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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

Don't be silly. Instead they needle city officials to
pressure congressman to induce the federal
to help foot the bill for extension of public utilities
and other municipal services without which their lands
would still be untenanted desert end the public
will pay all accounts through taxes and through rentals
to the grounding, daddy of all monopoies.
When socially created values taxed into public
social considerable portion of the mounting of
government will be placed where it belongs
RADIO THE EDUCATOR: Frank Hemingway Gree
advt: XVI Mutual, 7:3O a. m. and 500 D. m Mondays
through Fridays) my avorte because ne
tries to chucke into his necessarily ab recals by
deft turns of words chiaroscuro of infection and pat
mimcries The other day he applied his happy genius
with osogood resuts) to little item which concerned
the action of PhipsEXeter Academy in dropping Greek
and Latin from its must" studies, placing them the
optional list Il used to be great Latinst he said whm
sicay then he added 20. E. D-whch to those who did
not graduate from Phips-Exeter is abbreviaton of
'Quod erat demonstrandum'-A thing which has been
demonstrated
If my radio friend got his Latin from Pc it's no
wonder the academy has given up bad Job Quod
erat demonstrandum translates (Which to be demon
strated."
I'll give Frank H. a Latin quotation which have placed
my family heraldry: "Ne sutOr ultra crepidam"-"Let
the cobber Shoemaker that's me stick his last Hem
ingway should stick to his inimabe of English and
let Shoemaker stick to the last always have and
that's what ails If live little longer l shall
write apopmemtic to qudnunc and mail copy Mr..
hemingway
Another complaint among many which could be made:
On recent Sunday the Chicago Round Table University
of Chicago topeve hghbrow that isl discussed the hous
ing situation. BY of introducing the subject profess
sor said Everybody is talking about housing What
want to find today is who doing some
thing about it We only hope the good professors found
someone who can doing something about housing.
And hows this Qocal newscast by some mcrophonc
escapee from restaurant pearl divng) "A Scarface
Capone has just died from pneumonia and heart failure fol-
ar Nevd iSaaSa
Geography" in new KOMO program: Seattle is
than four thousand miles from Washington D. c." The
fact Seattle is less than three thousand miles by rail and
highway; about $500 by air.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

are given a general insight in the
history of Sweden and the other
Scandinavian countries as well as
Sweden's domestic political and
economic conditions. The two
month summer vacation will be
used to visit several of the Folk
High Schools, at which many Of
the students are expected to act
as teachers in English. Not few
will probably remain in Sweden
after the first year is up, and con-
tlnue their studies in some special
field, like forestry, or social well
fare legislation.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

SlBELlUS: Karl Kruger will be widely remembered here
former able conductor of Seattle Symphony Orchestra
He now directs the Detroit Symphony, musical organiza-
ton heard weekly by radio The other Sunday night Dr.
Kruger directed the orchestra Interpretation of
the Sibeus Second Symphony which only brilliant
In technical performance but reflected profound reading
by the conductor 1t is wonder that the Kruger baton
was inspired Dr. Kruger spent last summer in the
musical centers of Europe Always deep admirer of the
great Finnish master of composition color the
Detroit conductor visited Sibeus in his forest retreat
some 40 miles from Helsnk In few gracious introduce
tory remarks before raising his baton the Sbelius
Second Dr. Kruger said he found the aged Finnish
Maestro little for the which had elapsed since
last he the composer in Helsnk "The listener to
Sibels said Kruger Should remember the wise advice
of great French critic who said the time had come
when the composer of music should be given the freedom
now enjoyed by the painter and the writer Subject mat
ter should be given much weight as the treatment
of it,
This is true amazing that is generally
recognized by those who cultivate musical
literary appreciation The words phrases and form
of the writer the colors and strokes and craftsmanship
of the painter the tones and unity and archtectonc
ture Of the composer-these elements by which
to evauate and enjoy They make any subject inter-
estng absorbing superlatve. No composer has proved
this concusvely than Jan Sibeus.
(Note to Prof. August Werner University of Washing
ton Have you completed that truly magnificent
the great Ffun?)
= THE 'GROUNDHOG An effort is being made to in
duce Congress to to the financial rescue of San
Diego That California city of the West Coast
munties vastly sweled in population by development of
industries. More and more people required public
services Now San Degans want Uncle SAM who ordered
the to help them foot the attendant civic bills
TWO facts pointed up by the request: Cne is the
light sheds of the increasing of govern
ment, federal state and municipal; the other is it's
further proof that the fat person most benefited by
CenterS,
is adequately taxed according to his profits
Vast of desert land surrounding San Diego use
less and virtually vaueess suddenly enriched its
when pressure of the cy's war-swolen population
quired sites for homes But those who had this
sudden wealth dumped in their laps through labor
useful effort of their taxed adequately from the
fortunes thrust upon them? Are they required make
proportonate return to society which created their
earned wealth because it had to have place to live?
Evening star., 1947-11-01
Imuqinury Defenses

