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Evening star., 1947-12-06
Admiral CoIcIough Guest
At St. Johns Episcopal

On the occasion of the 9Th ami
versary of Pearl Harbor, Rear Ad-
miral Oswald S. Colclough, judge
advocate general of the navy, will
speak on Defense as a Christian
Duty" on Sunday at $50 pm. IN
the parish hall of st. Johns Church,
Lafayette Square.
The talk will be given under the
auspices Of st. Johns Church Sup
per Club and will be open to the
general public,
Evening star., 1947-12-06
BibIicuI Drumotist
At St. Murouret's

Miss Ardis Alling Of New York
City, Biblical dramatist, will give
Christmas sketches and drama
logues at st. Margaret's Episcopa
Church at 8 pm. tomorrow, under
the auspices Of the Young Women's
Auxiliary.
A collection will be taken fol
the aid of the new organ fund
The public is invited.
Evening star., 1947-12-06

RAOQe SlanQ, Is
that particular
breed Of poultry,
He means that
J. Howard is a
Communist.
j. H o W a r d
makes a witlier-
ing retort in
which he men,
tions "big busi-
ness fat cats"
and says the
Democrats have
put the Repub-
licans in a box"
Mr.. Reece and
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.EIks to Hold Memorial

Washington Lodge. No. IS, B. P.
Q. E., will hold its 53rd annual me-
mortal service at 8 pm. tomorrow,
at 9l9 H street NV, Chester w. Nc
Laughlin, exalted ruler, will preside,
and John A. Danaher, former Sen
ator from Connecticut, will speak.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
200 Finnish Books
OF War Years Exhibited

Approximately 200 books published
in Finland during the war years
were placed on exhibit at the Lii
brary of Congress today, the ma
tional holiday of Finnish indepen-
dence.
The exhibit is on the first floor
exhibition hall for the rest Of the
month, it was announced. The
books, largely fiction, but also in
Guiding works on art and science,
were selected from those received
in an exchange with the University
of Helsinki library.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Students to Study Traffic

Forty members of the graduating
class of the Bureau of Highway
Traffic of Yale University toured
the District Department of Vehicles
and Traffic yesterday. Their princi-
pal interest was in the traffic engi-
neering methods used here.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
PILGRIM Fellowship

The Washington Pilgrim Fellow
ship, youth groups Of all the Con-
gregational Christian Churches, will
meet at the Cleveland Park Con-
gregational Church at 5:45 pm.
Sunday. The speaker will be the
Rev. Carl Heath Kopf of the First
Congregational Church whose sub
ject will be Pacific Mission" US
ing colored motion pictures for IL
Illustrations.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Memorial Service

A Pearl Harbor memorial service
will be held at II am. Sunday at
the Atlantic Theater, 81 Atlantic
street SW., sponsored by Baptists
of the Washington Highlands area.
The speaker, Representative
James c. Davis of Georgia will be
introduced by the Rev. F. l.. Squires,
pastor of the Covenant Baptist
Church.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G. A-9


Johns Episcopal Church. 81s Six
teenth street NV. Luncheon will be
served from 1880 to and dinner
from s to T. There is no admission
fee.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Bv LoweH MeHen

B. Carroll Reece calls J. Howard
McGrath Rhode Island Red. That's
a joke. B. Carroll doesn't mean
that j. Howard, who comes from
Evening star., 1947-12-06

AS part of its campaign against
tuberculosis, Spain is to spend
$50, 100000 on building and i'm
proving sanitariums.
Evening star., 1947-12-06
Bv Constantine Br0,On

Billions of American dollars may
not prove adequate to prevent the
complete collapse of Western Europe
and its development by the iron
Evening star., 1947-12-06
French Church Buzuur

The French Church Of Washing.
ton will hold its annual bazaar or
Thursday In the parish hall Of st
Evening star., 1947-04-26

committee; he simply wants the law
kept straight.
Mr.. Wheeler will be free to serve
as soon as that is done. Presumably
Congress viii do 1t, though some
members speak darkly Of overriding
the veto. Sooner or later, despite
the mixup, all will be well on this
front. There is no reason for undue
excitement or indignation. As for
red faces, apparently the only ones
with them are those members Of Mr..
Truman's official family who seem 70
have blundered into saying he had
blundered. It is things like this
that make life interesting on the
lighter side.
Evening star., 1947-04-26

