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Evening star., 1947-08-21

we can deny all r,lmors. Mrs. Ham
ilton has no connection with the
Club Cairo, is not going to take
over the operation of the Club
Cairo and has no plans that involve
the Club Cairo. In fact. disappoint-
ing as it may be to those who would
like to see the Troika's proprietress
back on the after dark scene. she
has no night club plans at all at the
moment.
n X y
An operative of this department
who had nothing better to do yes
terday afternoon than listen to a
radio program called Double or
Nothing reports that Dona Mason
was one of the contestants in the
California studio. Won $40. Would
have won $50 if she could have an
Evening star., 1947-08-21

swered the jackpot question by
knowing the number of immigrants
admitted to the country in a year
y II \ X
We were minding our own bust
ness at the Madrillon the other
night when We overheard one of
two girls at the next table suddenly
turn on the man with them
"Lissen, you," she said, there's
one thing We have in common; !;
we're not common!"
Evening star., 1947-08-21
Winfree Named Vice Consul

Robert w. Winfree, liz v street
NE, OF the State Departments for
eign service. has been named third
secretary and vice consul at Brussels,
it was announced today.
The Valley settler., 1947-10-16
01ARI<E I POTATOES

It might pay farmers good dividends to ratch tho potato market closely at this time. From all indications it would .ap- roar that prices will tond to rise during the year more than they have already risen From the Agricultural reports on Crop Es- inmates, TIC find this in2o1Gation: In July, 18 surplus states indie ated that thcir proda ction would be about 75p Of the -9A6 crop. The 29 late states reported anout '74b of tho l946 producti on. Further comparison vi tn previous years averages indicated that the production as est mated vas less than 9095 Of the 1936-45 average yield in the late states. In the surplus states it was 93P of the l945-46 average.
 On September 26--reports state that tho ar.ount Of acreage over tho states uas G8%5 Of the l946 yield or l225 short. Due to very dry condi tions in many Of these states produc tion had fallen to 66% of tho l946 yield.
 AS production falls, prices go up. This io utat is happening in the potato mar let so far---
 Seattle price to Retailers
The Valley settler., 1947-10-16

NYCity milk sal os were lover, due in part to consumer resistance, uhi1e Boston re- ported sal os as on the lowest level for a considerable period Of t inc. Milk is ii surplus in Philadelphia with lover sales. No surplus ~epo1 ted at San Franc isco ,-- ith prodlc tion close to it's lou DO tnt, buj sales est inat4d 1O% olov last V ars Butter markets havo docl ined 9AarN5y on Consumer resi- stance.
The Valley settler., 1947-10-16

Lorkot reports show these comments on the market:
 Sept. 6. "Potato market holding fiIm.b : Sept: F: "Potato market very fi1m.n~ Sept. 26. "Potato market vii not Slump as supplies consi derably shorter than ori6inally est imated."
 Oct. 4. "Potato prices continue to advance and there is little chance of any decline.
 E00 PRICES to Rota1lors<
Evening star., 1947-06-10
Bells of Freedom

Old Christ Church in Philadelphia has
two new bells in its belfry. Members of
a neighborhood businessmen's association
contributed the money for their purchase.
They were made at the Meneely Bell Works
at Troy, New York, oldest bellcasters in
America" and represent exactly the right
tones to complement eight bells brought
over from England in 1854. Plans for their
manufacture and installation were devel-
oped in the dark days of World War II.
They symbolic the hopes of their donors
for peace and liberty worth ringing bells
about
The smaller bell. weighing $50 pounds,
sounds G-sharp; the larger $40 pounds in
weight Is in the tone Of F. Their introduc-
ton into the original series makes possible
the playing of hymns which previously
could not be rendered. Thus they connote
an expansion of power and utility COM
parable with the aspiration of men Of
good will everywhere for greater, happier
harmony.
1t Is an important part of the story
of the new Bells of Freedom" that the
metal for them came from guns and other
engines of destruction captured from the
Germans, the Italians and the japanese
President Truman and Army ordnance
officers co-operated in the project. To
them as to the public at large the idea
of implements Of strife being turned into
instruments for the celebration of the
beneficent fruits of victory possessed COM
pelling appeal.
But the bells of Old Christ Church can
not sound without human aid like the
blessings to which they are pledged they
are mute except as they are played by
men. The sermon implicit in them needs
not to be argued. No music of praise to
God now or hereafter will come from them
until that music has been created In the
hearts and in the minds Of people.
Evening star., 1947-06-10