The joint maneuvers just begun in
Florida by skeletonized Army, Navy and
Air forces are 80 make-belleVe as to be
reminiscent of the simulated warfare
staged by our ill-equipped troops before
the advent of World War H. In those days
there was not only scarcity of man
power but of up-to-date equipment. To-
day the chief lack is manpower to operate
the ships, tanks and weapons left over
from the late war.
In "Operation Seminole" our ground,
sea and air forces are assuming that an
enemy has invaded the Florida peninsula.
The counterattack is to be in the form OF
an amphibious landing on the west coast
of Florida. But most of the attack will be
purely imaginary. A nonexiStent division
will make the landing" under cover OF
gun and rocket fire from nonexistent
naval task force. On paper the task force
consists of two battleships, heavy
cruiser, light cruiser and three destroy
ers Naval aircraft will strafe, rocket and
bomb opposing troops after taking off
from a nonexistent carrier. Actually the
planes will fly from nearby Pensacola.
The only visible participants in the exer-
else besides the planes will be small
fleet of ships carrying reduced force of
men and limited quantities of motorized
equipment of the I'd Armored Division.
The operation necessarily will be confined
to giving the men training in quickly load
ing and unloading heavy equipment on
beachhead The instructors will be COM
bat-experienced veterans OF amphibious
operations in Europe and in the Pacific.
Such practice operations are of great i'm
portance now, while the regular forces still
have officers and men with the know
how" gained in battle. AS the older men
pass into retirement, their pupils will be
sufficiently trained to take their turns as
instructors. In this way the armed serv-
ices hope to prepare themselves for the
training of whatever manpower may be
called into uniform in some future emer
gency. As of today, the trained forces
Immediately available for defense against
an invader of this continent are admittedly
as inadequate as the current maneuvers
indicate.
Evening star., 1947-11-01
Another Russian Boycott

In declaring that it will boycott the
special Korean commission Overwhelmingly
approved by the General Assembly's Politi-
cal and Security Committee. the Soviet
Union has surprised nobody. 1t has simply
made clear that it intends to resist the'will
of the great majority in Asia not less than
in other parts of the world.
The boycott on Korea is part and parcel
of the overall Russian policy that accounts
for the boycott of the Marshall plan the
boycott of the effort to pacify the Balkans,
and the boycott of so many other United
Nations projects to build decent peace.
The policy is fairly obvious by now: Under
it the Krenlin refuses to Cooperate on
anything but its own terms, and it does
this in order to reap whatever gains it can
from the resulting state of prolonged
abnormality and chaos around the world.
In the case of Korea, what the United
Nations seeks to do is to carry out the
United States proposal for free and honest
elections as a prelude to establishing
truly independent and representative gov
ernment. But that is not what the Rus
slams want. They want the Korean Com
munists to take over. That minority Is
already firmly established in the Soviet
zone of occupation. 1t is backed by an
armed force that would quickly dominate
our zone and transform the whole country
into a Kremlin satellite If the Kremlin
could have its way-if it could sell the idea
Of a simultaneous withdrawal of all oc-
cupying forces without prior elections su-
pervised by the United Nations.
The idea is self-evidently bad 1t would
hand over Korea to a minority regime
which in turn would run the country as a
tool Of the Soviet Union. That is why the
Political and Security Committee of the
General Assembly has voted as it has. So
the Russians, failing to get the majority
Of nations to agree with them, have fatty
refused to agree with the majority. Just
as they intend to boycott the commission
on the Balkans, they intend also to boycott
the commission on Korea In so doing,
they do not make a pretty picture. They
make nothing but trouble, which is what
they want to make because trouble plays
into their hands.
This has become a familiar technique
Being unable to pass impartial interna-
tional inspection in areas they wish to
dominate, the Russians undertake to frus-
trate the United Nations in the hope that
opposition to them will eventually be worn
down and they will get their way. This
can be countered only by an unflagging
U. N. determination not to be worn down.
In face of such determination the Soviet
Union must in time either cooperate with
the rest of mankind or condemn itself to
an outcast's role. 1t is question whether
the men of the Kremlin can afford that
kind of isolation
Evening star., 1947-11-01
ObIiootions of q Civil Servant

