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PURPOSE OF FRIENDSHIP TPAIN ACCOMPLISHED

The primary purposes of the Friendship Train was n to get aid to Europe in hurry while CCnolcss dal.ied, @ to give the people Of Europe 9 dramatic picture ef American aid and show them that cm help was not a cold deal between governments, but sprang from the hearts of the American people That was why the dramatic means Of tran to carry food was ucee -samethng which could be phc.ceraphed and shown in the ue9sreel theatres Of Europe also son,r,hing that could be duplicated with two Friendship Trains carry .nq the food in France and Italy
 Already there is word that the Itanan newspapers are playing up the welcome news Of the Friendship Tram. Already Premier de Gasperi has expressed his thanks. Already overseas broadcasts are telling Eur opeans about the Friendship Train, and there is good reason to believe that recent riots in France and Italy are the result of Communist das9eretiou to stage revolution while stcmachs are still empty.
 Since the Friendship Train has now served it's initial purpose, the next problem is to give the Amerl- can people the best and most eIll- cienr means of a continuing voice in American foreign policy through feod for friendship
 Probably this can best be done by working through American over seas Aid at 39 Broadway, New York 6, N. f. This IS the overall agency ter the different American church and relief groups They are now plarnng a nauOn-W de campaign for foreign aid and are equipped to corrclate and direct it. Additional Friendship Trains msy become im- portant when another need arises, in which case American Overseas Aid is undoubtedly the best agency to handle them.
 Also the Christian Rural Over seas Program at 308 W. Washington St, Chicago, sponsored by the Church World Service and Luther an World Reliei has been doing an excellent job of raising food for
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TIDE TABLE
NOVEMBER B

Early Romans used concrete made with lime in building aque- ducts and bridges.
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Europe and distributing 1t in such a way that the European people understand it comes from the Am crican people
 Alao CARE at 50 Broad St, New York, sends individual packages rem the United States to Europe and does trustworthy job of mak- ing sure such packages get into the right hands.
 These relief agencies work to- eetner and are thoroughly compe- tent to handle future private do- nations to both Europe and Asia. Furthermore they have experienced personnel stationed overseas who can do a good Job of getting relief distributed where it will help most
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MODERN ETIQUETTE hoprprA ty ,rr

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DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

Less than 40 Democrats turned out the other night for the three precinct caucuses to elect oee oates to attend the divisional convention Tn hetchkah the poorest showing in years smaller hEiilDef could have handled the meeting however pecauSe most Of the work had been done oeiorehaiu' eve" to the passing out of lists oi names oi o'iiO0'''' who would be suitable
 Going over the list of those elected, practically
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TAFT HARTLEY ACT HAS A
 FRIEND

Mediation chief Cyrus Ch!ng ad- mitted the other day that he could see no "glaring defects" in the Taft Hartley Law. His stand, taken pel ore a Senate session Of the Joint Confessional Labor Study group came as a surprise to some Sena- tors and Congressmen who thought Chlng did net like the law.
 Some things may have to be changed by amendment" explained the former head of the U. s. Rub Der Company, but we must move slowly"
 Ching pleaded for an increase m the S6 daily which is all his media
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High. 38; low, 32; clear.
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ticn commissioners are allowed for expenses when travelling. As a re- suit they are forced to pay much of their expenses out of their own pockets
 Later Ching was asked point blank how he got along with the Labor Department and National Lah0r Relations Board.
 "Excellent." he snapped. tcCPYRIGHr, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INC)
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realize that food is most import ant means of American foreign pol icv and that they can participate m It. Tn fact. food can be more inn portant than tanks and guns, more constructive than the atomic bomb.
 Another underlying fact is that the American people are only too eager to organlze for patriotic en- deavo.s when they feel it gets them somap.ace. And as in the case of the Friendship Train, they can frequently do 1t better than Congress or the government.
 50. having had some time to think about these questions while 1diqg a freight train across the country. this writer has come to the lcIlowing conclusions.
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all present office holders or close relatives The Democratic Party seems to be losing touch with the common
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Creece's Prices Reflected
In Lack Of Import Controls
By John A. ThaLe

