davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-04-18

einancioje Kauno plenta Visa nakti be-
veik be perstojo dundejo kariuomenes ma
sinu voros, nuo ju dundejimo drebejo vi
sas namas
Ryta, paemes eemodana ejau jiesko-
tt susisiekimo priemoniu. Isejau uz mics
to If, atsistojes ant griovio krasto, laukiau
Utenos (Daugpilio) kripthni nejo jokia
masina, tik kelios sunkvezimiu voros at
vaziavo is ten. Kai, pagaliau, viena ma
sina pasirode ir pakeliau ranka, soferis
numojo j Sail. Laukiau valanda, dvi, iris
49,. Pagrioviu sustojo ellie bendrakelei-
viu. Galu gale, apie 13 " vienas sunkvezi-
mis- sustojo. Juo vaziavo Latviu legioni-
ninkai ir prasyma pavezeti atsake:
= Lipkite! Tx greitai!
Masina buvo apdengta brezentu. Lat
Wis atsege krasta ir pakele. Mes bema-
tant sugarmejome vidun, ir uzdanga nu-
sileido. Susedome, kur kas tusciame sunk
vezimyje. Masina greit leke, tik prasilen-
kiant sumazindama greiti. Pro plysi ma
ciau kad pravaziavo civiliu gyventoju vilk-
stine.
= Tai pabegeliai is Daugpilio, - kaz-
kas tare.
Utena pasiekeme be nuotykiu. W
pavezejima Latviams sumeteme kas kick
-po lO, ~ marklu. Jie purtesi, bet pini-
gus eme
Stotyje suzinojau kad traukinys j Pa
newell netrukus turi iseiti Stotyje mate
81 nemazai atbegeliu - daugiausiai is Vii
MICS. Is traukinelio krove ju baldus. Kaz
koks vyrukas stoties sandelyje atidare di-
dziule backa alaus ir vaisino visus. Ir as
i5gelfau pora stiklinil1 Kai po poros va
landu pasijudinome, platformoje susede
policininkai uztrauke DANA.
Traukinelis pamazu spyresi pirmyn
Nuolat keitesi vaizdai: miskelis, javu lau-
kai, krumais apauges upoksnis.. Gill ra-
mybe viespatavo aplinkui
stovejau vienas vagono uzpakalineje
aiksteleje, ir toji ramybe pagavo ir name,
Pagaliau pasijutau istrukes is karo neri-
mu uzkrestos aplinkumos.
Panevezi traukinelis pasieke vakare.
Bet prizes miesta sustojo - aliarmas Sto-
VETO kelias valandas. stoti atyaziavo nak-
tt. Buvo vaikscioti draudziamas laikas.
Pora valandu, kol prasvito, prasnaudziau
stotyje, atsitupes ant cemodano Cia snau-
de daugiau tokiu pat pabegeliu.
(RuS daupiau)
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-04-18
Ill. Vilnius - Ukmerge.

Kazkaip lengva buvo masinai lekiant
is miesto, paliekamo, kaip atrode, sunkiems
isgyvenimams. Mes su Vokieciu puskari-
ninku stovejome sunkvezimio uzpakalyje
ir kalbejome. Pats sunkvezimis buvo prik-
rautas ivairiu advokato rysuliu rysuleliu,
vezimeliu su vaikais, skarose suviniotu mo-
teru ir TT. Advokata pasodinome greta
soferio rodyti kelia.
Plente pralenkeme nemazai pabegeliu
is Vilniaus. Vieni ju trauke pesciomis,
sunkiai tempdami paskutini turta, kit va
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-04-18

