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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

huge general fund surplus. unan-
ticipated high revenue and other
facets Of fiscal policy. While that
it is important it is easy to see
that neither the governor, nor the
presiding officer Of either branch
Of the legislature or any member
Of the council of state had a great
deal to do with it. Such credit as
may accrue is due more to failure
of state officials to interfere with
normal course than for any action
during the past two years.
POLICY Fact is, the revenue
act which produced 122 million
dollars in general fund revenue
last year is in all essential fea-
lures the same that yielded only
thirty mllliQk in 1888. When the
revenue acfsSf 1888 was adopted
Gregg Cherry Of Castor was a
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changed her mind because. acceptance
of the invitation might be construed
as action against the Soviet Union"
The entire cabinet, according to the re-
port, approved the change in decision
after a telephone call from Communist
Premier Klement Gottwald in Moscow.
He made the call after an interview
with Soviet Prime Minister Stain. Thus,
Russia changed Czechoslovakia's mind.
Today, the little country in a mem
Der of the Soviet bloc boycotting an
economic effort to return .normalcy to
Europe. Others are Russia, Poland,
Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, Bull
garia, Albania and Finland. All are vas
sails to Communism. They are not eve
free enough to take badly needed aid,
offered by those who have no desire
to influence their present or future
politics. Their status is exactly the
same of the pre-World was II Czechs,
and others who came under Nazi domi-
nation. They are, as far as the United
States, is concerned, in a state of servi-
ture to Communism which leaves them
helpless in their war wreckage.
The East-West rift in Europe is
wider today than eve before. On one
side are Russia and her eight friends.
On the other are Britain, France, Aus
tria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxem-
bourg, Fire, Iceland, Norway, Swe-
den, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Por-
tugal, Greece and Turkey. Spain was
not invited.
Of all kidnapped into the Soviet obit,
Czechoslavakia strikes us. with the most
pity and significance. 1t seems only a
short time ago that she was going down
before military expediency. Now it is
an economic and political one. But back
of this feeling is the fear that another
pattern is being cut on old, familiar
lines for a garment-war-the world
cannot don anytime soon unless it
wants to court complete destruction.
Meanwhile, our sympathies again go
out to the Czechslovakia, whose geog-
raphy makes it impossible for her to
enjoy the freedom and peace she de-
serves. Fate simply put her in the
wrong neighborhood.
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Capitol Square

tricably involved in sharing re-
sponsibility for two others.
BIENN1uM - Since the bienni-
UNI commencing six months after
Inauguration is the only full fiscal
period for which a governor has
exclusive responsibility, brief re-
view of the Cherry administration
for that period may be in order.
1t will be necessary of course to
consider the first six months of
the term embracing the legisla-
ture of 1945 which largely set the
pattern for the administration. Al
so the 1947 legislature must get
attention, although relatively few
of the important laws enacted
then became effective until begin
ming of the second biennium.
FINANCES-A great deal has
been said and written about the
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Major Party VcAe

The latest figure compares with
1913 per cent in the 1914 presi-
Dental election, when the late
President Roosevelt defeated
Thomas E. Dewey, and with S.
per cent in 1910 when Roosevelt
beat Wendell Willkie.
In Analysing the Democrats to-
day two factors must be taken in
to account-G) the basic strength
of the party and ca the popularity
of President Truman. The presi-
Dental popularity index. base don
the question, DO you approve or
disapprove Of the way Mr.. Truman
is handling mis- job as president?'
is a widely fluctuating, almost
mercurial index, rejecting changes
of opinion based on day-to-day
events or statements. In a short
period Of two years, for example,
Mr.. Truman's personal popularity
as measured by that index has
gone from 81 per cent down to 81
per cent and back W to 81 per
cent, which is the figure today.
The Institutes index of party
strength, on the other hand, is a
much more stable indication OF
political sentiment. During t h e
past twelve years it has proved
highly accurate in anticipating
voting intention. The two indexes
usually shift in the same direc-
ton, though in different degrees.
When the presidents popularity
declines for a considerable period
Of time, the party strength index
usually declines, and when t h e
president is on the upswing the
other index moves up.
The Democratic party today
draws its voting strength mainly
from farmers, manual workers,
big city voters and young people
the same groups Except the farm
ers) which kept re-electing Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The problem facing Mr.. Tru-
man in 1913 is whether he can
hold those groups in line for him
self as MI. Roosevelt did, or
whether they will find the Re-
publican candidate. and G.. o. P.
ideas, more attractive.
It is still more than a year to
presidential voting day. and Nance
no forecast Of how Truman and
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bbledygO