suffering language economists
controls
Athens Churchill street will what lack
hungry screaming
high powered luxury items
price demonstration welded
financial olgarchy which strongly influences the country
crowds aren't the wedressed that
might in Rome Paris Madrid Lisbon 1t costs too much to dress
well country where the apt be about 25oooo
drachma s5o) month.
A lar o. $40.
imported the United States marked $4,000 drach
s pair OF lacy sepns be stepped into by with
$4,000 drahma S276 grdle with woway stretch priced at
Sleek dressing revealed revealing
fol 10000 10000 drachma (s2320 to $38).
would bring 80
cents listed
Better left the the collection
French perfumes, with familiar
fine variety of foreignmade displayed another
shop The price of Roecod in Athens about 100000 dracha
$l6o), while Rollefex (s24O
SD The oPA label inside price
50 cents The price tag her is 10000 drachma {s4).
Ward Off he Sun at s12 a
If taste imported silk ties they're
selection available at only
dachma (sD They of familiar brand that
$3.50 m the States.
dracma G64o) and they
60 handkerch 10000 ~ socks 1000 s1 to
$780, cotton pajamas from $1,000 100000
Inc opca mas selection OF aaor-ype sungiasses to ward OF
Athens brilliant summer at $4,000 to $4,000 drachma CSC
ward However ordinary pair
news kiosks for about 2,5oo drachma cents.
Many Luxury Items Are Ireplaceable.
Government officials many items now
being sold cannot be replaced by the merchants Since the
stringent imports
ercsed by the government
However couple of answers One that the stricter
control has late the
individual merchants burned frivolous uxies entirely
average Greek
Another
distinguished by their still
proved whether hrewd merchant with dollars of his
will not be able import bgprot luxury items
monplace essentials If he really wants the luxury stock
tooDszGh. 1887 b. the chicsro Daily Nswso
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ley of Kentucky, minority floor
leader of the Democrats, and even
of lle Republican mavericks, like
Wayne Morse of Oregon. Second,
by never hesitating, he gives the
impression always that he knows
the rules, that he knows what he is
talking about. He never decides in
favor of the majority party merely
because he belongs to that party.
Filled in for Dawes.
When 1t comes to keeping order,
Mr.. Vandenberg is an excellent per-
former. He rarely wields the gavel.
His Senators will please be seated"
uttered in his far-reaching voice, is
enough to bring order in itself.
Mr.. Vandenberg's earliest expert
ence in presiding over a Senate
session came just 20 minutes after
he had taken the oath as Senator,
at the opening of his first term OF
service in 1928. Former Vice Pres
ident Charles G. Dawes, who was
in the chair as President of the
Senate, called the newcomer from
Michigan to substitute for him.
Mr.. Vandenberg, 1t happened, had
often been in Washington while a
newspaper publisher in Grand
Rapids and as a friend of the late
Senator william Alden Smith. He
knew many of the older Senators,
and in a good natured way, they
started to give him a going-over.
He acquitted himself well.
Reed Got Quick Revenge.
Presidents and Presidents pro
tempore of the Senate during the
last 40 years have been many and
varied. Vice President Dawes i'm
mediately after he was sworn in in
March, 1925, proceeded to give the
Senate lecture. The burden of his
song was that, while it was great
thing to have free and open dis
cussion, no Senator should be al
lowed by his single objection or
long -windedness, to hamstring and
prevent the enactment of important
including the necessary
appropriation bills.
AS that is one of the powers which
Senators jealousy guard, never
knowing when they may wish to
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Vandenberg Performs
ExPertly in Role
He Wanted
Bv Gould Lincoln


