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Evening star., 1947-02-09
Symphony Orchestra
To Leave Thursday
On Good Will Tour

With its 1947 sustaining fund
campaign well under way, the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra Asso-
citation is scheduled to leave on an
extended tour at 1925 am. Thurs
day during which 1t will become one
of Washington's ambassadors of
good will"
The tour will open Thursday
night In Durham, N. c., and con-
tinue as follows:
February IA, Rock Hill, S. c.:
February IS, Clemson, S. c.: Febru-
airy II, Statesville, N. c.; Febru-
ary Is, Chapel Hill, N. c.: February
10, Rocky Mount, N. c.; February
%, Staunton, Va; March 1, Lynch
burg, Va. March 2, Sweet Briar,
Va; March 3, Roanoke, Va; March
4. Charleston, w. Va; March 5,
Parkersburg, w. Va; March 6,
Athens, Ohio; March II, Cumber-
land, Md; March 18, Western Mary
land College, Westminster, Md;
March 10, Lancaster, Pa; March 20,
Lebanon, Pa, and March Is, Col
lege Park, Md, the University of
Maryland.
DR.. Hans Kinder, musical direc-
tor and permanent conductor of the
National Symphony. will tour with
the orchestra. The symphony will
return to- Washington to give sched-
uled performances during the trip.
It will give student concerts in ad-
dition to evening performances in
several cities.
In connection with the sustaining
fund campaign, fashion show will
be presented at 2:30 pm, February
81, in the presidential room of the
Statler Hotel.
The Hecht Co. will give the show,
with all proceeds going into the
the sustaining fund. The store will
bear the expenses Of the show, it
was said.
Tickets are available at the SYM
phony box Office, 1880 G street NV;
the Symphony House" on Pennsyl-
vania avenue at Eleventh street
NV, and from members of the
committees engaged in the 1947
drive, which has a goal of $175,O0
It also was announced that the
first of a series of fiye-minute inter-
views reporting progress of the fund
campaign will be broadcast from
symphony House" on Monday at
$3.50 pm. over WMAL.
Mrs. Charles Bittinger, chairman
of the Orchestra Guild, will speak
The broadcasts will be heard on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
until the end of the campaign.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Navy Laboratory to Mark
Edison's Tooth Birthday

Examples of research work done
at the Naval Research Laboratory,
Fourth and Chesapeake streets S.W.,
will feature open house from ! to 4
pm. Tuesday honoring the memory
of Thomas A. Edison, the man most
responsible for the laboratory's S
founding.
Part of the nationwide observ-
ance of Mr.. Edison's Tooth birthday
anniversary, the exhibition draws
attention to the fact the great in
ventor urged Navy research before
World War I. Arranged in the Ex-
Evening star., 1947-02-09

hibit Room, the event is open to
the public.
Two years after the laboratory
was established in 1928, DR.. A. H.
Taylor discovered there the prin-
ciples of radar, and later the Nays
first radar sets were built there.
Today more than 1000 scientists
are employed at the laboratory in
almost every field of physical science.
They have invented and developed
such things as shark repellents, to
protect sailors and aviators await
ing rescue in shark infested waters;
synthetic ''oilless" oils and greases
superior to petroleum products for
many purposes, electronics and i'm
proved sonar sets for underwater
detection of submarines and ships.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Dorden Offers to Buy
Portrait Stute Rejected
By the Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 8.-The
State Art Commission has rejected
artist Victor Whites portrait of for
mer Gov. Colgate Darden, jr., but
Mr.. Darden thinks the artist did a
fine job.
"I am so pleased with Mr.. Whites
work that I am glad of the oppor-
tunity to purchase the portrait from
the State for the sum which they
have paid for it," Mr.. Darden said.
The painting, if accepted, would
have hung in the State capitol.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Brooke Johns to Speuk

Brooke Johns, chairman Of the
Board of Montgomery County Com
missioners, will speak at ladies'
night meeting of the Mems Club
of Trinity Episcopal Church at 8
pm. tomorrow in the parish hail.
Piney Branch road and Dahlia
street
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Youth Group to Hear Punzer

