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Evening star., 1947-05-29
French Labor Agrees
To Longer Pay Freeze
BY ,hs Associated Pres,.


PARIS, May 29. Frances labor pic
ture Frightened yesterday when the
powerful General Confederation OF
Labor (CGT agreed to six-month
continuance OF Premier Paul Rama
dier's wage freeze program.
The CGT's decision--while hedged
in with conditions-followed close on
the settlement of the threatened
utility workers strike.
Mr.. Ramadier, fighting to keep
wages frozen in order to avoid fur
ther price rises, had originally
agreed to sit down with labor rep
resentatives July to discuss the
salary freeze.
In return for production bonuses
granted striking Renault auto work
ers several weeks ago. Mr.. Ramadier
insisted that labor agree to post
poning the July conference until
December.
The 5000, ,000-member, Commu-
mist dominated CGT said it would
be very happy" to agree to this
postponement II prices had fallen
far enough by July so that the
purchasing power of the workers
francs had risen "appreciably."
A last-minute government -labo,
compromise averted a 24-hour ma.
tion-wide token" strike of $4,000
French gas and electric workers
seeking wage increases.
Evening star., 1947-05-29
BY Raym ond M oiey

Herbert Hoover has said that If
the next conference OF foreign min
listers does nothing constructive, we
should contemplate a separate peace
with Germany and Japan. Consid-
ering the Stubbornness of the Rus
slams, this expression of expiring
patience is not surprising. But the
general public has more patience.
According to the Gallup poll, twice
as many people want to continue
trying TO get Russia to work with
us as those who favor proceeding
with arrangements which exclude
Russia. And it is noteworthy that
among veterans the proportion who
favor continued patience Is higher
than the general average.
1t Is clear that the tendency is
growing among American leaders
to suggest world planning which by
passes the u N. The Truman Doc
trine itself Is unilateral, The be-
lated suggestion that the U. N, be
brought in was made by Senator
Vandenberg.
Again, A Mild Gesture.
Now Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson has proposed an inter-
national conference to regulate the
distribution of cereal food supplies.
Again. mild gesture Is made toward
the U. N. in the suggestion that
the U. N Food and Agricultural
Organization be brought into that
conference. But it is clear that in
the distribution of wheat We shall
take the major responsibility for
world planning.
Perhaps the food situation is SO
acute as to justify our initiative.
Perhaps, also, the need of re-estab-
fishing Germany is so pressing as
to justify the Hoover proposal. But
1t is disturbing, in the face of long
term facts, to see a weakening of
confidence in the frail but essen
tial u. N.
World planning, with the United
States as key planner, Is possible
only as long as we have wheat and
money to enforce our will. But the
use OF money and food alone will not
bring about solidarity in the nom
Soviet world, Other nations ask our
help because they can get help
nowhere else. But that does not
mean a continuing will on their part
to join with us in holding the line
against Russia.
1t is not at all likely that Britain,
under the present government,
would support us in the face of a
war danger. Nor would France. The
two years since We day have
greatly changed the British outlook.
With Churchill in power and with
the flush of victory over the Empire,
some Americans were afraid we
would be dragged into conflict to
maintain British aseendency in the
Near East and in Asia. But that
fear is now reversed, with the Brit
ish afraid lest they be tied to our
world purposes,
Empire Transformed.
We have witnessed. in two years.
a change in British outlook as great
as anything that has happened since
the American Revolution, The Brit
ish Empire has been transformed.
Withdrawal from Asia has been
abrupt and sweeping, The Empire
has literally retreated to the conti-
nent of Africa. The Labor Govern
Evening star., 1947-05-29