ziavo arkliais, paprastai vezimas pilnas Xxi
krastu. iVsi buvo dulketi ir pavarge. Die
ma daresi karsta !.
Mudu kalbejome su Vokieciu puskari-
ninkiu. Buvo tai gimes Berlynietis-stu-
dentas. Jis sake:
- Matysit, po poros savaiciu mes su-
grysime. Susitaikinsime su Anglais IL SUI
musime Rusus.
- paskui Anglus?.
Jis tik nusijuoke.
Berlyne turejo suzadetine, kurios TO-
tografija parode buvo tikrai nebjauri
mergyte Prizes kick laiko buvo Berlyne,
sake, ir, noredamas padaryti staigmena,
nuejo pas ja. Bet nei jos, nei namu, ku-
riuse gyveno, neberado - namas buvo
bombu nusluotas, kur j - nezinia.
- Pc karo atrasiu, = pridure, liud-
mai syptelejes
Kelyje mus pasitiko motociklistas. Jis
pranese kad tiltas prizes sirvintus Lenku
partizanu sunaikintas, ir is viso del parti-
zanu veikimo atskirai masinai vaziuoti pa
vojinga. 5",
Pc trumpo pasitarimo nuvaziavome
pirmyn. Puskarininkis istrauke sautuva
ir granatas ir padejo po ranka. Pc kokio
pusvalandzio privaziavome sudegusl Sir
vintos tilta, prizes kuri stovejo nemaza sunk
vezimiu vora. Nuns kitty pervazu bejies-
kant atvaziavo pionieriai ir pareiske' kad
po triju valandu bus pastatytas naujas til
tas Jie tuoj griebesi darbo.
Musu purkarininkio dalinys per tilta
buvo pravaziaves ir jis, daugiausiai del
musu, bet ir pats noredamas pasilseti, nu-
tare palaukti, uzuot pasukes atgal. Mes
susimeteme pieveleje prie upelio. Diena
pasidare tikrai vasariskai karsta Maui
demes, uzkandziavome, ilsejomes. Puska-
rininkis ir soferis nusiskute barzdas ir va
landele nusnaude. Pc triju valandu tiltas
tikrai buvo pastatytas, ir mes pirmutiniai
pervaziavome juo Masina dabar ejo Xxi
Kauno, bet as nutariau sustoti Ukmerge-
je, is cia bandyti pasiekti Utena is ten
siauruoju gelezinkeliuku - Panevezi. Kad
Ukmergeje nereiketu sustoti, mes uzpaka-
lyle vaziavo visa sunkvezimiu vora name
pasodino greta soferio. Ukmerge pasieke-
me be nuotykiu. Cia soferis prilaike ma
sina, ir as issokau. Puskarininkis padave
cemodana ir atsisveikinimui pamojavo ran
Ka.
- Xxi pasimatymo!
Jis buvo tikrai saunus vyras. " pa
vezejima grieztai atsisake ka nors init, irI
net pats pavaisino 'degtine Taip pat buvo
uzdraudes soferiui is musu ka nors init,
taciau siam ikisau keleta pakeliQ papiro-
Su.
w. Ukmerge - Utena - Panevezys.
Ukmergeje neturejau pazystamu ir|
mieste is viso tebuvau buves pora kartu II
pro Sail pravaziuodamas. Buvo apie A "
p. p ir po dienos pergyvenimu jauciausi
pavarges. Norejau gerai issimiegoti, pol
to vel rupintis susisiekimo priemonemis.
Issimiegoti, bet kur?
Kreipiaus pirma pasitaikiusi polici-
ninka. Jis maloniai paaiSkino kad vienin-
tell viesbuti paemes savo Union nuovados
pabegeliams priglausti. ! jill
ir reikia kreiptis. Nuovados virsininkas|
nakvyne dave.
Apsirupines nakvyne, isejau pasivaiks-
cioti mieste Gatvemis beveik be perstojol
1undejo kariuomenes masinu voros - Kau-
no kryptimi Is paties miesto ivairiomis
kryptimis vaziavo vezimai su "a | d is:
miestieciai krauste savo turta pas ukinin-
kus
Ia nakti Ukmergeje gerai issimiegoti
taip ir nepavyko. Viesbutis buvo gatvejel
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-04-18

Vienas is
vaizdu kurie
telpa knygoje
"LIE1'UVA
TIRONU
PANCIUOSE".
Tie vaizdai
tilps ir
Angliskoje
kalboje
leidziamoj
knygoj.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1947-04-18