Riding herd on the fractions
members of the United States SEN
ate, each of whom believes he enjoys
almost regal prerogatives within
that august chamber, is a full-time
job.
For nearly five months Senator
Arthur Fl. Vandenberg of Michigan
has been the Senates presiding Of
ficer. Elected President pro tempore
at the opening of the present ses-
sion, he has remarkable record
Not one of his decisions on parlia-
mentary question has been chal-
lenged by an appeal from the
decision of the chair
BY his fairness to Democrats and
Republicans alike Che is a Republi-
cam, he has gained the confidence
of the entire body. BY his tact, his
thorough knowledge of the rules
and of parliamentary procedure, he
has been able to speed the business
of the Senate
Fills Role of Vice President.
In fact, to observers and to older
employees of the Senate, Mr.. Van
denberg stands out as the Senate's
ablest presiding officer in twoscore
years.
Under the terms OF the Constitu-
ton of the United States the Vice
President is President of the SEN
ate Then, that document con-
.lnues: "The Senate shall choose
their other officers, and also a Presi-
dent pro tempore, in the absence
of the Vice President, or when he
(the Vice President) shall exercise
the office of the President of the
United States Since Harry Tru-
man, elected Vice President in 1914,
is now exercising the Office of Pres
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ident of the United States" Senator
Vandenberg is, so far assthe Senate
is concerned, doing everything that
a Vice President can do-and he
receives the pay of Vice President,
the Office room of the Vice Presi-
dent, and the automobile provided
for the Vice President.
The Michigan Senator is entitled
to all he receives in the way of
emolument. For the job of presiding
over the Senate is an added burden
for the already overworked chairman
tof the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. Mr.. Vandenberg, how
ever, is glutton for work and thor
oughly enjoys presiding In the Sen
ate even though it demands long
hours.
Many Jurisdictional Matters.
The task of presiding in the Sen
ate was immensely increased in
scope at the opening of the present
Congress because of the new Re-
organization Act-the La Toilette
Monropey Act which reduced the
number of standing committees of
the Senate to Is (there had been
33) and which changed the rules of
the Senate in other respects.
1t left Mr.. Vandenberg much in
the position of presiding Judge
who suddenly finds the precedents
and the laws changed over night.
He has been compelled to institute
a whole new series of precedents by
his decisions, and by his interpreta-
tions of the changed rules. BY the
Reorganization Act, the Jurisdiction
of the Senate standing committees
the subjects which they are directed
to handle-was greatly changed.
"Jurisdictional strikes" by labor
unions pale into insignificance when
1t comes to jurisdictional disputes
between chairmen of Senate stand
ing committees. The President pro
tempore Of the Senate has had to
devote much study to these jurisdic-
tional troubles. Indeed, Mr.. Van
denberg has had to study hard at
night on the iurisdictional cases
coming up the next day. Each Sem
ate chairman is jealous of the pre-
negatives of his own committee.
His Merger Ruling Stuck.
Take, for example, the case of the
Army-Navy merger bill. Under the
reorganization terms, the Committee
on Expenditures in the Executive
Departments is directed to have
charge of all ''reorganizations" in
the departments. At the same time
the act provides that the Armed
Services Committee (the new COM
bined Committee on Military and
Naval Affairs shall have jurisdic-
ton over legislation having to do
with the common defense gen.
orally" and with matters relating to
the Army and the Navy.
Senator Aiken, Republican, of Ver-
mont. chairman of the Committee
on Expenditures in the Executive
Departments, put in claim for the
so-called merger bill as soon as it
was introduced. He put it in writ
ing. In the House the same bill
was referred to the corresponding
Committee on Expenditures in the
Executive Departments. Senator
Gurney, Republican. of South Da-
kota, chairman of<the Armed Serv-
ices Committee, demanded that the
bill go to his committee.
So the issue was joined. Mr..
Vandenberg wrote clear and Sue
cinct decision in the case, giving
the bill to the Armed Services Com
mittee. He pointed out that under
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The GaveI Of the Senate Is in Efficient Hands
Veteran Attaches Say
His Record One
Of the Best

