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Evening star., 1947-12-18
This Changing World
World Enters Yule Season in Atmosphere
OfFear and Strife Engendered by Reds

Bucharest yesterday. While there
he will go through the same routine
he followed in the other satellite
capitals and will sign treaty for
mally binding Romania with the
other puppets of the U. S. S. R.
The offensive, and defensive military
alliance will thus formalize situa-
ton which has existed in fact since
Romania and Yugoslavia were lib
Grated. Marshal Tito also will carry
to the Romanian government the
last word on whether to keep King
Mihai-who was last reported still
resting" in Switzerland-on the
throne.
"Surprise" Possible in Greece.
The State Department does not
expect any major surprises in these
last two weeks of 1947 unless the
Soviets decide to give the Western
world Christmas present in the
form of an announcement of the
creation of a new democratic" gov
ernment in Greece. Such surprise
would give new emphasis to the
struggle which has been going on in
that country for IS months-a
struggle in which we have as
sumed an important role since last
March II.
The creation OF a Legitimate"
government by the guerrillas will
have far-reaching implications. The
new regime has been prepared since
last summer, but for reasons best
known to Moscow it has not yet
been presented to the outside world
The new Greek government" will
receive recognition from all the
satellite countries, and in all prob
ability by the U. S. S. R. itself. Such
a legal" government could ask its
new allies for assistance against the
Fascist" government in Athens
This, official Washington quarters
believe, will be the signal for the
beginning of a new large-scale mill
tary offensive with Salonika as the
immediate objective. Our pledge tc
help the royal government in Athens
in maintaining its sovereignty ane
integrity against aggression still
stands.
1t Is in this atmosphere of fear
suspicion and artificial hatred
planned and created by the IA men
in the Kremlin, that the world is
about to celebrate the birth OF
Christ, who 10 centuries ago pro-
claimed peace and good will among
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inspection very we'll, from the
standpoint of those who heard his
speech in friendly opposition to the
President and were given an oppor-
tunity to chat with him before or
after the dinner.
The. speech was so gracious and
the Speakers demeanor so modest
that the President could not with
hold q public tribute and leaped to
his feet to shake his hand-setting
an example thereby for Messrs.
Taft, Dewey, Stassen and Vanden-
berg, four gentlemen suspected of
entertaining some ambition of their
own. In short, Joe was at his best.
He made some important friends
and could count the week end well
spent
Different Story Monday.
Came Monday, however, and a
different story had to be told. On
Monday Joe, the party politician,
merged with Joe, the responsible
statesman, and the picture wasn't
so pleasing. It is possible to believe
that he lost wholesale that day
vastly more friends than he had
made retail during the preceding
two days. He exposed how little he
and his party, under his leadership,
have to offer the American people
toward meeting present threat OF
economic disaster.
He undertook to hammer through
the House, with debate virtually
prohibited, a purely political bill.
1t was not a bill to stop imitation.
as it made a pale pretense of being.
1t was bill to "stop the President" ;"
bill to put the President on the
spot" It was a bill that, so Joe and
his organization thought, would
enable them to blame the Demo-
Gratis and the President for the fact
that nothing is being done to check
rising prices.
The great consideration was not
what could be done for the people,
but what could be done to the
Democrats. Joe just naturally
thinks like that. He has spent his
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On the Other Hand
Big Enough to Be President, If Not
Big Enough to Refuse Nomination?

