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Evening star., 1947-09-30
Exonerates Kins Canute

To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Star Of September n there is q letter
signed "veritas" which means Truth" be-
lieve. But he has not told the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth. His letter
ends with the sentence: DO you suppose that
like King Canute-Stalin has the power to
control nature?'
Legend does not claim that King Canute
had the power to control nature. Some of his
satellites, hoping to ingratiate themselves, sug
gested that If he were to hold up his hands and
command the waves to cease rolling, the sea
would obey him. King iCanute did as requested.
There was no visible change in the action of
the waters. Then King Canute reprimanded
his courtiers. telling them that God and God
only could control the waves.
LAURA K. POLLOCK,
Evening star., 1947-09-30
Smugness About Waste

We can save food in the O. S. A.
Yesterday-the day on which the President
and his food conservation staff first went
into conference sat down at lunch coun-
ter. The plate of the previous customer had
not been removed. It contained two slices of
buttered toast, torn apart, less than half a
slice OF toast eaten; result one and one-half
slices of bread wasted!
Not many of you, my fellow Americans. are
wasteful to this extent-you are much more
considerate. But how many times throughout
a week do you leave the table with the feeling
OF satisfaction that you have not left scrap
OF food on your plate-that you have overcome
the antiquated etiquette which used to be
trained into our SNUG little selves, Its not
polite not to leave some food on your plate"?
MILDRED B. LISSNER.
Evening star., 1947-09-30

the value OF
United States
monies W as
c a u in g my
dollars to be-
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Evening star., 1947-09-30
Questions and Answers

Fs'ssr n: e: se' t. any suss
Please ineiose cents for return postage. -
BY THE HAsKN SERVICE
O. What State produces the most timber?-
E.vH.
A. Oregon, with cut of 4,54o 100000 board
feet in 1896 holds its place as the leading State
In timber production.
Q. When did Stradivari die?-L 3.
A. The great violin maker died on December
10, 1877, at the age of 80. OF Stradivari's II
children, two sons became violin makers.
O. Does copyright protect the content of an
article, II the ideas or facts are presented by
another in his own words?-P. r. A.
A. According to Manual Of Copyright Pro-
cedure," by Margaret Nicholson, Facts are not
copyrightable. Copyright resides essentially in
expression, in the relation Of words, sentences.
paragraphs or any other units Of the expression
of ideas to each other, and in the choice Of
language and sequence. The idea itself, once
expressed, is free to the public"
@. How many women carry mail In the
United States2-W. L. B.
A. The Post Once Department says that Of
city letter carriers there are 100 regularly en-
ployed woman carriers and 1877 substitute car.
riers. There are 345 rural mail carriers.
q. Is more money spent for face powders or
for lipsticks?-T. N
A. Retail sales Of lipsticks reached an all
time high Of $2s oSo0 900 in 1s46. while purchases
Of face powder amounted to $12,390 900.
O. How did the expression, mad as hat
ter" originate?-G. D. G.
A. The madness" Of hatters resulted from
mercury poison which was formerly used as an
agent to increase the felting properties Of
rabbit and other skins used for hats. The
poison affected about 1871 per cent Of the hat
makers
Evening star., 1947-09-30

Deal induced
high prices are
not imitation?
Or does he
mean tn a t
we've had in
fation so long
that it isn't a
threat for a
long time it's
been here?
Evening star., 1947-09-30
Return of OPA Opposed