most conspicuously lacked them in
the past.
To illustrate the significance Of
the United Negro College Fund,
statistics gathered by the Federal
Government show that there is one
white physician for every 900 in
dividuals in the United States but
only one Negro doctor for 1000
Negroes. The number Of white dem
lists is $1,000 as against only 1,400
Negro dentists. White nurses make
up roster OF 400, 600, while there
are only 5000 Negro nurses. Such
figures speak persuasively, II only
because they indicate an overall
problem which every American
should be happy to aid in solving.
The United Negro College Fund
provides a channel for the assistance
solicited. 1t operates on scientific
basis, without waste and without
duplication.
Evening star., 1947-04-26
Unmixinq q Mixup

1t has turned out, after all, that
the President really meant to veto
the bill to let his old friend, Burton
Wheeler, continue private law prac-
tice and still act as special counsel
for the Senate War Investigating
Committee.
At first nearly everybody-includ-
ing the White House press secretary
thought it was just mistake be-
cause virtually identical measures
had been approved before, including
one by Mr.. Truman as recently as
December, 1s45. Certain people of
a Sadistic turn of mind thereupon
assumed, with some delight, that
the thing must have embarrassed
him acutely. Others, in a more kind
ly spirit, observed to themselves that
even Homer nodded and that man
as busy as the President is entitled
to an occasional slipup. Besides, the
incident seemed to have the virtue
of lending a bit of leavening humor
to these too-serious and rather grim
times.
Despite all this, however, Mr..
Truman has now made clear that
the only mistake involved was the
mistake of those who rushed into
print with statements about his hav-
ing been mistaken. The veto was
Intentional, not unintentional. It
was drawn up on advice from the
Attorney General, and the President
has no apologies to make for it. It
covers certain legal technicalities
that slipped by in the measure he
approved in 1945 and that he feels
ought to be corrected by Congress.
He has no objection to having his
friend Mr.. Wheeler serve the Senate
Evening star., 1947-04-26
The Political Mill
PHILIP MARSHALL BROWN
By Gould Lincoln

ton. since the Progressive Party prac-
tically diSbanded last year-when
former Senator La Toilette entered the
Republican senatorial primary. Glenn
Davis, backed by the Coleman Republi-
can organization, won the nomination
nandily against Mr.. Sauto1, however.
Then Mr.. Sautof came out in support
OF Mr.. Thompson and many Of the
92rogressives followed him.
Vote Extremely Light.
Also, the vote was extremely light
only about 47,000-whereas In the pri-
mary election the combined vote was
more than 10000. The Republicans
point out that the voters did not 20
to the polls, and give several reasons
First, 1t looked like walkaway for the
Republican and the organization let
down-too much overconfidence. Sec-
ond, on April /, primary day, elec-
lions were held for many county of1ices
and referendum was conducted on
daylight saving, matter In which the
farmers were much interested, whereas
on election day, there was only the
single contest for the House seat.
Third. the weather on election. day
was bad.
TneSe reasons Tor the small vote are
valid tn part. There Is still suspicion.
however, that voters did not turn out
simply because they had lost their taste
for voting Republican This is a mat
ter which the Republicans will have
to check into-and undoubtedly will
Only once In IS years have the Demo-
Gratis elected Representative from the
I'd Wisconsin district, and that was
in the Roosevelt landslide Of 1892.
This close Wisconsin vote Comes On
top Of the recent mayoralty election n
Chicago, which was won by the Demo-
Gratis with lead Of about ara nm
Last November in the congressional ana
county elections, the city Of Chicarn
was carried by the Democrats by oniv
$1,000 votes. Republican leaders IN.
c1uding National Chairman Reece had
made the mistake Of saying that ths
mayoralty election would be 4 test 81
national sentiment. After the eIect,o,,
the Republicans put up IN excuse that
the Democrats had offered : mora
popular candidate. Another RepuhIican
setback occurred in the recent eIectior,
Of Democratic Mayor Of Charlestnn
w. Va over q Republican Who had
been Mayor for dozen years. All ~
which has helped to raise Demncratic
hopes for 1913. ---,,>- 80 - !.
Evening star., 1947-04-26
Warden Loves

