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Evening star., 1947-03-03
The Brussels Riot

The fierce rioting which gripped
the heart of Brussels, the Belgian
capital, last Wednesday is sympto-
matte Of those insistent economic
pressures evoked by wars after
math in nearly every country of
Europe. The significance Is en-
hanced by the fact that recovery in
Belgium has proceeded faster and
further than almost anywhere else
on the continent. Nevertheless, the
margin of safety is slim enough to
require careful management by the
government If financial and none
tary stability is to be maintained.
And the resultant economies are
cound to perpetuate hardships re-
sented by lions of the population
who seek to remedy their lot by
organized pressure tactics, some
times going to extremes of direct
action"
The current disorder climaxed q
monster demonstration by the Ma
tional Federation of Former Pris-
oners of War. This organization in
cludes practically all war veterans,
since the entire Belgian Army
capitulated to the Germans in the
spring of 1910. From all over Bel
gum, delegations arrived by train
to take their places in well-or-
ganized march on Parliament to
influence the legislators and the
cabinet by this display of organized
determination.
The demands of the veterans in
clude double pension rights for the
years spent in captivity, special
priority for jobs in the public sery-
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Good Advice for All

Secretary of the Navy Forrestal
has issued a directive that deserves
something more than the routine
treatment customarily accorded di-
receives in the Government depart
ments. II 1t receives more than
casual consideration-and from its
tone 1t is not likely to be filed with
out a second reading-the directive
will benefit not only the Navy but
the taxpayers as well.
MIR. Forrestal called on all person.
nel-offlcers, enlisted men and civil
ians-to demonstrate our ability
to make wise and careful use of
every dollar that Is intrusted to u.s."
He defended the right and the duty
of Congress to achieve their broad
economy objectives," rejected any
suggestion that Congress is bent on
weakening national security and
concluded:
"All hands should bear in mind
that examples Of waste, carelessness
or inefficient use Of public monies
do great damage to the interest of
the Navy as whole. Even a single
case OF negligence can be used as
powerful argument against the
validity of our entire schedule of
requests from Congress"
What Mr.. Forrestal says with
respect to the Navy is applicable as
well to other branches of the Federal
establishment. He is correct in
emphasizing that care be taken not
to overlook even the relatively small
economies. Not only do they amount
to considerable saving in the
aggregate, but they help to counter
the generally prevailing idea that
military and naval personnel become
so used to waste In wartime that
they are disinclined to econonnize
In peacetime.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
On the Record
By Dorothy Thomson

Some indication Of the confusion of
our times Is indicated In q juxtaposition
Of headlines, as they appeared In lead
ing American daily week ago.
The headlines were:
"Six Groups Project Federalist World
Armed Services Spurred by Stain"
"MacLeish Sees Lag in viii to Peace"
Sixteen Church Leaders Open Drive to
Mend u S-Soviet Relations"
Marshall Warns U. s. Indifferent to
Dangers"
The six groups who advocate fedora
ton of the world declared they repre-
sented 1900 active members with the
support OF fully 10000, and decided to
merge their efforts under United World
Federalists." As far as could see, they
represented no one from the world"
but Americans.
Mr., MacLeish said talk of possibility
of war with the Soviets went back to
the San Francisco conference In 1945.
He thinks the will to peace Is under
mined by such talk.
The committee of Is church leaders
who issued their appeal compose new
inter church committee Of the Amer
ican- Russian Institute. They said all
Christians must unite and fight against
ignorance, suspicion, fear and hate. They
demanded that sthe people Of the United
States and OF the Soviet Union retain a
spirit Of friendly cooperation and mu-
tual admiration 80 that peace can abide
between US"
But Mr. Stain, in an order Of the day
broadcast by the Moscow radio, on the
twenty ninth anniversary Of the found
ing Of the Soviet army, emphasized
"the training, both political and military
OF the Soviet armed forces"
Cen. George C. Marshall, now Secre-
tary Of State, was speaking at the same
time before the students Of Princeton
University. He said, The present period
is more critical In some respects than
the war years 80 We have had q
cessation of hostilities but we have no
genuine peace" And he warned the
American people against growing in
Nations security"
Mr.. Stain and Gen. Marshall are
nearer the facts OF life than the others.
Neither of than talks ol q world feder-
Evening star., 1947-03-03
The Desk Problem