One reason the Soviet government
wouldn't let a Russian woman leave
her country to join her Canadian hus-
band, Deputy Foreign Minister Vishin-
sky explained the other day, is that
women talk too much"
Maybe so, Mr.. Vishinsky. But did
you ever heard of that fine old mascu-
line marathon of American government
the congressional filibuster?
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even remotely possible. The per-
sonality of the man picked by the
Republicans to run against him,
the economic situation at home
and the course of u foreign
policy will all weigh in the bal
ance as voters 20 to the polls.
But at this early date it is in
teresting to compare the strength
of the Democratic party by groups
with past performance at election
time in 1914 and 1910. This shows
among other things, the gains that
have been made since 1914 among
farmers.
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Around Capitol Square
Cherry administration Completes First Biennium

ranking member Of the house H.
nance committee under chairman
ship Of the venerable Rufus A.
Doughton OF Allegheny. Cherry
had a large part. in drafting the
revenue act of 1888, which was
continued without material change
until 1899 when it was made ''per-
manent''-and has been continued
since with only minor amend
ments. It is interesting to note
that Cherry was also in the 1899
session ranking member of the
house finance committee, after
serving as its chairman in 1895
and as speaker in 1897. Moving
over to the senate side. Cherry
served on the finance committees
Of that body in both the 1941 and
1913 sessions.
INFLUENCE = Point Of inject
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Behind The New,
Bloc Is Given
A Mew MeQninp
BY W
AP Foreign Affairs Anaiys,

Now that the Russian Bloc,
satellite nations in Eastern r.,
rope has been designated clearly
we shall find it illuminating if
pause to devote a bit of ,ao,us.
to the meaning of the ts1n
"bloc." A
A bloc Of nations, in its gensr.,
ly accepted sense, is a gronr
which has willingly combined =.
achieve some objective
common interest. Membership ~; ~
the bloc is voluntary.
Now in examining the Russia,
bloc we find an interesting davi'
alton from the ordinary defiuitior
The element of willingness is laol,
ing in much. if not all. Of thi.
association. tina: is, willingness M
the part of the people as a wbo,a
in the various nations. For Nv
ample. Hungary, Romania and
Poland were among countris.
commun!zcd over protests BY ths
United States and Britain th,+
strong-arm methods were beinu
employed so the will of the gpns
eral public vas being smothered
The most recent demonstrates,
and it has drawn shocked ey.
pressions from the Western world
is Czechcslovakia's withdrawn
from the Paris economic confer.
ence on orders from Moscow. And
in r.assing we can't overlook that
Greek troops have been fighting
a not battle near the Albania
frontier against Red guerrilla
forces which Greece charges ara
supported by her Communists
neighbors and are aiming 10 es.
tablish a Communist state. A ma.
jority report of the United Nations
Balkan commission recently IN.
held the charge that Communistjc
Albania. Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
were aiding the Red rebellion
against the Athens government.
Unhappy One
So the Russian bloc is an un.
willing and unhappy one. The
mere fact that a Communist gov
eminent may be in control of .
country doesn't necessarily mean
that it speaks for the population
as a whole. 1t means that the op.
ponents of the government are,
for the time being, either afraid
to protest or are unable to regis.
ter a useful opposition.
Moscow had several reasons for
creating this bloc. One was TO
spread Communism. Another was
to increase the political and eco,
nomic prestige of the Soviet
Union. A third, and very impor-
tant ,ne, was to extend its sphere
of influence westward for military
security.
On paper the bloc is a formi-
dable one that at first glance
would seem to fulfill all the pur-
poses for which it was built. How
ever, when we consider that it is
made up of unwilling units we see
that it provides a highly unstable
barrier between Russia and the
Western democracies which she
diStruSrS so much,
1t is unstable because it cuts
across a section of Europe which
includes countries that long have
been famous for their love OF
liberty and for their fierce defense
of freedom. Among them are
sturdy fighting folk like the b.
hemians, the Serbs. the Poles. ne
Czechs, the Slovaks and the Firms.
Can any doubt that Russia will
have to sit on the lid of this melt
ing-pot? She herself, better than
anyone else, must realize this be-
cause many Of the populations in
her bloc belong to her own Slave
race of fighters who so often have
revolted against oppression.
Coercion isn't tine right cement
to mold a bloc together indeflnl-
tely.
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Next Wednesday: The fourth
and final article in this Gallup .
Political ScOreboard Series will
survey the relative strength to-
day of possible Republican pres
identiaI candidates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13
Ford Co. Changes
Time Card Rule,
Smoking Ban Eased