Irving Panzer, lecturer and scien-
tist, will address a meeting of the
Young Folks League of the Wash
ngton Highlands Jewish Center at
4:30 o'clock this afternoon at the
center, 100 Atlantic street Sc. The
public is invited.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Methodist Home Session

The Rev. Herman M. Wilson,
superintendent of the Asbury
Methodist Home for the Aged,
Gaithersburg, Md, will attend the
annual session of the National As
sociation of Methodist Hospitals and
Homes IN Chicago, Wednesday anu
Thursday. "J
Evening star., 1947-10-22

1855 per cent in the months following W
day, while wages went up only about Is
per cent. In terms Of purchasing power,
according to this study, the postwar living
standard Of the average American could
be considered ten times better than the
average Russians.
This does not mean, Of course, that the
Russians may safely be discounted as a
world power. Far from it. They are
definitely second to us, and with their type
Of government that can amount to mill
tarily very close second, even though we
are far ahead economically. Nevertheless,
the Soviet dictatorship must find 1t some
thing of problem to keep the masses
satisfied with endless promises of Utopia
The promises have been made ever since
the revolution, but there has been no sign
of fulillment. The pie is still in the sky.
Meanwhile, despite the iron curtain, CEN
sorship and the secret police, tales have
come from returning Red Army troops and
other sources telling about how much bet
ter off some people seem to be elsewhere.
It is situation that may explain in part
why the Kremlin is making such an all
out effort to convince the Russian masses
that American capitalism is on its last
legs and to frighten them at the same
time with wild talk about American war
mongers" bent on world conquest.
Evening star., 1947-10-22
A Step Toward PUG Reform

In appointing committee to study the
proposal-long advocated by The Star-for
q Metropolitan Area Public Utilities Com
mission, the Interfederation Council has
taken cognizance of a public utilities
problem OF common interest to District,
Maryland and Virginia residents. The
need for such tri-jurisdiction body has
been growing with the steady development
of the Metropolitan Area into a closely
knit neighborhood.
Although essentially one great urban
community, with like civic interests and
problems, the fact that boundary line
theoretically and legally separates the
three jurisdictions precludes their respec-
tive public utilities commissions from
handling joint utilities problems on a
broad, overall basis. Thus, when purely
local bus line crosses the boundary Of the
District 1t automatically becomes an in
terstate motor carrier, subject to jurisdic-
ton OF the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion. But the 1CC lacks funds and per-
sonnel to give adequate attention to the
constantly recurring rate, safety andNother
problems OF utilities serving Washington
and its suburbs. Its efforts to handle
such local matters have met with severe
criticism from civic organizations and
county authorities. The recent Arnold
Line fare case is an example. In another
case, the District Public Utilities Com
mission has challenged the right Of the
ICC to assume Jurisdiction over the Capital
Transit Company in its transfer arrange
ment with two Virginia buslines. And now
the ICC is weighing a proposal to make
Federal safety regulations applicable to
all District motor carriers which so much
as venture across the District line or the
Potomac River In all of these extensions
of authority the ICC has neglected to
invite local utilities bodies to participate,
although they are vitality concerned with
these problems.
The Star believes that these so-called
"interstate" public service matters are
more the concern of District, Maryland
and Virginia authorities than they are OF
the Federal Government. These three
communities should relieve the ICC Of all
responsibility in Metropolitan Area utilities
problems by entering into compact
legalizing joint PUG for the whole area
The Interfederation Council has shown
wisdom in interesting itself in this pro-
posal It is in a position to launch a
civic movement that could do much to
bring about this sorely needed reform.
Evening star., 1947-10-22
Letters to The Star
Time by Some Other Names