(Bus daugiau)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Books And The Arts
Trademark Registered U. S. Pit.h. Once

be the authors Of thrillers, maybe
because they have to turn cut so
many books to make d living.
Record in this country is he.
lieved to be held by Erie Stanley
Gardner, who dictated a FULL
length novel in three and a halt
days. II England, John Crcasey,
Or Anthony Morton as he signs
his books, a do 1000 words on
hour, or 1000 a day, or. nine
mysteries a year.
Two ballet books are scheduled:
Holt will publish "Isadora Dun
cam" by Paul Magriel, on April
Fl, and Duell, Sloan & Pearce and
Penguin books have a contract
with George Amberg of the Mu-
scum of Modern Art for a work
On the American ballet.
The $3.50 Friends of American
Writers award. given annually to
q midwestern author, has been
won by Walter Havighurst for
Land of Promise" MacMillan).
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

tor and playwright as well as {
translator, served as Reinhardt'
ssistant from 1925 to 1890.
He learned his flawless Egnlist
while at school in Edinburgh, Scot
land, 1913, where he won the ten.
mis- championship.
My first interest was acting
then directing" he said with his
characteristic friendly grin. This
led to a translation of Macbeth,
and later to translations of o
more OF Shakespeare's plays"
He went On to trace his work
with the Leipzig Theatre, which
ne joined as a director in 1920
where he directed productions O.
plays such leading modern play
Wrlghts as Georg Kaiser AM
Ernst Toller, as well as plays b,
Shakespeare and Goethe.
THAT was an excellent period
for the German theatre h,
unused. There was no censorship
and playWrights could write aav
thlng that was in good taste. 1
was a high point in German art
In explaining his work with MAJ
Relnhardt, he said: MY job wa.
to direct the directors of Rein
hardt's four theatres. Sometime:
| made trips to London or Pari!
to select new plays to be done il
Berlin"
1t was during this period, 1925
80, that Rothe's book on Rein
hardt, twenty-five Years of Ger
man Theatre" was written. Whe,
Reinhardt left Berlin in 1890
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Wilmington Soldier
Returning From Arctic

1t. Fred A. Stoutz, United States
Army, Of Wilmington, is enroute
from Fairbanks, Alaska to San
Francisco, Calf, h Army an
nounced yesterday.
He has been serving with the
Army Ground Forces Arctic Win
ter Testing unit, Task Force
"Frigid."
During the tests Stoutz reported
ly experienced temperatures bw-
er than 60 below and was taught
special maneuvers for cold eli
mates. The buddy system was
used, the Army said, 10 prevent
the soldiers from freezing,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Aeronautics Board
Approves School

MAXTON, April IL. - The com.
mercial flying school and ad.
7anced ground school Of Presby.
erian Junior college here has
been approved by the Civil Aero.
.autics Administration.
The college had earlier been ap.
proved for its primary flying
school and primary ground school,
which r carried on at the Laur.
A.1burg . Maxton airport. Student.
may enroll either as civilians OF
under Public Law 346, and receive
100 hours of flight instruction te
qualify for a commercial pilot
rating.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
UNIVERSITY HEARS
THEATER LECTURE
Hans Rothe, OF Madrid,
Speaks To Drama Stu
dents AT Chapel Hill

CHAPEL HILL, April 10. Il used
to save my lunch money to buy
theatre tickets" says Hans Rothe,
OF Madrid, Spain. guest lecturer
In the Department Of Dramatic
Art at the University of North
Carolina, explaining how he got
theatre experience in spite OF his
fathers opposition while going to
college at the University Of Berlin
in 1914.
Rothe, who has had over 5000
performances of his German
t%ranslations of Shakespeare, will
remain with the Carolina Play.
makers in Chapel Hill for the
spring quarter, and will assist in
teaching courses of History Of
the Theatre" and shakespeare in
the Theatre"
He gave a lecture on the world
famous German theatre manager
and producer, Max Reinhardt,
during the Spring Festival of the
Carolina Dramatic Association
this week. Rothe, who is a direc-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