mutserinss about the orneriness Of those
people Nature itself Is the villain Of the
piece here. The Russians do not conspire
in Northern Siberia-the coldest place In
the world-to annoy US with rain, wind.
snow and bitter wintry weather. Possibly
they might like to do that, but the simple
fact Is that they cannot.
The Russians, of course, are adept at
disturbing the political atmosphere, but
they cannot help 1t II their country is
the birthplace of a lot Of our nasty
weather. It just so happens that that is
how the world is made. There is no sense
in getting mad about it. Storms are nom
political, neutral, entirely bereft of ideol-
ogieS. The ones from Siberia have no
Interior motives and follow no party line.
As matter of fact, If the Soviet govern
ment were more like them in this sense
direct and fairly predictable, though rough
and unpleasant-it would be easier to live
with.
Let us not confuse the two. Let us hope,
instead, that some day the world will be
able to get along with the Krenlin at least
as well as it has been getting along with
the weather for ages past. Hope springs
eternal-or does 1t?
Evening star., 1947-06-10
Future ORGANIZATION of the Chest

The Federation OF Citizens Associations
would have been better advised on Satur-
day night to delay its recommendations
concerning the Community Chest VOL
untary committee of citizens, at the invi-
tation of the Chest, has been studying
Its present functioning and its future
organization for many weeks. The Fed
Grafton is represented on that committee
and the committee has not yet made its
report.
We face the need for action in connec-
ton with the Community Chest future
organization and its member agency, the
Council of Social Agencies. But that
action should be based on the sort OF
careful study that the citizens committee
Is devoting to the problem now.
The Washington Community Chest has
been, In one respect superseded by crea-
ton of the Community Chest Federation.
The Community Chest Federation will
absorb some of the functions previously
discharged by the Washington Chest. 1t
will conduct the united campaign for
funds. It will collect the pledges and 1t
will allocate, to the six Community
Chests of the Metropolitan Area-includ-
ing Washington's Chest-the contributed
funds. The six local Chests will, in turn,
allocate their receipts to their own member
agencies.
Obviously, the time has come for
reorganization of the Washington Com
munity Chest. 1t is possible that some of
the Chest functions and those of the
Council of Social Agencies-mainly those
of planning and ordinating-might well
be combined. Some cities have adopted
that plan. There Is a feeling here that
the council, a member agency, has little
or no responsibility to the Community
Chest That should be cleared up through
proper reorganization. The citizens COM
mittee now investigating the Chest may
recommend some such plan for considera-
ton by the trustees.
One sure way to break up the principle of
D unified Community Chest appeal to the
community, however, is for any single
group to insist upon laying down the law
as to what agencies do and do not belong
sn the Chest The wiser approach would
be TO seek some redehnition generally
acceptable to the community as whole,
Of the role and the conduct which will
determine an agency's eligibility to Chest
membership Agencies which do not or
cannot conform should seek their funds
elsewhere. 70 make group hostility to
any agency in the Chest the criterion of
Chest eligibility, however, is to invite
return to the inefficient, wastefu method
of individutl and numerous appeals by
welfare agencies. None OF us wants to
see that happen
Evening star., 1947-06-10
The KremIin's Offensive