Time by Some Other Names
TO the Editor Of The Star:
The so-called daylight saving time" is be-
ing agitated again; and doubtless 1t will be
prevalent next year.
Perhaps 1t may be turned to some usetu pur-
pose and the suggestion is made that instead
OF labelling it daylight saving time" spirit
OF history and original thrift might be woven
into the scheme by designating the time on the
Eastern seaboard covered by the original 13
States as Colonial time; block farther west.
"Conestoga time" or covered wagon time:
another strip having additional latitude, Lewis
and Clark time" or Daniel Boone time"
then Rocky Mountain time" and the extreme
coast, perhaps, "Forty-niners' time" You will
get the idea, even though all the names sug-
gested may not be the best available.
The pioneers who are sought to be typifed bv
this suggestion were thrifty and energetic
Americans, who arose early and reclined late
style OF time meant little to them-something
we certainly need now; and, in addition sug-
gesting return to that spirit in using the addi-
tional hour, the movement would be somewhat
romanticized and perhaps some history learned.
H. PAUL CAEMMERER,
President, Columbia Historical Society.
Evening star., 1947-10-22

never do. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
says that high prices of necessities are largely
due to the old, unrepealable law of supply
and demand. There is simply not enough Of
the necessities Of life to meet the demand, so
prices 60 up. It is the same law that was
operating when Alexander the Great was sigh
ing for new worlds to conquer 1t is law
that has been operating since the presartorial
days Of Adam It Is operating in the same
provoking way today, and it will be here when
Gabriel blows his trumpet. Every sane man
in the world knows it-but that does not neces-
sarily include our sel-sacridcing soulful poll
ticians.
And right at the time our Chief Magistrate
was blasting the cloven-hoofed, forked-tailed
demons of Wall Street for raising prices out of
reach, Secretary Anderson nonchalantly tells
the plain truth. His assertions threw the old
line demagogues into panic. What business
has politician to tell the truth anyway? 1t
is most dangerous thing to do. Let that habit
spread and how many Of the present political
parasites will have job?
One thing about 1t: Either Secretary Ander-
son must learn to talk like politician and yell
"The Wall Street gamblers did it" or else he
will soon fade out of Washingtons glitter.
II the capacious- minded Federal officials see
fit to give away more foodstuffs than we can
spare, and in consequence the cost Of living
scars toward the empyrean regions. your real
politician knows better than to say, Owing to
the almost incredible stupidity of public Off
cials, there is not enough to eat in this coun-
try, 50 the public will have to make the best
of It," Rather must the politician say-what
they are saying: "Profteers and Wall Street
gamblers did it. We are going to investigate
them We will not permit these heartless,
greedy spectators, to starve our innocent
people" w. w. PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1947-10-22
One Big Family
To the Editor Of The Star:


To the Editor Of The Star:
Recently the newspapers devoted consider
able space to the wedding Of the Duke Of Alba,s
daughter to son Of the Duke Of Sotomayor
Most OF them mentioned the fact that the
bride is descendant of the Stuart kings of
England through her father who is Duke OF
Berwick In the British peerage. But none of
the stories that I have seen states that the
groom can boast OF a distinguished American
ancestry
1t happened in this wise: Thomas McKean
slgner OF the Declaration Of Independence
PRESIDENT OF Delaware and Governor of PENN
sylvanla, married for his second wife Sarah
Armltage OF Delaware. Their daughter, Sarah
Maria Theresa McKean married Q798) Don
Carlos Martinez de Yrujo y Tacon, Marquis
OF Casa Yrujo, Spanish Minister to the United
States.
Their son, Don Carlos Ferdinand Martinez
de YruJo y Mexican, became Duke of Sotomayor
Ill right OF his wife 0844. Subsequently, he
was Spanish Minister to England, president OF
the council of ministers and Ambassador to
France. His son. Carlos, was father of Pedro,
present Duke of Sotomayor, who was born in
1882. 1t was his son, Luis, the great-great-
great-grandson of Gov. Mexican, who recently
became the husband of the Duchess of Montoro,
daughter of the Duke of Alba
Thus, the marriage celebrated in the grand
style at Madrid unites the families of the Duke
of Alba, the general Of Philip II of Spain in
the 18th century. the House of Stuart, Kings
OF Scotland and England and the American
lines Of Mexican and Armitage.
MILTON RUBINCAM
President, National Genealogical Society.
Evening star., 1947-10-22
DismuntIinq German Plants