To the Editor OF The star:
Lowell Mellett in The Star of September %,
is living in the dream world inhabited by the
hardest shelled prohibitionists Just as the
drys overlook the painful and proven fact
that prohibition fostered illicit liquor traffic
and bred and supported hordes of gangsters,
Mr. Mellett does not believe that this same
underworld element would jump at such
lucrative racket as q meat and butter black
market under OPA.
Here Is an excerpt from letter from my
mother, written from near Richmond, October
"A, 1916: "Ihe black markets flourish-I know
Of a merchant not too far away who told his
regular customers he was killing large hog
last week. Pat got the jowls (cheeks) at
cost of $3.50 and Willie Taylor bought the
balance Of the head for S.. What the meaty,
portions brought one can only tmagine!"
Pat and Willie referred to are farm laborers
who could hardly afford such prices.
I believe it was in the rural areas that
opposition to OPA became the strongest. The
C1O, Senator Pepper, Henry Wallace ct al may
try to ram 1t down our throats again, but 1t
will backfire as surely as it did over year
ago when such pink-edged groups imported
trainload Of housewives from Brooklyn and
whooped it up at Congressional hearing with
everything but brass band.
Perhaps Mr.. Mellett does not remember
that little over year ago glanduar products
for medicinal purposes fell to an alarming low,
due to the drainage of the black markets.
Most serious was shortage of insulin, which
is life itself to our hundreds of thousands Of
diabetes. Yet Mr.. Mellett naively states
that "The worst that happened during the
period of price control was that 10 per cent
of the domestic supply was coming from such
(llegaD butchers"
As for that figure. 10 per cent, III wager q
little honest research could prove 1t as laugh
able as most OPA statistics turned out to be
under careful examination.
I always shall remember the young woman,
holding baby in her arms, who stood at
meat counter last November. Prices were as
fancy or fancier, than they now are, as meat
was reappearing for the first time in weeks.
All the cheaper cuts were gone and she ssaid
she couldn't afford the dollar steaks dollar q
pound yet as she walked away she sighed.
But at least you can SEE it," -
And thems my sentiments, Mr.. Mellett
A. EWING.
Evening star., 1947-09-30
The Bears Two Arms


The support of American public opinion Is
necessary as never before to back up Secretary
of State George G. Marshall in the objective.
as he stated, of protection Of the Greek people
which is their due under the Charter"
While the United States has barely begun to
execute its aid program In Greece with few
concrete results thus far actually achieved in
helping Greece's reconstruction, the Soviets
have achieved diabolical success on virtually
every front.
/. Diplomatically, the Russian vetoes Of the
permanent Border Commission have thus far
resulted in q complete stalennate of effective
U. N. action In the Russian political diction-
ary, stalemate and deadlock are defined as
success!
a Militarily the soviets, through their satel-
lites, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania, have
frustrated again and again the efforts Of the
Greek government forces to resolve the border
warfare feeding, arming, sheltering and
directing the rebel forces within the satellites
borders
3. Economically Russia has continued to
forge economic chains, linking the Soviet satel-
lite states into q slave confederation. thus
further isolating Greece.
(. Politically, the Soviet agents within Greece
have caused political crisis after crisis, have
sought to undermine every attempt to achieve
Evening star., 1947-09-30
Not Really Handcufed

INUI NTdIIy IIdIIQCtfESu
To the Editor of The Star: '
Why was it necessary to handcuff Forrestal
to Sullivan, when they were leaving the Navy
Department, as shown on page of The Star
September %? ROBERT R. WILSON.
Editors Note:
What Mr.. Wilson saw may best be de-
scribed as an optical Illusion, an exception
which proves the rule that the camera does
not lie.
Evening star., 1947-09-30
Too Late to Threaten

TO the Editor Of The Star:
: The Associated Press quotes President Tru-
man as saying the United States is about the
only country not Immediately threatened with
inf1ation.'
Does ne mean by that that the current New
Evening star., 1947-09-30
Thinks The Star Is Pro-Red

TO the Edltof OF The Star:
I agree most heartily with one OF your
correspondents in regard to apparent SYM
pathy for Miss Youras. The State Department
was wise to let her CO. She admitted that she
was former employe OF the Soviet Informa-
tion Service.
But I am not surprised at your reporting
In Miss Youras' favor, since you defended Mrs.
Aleksandra Pavlovna Lewis and Mr.. Danow-
sky in his affront to the innocent children of
Western High School, in trying to force them
to listen to speech. That, and the fact that
Lowell Mellett still is writing for The Star,
lead me to believe that you are a little on
the New Deal o-Communist side.
NJ MARTIN.
Evening star., 1947-09-30

According to an Army officer the
A-oomb was shaped somewhat like
pumpkin. If intended to frighten some
one, this might, of course, be carved in
Halloween style.
Evening star., 1947-09-30

II he has time to spare during the day,
radios mystery show announcer with the
dirty laugh could be our boy to reply to
Vishinsky.
Evening star., 1947-09-30

So low is new, underslung car, you
step down to enter it. A thrill for the
speed cop will be resting a foot on the
motorists face while writing up the ticket.
Evening star., 1947-09-30
On Hanging Todether