In a quiet sort OF way, the office
equipment industry Is toying with
the idea Of revolutionizing desks.
1t is about time. Our world has
undergone tremendous changes; but
with complete lack of imagina-
ton, while driving ourselves to ever
increasing experiment with nearly
everything else, we have let this bit
OF furniture remain pretty much
the same as it was in the Middle
Ages-a thing with some drawers,
space for the knees, and a top big
enough to invite and accommodate
a bewildering clutter that keeps on
growing from day to day.
When the world was slow-paced,
when man had to read only an
occasional parchment, such desk
was all right. Today, however, 1t is
not all right. With so much printed
matter coming in the mails, it is
a menace to efficiency and whole
some, orderly minds. Everything is
allowed to- accumulate on its top.
The accumulation, of course, resolves
to study and weed out the accumu-
lation some day, but he never does.
It just keeps piling up and up until
1t becomes SO enormous and un-
pretty that one finally throws It
all away, the good material indis-
criminately with the bad. This
speaks for itself. It is scandalous
executive practice. Beyond that, It
is slightly mad.
So 1t is interesting, and even COM
forting, to know that the office
equipment people are moving eau
tiously to try out new desk designs.
One such, as described in reports
from Chicago, gives an idea of which
way the wind is blowing. It is a
design calculated to meet the needs
of high-powered executive. It
calls for piece of furniture with q
radio, a 12-station interofIice COM
munication system and an electric
razor, all built In. It calls also for
Evening star., 1947-03-03

alton because they know it is irnpossi-
BILE except upon mutual acceptance of
the same laws. The United States and
the Soviet Union cannot even agree on
what constitutes free, unfettered
election" in Poland. It is quite nonsens-
ical to talk about relinquishing sufficient
national sovereignty to live under uni
versal law. 1t is precisely the definition
Of law that separates us. Federation Is
form which can be no more than q
roof for similar content Of political
life. What constitutes the proper con-
tent of political life is exactly what
divides the United States and the Soviet
Union.
Mr.. MacLeish seems to think the situ-
alton grows out Of talk instead of the
talk out of the situation. He also be-
heyes there Is something malicious about
the people, whose talk only grows out
OF observation Of such things as Gen.
Marshall's speech and Mr.. Stains order
Of the day.
But the churchmen perform the
greatest violence to logic. They assume
that wars occur because Of hatreds.
prejudices and ignorances between
peoples, rs INDIVIDUALS. NOCIlluS N ldl-
ther from the truth. It Is the instinct
Of all people to like each other. The
people" do not 60 to war. States 60 to
war. and for many reasons, but never
because the people Of one country don't
like the people OF another.
Actually, the growing power Of the
state, everywhere, Is one OF the facts
difference to long time dangers to the
most ominous for war. II everywhere
the power Of the state could be radically
diminished, the prospect Of war would be
diminished proportionately.
Countries, where the power Of the
state Is limited, rightly fear countries
where the state has unlimited power
For the former must, at least, consult
the people, while the latter can compel
the people to war no matter how they
feel-as Mussolini compelled the Ital-
ians.
And we shall not avoid war by good
intentions but by good diplomacy, and
possibly not 50 much by mutual love q
by mutual fear. .
0slsassd by The 1sn syndieatA nsl
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Veterans and the Budget