Modern 24-sheet posters used in
outdoor advertising use 10, not "a
sheets of paper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

The fastest writer's are said TO
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
All Ex-CI Stage Show
Is Broadway Success

OF the GI musical more imnres.
slVe Is the fact that by all recent
broadway standards it is q most
economical project costing s129. 600
10 produce, which or this extrava-
CANT street is a comparative sh,e-
strlng. Further, the show IS not
peopled with stars, although it has
MADE several in its brief course:
Betty Garrett stopped the show
cold on opening night with South
America Take 1t Away" and was
signed within days to an M-G.-M
contract. Jules Munshin, male
comedy lead, also received a fan
cy M-G-M contract, numble-foot-
ca Bill Callahan was signed bv
warner Brothers for a juvenile
leading role and S. Hurok, the
concert agent, is sending Law
renee Winters on a serious sing
ing tour next fall and winter.
While Melvyn Douglas was not
IN dire need of additional fame,
the production was an agreeable
iIloIdIe-suslalner after his years in
uniform, and Herman Levin prov
ed he is a somewhat peculiarly
fortunate and canny producer in
his Broadway debut by spending
less than the $3.50, 600 set before
production for the project. Finan-
cling was arranged in record time,
$500, 900 raised at the first audi
ton for hackers, the remaining
$50, 600 two days later at the Sec
ond.
Cuff stuff: The movies William
Bendix received initial Hollywood
attention by his splendid acting on
Broadway as the policeman in Sd
royan's The Time of Your Life"
After the plays recent purchase
by Cagney Productions for immin-
ent shooting as a movie,
Modern 24-sheet posters used in
outdoor advertising use 10, not "a
sheets of paper.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
SUNDAY, P R 13, 1e47
~ JACK O'BRIAN

NEW YORK, April 12.- R) -
THE former soldiers, sailors. ma.
rines, pilots, nurses and USO en-.
tertainers in the cast of the smash
bit. Cal Me Mister" all-ex-GI
rev,1e, will celebrate Friday the
first anniversary of the delightful
postwar musical.
Il will be a happy Broadway
birthday. In it's year at the ma
tional thester, the revue produced
bv a couple of ex-officers. screen
star Melvyn Douglas and Broad
nav barrister Herman Levin, has
crossed more than So, 600, 600. The
trouping company, after six
months spent in Boston and BUT
falo. reports a half-year gross of
well over $500, 900.
The management pridefully
nojnts out that 456, 1876 playgoers
nave seen the show at the ma
tional, and another 10000 have
Witnessed the ebulliently youthful
laugh-and-music show on its tour
10 date.
In case this sort OF fact-finding
does not thoroughly impress any
one. Melvyn Douglas and Lawyer
Levin needed all within hearing
to further note that only two pre-
vious productions have remained
at the national for more than a
wear. grand hotel" and 1.-The trial
of Mary Dugan."
Only seven revues have topped
the call Me Mister" mark, and
one or two of these records may
fall before the musical written by
Harold Rome and Arnold Auer-
bach quits the Broadway boards.
The lengthier earlier seveo are
'Hellzapoppin." "P i n a n d
Needless, Sons of Fun" "Star
and Carter "Ziegfeld Follies
Qe44), GAS Thousands Cheer" and
"Blackbirds."
What makes the one-year mark
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

Rothe remained to continue his
W literary work, but in 1882 he
was active in practical threatre
WORK again, this time with Ufa
films, where he served as a su-
pervisor and director. But Nazi
censorship dipped into this, and
Rothe, unwilling to work under
censorship, left Berlin for Flor
ence. Italy, in 1884.
His own plays, including his
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

Shakespeare translations, were Ill
banned in Nazi Germany by 1885.
He passed over his experiences
with the Nazis with a grim smile,
saying, They stifled creative
work and ran out or destroyed
their leading dramatists."
From Florence he went to
Paris, and from Paris to Madrid
in 1889, where he has spent most
Ct his time writing and directing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