Joint publication by the American and
British occupational authorities OF the in
dustrial plants scheduled for dismantling
in the combined Anglo American zone OF
Germany clarifies one of the most conten-
tious features in Allied postwar policy re-
garding the former Reich.
The original difficulties in the matter
arose between the victors themselves. BY
the Inter-Allied Potsdam Agreement, nego-
tiated shortly after the end Of the war in
Europe, Germanys industrial output was
to be cut down to very low level. All
surviving plant capacity above that level
was to be dismantled and distributed to
the various powers as reparations. Ac-
cording to this original program, Is per
cent of all such reparations in Western
Germany were to be allocated to the Soviet
Union and Poland. The balance was to be
allocated to sixteen other nations.
Difficulties Immediately arose. Demands
OF the minor claimants proved difficult to
reconcile. But the chief trouble came
through the refusal Of Soviet Russia to
fulfill other economic clauses Of the Pots
dam Agreement, notably that one concern
ing the treatment of Germany as an eco
nomic unit. In consequence, General Clay,
our Military Governor, halted delivery OF
reparations to Russia and Poland in May
1946, with the British following suit. Later
on came the AngloAmerican decision to
merge their zones economically, despite
Russian protests, together with another
decision to raise the level of production in
the merged zones to that of the year 1885,
that being considered the last normal
year for German industrial production, be-
fore the Nazi regime put the country on
"war economy"
So far as the reparations program was
concerned this decision led to reduction
of the plants scheduled for dismantling
from approximately 1900 to a figure now
announced as 682. OF these, somewhat
less than one-half are strictly war plants,
the balance being nonmilitary industrial
units. More than two-thirds of the total
are in the British zone, which is more
heavily industrialized than the American.
It is over those nonmilitary plants that
q storm of protest has arisen from the
Germans. They claim that, in view of Ger
many's desperate economic situation, those
plants are needed for German recovery
and that their removal will create further
unemployment and also increase the load
borne by American and British taxpayers
for the maintenance of the respective
zones. In rebuttal the Anglo-American
military authorities state that, aside from
legitimate reparation claims, the plants
scheduled for dismantling and shipping
abroad represent industrial capacity in
excess Of the 1885 level. The conclusion Is,
therefore. that no lasting setback will be
Evening star., 1947-10-22
ArIinqton's Unhealthy Situation

Judge Walter T. Mccarthy of the Arling-
ton County Circuit Court expressed senti-
ments that are shared by all of the coun-
tvs abiding citizens when he described
the current welter of rumors rejecting on
the county police force as an unhealthy
situation. 1t is situation so important to
law enforcement in particular and to good
government in general that it is regrettable
that the new grand jury did not see fit to
give 1t priority over all other matters in
stead of deferring action for two days.
This Is more than the case of peanuts"
Scheele, alleged kingpin Of an Arlington
County numbers and race-horse gambling
ring. The Scheele case would amount to
little more than the arrested mans nick
name would indicate, were it not for the
undercurrent OF runors of collusion be-
tween Scheele and the police. It is not
surprising that the reports should arise,
IN view Of the fact that although Scheele's
sporting" activities have been the subject
OF common gossip for years, he has never
been bothered by the police until last week.
And then the raid was organized and
carried out hurriedly and with great Sc
crecy by the Commemorative attorney and
the chief of police, with several picked
men. The raid proved 10 be highly
successful.
The average citizen cannot be blamed II
he wonders why the existence of what the
Commonwealth's attorney called a large
scale professional gambling setup could be
hidden from police for any considerable
period. It may we'll be-and most of the
citizens will hope-that no collusion was
involved, but, at best, the Scheele case in
evitably throws doubt on the past efficiency
OF the police force. Whatever the impli-
cations, Judge Mccarthy is correct in hold
ing that the matter should be explored
thoroughly and expeditiously by the grand
jury. And the investigation, to be effec-
tive, should be conducted effectively, with
out any suggestion of political partisanship
"a concededly difficult undertaking in the
midst of a heated county political
campaign
Evening star., 1947-10-22
Russio's Economic Strenoth