To the Editor Of The Star:
I md have an even stronger case of un-
favorable trade relations with my grocer than
England has with the United States, because
don't even sell him Scotch whisky.
I explained to my grocer that the decrease In
Evening star., 1947-09-30
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
,criter, although it is permissible for a
,oriter kno,Dn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1947-09-30
Personal Impressions of Greeks

Personal Impressions of Greeks
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS newcomer to America from Greece,
where I had opportunity to learn the facts,
I should like to write about the tragic condition
Of the Greek people
The Greeks are a good-natured peace-loving
people. They like their country and their
work. As human beings, they habtually are
interested in politics. They believe exclusively
in their own individual ideas. This Is the
reason why they have SO many different polit-
ical parties. But when the integrity of their
country Is being threatened, then they unite
even under dictatorial regimes-to defend 1t.
We remember their answer to Axis aggression
In October, 1940-"NO!"
When Greece was liberated, it was almost
dead nation, in agriculture, industry, trans
portation, merchant marine. Communism
found prosperous underground. Communism
is the reason for Greeces lack of postwar re-
Mobilization.
What the Greeks hope today is that in the
very near future the Soviet veto will prove
unable to halt the efforts Of the U. N. to solve
their present problems and stop the interfer-
ence OF their northern neighbors
PHOTOS A. MAvRIDIS.
Evening star., 1947-09-30
Not Much Saving Possible?

Not Much Saving Possible!
To the Editor of The Star:
Your well-read and well-wishing correspond
ent Edmund K. Goldsborough suggests that
people could reduce their waistlines to their
own advantage by eating less to keep down
prices of expensive foods Reducing diets,
however, unfortunately feature expensive foods
such as meat fruit, eggs, milk and non
starchy vegetables. M. D. THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1947-09-30

meaning as give) me enough to feed my family
and me for the next six months, while he
considered loan to help me for the next
four years. my family and I would have crisis.
He said he didn't care If we had twin crisis,
he would not lend me any such amount Of
money, as he considered it bad business. He
accompanied his refusal with look which
seemed to say he thought I was stupid enough
to believe in Communism. Which gave me
another idea.
I made him the same business proposition
and used the other European argument that
If he didn't come across with the help, I was
afraid my family and would be forced into
Communism. He said if did would be sorry
because then couldn't be the head of any
labor unions and be able to ignore the orders
Of our Federal Government like John L. Lewis.
So paid my own money for groceries and
went hoRe to dig in my garden and recon-
slider the European situation.
Now here, Mr.. Editor, are my questions:
/. Are we lending Europe billions of dollars
as a business proposition? If so, my grocer
and past business dealings with those same
countries say 1t is bad business.
2. Are we lending Europe money as charity?
If so, no real American would refuse to help
any one, except an enemy of decent society, ii
he needed help, and If we could do it without
destroying ourselves. But why SO many bill
lions for Europe's starving and so little for the
millions in India or the Chinese, who are
fighting communism with their life blood, and
are beset by flood, famine and pestilence as
well as war? Or does this come later in our
mad scramble to give away all of our national
wealth?
3. Are we sending billions to Europe as pres
ents because we are afraid of Russia and
want them to protect us from her? If this is
the case, here is one American who would pre-
fer to spend our billions now (not too little, too
late) on atomic research, and an army, navy
and air force so overwhelmingly superior to
anything that Russia has, that she will be
glad to cooperate with other nations on dis
armament world security and the other
good-neighbor policies Of the U. N In this
way only lies the sure way to avoid World War
III, for no intelligent nation, or Communist
one either, is going to commit national suicide
by provoking war it knows it can't win.
Now that Bulgaria has hanged Petkov, think
1t is time we and other non-C Communists busted
of an old American saying and put it back into
use: IF we don't hang together, we will hang
separately" A. N. OKIE.
Evening star., 1947-09-30

the fact that you can buy the same goods much
cheaper in practically any other country than
you can in these United States would mean we
haven't imitation. Or would it? H. H. s..
Evening star., 1947-09-30

A reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact BY writing The Evening Star Informa ton
Bureau, BIG street NE" Washington 2. D. c.
Evening star., 1947-09-30
BY THE HASKN SER

@. When did Stradivari die?-L. B.
A. The great violin maker died on December
18, 1887 at the age of SO. OF Stradivari's II
children, two sons became violin makers.
Evening star., 1947-05-14

