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Evening star., 1947-02-08

them fair, accurate and inforn1a-
tive. In this instance, however, you
undoubtedly spoke without correct
information.
There is nothing Of totali-
tartan nature in my makeup, nor
is there anything suggestive of to-
talitarianism in the manner in
which my home city of Memphis is
governed.
"If you would come down here
sometime I am quite certain you
would find Memphis to be one of
the cleanest cities, morally and
physically, in the entire United
States. There is less graft and
more efficiency in the governments
Of both Memphis and Shelby County
than may be found in any other
city or county in America, and this
has been the situation for many
years. A visit to Memphis, am
confident. would quickly convince
you of the accuracy Of this state
ment.
"We have none of the organized
vice to be found in the average
American city. We have no gam
bling houses, no slot machines, pol
icy, numbers, handbooks or any
thing of that sort. Indeed, a person
would have hard time making a
bet on a horse race here. Our city
and county officials are men OF
the highest character and we
haven't had scandal involv-
ing dishonesty or moral turpitude
on the part of any public SER
Yant for many, many years. This is
no boast on my part, but a simple
statement of fact, which you could
confirm without going within 10
blocks of the City Hall or Court
House. I challenge you to make the
test by visiting Memphis at your
first opportunity, unannounced and
incognito if you prefer, and inter-
view any reputable business or pro-
tessional man or as many as you
may choose to question.
Memphis is a clean city, quiet
city-the quietest in America
city of beautiful parks, fine churches,
excellent schools, splendid hospitals,
with broad, well-paved streets. Ours
is one of the few cities in America
which owns its light, gas and water
utilities. Our city and county tax
rates are among the lowest in the
United States. incidentally, Mem
phis is growing faster perhaps than
any city of comparable size in the
country and our citizens, contented
and happy, resent the implication
that our government is other than
what 1t is-the best in America"
* y ~ -
Now. all I said about Boss Crump
is in the phrase he quotes. I said
his political regime is totalitarian.
Memphis is a clean city and
quiet city, Just as he says. That was
true also of Berlin and Tokyo be-
fore the war. They were two of
the cleanest cities on this earth;
you didn't dare drop match on
the sidewalk in either of them;
whether you could make bet on
horse race, I don't know. In other
respects, of course, they bore no re-
semblance to Memphis-except for
their totalitarian politics.
"To-tal-i-tar-i-an. Adj. OF or
pertaining to highly centralized
government under control of a po-
litical group which allows no recog-
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to
Questions

A reader can get the answer. to any
question of fact by writing The Evening
NE. Washinaton 2. D. c. Please inclose
3 cents for return postage.
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LoweH MelleH
On the Other Hand
Finds Memphis Boss Confused
Concerning Meaning of Word

Apparently E. H. Crump and don't read the same dc.
that David enthal has straigntened out
the meaning OF democracy 1T may
be timely to do Tennessees political boss the
meaning of totaltariansm
Comes letter Mr.. Crump in which he says:
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bone; thou hast Rev. Ellington
broken the teeth of the ungodly. !
Salvation belongeth unto the
Lord; thy blessing is upon thy
people. A
Millions Of unsaved peopole have
wondered why the old-fashioned
churches cannot be put out Of
existence. t....=
Modernist churches, ungodly
crowds, organized religions and all
other groups have tried to put
the old-fashioned church that be-
lieves in the virgin birth, the cruci-
fixion, the bodily resurrection and
the second coming out Of existence.
But, handful of people get to-
gether, buy a small property and
in a few, years have multiplied
thousands. Truly salvation belongs
to God.
Send for copy of our weekly
paper, the Baptist Journal, and
copy of give Things Every
Person Ought to Know"
Tune to WAKR, Sun: 1915 am,
Saturday 6:15 pm, 1890 on the
dial. .a.
DR.. Dallas F. Ellington
1912 Manchester Road
Akron II, Ohio
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labor relations conference at the
Willard, asserted "you will find that,
under the guise Of an attempt to
curb unions, there is actually an at
tempt to abridge fundamental rights
of American citizens, including wip-
Ing out half of the Bill Of Rights. :
The Republican proposals for a
20 per cent across-the-bo income
tax reduction and slash in the
Federal budget are twin blows at
the mass of the American people,
Senator Murray declared. The tax
cut strengthens and enriches those
who are already strong and rich
The budget cut weakens and en-
feebles those who are at least able
to be shorn of their strength"
Urges Trust Probe Funds.
Senator Murray reiterated an
earlier charge that newspapers have
become "subservient to the interests
ofamonopoly" and added that the
first duty Of Congress is to act on
broad anti-monopoly program, in
cluding additional funds for the
Justice Department to carry on
work of its Antitrust Division.
Richard v. Gilbert, former chief
economist of OPA, told the lawyers
group that, in the absence of any
general increase in wages, prices will
fall by 20 per cent this year. Such
a decline, he pointed out, would
mean "a sharp recession with Sc
rious consequences for all of u.s."
Accordingly, he continued, at
would be statemanship of high or
der-statesmanship that would head
of a recession-if business would
grant wage increases to increase
buying power at the same time that
it reduces prices to push sales" He
suggested wage increases averaging
Is per cent, more in some cases
and less in others"
The conference will end tomorrow
with a discussion on the role OF
Government in labor relations.
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Capital Transit Gets Award
For Safety Record