DETROIT, July 12-P-A tradl'
ton established by the late Henry
Ford, that salaried employees right
up to top-bracket executives punch
time clocks, will be terminated b!
the new management of the fofo
Motor company.
This change effective Aug. j.
was revealed today in a memo
randum to the company's 25'OVo
salaried workers from Henry Fora
II company president and grand
son of the founder.
They checked in and out at me
start and end of the day and al
the beginning and end Of luncn
periods.
The elder Ford's rigid mo smok.
ing" rule also has been relaxed
somewhat so that visitors in tho
lobby Of the main building may
smoke and employees are permitted
to smoke in the lunch rooms.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

Bales of cotton stored for more
than 80 years have betn FOUND
to have practically no deterioTa'
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-13

The trend by size of commun-
ity for the non-farm population
shows a fairly stable picture:
% Democratic
1910 1910 Today
Towns under
10000 ----52% 1920 $50
Cities 10, 1000
500, 600 ---54 81 50
Cities over
500, 600 ----61 81 So
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parties is to be held later before
final action is taken.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
with Bill Leetch

by mountain ranges, and the slow
run-off, because Of continued cold
weather, will greatly help conditions
later on. We believe trout addicts
are due for an especially good sea-
son. April Is is the opening day in
Maryland and April 20 in Virginia
Now that the cunning season is
over and before you put your fire
arms away for next season, make
sure they are in good repair. II
they need working over, now is the
time to send them to your gunsmitt
or the factory. Don't put it of
until next fall. w. S. Allen, sales
manager of the Winchester Repeat.
ing Arms Co., says that early last
fay Winchester's repair department
was swamped with 10 times prewal
number of guns awaiting repair ane
many shooters failed to get theil
guns until the hunting season wa.
well advanced.
Undoubtedly this situation ap.
piled elsewhere and with the supply
of new guns still behind demanc
and distribution continuing on ar
ALLEGATION basis. it is expected that
factories will be overloaded witt
repair jobs again next fall unless
gunowners act now.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
BY MerreII WhittIesey

Ray Larrow, Georgetown'S once
beaten heavyweight boxer, has won
the No. l spot on the Hoyas' golf
team, Coach Joe Quincy announced
after the completion of five trial
rounds on the Fairfax course.
Larrow, a big fellow from Holyoke,
Mass. turned in 74-75-149 for his
best two rounds out of five over the
par II course. although most of the
practice rounds were played in bad
weather.
Georgetown opens one of its long
est and toughest schedules Thurs
day afternoon against an eight-man
team from Dartmouth at Washing
ton Golf and Country Club. The
other IA matches, including the
Eastern Intercollegiate League tests
will be six-man matches, the excep-
ton being at Dartsnouths request.
Eleven men were named to the
Hoya squad as five of the group are
members Of the Foreign Service
School and will not be able to make
the Southern trip early in April
The top six men win be available
for the Eastern League round robin
at the Naval Academy course May
9-1O when G. U. meets Virginia,
Penn and Navy. The site of the
Eastern championship matches May
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Heavyweight Boxer Is PAGER
In Georgetown Golf Tryouts
7 has not been selected.

IL mas not Deen selected.
Four local golfers made the squad,
led by Joe Tunis with 78-79-157 and
George Rita, prominent Columbia
Club amateur with 79-78-157. Two
|ex-Central High linksmen, Richard
Schattman and Athol Ellis had 79-
aO-159. Ellis has competed in numer-
GUS local public links tournaments.
Scores, in addition to Larrow and
the local golfers, in order: John
King, tournament golfer of note
in New Hampshire, 74-76-150; Harry
Ostrosky, 76-77-153; William Mazur,
77-78-155; Hugh Markey9 78-78-156;
John Powers, 80-80-160 and Charles
Mccarthy, 80-82-162.
The Hoyas have not been repre-
seated by golf team since 1912 and
won their only Eastern Intercollee-
late title in 1910, when Johnny
Burke, who was killed in North Afri-
ca early In World War II, was the
intercollegiate champion.
The schedule:
r april 3aDsrtpouth at W, ID c.c.;
y u NJ Z; 12.-At IL washington md Lee;
Fem State at Kenwood: 19-Penn State
George Washinston at Kenwood; sa@At
Loyola of Baltimore.
Nay NORTH Carolina at Kenwood;
Nayg st At says Nsya ACADEMY
intercollegiate championShip
Evening star., 1947-03-30