To tbs Editor OF The Star:
am not too impressed by the argu-
ment that $4,000. .Oo0. 900 cut in the
Truman estimate viii seriously injure
Americas defense position. Does not
the best defense for any future war de-
pend upon . rapid reduction Of the
present sass, 900 ,0oo. 900 national debt to
point Of some safety?
But assuming cut in military appro-
priations to be unwise tactics at the
moment, urge the proponents Of econ
omy to cast their eyes upon the 81 ,500,-
000.0o0 appropriated for veterans.
look, and hope not in vain, for the
Congressman who, perhaps risEing re-
election In 1948, wil1s advocate 81 .500,-
100000 slash In veterans appropriations
Such cut would still leave $4,000. .00o, 900
for veterans assistance, which, to my
way Of thought. II pretty generous
gift to the GIs from grateful citizenry.
AIBNRT q. MOORE. :.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
The Anglo-French Treaty

An alliance treaty between Britain
and France would, under any cir
cumstances, be notable diplomatic
event. The significance of the pres
ent instrument, slated for formal sig
nature next Tuesday at Dunkerque,
of tragic yet heroic memory, is en-
hanced by the fact that it comes on
the eve of the departure Of both the
British and French Foreign Minis
ters to attend the conference in
Moscow.
The basic motivation for this doc
ument is the same as that which
induced both nations to forget their
historic antagonisns and compro-
mise their colonial ambitions in the
famous settlement of 1904. That
motivation was the aggressive am
bition of imperial Germany, which
was recognized as a common peril.
This settlement did not, however, go
as far as an alliance. It operated
as fairly close yet informal under
standing, known by the diplomatic
term of entente cordiale." Al
though Britain and France jointly
prosecuted the war against Germany
in 1914, the wartime agreement did
not eventuate in a formal alliance,
and the two nations pursued diver
gent policies in the interwar period.
Then came Winston Churchill's offer
of an organic Anglo-French union
in the shadow Of disaster in 194O-
a magnificent but belated gesture,
since beaten France signed an
armistice with Nazi Germany and
came within an ace OF fighting
Britain.
With the liberation of France and
the crushing of Nazi Germany, the
relations of France and Britain in
postwar Europe assumed cardinal
Importance. The problem was COM
plicated by the fact that two extra
European powers had entered the
picture-the United States and the
Soviet Union. A war-weakened and
debilitated France craved, above all
else, security-not alonel elagainst
possible resurgence of the German
peril, but also against being involved
in potential clash between Soviet
Russia, and America. The Franco
Russian treaty~of December, 1914,
was aimed at insuring against both
contingencies. There was also the
Anglo-Russian treaty of 1912, arising
out OF the common threat from Nazi
Germany and limited to that prob
lem. But there existed no Anglo
French treaty to complete the diplo-
matte triangle. And efforts to fill
the gap were hindered by diver
gencies between British and French
policies, not only toward Germany,
but also in the Middle East. For
tunately, those latter differences
have been satisfactorily adjusted.
The growing weakness revealed by
both France and Britain, not only at
home, but also in their respective
colonial empires, has constituted an
increasingly urgent imperative >on
both nations to effect an intimate
understanding, and this apparently
has been attained. The resulting
treaty, primarily concerned with
Germany, is in harmony with exist
ing treaty arrangements with Soviet
Russia; is in conformity with the
United Nations Charter and could
be adjusted to the quadrilateral pact
to prevent German aggression pro-
posed by Mr.. Byrnes last year, while
Secretary of State.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Letters to The Star
Facing the Real Facts of an
Unfortunate Situation
70 the Editor Of The star:

To the Editor Of The star:
Once again The Star has proved thai
Its editorial comment stems from calm
and thorough analysis Of public prob
lens, not from compelling urge tc
rush into print with the first hot words
dictated by emotion. I refer to your
editorial on "Mr. Bevin,s Accusation
In which, for the first time, have seen
newspaper face the facts Of the unfor-
tunate situation squarely.
Mr.. Beyin has been charged by Zion
lists in the United States with making
q despicable appeal to potential anti
Semitism" and has been otherwise con-
demned in the most heated language.
But, as you say, the nub Of the thing
Is whether the Foreign Secretary spoke
the truth In attributing President Tru-
mans October 4 pronouncement to
campaign politics.
Certainly we need not doubt Presi-
dent TTuman's sincere belief that 100, 900
Jews should be admitted to Palestine
Immediately, but we may well wonder
at the timing Of the prediction state
ment reafirming his position. In at
tacking Mr.. Bevin, Zionists have gone
SO far as to state that there is mo such
thing as Jewish vote" and that conse-
queEtly President Truman could not
have been seeking political capital for
his party.
It is undoubtedly true that no group
economic, religious, racial or hyphen-
Observation-Disclosures en- masse for any
candidate or party. But we do know that
there are millions of voters in the United
States who have strong blood ties abroad
Italians. Germans, Poles, Irish, Greeks.
Thousands Of these votes which may be
In delicate balance can be swung over
from one side to- another by declara-
ton on an issue that should have MOTH
ing whatever TO do with an American
election campaign.
Do We not recall when politician In
Chicago made the King of England his
No. ! target when speaking as mayor
atty candidate before American
gatherings? And more recently, during
. the 30s, 1t was not considered good poll
tics to- criticize Mussolini's government
or even Hitler's in some parts of the
United States.
SKEPTIC.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
MONDAY, March 3, 1947
But VIII Anything Be Done?
with Sunday Merning Edition.
WAS HIN GTON, ID. C.

AHlQ6 1TOul 1tS Ol1lCldl iulaCClOi1
there Is another purpose in main
tanning the Recorder Of Deeds Office
a. at present constituted. If we
keep that purpose in mind 1t is not
difficult to understand the low estate
to which it has fallen.
This purpose is to acquire votes.
The Office has become patronage
i dispensing agency which Negroes
look on as their own. The recorder
of deeds Is selected, not on the
! basis of his administrative abilities
but for the political effect. He is
paid q $4,000 salary and is given
q big limousine, not because he
earns the salary or needs the lin
CUISINE, but because they are parts
Of the pelf that go with the job. He
does his own hiring and firing, sub
1ect to no merit or any other system
save politics. He can draw his
excessive salary In Washington and
perform his paid ecclesiastical duties
for q Philadelphia church at the
!, same time. He can go traipsing
around the country on any mission
that suits him. There is no other
ofilce Just like it in the whole Fed
era1 establishment. And its expenses
are charged, without formal audit
by the Commissioners or the Gus
tomary checks on compliance with
the law, to the luckless citizens of
the District Of Columbia, who have
no votes.
President Garfield set the prece-
dent for Negro recorder of deeds
In 1881 by appointing a distin-
guished Washington citizen to the
office, Frederick Douglass. Only one
white man has served In that
capacity since. The 1neff1ciency, the
waste and the cynical spoils system
which degrade the Office, cannot
be attributed to the fact that 1t is
headed by q Negro and stated
largely by Negroes. The same thing
would happen under white regime
In similar circumstances. Ms ss
The patronage angle, however,
creates complications which other
wise would not impede reform. Any
move to clean up the Office and put
1t on an, efficient basis Is inter-
preted, by some Negroes, as taking
away something that they have
gained. Other and wiser Negroes
ore more anxious than anybody else
70 clean the place up. For they see
that the conditions under which
the Office operates might become a
reflection on Negroes in public office.
Nevertheless, Republican leaders in
Congress are being warned now to
seep hands of and not to destroy a
spoils system which is capable of
swaying some votes. The same thing
happened when the Democrats were
in control.
1t is question, therefore, whether
any helpful results will follow the
restrained and healthily common .
sense report and recommendations
which have come from Representa-
tive Walt Horan's Subcommittee on
District Appropriations regarding
what ought to be done to this office.
OF course it ought to be run eff
ciently. OF course it ought to 90
under the merit system. OF course
Its operations should be made
accountable to the Commissioners.
OF course its bloated staff should be
cut down and modern machinery
Installed to save time and expense.
But whether the Republican
leaders are willing to risk the votes
which might be lost by such reforms
In the interests of clean government
Is another question.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Gloss Distinctions?
By David Laurence

