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Evening star., 1947-08-17

miserable as calm sea and a
bright sun can make it pleasant.
One time. in 1893, the wind was so
terrific that the waves broke the
windows of the lighthouse, filled the
cistern with salt water. ruined the
the food in the kitchen 20 feet above
the regular waterline and marooned
the Schoeneman family for three
days and nights without water or
nourishment.
"The United States almost lost
a potential internal revenue COM
missioner that time" he says now
with smile. Perhaps lot of
folks will be saying that 1t would
have been best"
He lived in that lighthouse for 20
years-until he followed his older
brother, the late Charles r. Schoe-
neman, to Washington in 1911, to
become stenographer in the Post
Office Department.
Mr.. Schoeneman feels today that
his life in Government has been a
series of good breaks" but remem-
bers the first such opportunity as
being the one that seemed to help
him most.
Post Office Appointment
II remember it very well, even
after the years." he recalls, Albert
S. Burleson had just been appointed
Postmaster General during the VIII
son administration, and he called
for a personal stenographer. There
were 25 stenographers detailed to
the department headquarters at the
time and, of course, every one Of
them wanted to be chosen for the
place at the Postmaster Generals
right hand, so to speak.
after the competitive exams and
after interviews with each of the
Is stenographers had been held by
the new official. I was chosen for
the post. That was my real be-
ginning in Government service. And
that's why finally, I suppose, I got
this new post for which I feel 50
deeply honored."
In other words, Mr.. Schoeneman
always has made it point to be
around, and qualified. when oppor-
tunity knocks.
Likewise, when other opportunf-
ties opened, he was Johnny the
spot, and bigger men believed that
the job would be done right if they
"let George do it"-George schoene-
man, that is.
On May II, 1914, he was appointed
assistant commissioner OF internal
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Mr.. Mason's motion reads, in part
II move that the commission
adopt the following Is . public
statement Of policy with reference
to trade practice conference agree.
ments and stipulations:
Upon the PRONUNCIATION Of trade
practice conference rules for an in
dustry, an examination will be made
of all charges Of law violations by
members of that industry :.
"In the case Of pending charges
which have not reached the formal
stage through the issuance OF COM
plant, If a proposed respondent SUBJ
scribes to the trade practice con-
ference rules for his industry. and
If an investigation revesls that he
Is, in fact, complying with such rules,
then to the extent that the pending
charges are adequately covered by
| the trade practice eoeierenee rules
Evening star., 1947-08-17
A CiviI Service Success Story
One of Few Career Men
to Head a Federal
Donarfuenf
Department

revenue, holding his position until
May 8, ls45, when he was appointed
administrative assistant to the Pres
ident. He was gwen additional per-
sonnel duties in the White House
later in the same month, serving in
these capacities until September ii,
1945. when he was named special
executive assistant to the President.
Being the boss of men who are
going up isn't essential in going
higher in Government yourself, but
it helps" Mr.. Schoeneman says
now, the hint of a smile playing
about his mouth. when was
deputy commissioner in charge OF
the Accounts and Collections Unit
there were two pretty good collec-
tors out in the field whom I had
to contact rather regularly.
One Was Hannegan
lone of them was collector at st
Louisa fellow by the name OF
Robert E. Hannegan. The other
was collector in New York; gen.
tleman known as Joseph D. Nunan
Bob Hannegan later became COM
missioner Of internal revenue and
was my boss. Later, he resigned to
become Postmaster General and Joe
Nunan became commissioner Of in
ternal revenue, and he, too, be-
came my boss until I came over to
the White House.
Now that Joe has gone out to
practice law, it's pretty much of a
coincidence that should succeed
him"
Some observers recalled, too, that
Mr.. Schoeneman was q logical
choice in view of the fact that he
had met Mr.. Truman even before
the President was nominated for
the vice presidency at the Demo-
cratic convention in Chicago in
1914. Senator Truman and Mr..
Schoeneman became Arm friends
via the reception" route in WASH
ington; hence, Mr.. Schoeneman was
called into the White House almost
as soon as Mr.. Truman took ofiice
after the death Of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
While the ofice of commissioner
Of internal revenue Is looked upon
as political" in that the President
can appoint his own man and gen.
orally chooses some one high in his
own party, the truth is that Mr..
Schoeneman's appointment was
about as nonpolitical as any Mr..
Truman could have made. While
no doubt proadministration in sen
timent, Mr.. Schoeneman never has
won his promotions in Government
through political connections and
never has had any ostensible party
connections. He is noted for his
nonpolitical outlook on tax ques-
tions In particular.
Tax men anticipate few changes
affecting the general taxpayer to
come from Mr.. Schoeneman. But
they know that he has a passion for
seeing that Uncle Sam gets his Just
dues. and that he may be expected
to exact the last dollar due the
Government under the tax laws.
tBy special arrangemenR with Taxes
Commerce ciesrins Hous publica ation.)
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Chief Started as a
Stenographer
BY Lorston D. Forrur