AS a citizen of this land of free speech
DR.. Colston e. Warne has perfect right
to criticize the Presidents loyalty program
AS a civil servant he has no right, how
ever, to refuse to submit to 1t. He is
justified in assuming that, on the basis
of his il-founded outburst against the
program, his services as a consultant to
the Presidents Economic Advisory Council
will be terminated
As Justice Holmes and other stanch
defenders of individual rights have pointed
out, citizen has a constitutional right
to do or say many things outside the
public service which are inconsistent with
the obligations of a Government employe.
Justice Holmes once commented in the
case of policeman discharged for po-
litical activity: THE petitioner may have
a constitutional right to talk politics but
he has no constitutional right to be po-
liceman" Civil Service Commissioner
Flemming has cited this statement as ex-
pressing the philosophy underlying all
conditions for Federal employment.
There can be no question as to the con-
stitutional right of the Federal Govern
ment to take measures to insure the 10y
atty of its employees. The Supreme Court
has upheld this right in the Friedman
case. The security measures to which DR..
Warne objects were instituted under an
executive order stemming from such con-
gressional enactments as the Hatch Act
and specific provisions in departmental
Evening star., 1947-11-01
When Permits Expire

Traffic Director George Keneipp'S con-
tention that District motorists should be
given advance notice of expiration of their
drivers permits is in accord with the
feeling of every driver who has suddenly
discovered that his permit is invalid. The
discovery usually comes at the most in
opportune time, as when the trafnc
policeman dismounts from his motorcycle
and popS the usual request to see ones
permit.
Because most motorists are absent
minded about permit renewals, Mr..
Keneipp endeavored several months ago
to resume the prewar practice of notifying
motorists by postcard when renewal time
was imminent. This practice was started
in 1898, with the help of WPA personnel.
With the piling up of permit-issuance work
this year, largely because of advent of
the triennial renewal period, the Traffic
Department was forced to discontinue
sending out expirat ton notices
But because he thinks such notices are
both a desirable public service and a
necessary aid in keeping the department
records of Its quarter million outstanding
permits up to date, Mr.. Keneipp has asked
the Commissioners to approve budgetary
request for an additional clerk to handle
this job BY expending $216S year for
such clerk the motorists of Washington
would be assured of official notification of
impending permit expiration. This is
surely small amount to invest in service
that can avert much public embarrass-
ment and possible difficulty with the police.
Evening star., 1947-11-01
Beach Secured

He Wrote his signature slo1Dly In the sand,
Sloaoly he sealed his final document,
And closed his eyes, 1uith breath and mind
intent
Sunset had gently touched his closing
hand.
His life spread slo,oly, Frightening the
strand
Until each pebble, dipped for sacrament
In his red blood became as fame, then
Shuddering, seeking darkness of the land.
Come, stranger, pause moment, won-
dering aohy:
Your "why" In 1oonderment may cleanse
this strain;
IT "1phy" remembers sunset and these dead,
Not merely hurryir,g on NTH passing SIGH,
Saying 1t Is and altuays thus again;
Struggling, thus youth must alaoays sign
In red. CULLEN JONES.
Evening star., 1947-11-01