haberdasher and buy straw hat.
He can no more resist this urge
than whale can to spout, or a water
faucet to drip.
Better minds than mine have tried
to figure out why the American man
is unable to resist this urge. On the
surface it would appear that all that
would be needed to cure Anericanus
Maleus of the straw-hat craving
would be to give him mirror to
look In. because the average man
looks like fugitive from a Ounce
cap factory once he perches straw
hat on his noggin.
Buzz Saw Skinner.
Truthfully, even our country's
most handsome males-men who
make living by the classic cut of
their chins, the pure, chiselled
beauty of their ears. and by renting
out the fishing privileges of the
limpid pools which serve them for
eyes-look plumb dreadful in straw
hats, especially In the hard or skim
mer type of straw, which has a brim
with the cutting edge of buzz saw
Many famous debates have taken
place on the question Of which is
to blame-the straw hat manufac-
turers or the shape of the heads of
the men who wear straw hats. I,
for one, think the manufacturers are
to blame. I am convinced that the
designers of straw hats have never
studied the human head except
through a telescope and know as
little about what it is made of, and
how 1t Is shaped, as an amateur
astronomer, using homemade
telescope, does about the makeup of
Jupiter, Mars, and Venus.
Take my head, for example. No,
1t isn't classic head, or a head you
would write home about, but I be-
lieve that 1t Is representative Of the
heads OF the average American men.
1t is equipped with the standard
head gadgets-forehead, ears. tenn
pies, whorl, etc. Mama and my
sisters saw to 1t that it grew natu-
rally when I was baby. I remem-
ber how annoyed I used to get when
they would keep turning me over
when I was In my crib, lest I de-
velop a pancake effect on one side.
Idiotic, but Happy.
But, do you think I can get a
straw hat to fit me? ! take part
blame for the present paper short
age because of the hundreds of tons
of paper I have stuffed under the
bands of straw hats trying to get
them to set steadily on my head,
But not one ever has. Either the
hat touches me only on the bump
at the back of my head and the
lump that constitutes my forehead
leaving enough room around the
ears to hide pillow in, or 1t clasps
me like wise around the temples,
and touches nothing fore and aft.
Why do you think that a standard
cartoon Is that OF man chasing a
straw hat? That's right. For the
simple reason that no man has ever
had one that fit him. I know men
who have paid as much as S. for a
straw hat without getting anything
better than device which was only
a slight improvement on a stove lid,
But the urge to have one is ir-
resistible. Before the week is out
will blossom forth. along with hun
dreds of thousands of other Amer
leans, in a straw. Well all look
idietic, but we'll be happy
Distributed by MeNaught Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1947-05-29

and who is out, with the Democrats
controlling the executive offices and
the Republicans the Congress.
In the second place, the bill being
pushed through Congress by the Re-
publicans, seems likely to be vetoed
by the President. That will confuse
the issue somewhat. II the Congress
should then pass it over the veto. the
issue will be confused utterly,
Arguments of Orators.
But what you will hear from the
Republican orators will be the claim
that they have saved you 10. 20 OF
80 per cent of your income tax bill
depending on the size of your in
come. From the Democrats you
will hear that the Republicans
have put the country In dire ieop-
ardy In this very action; that re-
ducing the national debt should
come before the reduction Of taxes
On the face of 1t, the Republicans
obviously think they have the best
Of the argument, politically speak
ing. They are banking on the fact
that people worry more about their
own taxes than they do about the
national debt. And they don't ex-
pect the great mass of voters tc
learn. in the course OF one campaign
how little they were benefited by
their tax reduction. They do expect
the large taxpayers-and campaign
eontributors-to understand how
much they were benefited by theil
cut and the very large taxpayers by
their cut.
A dress rehearsal of the campaign
was put on in the Senate one day
this week, during which each side
offered Its arguments as persuasive
ly as possible. The question was or
a motion to hold up the bill until
June 10, when the Senate would
have a better picture Of the amount
of taxes needed 10 meet the Gov
ernment's expenses. At the conelu-
sion of the debate, all the Democrats
voted one way and all the Republi-
cans, save two, voted the other. The
Republicans, of course, won.
Called Up Mellon Ghost.
In the opinion of this writer the
Republicans will likewise win. so far
as the tax issue is concerned, II the
Democrats adopt the same line in
'48 that they followed in the Senate
debate. They talked about sound
fiscal policy, about balancing the
budget, about the national debt
Only one Senator, OMahoney o1
Wyoming, took up that phase OF
taxes in which the average voter is
overwhelmingly, his own taxes
And even Mr.. O'Mahoney called. ot
all possible witnesses, the ghost of
Andrew w. Mellon to testify in be-
half of the Democratic position!
No person who was around Wash
ingten during the Harding Coolidge
days ever expected to hear a Demo-
cratic Senator refer to the late Mr.
Mellon as that great Republican
Secretary of the Treasury" Yet
Mr.. OMahoney did just that. He
quoted him again and again in
support Of his thesis that debt re-
duction Is more important now thar
tax reduction. And nobody smiled
Evening star., 1947-05-29
This Changing World
Managua Coup Took y. S. by Surprise;
Lack of Organized Intelligence Blamed