Workers of all political compilations
appear to be behind the railway strike in
France. 1t has grown out OF widespread
dissatisfaction with low wages and high
prices. Yet, though 1t is not something
brought about by the Communists alone,
they are making the most OF 1t. It is a
hne tool In their hands. With 1t they can
do much to paralyze the national economy
and perhaps cause the downfall of the
Ramadier government. They are not
represented in the cabinet; they have
power and influence without response
bility; in short, they are in good position
to deepen discomfort, spread disorder, and
sell themselves to many a crisis-weary
Frenchman as the only party capable of
putting things to rights.
Time alone can tell whether the Com
munists will succeed In this sense or
whether Premier Ramadier will manage
to ride out the storm. Meanwhile, how
ever, it seems clear enough that the sit
uation fits in neatly with the general
picture of Kremlin INSPIRED theological
offensive throughout the whole of Europe
The offensive extends beyond the iron
curtain" 1t Is not limited to Hungary,
Bulgaria and other countries within the
orbit of direct Soviet dominance. 1t
reaches outside that area, and outside
Austria and Germany, to capitalize on any
and every economic or political weakness
to be found In the west. At the moment
1t Is being promoted in France by the way
in which the French Communists are
avrlnffty,6 foa 1xyev - riL
or next month, it may find similar express
sion in Italy, where the italian Com
nlunists are primed to make as much
trouble as possible for Premier de Gasperis
new government
The pattern seems almost obvious.
Directly by its own actions or indirectly
through the actions OF the Communist
parties in different countries outside its
sphere, Moscow has been following course
than can hardly be described as anything
other than making capital of chaos. Com
munisn thrives on social misery, political
disorder and economic stagnation-three
conditions that Soviet policy has been
aimed at precipitating or prolonging
wherever possible. There is no other
rational explanation of Russian policy.
Certainly, nothing could be better calcu-
lated to delay Europe's recovery, Illustrate
the building Of decent peace, and create
an atmosphere conducive to the further
spread of MARKHAM totalitarianism
Free peoples will be making a grave
mistake If they are complacent about this
or do no more than talk against it. It
cannot be countered in that way. The
Western European countries, as secre-
tary Marshall has proposed, need to
take bold measures They need to work
out some joint plan to speed their COM
mon recovery, and that plan needs to have
the full economic support Of the United
States. The railway strike in France
which may be followed by like trouble in
Italy-indicates that such a program will
be far from easy But still, despite all
difficulties, there must be concrete action
on a large scale and soon. To do nothing
would be merely to invite the Kremlin to
take everything within its grabbing reach
and put lasting blight on liberty
everywhere.
Evening star., 1947-06-10
Wushinuton Election

To the extent that national political
trends can be deduced from single
congressional election-and considerable
wishful thinking Is apt to go into such
deductions-the victory OF Republican
Russell v. Mack in Washington State is
encouraging to those who believe in the
foreign policy of this Government.
For Mr.. Mack, although Republican,
built his campaign around his whole
hearted support OF the policies advocated
by President Truman and Endorsed by a
bipartisan majority in Congress.
His Democratic opponent, Charles Saw
age, ducked the foreign policy issue, con-
centrating his fire on the record of the
went into the district and spoke twice In
Mr.. Savage's behalf, declaring that Savage
Is the kind of man I want to see in
Congress"
Thus, the foreign policy dispute was at
issue in the election, and the decision of
the voters can legitimately be construed
as an Endorsement of what this Govern
ment is trying to do in Greece and other
places. Mr.. Savage had been Endorsed also
by President Truman, but this presumably
was due to expedient considerations of
partisan politics.
As was to have been expected, Mr..
Wallace is trying to discount the signifi-
canoe of the election by saying that Mr..
Savage was not his candidate. Maybe not
But one is entitled to the suspicion that
Mr.. Wallace would be singing a different
tune If Mr.. Savage had won. Such q
result could have been interpreted as a
reputation OF the Truman policies, and
the chances are about 100 to i that Mr.
Wallace would have so interpreted 1t.
Evening star., 1947-06-10