exercise it--or to join with others
In a filibuster-feelings were con-
siderably ruf1ed by the speech of
the new Vice President. Especially
caustic was the late Senator Jim %
Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, who
had been one of the bitter-enders in
the fight to prevent the ratification
Of the League of Nations Covenant
a few years earlier. Mr.. Reed found
almost Immediately an opportunity
to get back at Dawes, through some
flaw in the swearing in of the newly
elected Senators - proceeding
which Mr.. Dawes had rushed
through. -
Vice President Mapping.
1t was Mr.. Dawes, too, who had
perhaps the most embarrassing ex-
perience ever to befall a presiding
officer of the Senate. 1t, too, oc-
Cured soon after he had become
Vice President. The then President
Calvin Coolidge had sent to the
Senate the appointment Of CHAR S
Beecher Warren of Michigan to be
Attorney General in his cabinet.
Mr.. Warren, who had long been
prominent in Republican politics,
was the object of bitter attack
by Democratic Senators and by sew
eral of the so-called Progressive
Republican Senators of those days.
A Vice President can vote in the
Senate only to break tie. When
the vote came on Mr.. Warren's S
nomination, it stood 40 to 40-with
Mr.. Dawes mapping at his hotel.
He was summoned hastily by Senate
attaches, but did not reach the Sen
ate until after the voting was over.
Warren's nomination was defeated
as the result of a tie vote.
Veterans of the Senate say that
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the language of the Reorganization
Act, the bill could have been sent
to either of the two committees.
However, he held that, since in the
last Congress the question of a
merger of the War and Navy De-
partments had been considered by
the Military Affairs Committee-and
by the Naval Affairs Committee-it
would be entirely fitting to send the
measure to the Armed Services Com
mittee. Also, he held that the sub
ject matter was one with which the
Armed Services Committee must
necessarily be engaged, if it was to
care for the national defense.
Meets the Qualifications.
Although Mr.. Vandenberg, in his
opinion, invited the Senate to decide
the matter itself, there was no
appeal from his decision. Another
example of jurisdictional mixup
over major piece of legislation
involved the bill to establish a Mis-
souri, Valley Authority, patterned
after the Tennessee Valley Author
ity. In this case three committees,
Agriculture, Public Lands and Pub
lie Works, all might have properly
claimed jurisdiction. Under the
vandenberg ruling, the Committee
on Public Works got the bill. Here
again, there was no appeal.
There are two-perhaps three
rules that must govern a presiding
officer of the Senate if he is to be
a success. The first is to obtain
the confidence of all Senators,
whether of the majority or minority
party; that the rulings made by
the presiding officer will be fair and
free from partisan bias. Second,
the presiding officer must be fast
with his decisions. Any faltering,
any apparent unsureness on the
part of a presiding officer, and the
Senate is off to the fair, with a bad
hour or two ahead of the chair. And
third, presiding officer must be
able to preserve order in the cham
ber, largely through his own sure
ness and personal authority.
Mr.. Vandenberg possesses all
three of these qualifications. He
has the confidence of Senator Bark
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MT. DdWeS, DelOIS IedVulS TIE Seu-
ate that afternoon, had been assured
by both the Republican leader, the
late Charles Curtis of Kansas, and
by the Democratic leader, the late
Joe" Robinson of Arkansas, that
there was no chance Of reaching a
vote on the Warren appointment
before the adjournment hour and 1t
was safe for him to be away. AS
happens sometimes in the Senate,
debate stopped suddenly, and there
was nothing left to do but call the
roll. This unfortunate experience
which prevented the confirmation of
President Coolidge's appointee for
Attorney General-coming right on
the heels almost of Mr.. Dawes lee
ture to Senators, was rolled over
senatorial tongues with considerable
glee.
Coolidge Had Trouble.
Vice President Marshall, who
served eight years as President of
the Senate in the administration of
Woodrow Wilson, had dry humor
which helped him over difficult sit
uations. He was a strong partisan,
however, and he ruled with the
Democratic majority whenever a
question arose, and his rulings were
in some cases contradicting. 1t was
Marshall who commented, while he
was Vice President, that what the
country really needed was "a good
scent cigar" When he was finally
retiring from Office, in his farewell
address to the Senate, Mr.. Marshall
described himself as "the greatest
listener since the Sphinx sat him
self down in the Libyan Desert -
He had eight years of presiding over
the Senate.
Calvin Coolidge served as Vice
President and President of the Sem
ate for the best part of two years
and when President Harding died,
moved to the White House. Mr..
Coolidge had been Governor Of
Massachusetts, and a member of the
Massachusetts, Legislature. He was
not, however, an apt presiding off,
Ger for the Senate. His slowness to
speak-which clung to him almost
always-got him into hot water fire.
quently. He could have settled an
issue of procedure without difficulty
by making a quick decision-but he
allowed things to run along. The
late Senator Pat Harrison, Demo-
crat, of Mississippi, great wag,
used to take delight in giving the
slow-spoken Yankee tough time by
taising all kind of parliamentary
questions and demanding that Mr..
Coolidge rule on them.
Wallace Was In and Out.
Henry A. Wallace, as Vice Presi-
dent in Franklin D. Rooseyelt's
third term, had his dose of presiding
over the Senate. He took the job
seriously and studied up on par
liamentary procedure. However, he
spent a great deal of time away
from the Senate, presiding over or
sitting as member in several war
agencies to which President Roose-
velt had assigned him. A 100 per
cent New Dealer, MIR. Wallace's
rulings did not overlook the pro-
gressive side. Jack" Garner of
Texas, Vice President during Roose-
velt's first two terms, was con-
servative Democrat. But he was a
Democrat first and last, as President
of the Senate. Having been Speaker
of the House before he was Vice
President, he tried to run the Senate
(see LINCOLN. Page C-5J
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and children; Mrs. Marjorie Dom;
Mrs. Rita Bow, Miss Clara Bow,
Miss Mary Alice Bow, all of De-
troit; Mr.. George Gunderman, of
East Liberty; Mr., and Mrs. John
Thornton and Mrs. Kahn, Mrs.
Dom were 4th of July guests al
so.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Orsborn
entertained on Sunday in cele-
bration of the birthday of their
daughter, Mrs. Maude Alexander.
Those to enjoy the day were:
Mrs. Bee Edison, of Cleveland;
Rev. and Mrs. Walter Hunt, of
Chip Park; Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Orsborn and daughter, of West
Liberty; Mr.. Pearl Bushshorn and
Miss Jennene Alexander and Mr.,
and Mrs. Foster Alexander.
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BY MRS. MARTHA KIMBALL