areas in which he was supposed to
operate.
At the same time Central Intelli-
gence insisted that the War Depart
ment close down its political intelli-
gence work In order. it was said,
to prevent overlapping.
GIG had no appropriations, since
it was created by an executive order
and not by act of Congress. In
order to operate it had to borrow
money from various Government de-
rartments and agencies. Under
these conditions 1t is evident that IL
could not send into the field opera
tives of the same caliber as those
employed formerly by other intelli-
gence services, which had the
experience and the time to develop
their men.
The result of this situation is
that the United States, with political
interests in every part Of the world,
is sadly lacking in information
about developments abroad.
GIG on 'Shoestring.'
There are intelligence organiza-
tions in every key department of the
Government. State, War and Navy
each has its own, and the GIG
also is operating, but on shoe
string since drastic curtailment of
expenditures does not permit 1t to
borrow money from other organiza-
tions.
War Department intelligence is
strictly limited to information about
foreign military forces, since it is no
longer allowed to handle either
secret or political intelligence, The
same thing applies to the Navy
which, however, in the past took
only a perfunctory interest In any
thing but strategic matters.
The GIG is without funds Of its
own and cannot now perform Its
expanded duties adequately. The
FBI, which did a splendid job in
South America, was compelled to
withdraw from all activities except
those concerned with tracking down
criminals In conjunction with local
authorities.
The international sky is covered
with. dark clouds and every govern
ment, including the poorest, is pay
ing special attention to its pursuit
of information about every phase of
the life OF other nations. The
United States seems to be unaware
of the importance of an intelligence
organizati ton and because of the lack
Of money and misplaced preiudices,
is proceeding as amateurishly as
before Pearl Harbor.
Evening star., 1947-05-29

ceiving the brief Constantine Brown.
announcement of the coup d'etat
it was too late to do anything about
it.
Surprise over developments in
Nicaragua is of little immediate inn
portance. But it illustrates once
more the lack of properly or
ganized intelligence-the eyes and
ears Of every government which has
widespread foreign interests.
/ The blame cannot be laid entirely
on the State Department and its
representatives abroad. Until the
fall OF 1946 the FBI had officers
in Latin America who, according to
American diplomats in that area
did remarkable job. They worked
quietly and unobtrusively, keeping
the embassies informed about de-
velopments in their respective areas
| However, soon after 1t. Gen. Hoyt
S. Vandenberg succeeded Rear
Admiral Sidney w. Souers as chief
of the Central Intelligence Group
which was created a few months
earlier by executive order, he de-
cided to take over the Latin Ameri-
can sector from the FBI.
Protests of No Avail.
Every American Ambassador In
Latin America cabled protests plead
ing with the State Department tc
use its influence to maintain the
force of FBI men who had had six
years experience in digging out
Latin American intelligence. This
was not possible, however, since
Gen. Vandenberg, who was the re-
sponSible head of the new organiza-
ton, wanted control over all the
Evening star., 1947-05-29
On the Other Hand
Says That 10000 Tax Cut May
Not Be All That Meets the Eye

unless it was Senator Tydings when
he remarked sotto voce, the great
est Secretary of the Treasury since
Alexander Hamilton"
However, it was Mr.. O'Mahoney
who did put his finger on the weak
ness of the tax bill from the stand
point of the vast ajority of voters
He presented table, which was not
challenged, to prove that less than
4 per cent Of the taxpayers would
get SO per cent of the benefits under
the bill. These, are the citizens with
incomes above 5000.
The table revealed further that
the smaller your income the smaller
the percentage OF saving given you
The $25-a-week man would get a
saving of $3.50 out of $1,000 of in
come. The $10,000-a-year man would
get a saving of $43.70 out of each
81 900 Of income; the $50. 0.o0o-a-year
man, $99.18: the 100000 man,
$l1844, and so on.
Well, 96 per cent of the taxpayers,
or 47,723, ,103 of them, are in the less
than $5,0O0-income class. That's
where the Democrats can hope to
get their needed votes If they sue
ceed in making this tax bill under
stood.
Evening star., 1947-05-29
.eglecting the u. n.
Single-Handed Action by Z. S. Seen
Promoting Isolationism Elsewhere

ment has carried out large meas
ure Of socialization and; despite its
troubles, there Is no sign that 1t has
lost public support.
France hovers on the brink OF
communism. The small nations OF
Europe are figuring how they can
avoid being drawn into new world
conflict. One of those countries
which came here seeking wheat con-
fessed that her small supply was be-
ing held as war reserve"
There Is no longer any prospect
of grand alliance" of the West
against the Soviet. Europe is tired
of war and rumors of war.
Might it not be better, at such o
moment, to mobilize this distaste fol-
conflict into a renewed effort to
build up the U. N? Single-handed
action by the United States can only
promote isolationism elsewhere
World security is a difficult goal
but 1T can only be reached by COL
lectiVe action.
(Reisased by The Associated NeWpapera)
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Expansion Plans Formed
By National Conference