control was headed by college professor. In
accepting these Government positions every
one OF these college professors necessarily must
have repudated the science of political econ
omy which is founded upon natural law as
provided by the Creator. Logically, it is only
step from this attitude of present day in
telligentsia to the assumption that there is no
such thing as the moral law; that right and
wrong are merely relative terms; that honesty
and justice are only to be considered in their
relation to expediency; and that the mandate
only God can make law should be changed
to read, "only government can make law"
HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Wichita Kansas.
Evening star., 1947-06-10
Expedient View of Rights
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
An excellent illustration Of the current
thought of our intelligentsia concerning the
nature OF law and human rights is provided
in a recent article by Richard E. Danielson
on "The Right to Strike In the Atlantic
Monthly Says Mr.. Danielson in part: Rights
come and go: they expand and contract; they
are Cancelled by common consent or as the
result OF force, =. Human rights are amend
able, transitory, impermanent arrangements.
- AS an individual you have no right or
claim to anything. . 1t is the public itself
which has granted that right" In other words,
there is no such thing as an unalienable right!
The philosophy upon which MFR. Danielson's
article Is based Is that which apparently pre-
walls in our colleges and universities today and
has been responsible for the economic expert
ments provided by the so-called Brain Trust
In the NRA, the OPA and similar legislation
OF the New Deal administration. Important
evidence Of this is the fact that every one Of
the many divisions Of the oPA price and rent
Evening star., 1947-06-10
Our Weather and Russiu

It turns out now that Russia is largely
responsible for the storms that sweep
down over the northern half Of our con-
tinent. Heretofore we have blamed the
Arctic Basin for breeding them and letting
them loose to trouble us, but our weather
experts have Just discovered that they are
brewed in Siberia.
There are those who may find this
symbolical of something or other, or who
may feel that the thing is the crowning
example of how the Soviet Union is going
out of its way to harass US. Let us be
scientific about 1t, however. Let us be fair
and calm. 1t is not matter that iustifies
a sharp note to the Kremlin q angry
Evening star., 1947-06-10
The Eccentric

The vtllagers refer to her as "odd'
And comment on the curious Day the
shops: ....5-
Dreaming little oDer carrot tops,
Thunbing the sickness of the peas green
pod;
Selecting radishes as she Mould roses,
Holding them up Dith broccoli or cress
Against the neckline OF her ginghdm dress,
Oblipious to attitudes and poses.
She buys the can that ,oears the brightest
label,
Cookies and prunes and breakfast cereals
In cellophane-toith these materials
She sets colorful-if Ionely-tGble,
Scribbles a poem, trims last ssnsnssr's Nat.
Starving for beauty IN her sttSc Ese.
COSETTH MIDDLETON
Evening star., 1947-06-10
Red ChuIIenqe in Italy

The Italian Communist Party has
thrown down the gauntlet to the new
government headed by Premier Alcide de
Gasperi. This is obvious from the long
and strongly worded manifesto just issued
by the party The manifesto states that
Il will fight the Premier, no matter what
his program may be- because 1t asserts
that the italian workers can have no
confidence in government from which
Communists are excluded. 1t does, how
ever, imply that the struggle will be
limited to democratic means" and that
the Communists will not be pushed into
antidemocratic adventures" This is inter-
preted as meaning that the Communists
will refrain from insurrection or other
forms of violence, at least for the time
being. But the manifesto does state that
every effort will be made to overthrow the
government by parliamentary methods,
especially by bringing about a vote of
confidence in the Constituent Assembly.
And a debate has already started there
as test of the governments legislative
strength
The parliamentary status OF the present
government is none too secure. De Gas
peris main reliance is on his own party,
the Christian Democrats. Catholic party,
somewhat left of center, which CORE
spends to the M r. P. in France. Along
side it are ranged the minority rightwing
Socialists, who have seeded from the
feft-wingers since the latter cooperate
with the Communists and are likewise
excluded from the cabinet. Finally, there
are certain minor moderate groups, to-
gether with some nonpolitical financial
and economic specialists. The rightist
parties, while not in the government, are
expected to support 1t as against the Com
munists. But this, in turn, means that
De Gasperi must maneuver carefully in
order not to arouse rightist hostility as
we'll
Remuneration of violence by the Com
munists does not exclude the employment
Of strikes for political as well as economic
reasons, with the object of harassing the
government, hurting its prestige, and
intensifying confusion in the national life
This is made clear by the action of the
Communist-dominated Italian General
Confederation of Labor, which has Just
Endorsed the political strike as legitimate
weapon for the promotion of working
class interests. We may therefore antici-
pate crippling labor stoppages similar to
those now taking place in France, unde,
Evening star., 1947-06-10
ommunist inspirataon, and fcr tte seme