The Capital Transit Co. last night
received citation for its outstand-
ing safety record during the last
six months of 1916.
The award was made by Fred G.
Thomas, director of the Industrial
Safety Division of the Minimum
Wage and Industrial Safety Board
for the District. E, D. Merrill. presi-
dent of the transit company ac-
cepted the award in the Pepco
Auditorium, Tenth and e streets
NV.
This is the first award of its kind
received by an industrial organiza-
ton in Washington. Capital Transit
showed a safety improvement OF
so per cent over the same period
of 1945.
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Missionaries Are Guests
At Metropolitan Baptist

The Rev. and Mrs. Robert G. Saw
age, missionaries from Quito,
Ecuador. are visiting Metropolitan
Baptist Church. Mr.. Savage was
assistant pastor at Metropolitan
about six years ago.
Mr.. Savage will preach Sunday at
II am, and both Of them will take
part in various services during the
week.
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Fiestu Planned TONIGHT

Members of military staffs of sew
eral Latin American missions here
will be entertained at Spanish
fiesta in the Andrews Field Officers
Club at $3.50 o'clock tonight. The
'rrogram of entertainment will in
clude South American singers and
dancers, as well as music by the An
dreWs Field Band.
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milton of or representation to other
political parties. "--Webster's Inter
national Dictionary.
The definition certainly fits Mr..
Crump's regime. Matter Of fact, II
he didn't have totalitarian grip on
Memphis politics he could not con-
tinue to send Kenneth Mcclellan to
the United States Senate.
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BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
Q. Is 1t possible to fit a dog with
an artificial leg?-L. w. E..
A. Artificial legs have been de-
vised for dogs on rare occasions but
they are not suitable for practical
purposes and are not recommended.
A dog learns to get around quite
well on three legs.
@. What is the rule for forming
words in Pig Latin?-D. s.
A. This popular secret language
is based upon two simple rules: The
first. letter of the word is placed at
the end and then "ay" is added.
Thus Pig Latin becomes igpay atm
lay. In the case of words beginning
with the vowels q, e, i, o, u, the
letters way" are merely added.
@. Is Spanish moss a parasite?-
r r. P.
A. 1t is not a parasite. Spanish
moss is an air plant, related to the
pineapple, and draws its nourish-
ment from the air, not from the
tree.
@. What was the real name OF the
novelist Max Brand? Is he living?-
K. F. H.
A. Max Brand was the pseudonym
of the late Frederick Faust who
was born in 1892 and died in 1914.
Faust was known as the king of
the Pulps." He used IS pseudonyms.
At the time of his death, he was
serving as war correspondent, at
tached to the 5th Army in Italy.
@. Who made the jeeps used by
the Army in World War II?-B. w.
A. The first jeep made for the
United States Army was manu-
factured by the American Bantam
Car Co., Butler, Pa. About 60 were
produced upon Army orders. Later,
most of the jeeps were manufac-
tured by WHY'S Overland and Ford
Motor companies. The Army placed
the first order for jeeps in June.
1910.
@. Do the Eastern and Russian
Orthodox Churches still observe
Christmas in January?-A. M.
A. Formerly the Eastern Orthodox
Church celebrated Christmas on
January z. but since 1923. by the
acceptance of the Gregorian Calen-
dar, this church has also accepted
December Is which Is the date
observed by the balance Of Chris
tendon. The Russian Orthodox
Church, unlike the rest of the Greek
Catholic Churches. still celebrates
the old date of Christmas, January
7. There is a difference of 13 days
between the Julian and Gregorian
Calendar dates at present.
@. Please give briefly the war
record of Bob Feller?-J. H. S.
A. Bob Feller served in the Pacific
American and Mediterranean the
aters of war as chief specialist.
He served 261a months aboard ship
and took part in the Leyte invasion.
He was returned to this country in
March, 1945, and assigned to coach
the Great Lakes baseball team ut
Great Lakes. jill.
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SALVATION BEL0nGETH
TO GOD