The Washington Round Table OF
the National Conference of Chris
tianS and Jews made plans for ex-
pand1ng the organization at meet
ing of the new and enlarged execu-
tive board in the Willard Hotel yes
terday.
The Washington branch needs
more departments and commissions
such as a school, church, eommu-
nity program and religious depart
ment. DR.. Willard Johnson, vice
president and national program di-
rector. declared,
Approach. the Washington COM
munity thrclgh commissions made
up OF top leaders and teach people
democratic citizenship and brother
ship" he urged.
A sevensmember nominating COM
mittN whS selected TO draw up a
slate of officers to be voted on at
the next meeting in September.
Mrs, Versa D. Linzel, executive
director, said there is no place In
the country where a bigger Job could
be done than In Washington,
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Snyder, Griffith Attend
War Plaque Ceremonies

Secretary of the Treasury Snyder
and Paul q. Grifiith, national com
mander of the American Legion, at.
tended ceremonies at the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing yesterday
to dedicate a plaque honoring IL
employees OF the bureau who dice
in the two World Wars.
The plaque was accepted by Alvir
w. Hall, director Of the bureau, from
the Bureau of Engraving and Print.
ing Post No. 2S, American Legion
1t will hang on a wall in the front
lobby of the bureau.
Speakers at the ceremony included
Joseph j. Malloy, Legion executive
committeeman from the District
and George r. Galligan, commander
of Post No. 23. Music was furnished
by the Navy Band.
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Pictures ToIk Housing
Display Opened Here

pictures Talk Housing" photo
graphic display sponsored by the
Citizens Council for Community
Planning, will be on display for the
next two weeks in the front windows
of the Longfellow Building, Con-
necticut and Rhode Island avenues
NV.
The display. which opened yester-
day, features pictures selected from
the $50 recently shown In the Ma
tional Museum as entries in the
District housing photo contest spon-
sored by the council.
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Veterans Summer Glasses
Al Central Hiqh Announced

The veterans center at Central
High School will accept registrations
for its two-month summer session
beginning at am. Monday In Room
III at the school, Robert G. Wander
lip, director of the center, announced
today.
The summer session will run from
July ! to August 20, Mr.. Vanderlip
said. Glasses, held only at Central,
will last each weekday from $50
am. to /: 80 pm. About 600 students
are expected to attend.
Present term classes, being held
at both Central and Park View
Schools, will end June 18. About $50
students now are attending the
classes.
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Eisenhower Receives
GuutemuIun Award

Guatemala's highest military
award was bestowed yesterday upon
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Chief of Staff received from
Col. Oscar Morales Lopez, military
and air attache of Guatemala, the
Cross Of Military Merit, First Glass
1t was in recognition of Gen. Eisen-
hower's high merits" as well as the
friendship and interest he has al
ways shown for Guatemala"
Evening star., 1947-05-29

soft pedal the
subject as far as
possible, because
they get the
blame for any
taxes and taxes
are never popu-
lar. The Outs
make the most
of this.
This time,
however, the sit
uatlon isn't that
simple.
In the first
place, there is
room for dispute
Evening star., 1947-05-29

arQO ArgueuO,
who succeeded
him 26 days ear
lier as President
of Nicaragua. a
The American
Government was
taken complete
ly by surprise
and when As
sistant Secre-
tary Of State
Spruille Braden
made a phone
call to Managua
for more infor-
nation, after re-
Evening star., 1947-05-29

VN6A dAio sdS0
tions with pay.
Indeed. If it
weren't for one
t h ! n &, summer
would be perfect.
a n d that one
t h i n 6 Is ). the
straw hat. The
moment the sun
jumps over the
solstice, or what
ever 1t does to
C aus e summer,
t h e American
man feels COM
PEELED to go to
the neareSt
Evening star., 1947-05-29

C a. n congress
last fall. The
Republicans are
being held re-
sponsible I a r
and wide for all
legislative poll
cies. b ut the
truth is the Re
publicans + a ! !
often by four or
five votes to
show a ma jority.
If it were not
for a dozen
. e m ocr a t | c
votes from the
South the Sem
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Citizens Meeting Called