| life trying to keep the Democrats
in their place - meaning secone
place. Getting into politics as soor
as he was old enough to vote, hi
has followed that strict and narrow
path. His record of service as re.
lated in the Congressional Direc-
tory follows:
Member of the Massachusett.
House of Representatives, 1924
member of the State Senate, 19l4-17
delegate to Republican Nationa
Convention, 1916; chairman of Re.
publican Legislative Campaign Com.
mittee, 1917; Harding Coolidge Pres.
idential Elector, 1920; executive sec.
retary, Republican State Commit.
tee, 1922-25; delegate at large to Re.
publican National Convention, 1886
chairman Of the Republican Con.
gressional Campaign Committee
1888; permanent chairman Of tn,
Republican National Convention a
Philadelphia, 1910; member of th'
Republican National Committee
1936-40; chairman Of the Repub
lican National Committee, 1940-42
delegate at large to the Republican
National Convention at Chicago ane
permanent chairman Of same, 1914
member Of the United States Hous'
OF Representatives since 1924; mi
nority leader, 1939-46; Speaker sine,
January 3, 1947.
As Straight rs Coolidge.
There it is, as straight and un.
deviating as that of Calvin Coolidge
Step by step, Coolidge followed tn
party line to the White House. SteI
by step, Joe Martin Is on his way
Curiously enough, not many people
except Joe himself seemed to see the
analogy until very recently, and mo-
then until Joe prodded them little
In September he made trip ou
West, trip no different from thos,
or Messrs. Dewey and Taft. In Mil
waukee, he modestly disclaimed hi!
ambition, saying, "I'm not a candi.
date and have no intention Of being.
That wasn't so good. People ap.
peared to take him at his word. 81
the next time he was interviewed
he was q little less bashful. HI
said. mo man in political life colls
ever refuse a nomination for tn.
presidency"
Which is another way of saying n,
man is big enough to refuse to be &
candidate. Joe says he's not tina
big. All he has to do now is IL
prove that he is merely big enough
to be President. Judging by Mon.
days performance, he has lot o1
proving yet to do.
Evening star., 1947-12-18
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. A-l9


You know what I aim to do? I
aim to have the range brought right
in the kitchen, connected, and start
cooking with gas. What is the uss
Of wasting its talents for a week?
Let 1t 60 to work.
Next Christmas I plan to take UP
the problem Of relatives who feel
that Christmas is a time for visit
ing their supposed loved ones.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Ino.)
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Of drawers large enough to accom-
modate a range. Frankly again. I
haven't bed under which a range
can be hidden. If 7 put it out in
the front yard the chances are that
Jean will not believe me when I
say it is a new bird bath, and will
start shopping around. If put it
in the back yard and say 1t is a new
backyard bird bath, she'll do the
same thing.
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attempt to force
Wallace's hand.
peas private
efforts to make
Wallace cross
the r u b / CO n
have been one
of United States
politics worst
kept secrets. So
far Pea has
failed. Mr.. WAL
lace has not
given his word
directly or in
directly. All the
PCAers k n o W
literally Is what
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oPSoNSA SA
House of Rep
r e S e n t a t ives,
Joseph William
Martin, jr., Of
M q S sachuSetts.
He submitted
himself during
the past week
end to the in
spection Of the
President pick
ers W no h a d
fore 6 a t h cred
here for the
dinner of the
Gridiron Club.
He stood the
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b II u InCuSduuS
" ere dying on
he battlefelds
of Europe, Asia.
Africa and t h e
Pacific, tn e r e
was at least the
appearance of
+ r i e n d S h / p
among tn os e
who were fight
ing for the same
purpose.
Durin t h e
war there W a S
superficial amity
between peoples
Evening star., 1947-12-18

leIIlSs Oh COIrcCC.
ly " ra ppi n 8
gifts.
r ere Is a
pro b ! e m, you
know, a big one,
that m ust be
faced fairly and
squareiy. F or
inst a n c e, why
do we all con-
tinue to wrap
gifts so that any
one with even
seninormal Wis
ion an t e ! ]
what he or she
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|kcLemore-
Reps the Wraps
On Christmas Gifts
Bv Henry McLemore

This1l just about catch you, I fig
ure, when you are in the middle OF
wrapping Christmas packages.
Pretty good timing. because to-
days essay will deal with the prob
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Bp Constantine Broyn

There will be almost as little peace
on earth and good will among men
this year as during the war years.
While the fighting was going on
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Bv LoweII MeUeH

There are various paths to the
presidency and one is the path of
party service. Flooding that path,
seeking not to stumble, is the
Evening star., 1947-12-18
Bv Doris Hees0n

The public announcement by the
Progressive Citizens of America that
it was urging Henry Wallace to head
a third party in '4S represents an
Evening star., 1947-12-18