disinterested architect give his honest opinion
OF the completed work. If this is the type of
job Mr.. Gwinn desires in veterans homes,
he is talking against himself. Two union plas-
terers working together could do far more work
per day than six persons who had been push
ing trower" for three months, and an 1ntelli-
gent child Of 10 could see the superiority Of
the finished union work.
Plastering, in form, started when men, after
the imitation of the beaver and Ne birds,
spread mud to fill the crevices Of their rude
homes; 1t is found in the pyramids of Egypt,
executed at least four thousand years ago; and
during the Renaissance plasterers provided the
beauty for the interior, and In many instances
the exterior, of the most attractive examples of
the builders art.
At the present time I am on job which
could never be completed if the eight plasterers
working there now were removed and replaced
by Mr.. Gwinn's rough plasterers."
I could get technical about three-coat work
and the water-pressure spray, but more impor-
tant, I think, is the question of what would
happen to these partially trained men when the
recession comes? Would the builders continue
to pay them the prevailing wage scale? Would
they hire more competent men? My guess is
they would offer wage far below the prevail
Ing scale, which these men would have to accept
or starve, because no sensible plastering con-
tractor would put them on the payroll.
will be happy, at any time, to give Mr.. Sui
Ivan or Mr.. Gwinn light on subject which
seems very dark to them, namely, plastering
CHARLES J. OMEYER.
Evening star., 1947-11-01
Armory for the Guard

To the Editor OF The Star:
Many of the articles concerning the National
Guard Armory are, to say the least, dangerous
to the welfare of the National Guard itself.
The War Department and the Secretary of
National Defense had set date for a gigantic
recruiting campaign for the District of Colum-
bia National Guard and the State National
Guard organizations but what we are mainly
concerned with is the District of Columbia
Guard The campaign has been called Opera
ton 88, 1888" and has worked fairly well, but it
unfortunately has received bad publicity. Tax
payers have spent their money for the Guard
and also for this recruiting drive. It should
not be fitting for any person to speak against
what the taxpayers have paid for.
In reference to the statement that the armory
is not fit meeting place for the public, may
we say that 1t is one of the finest and best
equipped meeting places in the United States
today? Will it be better meeting place if the
District of Columbia government owns it? 1t
has been said by one of the leading businessmen
of this city that the Armory is firetrap. Since,
in all probability, the building never has had a
visit from this businessman, most intelligent
people would regard this statement as tictional
and would choose to discard 1t.
The only burnable portion of the Armory is
the drill floor. All other portions of the Armory
are UlaQe OIL COIlCTeIe, SCOIe ana metal. ExltS
are plentiful; much more SO than In we'll
known sports arena, Or theater or any number
of instances.
Do not lose sight of the fact that the District
of Columbia National Guard Armory was given
to the National Guard as meeting place. The
building was built expressly for the purpose of
gathering together and maintaining men to
protect this city in time of national emergency.
Since the Home Show affair at the Armory
1t is plain to see that the District Is interested
only in the revenues to be realized from the
rental Of the building. Also, why were not the
exits checked when the FBI had its thousands
of employees working here?
If the Armory was built for the National
Guard, why can't the National Guard have it?
TWO JOES.
Evening star., 1947-11-01
Record Ban 'Preposterous'

To the Editor of The Star:
Let's think ahead to 1850. All the stocked
recordings have been released, and reissues
have run their course. Where then are all the
new jobs for poor, downtrodden unemployed
union musicians?
How about small radio stations? No. income
Is eff there because Of mediocre programs re-
sulting in loss of sponsors and listeners.
Can teen-agers hire musicians for dancing?
Can individuals replace record players with
musicians?
The whole thing is preposterous. Unem-
ployment, not prosperity, would be the result
But the fault lies in us, the public. We gave
these men, Petrillo, Lewis and their ik, the
power they fiaunt. Now we must regulate 1t.
This record ban Is direct challenge. Let's
regulate union power before 1t hurts too many
people. n. PAUL MURRAY.
Evening star., 1947-11-01