The Beautiful all neon Main Entrance of the Endy Bros. Shows and
Thrill Circus, all next week, starting tomorrow night at Benamy
Park, Nineteenth and Dawson Streets for the benefit of the Will
mington Police Recreation Fund. The Endy Bros. Shows and Thrill
Circus will arrive in Wilmington late this afternoon on their own
special train of forty RAILROAD cars.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-20
BY LoTTiE COLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Coons and
sSon were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith and
daughter, of Lancaster, Miss Joy
Roberts, of Columbus, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Alexander and child
rem and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Shirk
end family, of Broadway, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Roberts. OF w. Manifold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Endsley
were Sunday afternoon callers of
, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilton Blue, of
New Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tomas Yearsley,
of Claiborne, and Burton Years
ley and sister, Jean, of Redwood,
were Sunday callers at the Bert
. Yearsley home.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Truitt are
both on the sick list at this writ
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Endsley
were super. guests Sunday eve-
/. ming of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Hill
and son, of Milford Center.
Miss Virginia Graham spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-20
BROADWAY

Edward Amrine, near Marysville
Mrs. nellie w. Teets visited this
week with her son, Sam Westlake
and family, on Kenton rd.
Mr.. Harry Leeper has moved
into Hamilton home, which he
recently purchased.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Story
spent Saturday evening with Mr.
Story's mother in Columbus.
Mrs. Alma Johnson is visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. Ashley
Brooks, of Wheeling, w. Va.
Mrs. Gertrude Rumsey returned
Saturday from a visit to Terre
Haute, Ind.
Joe Landon spent the week
end in Marion with his daughter,
Mrs. Norman Titus.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Shearer and
Miss Leila Wyeth were dinner
guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence Grubbs, of Marys-
vile, Thursday evening. The din
ner was given in honor of Mrs.
Willis Shearer's birthday.
Mrs. Ruth Graham and son
were Sunday dinner guests of
Mrs. Clara Folsom.
Mrs. Annie Titus and son, AL
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-20

bert Jr., were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell
Titus and family, of near Ray
mond.
Carl Shirk and family visited
Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jasper Yeoman and son, OF
near Flat Branch.
Mrs. Charles Sanderson is visi-
ting in Columbus with her dau.
ghter, Helen and Crystal, and
sons, Clarence and Hayes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Reese and
family were Sunday callers Of
Mrs. Ella Appleman.
Mrs Richard Deere and Miss
Hariett Price, of Bellefontaine,
were callers here, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Elbin and
family visited with relatives in
Columbus, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Sines and
family, of West Mansfield, were
Sunday visitors here.
BY the looks of the snow forts
and snow men in the many yards
last Sunday, everyone enjoyed
the mild snow that fell early Sun
day morning. There were quite
few royal SNOWFALL fights a.
mong the children here.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-20
ADVISORY COUNCIL 9

Farm Bureau Council No. 8
met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Gamble Feb. 8 with
Frank Rausch president, in charge
of the meeting. Donald Gamble,
assistant discussion leader, led in
the discussion hour. The March
meeting will be held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Parmenter.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-20

BY MRS. VERA KRAMER

Sunday school at Darby at 10
am. Sunday. Everyone welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Wood and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wood were
Thursday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Dave Stroop.
Mrs. OWE Lawson spent Thurs
day with Vera Kramer.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. DeVore
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Robinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Kramer
visited Sunday afternoon with
the formers mother in RushSyl-
vania.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McCreary
were Monday evening callers OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Kramer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Organ, of
Bellefontaine, spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Deem Lawson.
Callers the past week of Mrs.
Ralph Kramer were Mrs. James
Wood, Mrs. Edna Heath and Mrs.
Bertha Forsythe.
Mr.. Archie Howard and Mrs.
Farley, of Plain City, and Mrs.
Velma Wallace and son, of CO.
lumbus, were Sunday evening
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wood
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Wood.
James Wood is working in
tensely on the cab for his tractor,
hoping to have it completed for
the spring work.
A roxrrrrahNrcrr IN n1IILr IOIIRMA M
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-02-20