From the New Orleans Tmes-Picsyune.
Kidnapers released Judge and held
banker in Palestine. We leave 1t to
those professions, whether the Judge was
harder to hold or the banker more worth
keeping.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Canned Music Cheup

From the Chicago Daily News.
There can be no quarrel with the
logic of upping the price OF a juke-box
tune. Nothing Is changed. If 1t wasn't
worth nickel, IL isn't worth q dime.
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4 THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
8,

pointment as commanding officer OF
No. precinct in July, said:
Recently one of the papers here
came out with screaming headlines
saying that a man had been beaten
by police. Another paper, more
conservative one, said he had beer
beaten, but also mentioned the fact
that he had been coming at the po-
lcemen with a knife.
Policemen take lot of chances
and they never know what is going
to happen to them. They have q
right to defend themselves. They
aren't perfect, but I think most Of
them try to be courteous"
Capt. Fondahl said his precinct
compares favorably with others In
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Citizens Urged TO GET
FactsinJudging Police

Judgment about stories of po-
lice discourtesy and brutality should
be reserved until both sides are
heard, Police Capt. John E. Fon-
dahl told members of the American
University Park Citizens Associa-
ton last night.
Capt. Fondahl. attending the first
meeting of the group since his ap-
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the city as far as the number Of
police available for street duty goes.
Citizens Of the community, he said,
could help the force by suggestions
and valid complaints made directly
to him or to the station.
The meeting. conducted by Rob-
ert A. Maurer, jr., president, was
held in the Hurst Hall, American
University.
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Briqhtwood Lions Plan Cruise

The Brightwood Lions Club will
sponsor a moonlight cruise on the
S. S. Mount Vernon at $3.50 pm,
Monday. A special underwater pen
writing contest will be held with
prizes for winners.
Standards ruled fha phi1iNNineS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-09

Spaniards ruled the Philippine!
for 370 years, until 1898.
Evening star., 1947-02-02
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-28
EMMA NIELSEN iS
 KIWANIS NOMINEE
 IN QUEEN CONTEST

Juneau Klwanis Club. meeting this noon in the Gold Room of the Baranof, selected Emma Nielsen, 21- year-old employee of the First Ma tional Bank. as their candidate for Fourth of July Queen.
 Jim Church was appointed over- all chairman of the cluh's plans for the Fourth, in cooperation with the community committee. pr. D. D. Marquardt will head the campaign for Miss Nielsen, and J. S. Mo Clellan will act as chairman of the float committee.
 Edward Coar, from the Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago, H. linois, was guest speaker. Coar told of the extensive pharmaceutical re- search programs which are carried on by drug companies.
 Explaining the process of re- search which is necessary before a new drug can be introduced to the market, Coar told of the Abbot La boratories' hunt for new pain re- moving substance to replace aspirin.
 After' lengthy investigation of chemical research libraries, the company located Oxy zalidine. substance which had been isolated some years ago in Germany It took 200 different experiments be- fore Abbott produced a variation of the drug which eliminated it's toxic qualities and made it soluble.
 Other guests at today's Kiwanis luncheon were L. L. Baber, of Ar nngton, Massachusetts; Ed Bush and Willis Taylor, of Omaha, Ne traska. and Thomas " Young, of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-28

jority ceremony under the direction of Margaret Arnold, Grand Worthy Advisor. This meeting is open to the public.
 Friday, Memorial Day, will be ob- served as a holiday from all Rain bow proceedings at the Scottish Rite Temple and all girls will join in observance of events planned by the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
 Saturday evening at the Temple will be the closing events of the Grand Offivers visitation when the Grand Cross of Colors, an especi- ally colorful ceremony honoring members of the Rainbow and Ad- visory Board, will be given by the Grand Officers. This ceremony is open to the public and will be fol- lowed by the Grand Ball which is for Rainbow Girls, members of the