of an established playwright but which Is
scarcely justified when, as the program plainly
states, original plays are produced by the uni
versity to teach and encourage beginning writ
ers Instead of being amazed at finding so
soundly constructed q venture in a field, his
torical tragedy, which was not intended for
Broadway consumption, H. M. directed wither-
ing epithets toward Miss Kuhn for having
fallen short of what Shakespeare might have
produced today II wed to Agnes De Mile. Such
total denunciation might well turn any sens1-
tive young writer to less humiliating fields OF
endeavor. No wonder America has developed
few dramatists competent IN either history or
poetry, when the first tentative shoots in such
new directions are crushed. Where was Jay
Carmody on this occasion? I might suggest
that his time would be better spent in writing
such reviews himself instead of attending "B'
movies so that he can be witty in Sunday broad
casts about the lack of originality in our
writer's
"Rebel's Empire" as I saw it on Sunday, Is
good entertainment, never obviously amateur
ish either in writing or production. 1t also
deserves credit for attempting to bring ideas
to life-a trend which must be developed Il
OUR stage Is ever to discuss anything but boy
meets-girl or pony -wins-race. Most Broadway
playwrights could not handle an idea as we'll
as does Miss Kuhn. Admittedly those OF us
who are not Catholic could wish for Just'one
c. U. original in which no one produces cru
cifix or refers to the blessed saints, but such
references were not incongruous IN this case.
H. M. cannot ever have been playwright or
teacher himself, or he would have more appre-
citation of the creative effort involved. 1t Is
the critics function to inform the public what
to expect of play, but not to launch vicious
and unwarranted attacks without word OF
constructive advice. If the critic must display
his wit and vocabulary in Snowy denunciations
let him save them for the dozens OF established
writer's and producers who have recently
affronted Washingtonians with musicals, plays
and cinemas Of the slick, trivial, rubber-stamp
variety. .. Y.
Evening star., 1947-11-01
Exit the 'Common-Mun Front

With the resignation of Guglielmo Gian-
mini from the presidency of Italy's Com
mon-Man-F Front Party" one of the most
curious political episodes of postwar
Europe is probably destined to disappear
from the scene.
The meteoric rise of this movement at
tracted intense interest, not only In Italy
but also among political observers abroad.
It's sensational progress was undoubtedly
due to its clever appeal to popular dis
illusionment tinged with that sophisticated
cynicsm characteristic of the Italian
mentality
The idea behind the movement germi-
mated in the mind of Guglielmo Giannini,
a red-haired Neapolitan with Scottish
mother, Giannini had never previously
been in politics. Indeed his interests had
been wholly unpolitical, his profession
being connected with the stage and screen.
The loss of his only son in the war crystal
lized his growing disgust with the political
systems and methods which had brought
only inefficiency, corruption, time-Serving,
and finally disaster in losing war. The
upshot of his misanthropic brooding was
political program inspired by hardboiled
realism and intended to appeal to the
little man." the type our cartoonists like
to depict as John @. Public" Giannini
proposed a general housekeeping Of poll
tics Augean stables under the slogan:
"Out with all the professional politicians!"
In their stead, he wanted to install nom
political government and administration
composed of qualified experts pledged to
run the nations affairs on pragmatic,
nonpartisan basis. Giannini called his
movement "Uomo Qualunque" which
means literally any-or-every man, but Is
best translated as the common-man front.
One of the ways in which Giannini put
his idea over was through effective satire.
His weekly organ, Uomo Qualunque, and a
later daily, Buonsenso Common sense)
mercilessly ridiculed existing parties and
political personalities by cleverly written
articles and striking cartoons. The effect
was electrical. Within few months the
common-man front was piling up votes in
both local and parliamentary elections,
while the organization was supported by
an impressive number of dues-paying
members. 1t looked for while as though
dIlQ Ills lIOFculCIlG CA1dllSC
the face of Italian political life.
However, the movement seems to have
lacked truly constructive appeal. Giannini
was ready to play with anybody, from ex-
Fascists to Communists, for his own ends,
which remained nebulous. AS the popular
| mood changed from blank disillusionment
| to wishful determination for constructive
action. Giannini's doctrine appeared more
| and more one of sterile protest and i'm
practical scheming. This was reflected in
| the ranks of his own organization and
brought about contest for leadership in
which he has just been worsted. His res
| ignation from the presidency of the party
was undoubtedly made under pressure.
Whether Giannini remains technically in
the organization as a simple follower or
tries to start secessionist split seems i'm
material. The movement itself apparently
is on the way out as an effective political
force.