When Warden Lewis E. Lawes took
over his Sing Sing assignment in
1920 he was armed only with a
theory and lots Of grit. Before he
died he had proved the theory not
only to his own satisfaction, but to
that OF penologists in general.
The theory which he espoused tit
cannot be said that he was the orig
inator OF it, however) was that
prison should be more than just
place of confinement for criminals.
Society, he believed, was not con-
tributing to a solution Of the crime
problem when it put a convict be-
hind prison bars and made no effort
to reform him. Warden Lawes con-
tended that society was shirking its
duty-indeed was imperiling its own
peace and safety-if it ignored the
opportunity of teaching criminal
trade, of attempting to restore his
self-respect and to give him hope
OF earning lawful living when
released.
The theory was not popular one
in the days when Mr.. Lawes essayed
to try it out at Ossining. Sing Sing
at that time was place OF i'll repute,
a scene Of repeated riots, breaks and
bloodshed. He was the fourteenth
warden to arrive there in ten years.
But as he put his new "humanizing"
policy to work, Sing Sing took on
new appearance-and so did the
inmates. Idle hands were given pro-
ductive chores to do, trades were
taught, a spirit of hope replaced the
atmosphere of hopelessness and sui
lenness which had bred discomfort
and disorder in the past.
Sing Sing, In short, was trans
formed from a grim center of terror
and turbulence to a model penal in
stitution, to be studied and copied
by penologists everywhere. The new
Sing Sing is a monument to Warden
Lawes' intelligence, enthusiasm and
farsightedness.
Evening star., 1947-04-26

The $64 politica, question today is:
What Is the real significance Of the
recent by-election for House seat in
the I'd congressional district of Wis
consin-an election which the Re
publicans won by scant gao votes?
This district was carried by the late
Representative Robert K. Henry, Re-
publican, last November by 68,794 to
80 y657 votes for his Democratic oppo-
nent. Furthermore, in the nominating
primary on April l, last 64,887 votes
were cast in the Republican primary
and only 16,040 in the Democratic
That was just three weeks before the
election which Glenn r. Davis, Re
publican, won over his Democratic op-
ponent, Carl w. Thompson, by the mar
row margin already mentioned.
Gael Sullivan, executive director OF
the Democratic National Committee,
as meaning there had been a. distinct
change in sentiment In Wisconsin .
Democratic National Committeeman
Robert E. Tehan Of Wisconsin, In
telegram, referred to the election as
tremendous victory" from the Demo-
cratic point OF view, even though the
Republican nosed out a winner. On
the surface-and perhaps beneath the
surface-it looks as though Mr.. Sull-
van had something. Certainly the Re-
pubhcans in Wisconsin and Washing
ton are crestfaIlen over the returns.
Further, they are puzzled and a bit
worried. Some are inclined to blame
the current criticism, widespread, of
the Republican-controlled Congress.
Progressive stronghold.
Here are some Of the circumstances
about the Wisconsin election which may
throw light On the close vote. The
ID district includes Dane County,
which in turn includes Madison. Dane
County casts 40 per cent Of the total
vote, or perhaps more, in the district.
Dane County has been q stronghold OF
the Progressive Party-started In 1894
by the La Follettes. Mr.. Thompson,
the Democratic candidate, was Pro-
gressive. and active IN that party.
What happened. undoubtedly, is that
the old Progressives rallied strongly to
Mr.. Thompson In the election. Many
Of them had gone into the Republican
primary to support Henry Sauton-
also former Progressive and for several
terms Representative from the I'd
district In Congress Mr.. Sauton sought
the Republican nomination Ii this elec-
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Neqro COLLEGE Fund