The Bowman Huffman reunion
was held Sunday at Legion park,
Marysville. The ones from Mil
ford attending were Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Huffman and daughter,
Doris, Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Huff
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Huff
man, and family, Mr. and Mrs
Arthur Huffman and Mr.. and Mrs
Reynold Huffman and two child
rem and Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald
Huffman, of Hamilton, Ohio;
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Huffman
daughter, Patty, of Columbus; and
Mr.. Samuel Bowman, of Circle
vile.
. Thursday, July "a Mr.. and Mrs
Elmer Adams will quietly cele-
brate their Seth wedding ami
versary.
Mrs. Harry Thomas and their
8 Id. daughter were brought to
their home in West State street,
Monday, in r. Glenn Reeds am
bulance.
Daily Vacation Bible school
begins Friday July 18 at 9 am.
FTeachers and officers will meet
Wednesday evening at pm.
Church School, Worship Ser
vice and picnic will be held July
u at Lank's Cabin, Darby Wilds.
Youth Fellowship held a VEIN
er roast Monday evening, July
IA, at the Marysville park.
The W.S.C.S. meets Thursday
.ht the home of Mrs. Walter Bes-
grove. Committee assisting Mrs
Besgrove, Mrs. Urcel Brake and
Mrs. Lena Boyer.
The financial Committee has
made its report. The Stewards
will meet and study this report
lin the Sunday school room Tues
day, July Is, 8 pm.
Mr.. Rupert Lewis, of Dayton
Tand Mrs. Walter Walk, of Irwin
were Sunday afternoon callers OF
Mrs. Ruth Cemans and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Stillings
and family spent Sunday with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
= Wertheill at Fostoria.
The donkey ball game will be
played July l8. Regular league
games July %. Call-Ryan VS.
!, CloverDale, Hempys-Fleyrs. Sc.
cond round games start July "a
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latter's mother, Mrs. Minnie Bine-
gar, and daughter, Mary, Of
Bowersville.
The July meeting of Advisory
council No. 19 was held Friday
evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Renold Huffman and family.
Eighteen members and guests
were present.
Mrs. Emma Gorton was called
to Mechanicsburg Monday by the
death of Mr.. Mcfarland, former
resident of Irwin land close
friend of the late Mr.. Fred Gorton
and Mrs. Gorton.
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and Mrs. Richard Haslep and
son, Hickey. X
An all church picnic will be
held at the Ohio Caverns July
20. Sunday school will be held
in the morning, church service in
the evening. Leave the church at
10 am. Everyone is welcome.
The Glass in the Cornor en-
joyed a picnic Sunday at the CO.
lumbus Zoo.
Wedding bells will ring soon
for Miss Joan Blackburn and Mr.
Warren Smith.
Your correspondent received
word of the serious illness of
her sister in-law, Mrs. Walter
McNeal, of Urbana, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Losey were
in Lima Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Unsted;
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Unsted, and
Miss Donnett Grubbs, of Spring
field, spent the weekend at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Williams
and son, Phil. Mr.. Wiber Grubbs
and son, Donnie Lee, of Belle
fontaine, were Sunday guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bur
roughs called on her uncle, Sam
Benton, Thursday evening.
A birthday dinner for Mr.
Stewart McClanahan was held
July 8 at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jessie Jenkins. Those pre-
sent were Mrs. Mary Bowman
and daughters; Mrs. Verna Kahn