The range Is scheduled to get here
today, and my problem is where to
tuck it away so that it will come
as a surprise to Jean on Christmas
morning. Frankly, haven't a chest
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k>1ALK !
APP Newsfeatures
O1~~s~a4,

nUT of sight. out of mind
" doesn't apply to school 70
munces at vouction time.
The new fashion of knitting
a beau socks in his fraternity
colors complete with Greek let
tiers has made a toehold on the
kids and will keep 'em pretty
biz this summer.
1t started somewhere in the
South when a coed received {
frat pin and retaliated with q
pair of socks. This is also an eff
fective way to pry the fraternity
man loose from his pin.
And who seq this is a dizzy
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES prove that
today three times as many girls
between the ages of Is and e
knit, as ever before.
"a pencil in the basket helps
a school child in Europe" That is
the slogan printed on baskets
placed at strategic points around
San Francisco, and manned by
Camp Fire Girls. The girls are
answering the plea of UNESCO
and the commission for Interna-
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Foday's Anniversaries
know Anerica)

1768-Philip S. Physick, Phila-
delphia surgeon, often referred to
as father of American medicine,
born in Philadelphia. Died Dec.
Is, 1889.
1811-Henry Meiggs, American
refugee from bankruptcy, who
built the railroads of Peru and
Chile, born at Catskill, N. Y. Died
Sept. 20, 1877.
1837-Burwell B. Lewis, Ala
bama lawyer, Confederate SOL
der, congressman, Univ. Of Ala
bama president, born Montgom-
cry, Ala. Died Oct. II, 1885.
1849-Theophil M. Prudden,
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Seeks Divorce

A petition seeking a divorce
was filed Thursday by Virginia
Bette Craft Schumaan against
Charles A. Schumann with Cir
cult Court Clerk Ross c. Saw
yer.
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famed New York medical scien-
fist his day, director of the Rocke-
teller Institute for Medical Re-
search, born in Middlebury, Conn.
Died April 10, 1924.
1871-Richard Garlic, character
actor of stage and screen, born at
Somerville, Mass. Died June %,
1871.
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apply To We'd

Applications for marriage ~
censes were filed with County
Judge Raymond R. Lord on
Thursday by Paul L. Bregou, 81,
of the U. S. Navy. and Eula NJ.
Champion, 81, of the Post Office
Inn and by Robert l.. Masten, 20,
of the US. Navy and Clarice M.
R. Thuotte %, of 1924 Seminary
street.
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over a million pencils nave
been shipped abroad but at least
l50,O0O,0OO are needed.
NICE WORK IF YOU'RE
LUCKY Dust off the loud
speaker. kids. How would you
like to be in the shoes of Do
lores Craeg. ls. who is prob
ably the youngest movie COM
mentafor in America? Dolly"
has interviewed most of the
Hollywood glamor kings and
queens on her four-tones-a-
week New York station show.
Ever since she was Is Dolly has
been feeding the 10000 men,
bers of her club called Be
tween Us Teens" with news.
Only once did she get so flus-
tered she lost an interview
Tyrone Power was the reason.
Dolly says it happened because
she'd always had a crush on
him.
SEW UP SOME PRIZES
Two teen ayers were among the
winners in the national SeWins
contest. Sue Stoke, II, of Port.
land, Ore, tailored a brown ano
white checked wool which took
the junior national first prize
Erna Bicker, 16, of Cleveland, O..
made a charming pink linen for
her girl friend and entered it in
the contest as an. afterthought
Elina makes all her own clothes
and even the snazzy+ lacy cro-
cheted hat job she wore at the
contest party.
SWIZ FIZ Bonnie Jean
Howard of Amagon. Ark. says
her gang is getting out their
own paper. She thinks every
teen age club can promote
membership interest by pub;
fishing a paper telling of their
= activities American Youth
Hostels are sending about ESQ
war-damaged hostels so that
more kids can cycle overseas.
~. Buddy Clark's Fan Club
escorted him to a theatre in
New York the other dav and
was led by fan George Thomas.
whose arm was in a cast. On
the cast was written. Buddy.
you fracture me-"
Keep Cool,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20

Stassen will receive the G. o. P nomina-
ton, but one reviewer finds that in his
book he is asking the right questions and
going a long way toward giving the right
answers. ellis exposition of his position in be-
half of fair balance between management
and labor" writes this reviewer, "his sup
port of the essentials of the Taft-Hartley
law, his advocacy of some tax reduction, his
opposition to naturalization of industry,
show that he is not radical, as some charge,
but a middle-road conservative" His posi-
ton appears sound. While he is liable to be
numbered among the also-rans he is exert
ing a healthy influence, the benefits of
which may be felt when we awaken to the
fact that we need plain dealing more than
the traditional finesse that has characterized
our national politics time out of mind.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-20