There are few, If any, voluntary
public causes of more attraction
than that of the United Negro Col
lege Fund. Under the direction of
a national committee headed by
John D. Rockefeller, jr., it raises
money for the development and
maintenance of important activities
in thirty three associated institu-
tions of practical higher learning.
The fourth annual campaign, now
in progress, has for its objective the
sum of $1,300,000, to be used for
instruction, student aid, needed
equipment and supplies. Abraham
Lincoln's sympathetic axiom: Teach
hope to all' is the slogan of the drive.
Those who contribute will be in
vesting in human values; they will
be helping young Americans of Afri-
can descent to help themselves-and
the national community of which
they are part.
The Negro colleges long since
proved their claim on the good will
of their friends. Booker r. Wash
ington, George w. Carver, James
Weldon Johnson are but three names
symbolizing the achievement which
they have stimulated. Lives such
as those of the men here mentioned
have been assets to all their neigh
bors of every race, class and condi-
ton. The benefit can be multi
piled by generous support of the
schools in which they were trained
and to which many youthful.
candidates motivated by their in
spring examples currently are seek
ing to be admitted. Constructive
leadership cannot be created without
systematic education. Neither car
the degree of honorable self-respect
which naturally Is expected Of all
Americans be fostered without
methodical encouragement in cul-
tural and ethical endeavor. If aca-
demic advantages are worth theil
cost for any group, they surely must
be considered so for group which
Evening star., 1947-04-26
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. sqssa~a
With touching directness and simplic-
ity, monarchS, who once were sworn
enemies and heaped vile imprecations
ON each other. can come together as the
best OF friends when the little prefix
"ex" Is placed before their royal titles.
This has been true through history
It Is true today in one of the strangest
reconciliations on record. Ex-King Zog
OF Albania, who rose to the regal
purple from his comparatively humble
rank as chief Of a hill tribe by virtue OF
his own elastic conscience and his ability
to play the right politics, has become
bosom companion of Ex-King Victor
Emmanuel III of Italy.
The tall ex-royal hill billy who kept
things stirred up in Albania under the
name Of Ahmed Zogue, has discovered
through the good offices Of King Farouk
lauthentic) of Egypt, that pint-sized
Victor Emmanuel Is not such i bad
fellow after all. ~
Evening star., 1947-04-26

Wagner Act and CIO
To the Editor Of The Star:
David Lawrence, in Tuesdays Star,
said:
"It is interesting to recall that the
Wagner Labor Relations Act was writ
ten by the CIO lawyers In 1885,"
Mr.. Lawrence and The Stars editors
should know that the Wagner Act be-
came law nearly half a year before
there was any CIO.
Some dates:
The CIo was started by eight AFL
unions in November, 1885.
The Wagner Act was first drafted
two years before.
In late 1888, Senator Wagner, as
chairman OF the National Laror Board,
outlined the act complete in all es-
sentials except one. He set his staff
to work on it. The draft was elaborated
by la) his Senate staff, centering In ,,is
secretary. Leon Keyserling; (b) his
Labor Board staff q was his assistant) !;
plus invited experts personally known
to the Senator or from the Department
OF Labor. The draft was slightly modi-
fed in committee and during debate on
the Senate floor.
This bill~-stin a year before there
was any CIO-was recast by the same
combination Of Wagner stats. The
Labor Board staff was then under the
craftsmanship Of Francis Biddle, with
the economist, DR.. Harry Willis, as q
member. The result, reintroduced In
early 1885, which became the law Of
the land, was stiI. In all essence, the
same as Senator Wagner laid 1t down
IN 1888.
At one conference we had before US
81 drafts-from every kind Of grour
(except the CIo, since there was no
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CIO). / cannot recall the name Of
a contributing drafter-who. even In the
decades after, became CIO lawyer
who had an effective finger In the re-
sultant bill this Is not In dis
paragement Of any CIO lawyer; just a
plain matter Of history. All through,
the Wagner view prevailed.
Senator Wagner drafted the Wagner
Act. AS one who Sat through year
and half Of it, can say how the "old
man." with his jutty jaw and clear eye,
lowered over us and some Of the con-
ferees thought they were q bit expert.
The law. as he wrote it, became more
ntigated than any other Of the So
called New Deal laws and It has still,
after 10 years, practically perfect
record Of approval by the courts.
H. BLANKENHORN.
Evening star., 1947-04-26
Price Recession