Proposed amendments to the con-
stitution of the Rock Greek Hills
Citizens Association will be discuss
ed at a meeting of the group at 8
pm. Tuesday at the Kensington
Md. Junior High School.
Evening star., 1947-05-29
By Constantine BroUn

Neither the State Department nor
the American Embassy In Managua
knew in advance that Gen. Anastasio
Somoza was planning to oust Leon
Evening star., 1947-05-29
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By LoweLL MeUett

One of the issues of the next CAM
paign will be taxes. That Is not SEN
sational news. since taxes are always
one of the issues. The Ins usually
Evening star., 1947-05-29
Congress Defeetions
May Bring COP. Loss
OF Balance Of Power
By David Laurence

Every time the Senate takes a
vote on a major question it becomes
apparent that the American peo-
pie did not really elect a Republic
Evening star., 1947-05-29
McLemore
Cont Resist Urge
To Buy Straw Hat
By Henry McLemors

Summer Is Just about the best OF
the seasons, what with its flowers,
birds, bees, gentle showers, long. lazy
days, those bathing suits the girls
Evening star., 1947-05-29
CiUil Engineer
JOHN G. AHLERS

Solution OF Construction
Prablems--Withtn a budsst
The higkeSt money makers ara IsaK aF
professional assistance and careful MIA
ming.
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Evening star., 1947-08-10

PARIS: Robert Pretot. custom
shoe manufacturer: The people
in power now are men of good will.
They fought we'll in the resistance.
But they appoint men to jobs who
simply do not have the knowledge
or ability to solve the problems
that face them. l am a leader of
the De Gaulle movement. We be-
lieve in a program of national
action cutting across party lines.
What France needs is unity. The
Communists? We didn't deal with
Evening star., 1947-08-10

NORMANDY: The French
~ girl wrote this to a CT before
she died: I'm going to confide
to this white piece of paper. 1t Is
already four months since you
left, far away from me to a differ
ent country. You promised to
write but never have. Why have
you not written? What happened
to you? Maybe, with the distance,
you have forgotten me? But l do
not want to believe this.
IF you had known how much
love you, and I'd like to believe
you would come back to me. Why
did you ask me to be your fiancee?
cannot believe you intended to
leave me like this, would not make
this cruelty.
I'VE first met on the eleventh of
March and then we were engaged
on the eighth of July. I keep the
little flower you gave me as my
greatest treasure. am now very
i'll. Why have you not written
to me? What has happened to
you? Maybe, with the distance,
you have forgotten me?"
Evening star., 1947-08-10

HIROSHIMA: A storekeeper:
Il did not hesitate rebuilding my
house here because there was one
of my brothers children who had
survived. Since he was still young
yet l wanted to educate him and
continue carrying out my broth
er's volition or ambition to edu-
cate his child, so / did not hesitate
building this house again"
GUAM: Oracle Scott, USO enter
tainer: Its about the same as it
was during the war. mean, you
know, living quarters and food and
everything else. The audiences,
though, are little different. Dur
ing the war, l used to get out there
and the CTS used to scream and
yell and they used to enjoy a per-
former at all times. Now, you get
on stage and you do your act and
if they like you, they applaud,
but if they don't like you, why,
they just applaud with profes-
sional courtesy - and that's it."
BERLIN: Correspondent Bill
Downs: 'I'm standing in a place
that, for a long time, is going to
stink in history. I'm standing
about fifty yards from the Reich
Chancellery now, in front of the
bunker where Hitler killed Eva
Braun and then committed sui
eide. It's somehow significant, and
even proper, that MIR. Hitler's
Evening star., 1947-08-10

On the foIlosOing pages, there
is assembled a nostalgia sound
track Of places and people.
They are not meant to be sig
nJfcant. They are there to
bring peterGs.s ard those sCIsO
share their memories up to
date. The reports soill remind
you Of the people who made
history once - and are still
making il today.
Evening star., 1947-08-10
The finest clocks
we've ever mode

Keep your kitchen running on
time! Dunbar (top) has tilted
dial for easy reading. Manor tells
the time with attractive pointer
hands. Both clocks are self-start-
ing. And they bear the famous
name that Identifies a whole fam
lily of Westclox electric and spring
wound alarm clocks, electric time
clocks, wrist and pocket watches.
Some Westclox have plain dials,
others have luminous dials that
you can see in the dark. Westclox
are priced from $2.lO to SIS.