There not only is a fine prospect
Of a favorable report from the Sen
ate committee, now conducting hear
ings, but a strong probability that
the bill will become law. 1t Is not
a part of the Republican program
and it will not become a partisan
measure. Its sponsors are Repub-
lican Senator Robert A. Taft Of
Ohio and Democratic Senator j.
William Fulbright of Arkansas.
Support for it comes from COM
pletely nonpolitical and disinterested
sources and is countrywide in char
acter. The only opposition is from
specially interested groups-to wit,
the American Medical Association.
Nothing New in Idea"
AS Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer, one Of
the measures most potent advo-
Gates, testifying before the Senate
committee and representing the
Woman's Foundation, said, There
is nothing new IN the idea" Presi-
dents Wilson, Harding and Coolidge
realized the Importance of such a
Cabinet post and President Roose-
welt also had indicated interest and
approval But, while the idea is not
new, the need has grown very
greatly with the years. Now the
Federal Government Is deeply in
volved In the fields of health, edu-
cation and security. There is no
chance of its becoming less so; every
chance that it will become more so.
Clearly, all three subjects are re-
lated. That is too plain to need
proof.
In the Federal Government they
touch one another at many points,
but completely lack anything re-
sembling coordination and cooper
Evening star., 1947-05-14
Man to Man
Congress Should Ascertain Real Facts
AS to Guam and Samoa, Writer Holds

Samoans had been ignored and
trampled upon by the Navy. That
committee, set up by Congress, rec
commended full citizenship and an
Organic Act, including a Bill of
Rights.
Secretary Forrestal should be re-
buked by Congress for arrogating
to himself rights that belong to the
Congress and constitute a Congress
sional duty. Out of what funds
were the expenses Of this hand
picked committee paid? Whether or
not he could properly pay them out
of public funds, Secretary Forrestal
of the Navy could, with propriety,
select an outside committee to in
vestigate Navy operation and pass
upon charges that have been made
against him, or his Department.
The Congress should ascertain the
real facts as to Guam and American
Samoa.
fCopyright 1919
Evening star., 1947-05-14

many other little Henry McLemore.
details which require at least q 35-
cent side order Of grey matter.
But get there, they do. Some Of
us feel that the country would be q
lot better of If they didn't and
while en- route from their homes to
the District of Columbia got lost and
wound up as souvenir post card
statesmen at Yellowstone Park, or
sidewalk potato -peeler pitchmen, or
guides in Mammoth Cave.
Words and Action.
At the moment have In mind
those legislators who, by their words
and actions, seem intent on seeing to
it that any future wars Will be
fought on the soil Of the United
States, and who appear to regret
deeply that World War / and World
War II were not fought within the
boundaries Of this country.
These are the legislators who,
right at this minute, are opposing
President Truman's $400, ,OO0, ,0O0
Greek Turkish aid program chiefly
on the grounds that in the event OF
another war It will mean sending
"our boys to fight on foreign soil"
No one in his right mind wants
another war, but II there Is an
other war no one In his right mind
should want 1t fought In this coun-
try. No soldier I have ever talked
to had much hankering to fight
anywhere, but I'll bet you can't find
a veteran who will not admit pre-
ferring to have fought the Battle Of
the Bulge in France rather than
in his own State Or country, or to
having done his house-to- house
Evening star., 1947-05-14
THE EvEE1Na STAR IA washington, ?. g. Al

fighting Id Soma honse other than
his own. Even when tbs house isn't
your own. Il isnt : pretty thing to
throw ! grenade into Z living room.
Nor Is 1t : pretty sight to watch
artillery level . church. However.
It Isn't quite as bad a it would be
to watch the same thing happen 10
the church h which you Worshipped.
What would They Havef
What would these legislators have
had happen IN World War I and
World War u2
To keep our soldiers from going
abroad. would they prefer that
Pittsburgh now look like Stalingrad?
Los Angeles be In the condition Of
Manila? Buffalo like Warsaw?
As simple, even simple minded
citizen, say let's not hight at all.
But II the other boys start throw
ing sticks and stones, let's climb
over the fence into their yard be-
fore we start playing really too
rough.
didn't see much OF the war, but
what did see Of 1t convinced me
that I don't want any Of 1t going on
around my house. It's likely to keep
you awake at night, or to put you
to sleep for good.
Distributed By Mclsausht syndicate. Ins.l
Evening star., 1947-05-14
This Changing World
Highly Confused Political Situation
In Italy Held Likely to Become Worse