Communist inspiration, and for the same
ends.
Premier de Gasperi is obviously engaged
on a risky gamble. His hope Is that his
bold stand will rally patriotic Italian sen
timent and simultaneously assure effective
aid from America to tide over the coun-
try's desperate financial and industrial
crisis. If he succeeds in this, he may stem
the tide of popular discomfort which fayors
communism and get a favorable verdict at
the polls in the parliamentary elections
slated for next autumn. But much may
happen in the meanwhile.
Evening star., 1947-06-10

Signs OF stagnahon In the construction
industry constitute . warning to the rest OF
the economy
: Prices have risen to fantastic heights and
are still edging fractionally higher. Under
the weight Of the cost burden, the housing
program has begun to sag unmistakably and
much commercial and industrial building has
been postponed or cancelled.
The Commerce Department-which earlier
predicted housing construction volume OF
$4,000, 100000 for this year-now expects
volume of only between $4250, 10000 and
$4,000, 100000.
Housing Expediter Creedon and Housing
Administrator Foley both have repeatedly
warned that costs must be reduced II homes
are not to be priced out Of the market.
Half Billion Drop in Permits.
Permits for all urban construction in the
first three months Of this year fell to $923,-
00O00o--a drop of $5l5yooo0o0 from the total
for the same period last year. Construction
contracts awarded in the 81 States east Of
the Rocky Mountains dropped 1s per cent
in April OF this year below the volume for
the corresponding month last year
Despite the continuing housing shortage,
fewer new houses have been started through
out the country in the first four months OF
LnN year IMAM III Cne same pcrloQ last year,
when material shortages held up production.
Builders in some parts of the Nation COM
plain that completed houses are moving slowly,
or not at all The April quarterly review of
the construction situation prepared by the
Commerce Department reports the general
atmosphere of the residential construction in
dustry is disturbing" Continuing, 1t says
Builders appear to be increasingly reluctant
to start new projects because of expectations
that both construction costs and the prices of
finished houses are due for drop.
Reports are also accumulating concerning
the difhculty of selling newly completed houses.
and 1t Is clear that the housing market is
far less active at the present time than it
was some months ago."
Employment Falling OF.
The gloomy picture is also beginning to be
reflected in employment figures. According to
the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, on-site employ
ment in new private residential construction In
April this year was 900 workers. in COM
Evening star., 1947-06-10
Questions Anent Russia

In an editorial printed June you state
1.-THE one thing that emerges from all this Is
another laundering example of Moscows bad
faith. Once again the men in the Kremlin are
cynically and brazenly welching on an agree
ment they have specifically made" And ask:
Is this new? Have they ever paid their written
word as much respect as they expect us to do?
I say: No! And again, haven't we been as
patient as one can reasonably expect with
them? Haven't we again and again bowed to
their wants and wishes? Haven't we had
enough2 The answer Is Yes! And as for your
question Of: How can We do business with
such people? My reply is: What would you
do to a rattlesnake after 1t has struck at you?
GEORGE c. BURTON.