Washington's Capitols turned on
the heat in the necessary spots last
night in their final Basket Ball As
sociation of America game to de-
feat Cleveland's Rebels before 1900
persons at Ulne Arena, 1859.
In so doing, the Caps accounted
for their 49th victory in so league
starts and for their 29th in 80 home
games.
But the start OF the championship
play-o was delayed until Wednes-
day at Uline by the tie for Western
honors resulting from the Chicago
Stays 1910 upset by the Provi-
dence Steamrollers and the st. Louis
Bombers' 59-55 win over the Boston
Celtics. The Stays and Bombers
will meet tomorrow night at Chi
cago for the right to meet the Caps.
The second game Of the title set
will be played here Thursday, then
the series moves West for two games.
From there on play alternates be-
tween East and West through seven
games II necessary.
Providence, apparently hopelessly
outclassed, overcanle the Stays 22-
point lead to snarl the series. In
the fourth period, the brist1ing floor
work of Hank Rosenstein and Woody
Grimshaw and the formers IL
points showed the Rollers into the
lead with 2 minutes to 60.
The Rebels made a real fight of
it during the first half last night
as they led much Of the way. They
held a 17-14 margin at the end of
the first quarter, but the score was
tied at 23-all In the second period
and two field goals by Capt. Bob
Feerick sent the Capitols ahead to
stay.
The Caps held a 1881 edge at
Evening star., 1947-03-30
fBridgewater Crushes
|GaIIaudet, 70 10 7
By the Assoeioted Press

BRIDGEWATER, Va, Mar. 2e.-
Nine walks, six in the first inning
off Schumacher and 12 errors by his
Gailandet teammates enabled the
Bridgewater College nine to trounce
Gallaudet, 20-2, in seven innings
here today.
-Trumbo, starting Bridgewater
pitcher, struck out nine men In
four innings and allowed only one
hit. At the end of the fourth, Coach
Geiser Of the Eagles ran in a new
team and used 81 men during the
game.
Gallaudet - 600 600 2-2 IL
Bridgewater-- 617 24O X-2O
Schumacher and Massey; Trum-
bo, Jenkins, Crickenberger, Thonp-
son and Early, Sencidiver. Arm
strong.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
By Hugh Fullerton, Jr.
Associated Press SPORTS Writer

NEW YORK. Mar. 29.-Johnny
Evers. third of the famous
Chicago Cubs of 1906-1910 to
die within the past few months,
probably will be remembered as
long as baseball is played be-
cause he liked to go to bed at
night on road trips, it was
Evers' habit to retire early with
some candy, few newspapers
and the baseball guide. AS a
result, he knew the rules forward
and backwards and he remem-
bered them when the famous
''Merkle play" came up In
fact, Johnny had checked on
that three weeks before when a
Pittsburgh. runner failed to touch
second as the winning run scored.
Hank O'Day was umpiring alone
that day and didn't see the
omission, but he said he would
have called the runner out. 1t
was Hank who did call Merkle
out in the crucial game In
cidentally F. P. Adams, whose
celebrated verse has helped keep
the names Of Tinker, Evers and
Chance fresh in the minds of
fans, claims he wrote it because
he was in hurry to go to a
ball game and the composing
room foreman said he needed
eight lines to fill a column.
Sports Before Your Eyes-Look
for a lively basket ball coach
ing duel to develop in the south
next season between Alabama's
Floyd Burdette and Auburn's
Danny Doyle. Both were war
time cage stars at Oklahoma
A. and NJ, when Floyd was an
Army captin stationed there and
Danny was pursuing his studies
between pro baseball seasons
=. Perish Rohrer of the Athens,
Ohio, Messenger calls attention
to another one-armed high
school basket baller. He's Cecil
Bailey who, Perish says, can do
more with one arm than most
boys can with two Penn
states baseball squad includes
Ray (Whitey) Kurowski, brother
Evening star., 1947-03-30


ones guess, but we'll take Capt.
Joe's opinion above all others. Some
one may be catching them while
you're reading this. 1t is just that
uncertain.
We've just had letter from Mack
Hart of the Virginia Commission
of Game and Inland Fisheries ad-
vising that because of heavy snow
drifts in the mountains, Virginia S
trout-stocking program has been
somewhat delayed. The commits
sion's trucks have been unable to
reach many points on the headwa-
ters Of trout streams. AS soon as
the program is completed, the COM
mission will issue its annual list
of streams stocked and the species
to be found in each. Virginia stocks
only brookies and rainbows.
Because of terrain, Maryland S
problems have been less difficult
and the States program is about
completed. Personally, we're glad
to have these snowfalls in our near
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Bears End Season Todoy
In Tilt With TrionqIes !.