was kept in dungeon in a
cellar of the M. V. D. headquar-
ters. This place was unhaated,
windoWless and without plumb
ing facilities. AS many as Is
suspects at a time, the majority
socialists of former Western
prisoners like Kunze, were
crammed into this filthy hole.
On Sundays there were no in
terrogations, since the M. V. D.
officer took the day off. But on
these days the M. V. D. guards
brought their women in 0 the
prison for a drinking bout.
When drunk, the guards amused
themselves entering the
dungeon and whipping the pris-
oners with wire cables.
After nearly three months of
this life, Kunze was transferred
to Sachsenhausen. AS under the
nazis three rings Of guards en-
circled the camp; as under the
nazis the prisoners received a
diet of water soup, a little
bread, and a little half rotten
potatoes. The Russian comman-
dant of the camp, Lieutenant
Colonel Rudenko, even h a d
former nazi SIS. man as his as
sistant. The place was the same
as in the old days, except that
there were no gas chambers or
death ovens. The Soviet terror
is certainly more complete and
perhaps more ruthless than the
terror of Che nazis, but differs
from it, at least, in this respect.
None the less, there was
cruelty enough. At Sachsen-
hansen IS to 40 prisoners died
daily, many of them under pun
ishment. Three classes of pun
ishment were used. The lightest
was the ''karzer"- r"-solitary con-
finement without food. Medium
punishment was tn e "bunker"
being placed in an open hole
in the ground from Is to Is
deep where offenders had "to
stand in their own filth" for 10
or Is days. Most of those who
experienced the "bunker" died
before release. Yet the punish
ment for the worst offenders
was not the "bunker" but being
sent to the M. V. DIS labor
camps in the Soviet Union.
From all this, Kunze escaped
by good fortune. The prisoners
were org a niz ed on military
lines, in battalions, CO mpanies
and platoons. Two-thirds of the
battalions were too under-nour-
lshed to work. One-third worked
within the camp and got small
extra rations. Special groups
were "aussenkommandos" used
for work outside the camp. To
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Star Program

State ports with Wilmington lavol->
in proportion with its resources, to in
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough t.
meet needs for years to come.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets and
food processing, pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Carolina's m-to-market and pri-
mary roads, with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land.
Continued effort to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization of Bluethentha!
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and in
cluding a Negro Health center.
Encouragement of the growth ut
commercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and Coun:,
governments.
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Frankness Of Inexperience

Former Governor Harold E. Stassen.
who makes no bones, as Hambone might
say, about his wish to be President, and
who was the first to bid for the republican
nomination next year, has served his own
interests and done the voters of the coun-
try definite service by laying all his
cards face up on the table for all to see
IN his book where Stand" He has set an
example we'll worth adoption by other
known and potential candidates.
1t was courageous step to take. Prob
ably it is due only to the fact that Mr. Stas-
sen is novice in national politics. Other
pohtlclans with longer training usually
avoid fortnight declarations of policy for
fear their statements may ricochet or need
arises to make changes therein as public
sentiment veers in other directions and they
be left becalmed during campaign.
MIR. Stassen's decision to write book in
the first place and in the writing declare
his position on the chief issues to be settled
next year is obvious evidence of inexperi-
ence. but it could be wished that all the
gentlemen of all political persuasions, with
covetous eyes on the White House for once
could see their way clear to be as frank.
Particularly is this true of other known
and potential republican candidates. To be
sure Senator Taft of Ohio is outspoken, but
ne speaks SO variously from day to day that
his vocal outpourings provide no sure guide
to his position on anything, except antago.
nism to the Truman administration. He
changes position as easily and Frequently
as certain types of lizard their color. and
has often to explain that whereas he said
one thing he really meant something else
He is not properly to be considered in anv
thesis dealing with political frankness
But there is Governor Tom Deuo,, ~
New York. He would give a great des1 r.
be named again as the presidential c.ndi-
date Of the republicans, but is as cov &c
maiden at her first party. And neither Con.
erals Eisenhower or Macarthur. both co,,r+
ed in by their friends as possibilities for the
nomination, is saying word. On the o+he,
side, all that anybody knows of President
Truman's policies is what goes into his
speeches and what he says at his nress ron,
ferences. AS the only probab7e do,,,aa,a4;,
Il candidate he is especially mum On camnao o.
issues.
There is little reason to assume n ~ Mr.