ADVERTISE IN THE JOURNAL
Evening star., 1947-04-10
Ukuse Against Lippy

There probably will be more than
few tears in Brooklyn over the
cruel thing that has happened to
Leo Durocher of the sainted Dodgers.
What partisan of Dem Buns can be
happy? The Lips peculiar charm
will be gone from Ebbets Field for
the whole of 1s47. And why? Just
because his department was worth
something less than an Al Justice?
Humbug! If there were any justice,
how come Car Chandler let Larry
MacPhail get away? In fact, how
come Happy failed to do really
good job and suspend himself as
well?-a question that may be
shared by some Of the irreverent
far removed from the sorrowing
precincts Of Flatbush.
But these are matters so technical
that only the savants of baseball
can discuss them with authority.
Lippy's fate may or may not be
deserved. The gnashing of teeth in
Brooklyn may or may not be justi-
fed. A great number of laymen,
ignorant of Flatbush and interested
merely in badminton or croquet, can
hardly be expected to know. The
nonfan, the sedentary student of
politics, the eager-to-learn foreign
observer, Is likely to be excited by
the Chandler decision in only one
respect-the utter f1nality of the
last paragraph, the stark, bold, not
to-be-questioned ukase that "All
parties to this controversy are
Silenced from the time this order
is issued"
How splendid In its simplicity!
Mr.. Chandler has formula here
that might be boon depending
on whose OK is gored) to all engaged
In the hurly-burly Of politics. What
a wonderful thing If the President
could employ this silencer against
people we happen to disagree with!
How fine If Congress could use it
to cut the gulf and CAB on Capitol
Hill! Imagine its possibilities In
the United Nations as device to
keep Mr. Gromyko from saying no!
In ever so many ways it could make
life great joy-assuming, Of course,
that 1t would be applied just as we
wanted.
Alas, though, the real world Is not
the world Of baseball. Il 1t were, It
Evening star., 1947-04-10

proposed by the United States. the
world viii have nothing TO look for
ward to but the collective insecurity
Of the deadliest arms competition
In history.
AS OF today Russia alone Is block
ing the effort to change this pros
pect from one Of mutual fear to one
of mutual confidence. 1t Is doing
so by paying only lip-service to
principle. It is doing so by refusing
to back up the principle with con-
crete enforcement measures. It can
keep on this way for just so long.
Sooner or later, 1t must either agree
to effective control or bear the
blame-with all the consequences
that that can bring-for pursuing
an atomic policy calculated to create
a nightmare world.
Evening star., 1947-04-10
Mr.. LiIienthuI Wins

The confirmation of David =.
Lilienthal brings to an end battle
which was as bitter as 1t was un-
worthy of the United States Senate.
II the fight had been over the
competence of this man to under
take what is undoubtedly one OF the
most important posts OF the day there
would have been little basis for
complaint. But that was not the
issue. for Mr.. Lilienthal is an able
man. In no sense is he "indispensa-
ble," and many of those who sup
ported him would have been better
satisfied had the President nomi-
mated some one else to head the
Atomic Energy Commission. Yet
the President chose Mr.. Lilienthal,
and the only question properly
before the Senate was whether he
was qualified for the job.
Since It was obvious that the
nominee could not be successfully
attacked on that ground, however,
his opponents, or their leaders, re-
sorted to a campaign OF smear and
innuendo which has had few par
allels in the Senate. To say that 1t
was thoroughly discreditable to those
who took part in 1t is to state the
case mildly.
Now that the fight has ended in
victory for Mr.. Lilienthal and his
associates, it is to be hoped that
those who fought the nomination
will not carry on a sniping cam
paign against the Atomic Energy
Commission. Too much time has
already been lost, and too much
damage done to this agency. The
work which 1t is supposed to do is
vitally important, and 1T should be
allowed to get on with Its job.