If properly developed, the Soviet Unions
economic power-which is indispensable to
military power-conceivably could become
at least equal to ours in another so years
or so. The gulf between the actual and
the potential, however, is very large.
Though 1t would be a mistake to under
estimate their present strength or to be-
little the fact that they have achieved
profoundly important new position of
dominance in Europe and Asia, the Rus
slams still are far behind us in productive
capacity, and they have long way to 20
to catch up.
Indeed, according to group Of statis-
ticians headed by DR.. Seymour E. Harris,
the distinguished Harvard economist, there
Is good reason to believe that the Soviet
Union Is even farther behind than has
been generally supposed up to now. The
group-made up of experts on the Russian
economy-has completed series of care
full analyses throwing serious doubt on
past studies. DR.. Harris has cited as an
example the League Of Nations report on
industrial output for 1868 The report
placed Soviet production at 1875 per cent of
the world total, or more than half of the
total produced by the United States But
the new study indicates that the Russians
turned out volume equivalent to only
about third Of what we turned out
The Harris group makes the further
point that the Russians have tended to
deceive themselves. Through a combina-
ton Of honest mistakes and "biased" off,
cial statistics, they apparently have a
badly distorted" picture of their true
economic growth. Even in fields where
they have made their best progress-oil,
electric power, coal and pig iron output
they have not advanced as much as
claimed by themselves or reported by out
siders. Thus, despite 1914 study showing
the Soviet Union to have achieved a five
fold increase In national income in the
prewar period, the Harris group argues
that actually the country's income level in
1928 and 1884 was still about where it was
in 1913 and rose only so per cent by 1888
Even before the war, because Of guns
before-butter production policy, the RUS
sian standard of living was low. In 1910
according to the Harris group, ours was
almost six times higher Since then, after
the terrible devastation caused by the
Nazi invasion, the disparity has grown
even greater. DR.. Harris and his COL
leagues do not have specific figures on this
point, but last July special study by the
United States Labor Department estimated
that Soviet food prices had risen at least
Evening star., 1947-10-22
Stars, Men and Atoms
Million Years of History
In New Seq Floor Study
Swedish Exploration Expedition Sifts
Ocean Bottom Samples
Rv Thomns R. Henry

WOODS HOLE, Mass, Oct 22.-The story
OF another million years In the history OF the
oceans Is being revealed by bottom samples
obtained this summer by the Swedish explora-
ton schooner Albatross sent out by the Uni
versity Of Gottenberg
Hitherto the longest samples Of sea floor
obtained have measured only about Is feet.
The Albatross Is obtaining cores 66 feet long.
This Is the report of DR., Fred B. Phleger Of the
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution staff
who accompanied the ship during its investi-
cations in the Caribbean.
The expedition, under the command of the
distinguished Swedish oceanographer Dr. Hans
Peterson, has crossed the Atlantic several
times during the past few months and has
now sailed into the Pacific to continue its
investigations.
Built Up in Centuries.
The sea bottom is built up very slowly
through the centuries, largely through the
debris OF ocean life which dies and sinks The
major element consists of foraminifera shells
Inc 1oramlnlfera are almost invisibly minute
organisms which exist in vast numbers In all
the oceans and form the essential base of the
pyramid Of sea life.
There are vast number of species. some
OF which can exist only in warm water while
others are confined to cold water The diff
1erent types which predominant in different
layers OF the bottom cores obtained bv the
AlpatroSs give fairly accurate picture of the
changing temperatures Of the oceans through
the milennums
The rate at which bottom sediments ac-
cumulate Is fairly well known Thus the long
cores obtained with a new exploding device.
constitute new kind Of thermometer of the
ages. They will be studied intensivelv when
the Albatross returns to Sweden
Only Thin Layer Studied
Even with cores representing fourfold greater
thicknesses of sediment than ever have been
obtained before it is possible to study only an
extremely thin layer of the ocean bottom. The
depth of the sediment built up on basic rock
hitherto has been unknown. Echo devices
operated with exploding TINT bombs on the
Albatross cruises over the Atlantic indicate
that the thickness ranges between 1000 and
5000 feet complete core would come close
to telling the story of the oceans since the be-
ginning Of life.
The oceans, observations now indicate have
remained in about the same positions with
roughly the same contours since the cooling of
the earth. Only shorelines have changed
through the geological ages. The great depths
have remained constant Life, undoubtedly,
made its first appearance in the seas Conse-
quently complete sample would presumably
tell the story of life from the beginning
For the present the story of this beginning
is locked In unfathomable strata at the bottom
Of the sediments where 1t is unlikely that 1t
ever will be possible to reach them.