Inc pr1ce-cutting wave which
seems to be spreading over the
country in the wake of President
Truman's appeal for voluntary anti
imitation action by business has the
average consumer ,pinching himself
to make sure he Is conscious. Long
the forgotten man in the price-wage
race, the consumer suddenly finds
himself the center of attention, the
object Of courteous consideration by
those who have things to sell. Nat
urally, he is a bit bewildered by 1t all
and maybe little skeptical, too.
But there is no denying the fact
that the consumer is responding to
the reductions in a manner that
tends to justify the Presidents be-
lief that lowered prices will create
more business and, in the end,
benefit producer, seller and buyer
alike. The little town of Newbury-
port, Massachusetts, population
$4,000 really started the ball rolling
when nearly 100 per cent of its nler-
chants agreed to participate in
ten-day 10 per cent price reduction
experiment. During the first two
days of the test business doomed as
it has not boqmed in Newburyport
for many year. Sales were nearly
go per cent above normal and stores
continue to be, crowded not only
with local customers but visitors
from nearby communities.
AS might be expected-and as was
hoped-the success of the Newbury-
port plan caused the nearby towns
to perk up, competition being what
1t is, with the result that similar
price-slashing schemes are being
announced almost daily in that area
of Massachusetts,. And that Is not
all. Boston has become interested,
and so have cities in other New Eng
land States and in other sections of
the country. Washington so far has
not adopted the -the-board
Newburyport reduction idea, but
there is a spreading movement
among department and food stores
to fall In line on an individual basis.
The present movement could have
lasting salutary effects. It could
help to overcome widespread buyer
resistance to inflated prices and thus
break the logjam of products on
retail shelves that has been causing
concern in merchandising circles.
Once the. flow of goods to con-
sumers has started, production can
be stepped up, manufacturing costs
reduced and employment expanded.
With prices down, the excuse for
higher wage demands will have less
validity.
The big "if" in the movement is
labor costs. Prices cannot come
down substantially on any logical
basis if wages are to continue to rise
fnordinately. Price reduction, in
other words, cannot be a one-sided
affair, with management carrying
the entire burden. It must be a CO.
operative labor-management enter
prise If 1t is to attain any degree of
real success.
Evening star., 1947-04-26
MurshuII's Planners

Secretary Marshall's new plan
ming staff for long-range foreign
policy represents highly promising
development in the complex organ
ization of the State Department.
There have been such stats before,
but this one Is unique In the sense
that it will be able to give undivided
attention to the important job cut
out for it. The result should be
firmer direction and greater con-
sistency in the Nations approach to
international affairs.
In the past, the State Depart
ment's overall planning stats have
been made up of top officials bur-
dened with too many administrative
details and daily responsibilities to
leave them with enough time to be
thorough about formulating policy
and objectives in terms of the long
future. Secretary Marshalls staff,
however, will not face the same
handicaps. Headed by George F.
Kennan, career diplomat and an
outstanding expert on Russia, it will
devote itself exclusively to its single
task. It will concentrate solely and
simply on the development of
framework of fixed aims and prin-
ciples and work directly with the
Secretary to keep day-by-day de-
cisions within that framework.
The value of such an arrangement
is self-evident. The State Depart
ment's field of operations is the
whole world. On one day, it may
have to decide something relating
to the Balkans; on the next day, it
may have to make up its mind on
an issue involving China or the
Middle East; on yet another day,
it may have to settle some point
bearing on our relations with Brit
ain, France, Russia, or any other
country, large or small. These day.
to-day operations may often have
only a minor significance, but they
are wide open to inconsistencies
unless adequately integrated with
our overall policy and long-range
objectives. BY the same token, un-
less the policy and objectives are
clearly fixed and defined, the daily
execution of decisions will lack a
strong sense of direction.
The State Department has been
criticized for this in the past, and
it is being criticized for it now.
Thus, for example, there are those
who hold that our attitude toward
communism in Greece does not jibe
with State Department requests that
Congress permit the fulfillment of
our contract with Russia on pipe
line" lend-lease. Such seeming in
consistencies, of course, may actually
be more seeming than real. Never
theless, they create a measure of
public confusion because they are
either mishandled or ineffectively
explained. Beyond that-in other
years, if not at present-there have
been definite inconsistencies that
could have been avoided had there
been clear definitions of our long
term international program.
Mr.. Kennan and his five or six
colleagues on the new planning staff
will have the responsibility of work.
ing out such definitions and employ
ing them to guide daily operations.
The State Department functions in
so big, so complex and so fluctuating
field that this organizational
change is not likely to lead to per-
fection. Yet, If fully exploited, it
can do much to strengthen the exc
cution of American policy abroad.
Secretary Marshall has done good
thing putting it into effect.
Evening star., 1947-04-26

Height of Impropriety'
To the Editor of The STAR
I think it the height of impropriety
for one of your correspondents to knock
Secretary OF State Marshall, by stating
in last Sundays Star that Mr.. Mar
shall was withholding news of the Big
Four conferences from the correspond
ents. I have read The Star, since the
meetings started, and think the read
ing public has gotten all the available
news about the Big Four conferences.
OF all the ridiculous and absurd situ-
ations-a correspondent knocking his
own Government through Mr. Marshall! !
JOHN L.. OGILVIE.