| The Orange Triangles, who
handed the Washington Bears one
of their few setbacks, will help the
Negro pro five close its season today
at $3.50 pm. at Turner's Arena. A
percentage of the proceeds will be
given to the Police Boys Club.
Big Dog Thomas, Cal Irwin, Boo
Brown, Ernie Young and Bob Daw-
son are the visitors outstanding
players. The Bears starting lineur
probably will include Sugar Cain
Deuce Gibson, Tee Carver, Frank
Young and Rookie Brown.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Sunday Stu gG w. IT, Band for Eight Basket Bills at Amory
1t Won't Be Cupid
Snipinq at Golfers

Eighteen bow and arrow artists
of the District Archery Associa-
ton have challenged as many
golfers Of Prince Georges Country
Club to a match on Sunday, April
6. The golfers will stick to the
rules, while the archers will aim
at little round ball stuck on a
stick near the green and specta-
tors are invited at their own risk.
The stunt has been tried before
in other cities and the golfers
have won the past matches, but
the District archers claim they
can reach a 450-yard green in one
zip. II the golfers win, the los
ers will be known as the fallen
archers.
Evening star., 1947-03-30
Slated
Involve A. IT,; UIine
Bids for Games
BY Lewis F. Atchison

George Washington and George
town have booked eight basket ball
double headers for 1948 and prob
ably will play them at the new Ma
tional Guard Armory, Max Earring
ton, director of mems activities at
George Washington, said last night.
At the same time Harrington dis
closed that officials OF Uline's
Arena, where the schools played
most Of their major games this
season, had indicated willingness
to give them a new contract at
much more favorable financial
terms. If the armory is not ready
in time the twin-bills may be shifted
back to the ice plant, but the
guards quarters are first choice.
Harrington said both the Colonials
and Georgetown had revised their
schedules to make room for top
fight teams from all sections Of the
country. Each will play six inter-
sectional foes, while the other two
bargain-bills will feature the an
nual G.W.-Hoya meetings, with
American University playing the
first game.
A. U. to Pick Keen Foes.
Coach Staff Cassell Of American
U. has reserved these dates for the
best teams on the Eagles schedule
and it is definite that both will be
from without the Mason Dixon
Conference.
A working survey of the armory
shows that it will seat approximately
$4,000 fans for basket bail, which
compares with Uline's top capacity
of less than 5000. This will make
it practical to use a ticket scale to
suit the pocketbooks of all fans,
some of whom baked at the 81 plus
tax charged at Uline's this year.
While Harrington did not say what
financial arrangements had been
made with armory officials, he in
dicated the terms were most salts
factory and should be profitable to
all parties. Uline charged a fat
81 900 rental for the arena, plus .$1O0
for putting down the court and an
other C-note for employe salaries
and the schools were unable to crack
the nut.
Schedule to Run Two Months.
The double-headers will be evenly
spaced through January and Feb
ruary for G. w. has an eye on the
Southern Conference tournament
and wants to be free to accept an
invitation to it if preferred.
Harrington believes the armory
can be ready for use in January
although much work remains to be
done. Seats now are available
Meanwhile, however, the colleges
will listen to the Uline proposal in
the event the armory is not ready
but the ice plant officials will have
to make lot Of concessions to get
the college business back.
Evening star., 1947-03-30

Clarendon's one-ball tournament
scheduled Thursday will start at
Z pm. and run until / am. Jimmy
Jenkins 242 won first prize of $50
last week, with others finishing as
follows: AL Paxton, 237, $50; Sonny
Flafkin, 236, $40; B. Bowen and
A. r. Karlen, 235, $3.50 each; L. E.
Zimmerman and Junie Gorden, 234
$3.50 each. High game, Paul Brown
(83), $25.
Evening star., 1947-03-30

KNOWS the PO-
tomac as well as
any living man,
says the river
needs a good
rain or two to
raise the water
temperature and
start the perch
on their way,
and he thinks
perhaps the mid
die OF the week
may see some
action. With the
weather we've
been having 1t