Psalm 3:6, Z
and 8.
I will not be
afraid Of ten
t h o u s a nds of
p e ople, t h a t
have set them
selves against
me round about.
Arise, O Lord,
save me, o my
God; Ior thou
hast srnitten all
m inc enemies
upon the cheek
ha-a. fho,, hoct
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Race Relations Day
AT Foundry Church

Race relations day will be empha-
sized at the Foundry Methodist
Church at IL am. tomorrow when
the choir will be augmented by
singers representing China, Siberia,
Bretagne. Peru, Norway, Armenia,
Africa. India and the Philippines,
with many in their native costume.
There will be a professional in
which they will participate.
The Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown
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THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C. A.
[,

Harris will preach a special sermon
on written in All Tongues"
On Monday at 6:l5 pm. in the
social hall there will be q dinner
for the $50 workers who will be en-
gagged during the week in Fellow
ship Visitation, calling on their
fellow members in the interest OF
the church,
Evening star., 1947-02-08

to 1.-THE totah-
tartan political
regime Of Boss
Crump,' was a
distinct discredit
to your reputa-
ton for fairness
and accuracy in
reporting an d
commenting up
on public affairs.
7 was surprised
when I read it
because 7 have
read a great
many Of your
articles and have
->--tf <1,,~l
Evening star., 1947-12-19
Bv Constantine Br0,yn

II 1t were not for Secretary Of
State Marshall's great prestige
as the result of his service as war
time Army chief of staff, the State
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Ferguson to Direct Probes
GO. P. Secures Consent of Aiken to Let
Michigan Senator Have Inquiry Power

, which Elliott Roosevelt and Howard
Hughes put Senators Brewster and
Ferguson to flight, have made con-
tinuation Of that group impossible.
With is years of Democratic rule
including a costly war to examine, 1t
is unfortunate for the Republicans
that they lack talented prosecutors
of the caliber of Burton X. Wheeler,
Hugo Black or the late Tom Walsh.
It is all the more surprising as three
fourths of the Senate are lawyers.
The Democrats are in contrast
singularly blessed with talent OF
that sort-among others. Senator
McGrath. . former solicitor gen.
eral; Senator Pepper, Senator Nc
Mahon, who headed the criminal
division Of the Department OF
Justice, and Senator Tydings, who
Is both shrewdly witty and merciless.
No one questions that, partisan
politics aside, there is a job to be
done. Senator Aiken has made a
constructive beginning with his
committee but he was held down to
$4,000 in appropriations, which
won't take him far. This is in con-
trast to the nearly 100000 to which
Senator Ferguson has had access in
his Investigations.
Evening star., 1947-12-19

