scouts.
u. praised the local youth agen-
which offer recreation to
esa riles, but said more interest
", financial aid should be given
n h.r if we are to cut our juve-
.is delinquency rate.
W.. Baxley, in saying that Soc
~ agencies were necessary for
-. prevention of crime did not
wi, the Importance of raising
". standards of our educational
'..teros as well as the American
Trs T. D.. Love, Jr., intro