,ment with financial assistance
amounting to 50,o00, 900 lire (about
| $50, 600 ct the official rate OF ex-
changel every month.
Mr.. de Gasperi, who headed q
stop-gap cabinet, intended to stay
l In ONCE only until the parliament
tary elections this summer. He was
unable to hold out, not only because
the economic and financial condi-
ton Of Italy has reached rock
bottom, but also because Of the
likelihood Of severe struggle be-
tween the Communists and those
who oppose totalitarianism.
Mr.. de Casper is convinced that
an upheaval is inevitable In italy.
II he Is unable to bring a number
(of respectable" rightists into the
government, he is expected to urge
the appointment of the octogen-
arian, Francesca Nitti, in his place.
offered Post Before.
Mr.. Nitti was offered the premier
ship soon after the republic was
established. He was willing to take
over the reins on condition that
his entire cabinet be composed Of
specialists without any political
afiliations-a group Of technicians
who would use their professional
knowledge to help the country back
to Its feet. This he was not allowed
to do, and the elder statesman re-
fused to accept the premiership.
The growth Of the Communists
has changed Mr.. Nitti's mind, how
ever. When he was approached
two weeks ago on the possibility of
his replacing MFR. de- Casper, he
replied that he might be able to
do SO, provided, however, that the
rightists would sit in the cabinet
alongside Mr.. Togliatti's men.
Mr.. Nitti seems convinced that
he can control the Communists.
They appear willing to support him,
convinced that they can use him
as front man until after the elec-
tions, which they hope to delay
until after the American troops
have left.
Whether Mr.. Nitti or any other
old-timer, such as Vittorio Orlando
or Ivanoe Bonomi, will accept the
responsibility Of forming new
government seems, however, to pos
sess little more than academic
Importance. For all private reports
from italy indicate that trouble
and violence are brewing in that
country. 1t is feared that civil war
will break out as soon as American
troops are withdrawn.
Evening star., 1947-05-14
TheG Great GameofPoliti
Bill Creating Cabinet Health Officer
Answer to Social LEGISLATION Demand

alton. All three operate as inde-
pendent units and, as Senator Full
bright points out, there is a we'll
known tendency for independent
units in government to become a
little too independent" The pur-
pose Of the bill is to end this chaotic
condition and bring about orderly
direction in these fields. Under the
new Secretary OF Health, Education
and Security there would be three
under secretaries heading the three
divisions-one trained as an edu-
Gator, one experienced In the field
Of social security and the third a
doctor.
The argument Is that this does
not mean an expansion of the Fed
eral bureaucracy nor an increase
in governmental costs. On the con-
trary, 1t would be more economical
as well as more, efficient; better work
could be done with fewer people;
waste and duplication could be
largely eliminated. Also, the con-
tention of Senator Taft is that this,
by no means, alters the basic fact,
in which he firmly believes, that
health, education and security of its
citizens are primarily the response
bility Of the States, and secondarily
the responsibility of the Federal
Government.
Want Doctor in Cabinet.
The doctors want a doctor in the
cabinet as q Secretary of Health
and do not want to be linked with
education and security, though 1t
is contended by the bills support
ers that the link is inevitable, nat
ural and already exists. In pre-
senting their case, the doctors stress
various dangers and complications
on some of which, unquestionably,
they make strong arguments.
However, the practical point is
made that what the doctors would
like just cannot be done. Clearly, it
will not be possible to create three
cabinet posts-or, at this session
even two. Obviously, the only pro-
posal that has chance of going
through is the Taft-Fulbright pro-
posal which has been shaped SO as
to reconcile differences with other
bills and obtain the bipartisan sup
port essential for passage. .
AS things are now, it seems likely
that the -Fulbright bill will go
through not only because of its BIZ
partisan sponsorship but because
one real piece Of social legisla-
ton" before this session ends Is
more or less indicated. The Con-
gress hardly can afford to adjourn
without one such law placed upon
the books. At least. that is the way
a good many seem to feel. Almost
every other major measure Is of
an economic nature. For this $50
cial" bill both parties could claim
credit. Also, 1t would be the only
important proposal Of the session
upon which the bleeding heart
Republican liberals" could unite
with the regulars.