are contemplate Henry McIemors.
ing doing things which make my
little naughtinesses seem as nothing.
Not once but q hundred times letters
signed wife and Mother" Miss
Naughty" Ell" and "Dismayed'
have swept the cobwebs Of worry
from my own heart and have caused
me to tell myself that I am not
such q bad fellow after all.
Only yesterday, when my con-
science was failing me for having
fllched 50 from my wife's pocketbook
and then upbraiding her for having
carelessly lost the money, turned
to the column conducted by Miss
- and found this letter:
Dear Miss -: I am "a years OF
age and have been happily married
for so years. My husband is de-
voted, attentive, and q fine provider
He always helps me on and of my
crutches and I have only to below
my slightest wish to have it fulfilled
Three weeks ago met young man
and fell in love with him. Only 78,
he represents the gayety I want.
"You will know what a fine char
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states to their foreign officials.
The reason that all meetings since
Yalta and Potsdam have failed to
reach agreement, and that these lat
ter failed to establish agreements
that have been kept, is not because
Molotov has supplanted Stain,
Byrnes and Marshall have replaced
Roosevelt and Bevin has taken the
place of Churchill.
Tt is because shortly after Yalta
the Germans surrendered, and the
Soyiets no longer needed to CO.
operate with the western powers.
They never wanted to cooperate.
Only the exigencies of war forced
them to. And when the war was
won they returned to their never
abandoned revolutionary program
which precludes cooperation, since
1t aims at the destruction OF al
nom Communist states.
This is the truth and the only i'm
portant truth.
Cooperating With Victim.
Although It is not impossible for
victims innocently to co-operate
with their would-be assassin, it OBJ
viously is impossible for the assassin
to cooperate with his victims.
Since the end Of the war, or since
It was in sight, the prospective vic-
tins have sought agreements with
their assassin, and these have been
useful for the latter in strength
ening his position for the next
move.
All these agreements rested on q
fundamentally false premise: That
the goal Of the Soviets was security
within their established frontiers,
for which they would sacrifice world
Communist conspiracy; in short,
that they had abandoned the Marx
Lenin thesis. No premise has proved
more erroneous.
According to the Marx-Len1n
thesis, all history 10 the history OF
class war. All warfare Is class war
fare even If 1t takes on national
forms. The world is permanently ut
war, open or latent. The First and
Second World Wars furthered and
were but preludes to the final strug-
gle which will establish the Com
munist world state. The non-Com-
munist world is, therefore-even II
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any information Csnstantins Brown.
about the much-discussed Wede-
meyer report on China and heard
only vague generalities about our
China policy from Walton Butter
worth, chief of the State Depart
ment's Far East Division, who un-
til recently was minister counsellor
Of the American Embassy at Nam
king.
The Appropriations Committee
hearings dealt with stopgap aid to
China. In fact, however, they went
further and covered our policy
toward China's National government
and Russian aid to the Chinese
Communists since VI day. They
showed what an important debate
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee has missed by accepting the
State Departments policies without
question
"Open Door" Forgotten.
Mr.. Butterworth, who is high
ranking policy-making ofiicial OF the
State Department, was unable to
throw much light on what this
country's present attitude is toward
the recognized government in Nam
king.
His casual statements under close
examination by Senator Bridges and
other members Of the committee
revealed only that We have series
Of thoughts about China and nobody
in the department seems to remem-
Der our traditional open door"
policy established by Secretary Of
State John Hay. Our long standing
policy was aimed to preserve China's
territorial and economic integrity.
Mr.. Butterworth and Assistant
Secretary of State Thorpe spoke in
generalities, which created the i'm
preston among members of the
committee that they either did not
know anything about our policy or
were Withholding information be-
cause higher officials in the State
Evening star., 1947-12-19
On the Record
Soviet Return to Class.War Program
Caused London Conference Failure

unconsciously-at war with the So
viets to avert its own doom. Ulti-
mate Soviet victory is certain
Meanwhile, there must be no re-
Taxation of the struggle and nc
scruples OF an ethical nature. fo1
victory must be complete and irrev-
ocable. There Is no middle way.
That is the Communist thesis, OK
pressed in innumerable manifestos
resolutions and dialectical polemics
and now made visible to all with
eyes. To cooperate with the So
viets means to collaborate with that
thesis, for the Soviets never will
permanently cooperate with any
other.
Why Many Cooperate.
Many persons within all coun-
tries unconsciousiy Cooperate to aid
that thesis, by convincing them
selves through wishful thinking that
1t does not exist. Others co-operate
consciously because they believe 1t
correct, its triumph inevitable and
desirable, and devotion to it a
higher loyalty" than any due an
other nation, religion or civilization
And some try to stand midroad be-
tween victims and assassin, and
they are just silly people.
The thesis Is not complicated. II
is SO simple that the most simple
not the most simple-minded-see il
clearest. 1t Is not tiny, requiring q
microscope to find. 1t is as vast ai
the earth, and visible at every point
Of the earth. 1t does not includ,
magnanimity nor compromise. With
In 1t there is room for only one faith
only one socialism, and only one in
exorable logic: Unremitting strug
gle with all means until the glob
is designed in one uniform Commu
mist pattern.
II bourgeois intellectuals an,
statesmen have failed to see, 1t
because they seldom can grasp any
thing simple, and their eyesieht 4
beclouded by their own ideas. Blu
by now Bevin, Bidault and Marshal
see, too. They see that really sue
cessful cooperation with the So
viets on any question whatsoeve
demands not negotiations between
heads OF states but new heads o
states: Pollitt, perhaps, in Britain
Thorez, in France; Wallace-tempo
rarily-in the United States.
Some equivalents for the heads O
states represented in the Comm
tern, whose real head is in tn,
Kremlin.
That is the way it is, and that 4
why the London Conference brok,
down. It had to break down. 70,
cooperation always must stop shor
Of suicide.
tReleassd By the Bell Syndicate. Ine.)
Evening star., 1947-12-19
Rv Dorie EIeeson

~ Doris FIeeSOn
Republican investigations will be
continued next session under the
leadership of Senator Ferguson Of
Michigan. acting as chairman of q
Evening star., 1947-12-19

acter he is when tell you that not
once during his last three prison
terms was he late for roll cail or
breakfast, Only two things stand
between us-his wife and my hus-
band. He wants me to run away
with him and promises that all I will
ever have to do again is sort the
counterfeit money. I have never
done an underhanded thing in my
life, so what should I do? Should !
tell my husband about my new love
or just skip of some night?"
This message from the heart was
signed Grandmother" and did .
lot toward lifting me from the
doldrums. After all, what is . $3
bite on your own wife's pocketbook
compared to such high jinks as
Grandmother is considering under
the lace Of her .boudoir cap2 This
letter made HE feel 50 good that
went back and purloined "a more.
There is always the chance that the
money I lifted was counterfeit
money made over 4 hot printing
press by "Grandmother's" boy
friend.
Being = foresishted fellow
clipped out another letter to Miss
- and am keeping 1t to read when
I stray from the straight and narrow
the next time. It goes something
like this:
Dear Miss -: need your help
I am teller in . bank and raise
alligators as hobby. To get money
for my hobby I have been mis-
appropriating funds from the bank
Alligators, like everything else, cost
more now than they did before
the war. and I md myself owing
the bank $12,5s623. My wife has
just run of with q juke box
repairman and my two daughter,
spend all their time walking around
the house saying, Eisenhower won't
run for President. Eisenhower won't
run for President. He wants to be
president of Columbia
What should I do? Should
turn the alligators Il have l36 Of
them loose on my daughters fol
telling . db, or should I turn loose
the alligators on the juke box re-
Evening star., 1947-12-19

awarded Senator Ferguson and some
definite understanding about his
field Of inquiry.
The decision to allow Senator Fer
guson to remain as the party's
grand inquisitor was taken despite
considerable misgiving arising from
his much-criticized conduct Of the
Perlman, Hughes and other hear
ings. Candid Republicans, however,
say that they have no one else who
wants the job.
Broad Powers Of Inquiry. \
Under the Reorganization Act,
Expenditures was named the in
vestigating committee Of the Senate
with broad powers to act both at
home and abroad. Chairman Aiken
has had personal assurances from
President Truman that 1t could
count on his cooperation, including
access to income tax returns. Sena-
tor Ferguson is now its ranking
member.
Senator Aiken is understood to
feel that one Of Senator Ferguson's
main weaknesses In the past has
been his eagerness to stick q finger
into every pie. Under the new
arrangement, Senator Aiken will be
In q position to exercise some control
over his colleague with respect to
this and other matters.
Senator Ferguson has already put
two matters on his agenda: A con-
tinuation of the war procurement
investieation-his only real success.
which exposed Gen. Benny Meyers
and another attack on the conduct
Of Attorney General Clark in the
Kansas City vote frauds. There will
be no argument about the first;
Senator Taft among others is under
stood to question whether the Clark
inquiry is not merely warmed-over
politics.
In any case, what Senator Fergu-
son tackles in the future will be q
matter for broader decisions than
his own impulses.
Partial Victory for Aiken.
The new setup represents at least
partial victory for Senator Aiken,
who fruitlessly battled last session
against the Brewster Ferguson in
sistence on continuing the War IN
vestigating Committee. Since then,
! the inglorious Hughes hearings In