In an era when most top Gov
ernment jobs are political appoint
ments or are filed by men drafted
from private business, it is a rarity
to find Federal agency headed by
a career man."
George jeremiah Schoeneman, re-
Gently appointed United States
commissioner of internal revenue,
is an exception to the rule that de-
partment and bureau chiefs in the
Government are brought in"
rather than moved up"
The new commissioner started
work as $s00-a-year stenographer
in the Post once Department on
July i, 1911. He has been in the
Government ever since and his des-
ignation by President Truman as
internal revenue commissioner at
$4,000 per annum capped 36 years
service to the day-July l, l947.
Lesson in Democracy
That Mr.. Schoeneman did come
up through the ranks is good OBJ
ject lesson In the democracy of gov
ernment. But the commissioner is
not the kind OF person who goes
around telling his fellow workers
how they, too, can be successful.
Mr.. Schoeneman is the only per-
son with that surname in Who's
Who, the latest issue of which car
ries the following biographical data
about him:
"Schoeneman, George j., U. S.
Govt. official;~ b. Newport, r. l., Mar.
4, 1889; S. Charles and Catherine
lShea) s., student pub. schs., New
port, r. l., M, Lorena Rouse; chill
dren-Ruth (Mrs. Chas. w. Adams !,
Bettymae (Mrs. Robert M. Moore) :.
Began in Post ONCE Dept, 1911: Sec
to mem. Fed. Reserve 3D., 1920;
in charge Collectors Personnel. In
ternal Revenue Bur, 1s2O-24; asst.
dep. commr., Accounts and Collec-
tions Unit, Internal Revenue Bur,
1s24-29; dep. commr., 1924; asst.
commr. Internal Revenue, 1944-45; /;
administrative asst. and President
Truman since May 8, 1945; iaison
officer for personnel management,
since May 81, 1945. Home: 1900
Noyes dr., Silver Spring, Md"
If it's true that cold facts can be
used to cover warm personalities
then Who's Who is as guilty of
hiding Mr.. Schoeneman's real life as
biographical book could be.
His Early Life
Left out are the facts of George
Schoeneman's beginning and his
early life, namely that he was born
in Newport Harbor Lighthouse with
out benefit Of trained nurses or any
of the modern convenience" which
greet most Americans as they enter
this world.
That's why a headline writer put
down From Light House to White
House" when Mr.. Schoeneman was
appointed q special assistant to the
President.
Many is the storm he experienced
in those early days that taught him
Ia nor'wester can make lifeRjust as
Evening star., 1947-08-17
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY AUGUST ", Ie<7.
FTC Is Internally Upset
BY Policy Disagreement
Five.Man Board Splits Over Motion That
Would Alter Procedure to Achieve
Fair Trade Practices
By Henry Lysn

rift has developedn the Federal Trade Commission what
the trade periodicals calling the Mason doctrine Ths
split broke into dramatically
mittee hearing by
hve-man FTC board motion Commissioner
This motion would alter the policy
Evening star., 1947-08-17
Outmoded: Distribution
System Keeps Prices Up
Businessmen Seek to Streamline Methods of
Finding Customers and Moving Goods
to Bring the Costs Down
By Dorothy Corew

NEW YoRK-American businessmen
efficiency in production applying the techniqu
outmodd distribution system
prices
The will the benefits those tactics
for more than half the price he for today
The Republican., 1947-04-17
MT. LAKE PARK

Sunday guests at the home of Mrs.
Emma Stottlemeyer were Mr.. and
Mrs. Rodney Chadderton and daugh-
ter, of California; Mr. and Mrs. Will
fred Chadderton, Baltimore; Mrs.
John Wilson, Kitzmiller; Mrs. Jennie
Griffith, Deer Park; Laverna Cal
houn, Mr. and Mrs. w. E. Stottle-
meyer, Mr.. and Mrs. George Kight
and family.
Mrs. De Leon Fike was shopping
in Meyersdale, Pa. on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Hayden and
son, Willard, were recent visitors of
relatives in Homecoming and Pied
mont.
Mary Isabelle Love, CINCINNATI,
Ohio, spent the Easter holidays with
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. W. B.
Love.
Betty Lou Hardesty, Cincinnati,
Ohio, spent the Easter weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Hard
esty.
Raymond McCutcheon, Elkins col
lege, spent the weekend with Willard
Hayden.
Willadean Evans, Washington, D.
c., spent a week recently with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Evans.
Mrs. John Stevenson, Sr. has re-
turned to her home here after spend
ing the winter months in Washing
ton, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Friend and
family, of Keyser, w. Va, spent the
weekend here with relatives.
Mrs. Hope Moon has returned from
Baltimore, where she was representa-
tive of the Loeb Lynn Rebekah lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs Melvin Calhoun were
visiting relatives at Backbone Mt
on Sunday.
Mrs. Bess Cuppett and family and
Mrs. Theresa Kiser and family were
visiting Mrs. Kiser's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Eichelberger at Pierce,
w. Va on Tuesday.
The Republican., 1947-04-17

Karolyn, and Sister Jean, all of Wash
ington, D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Plat
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Sell and
family, Of Meyersdale, Pa; Curtis
Bethel and sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Brison
Resh, Grantsville; Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Bethel and family, of Jennings.
Mrs. c. c. Orendorf and daughters
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Bulkholder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Bethel and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rassier
and Karolyn Jean Rassier, Warren
Ellis, Mrs. Henry Bethel, Billy and
Hollie Bethel, and Ellen Bittinger
spent Sunday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Brison Resh.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rassier left for
Binghamton, n Y. on Wednesday,.
Ellis Bethel ana Junior Wiley have
a prop job at the home, Of Henry
Bethel.
Mrs. Jean Wiley and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Rassier, Eva Wiley, Ellen
The Republican., 1947-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. William Fulmer and
daughter, JOY, and Helen Winifred
and Margaret Morgan were visiting
Mr., and Mrs. Edgar Uphole, Shady
Dell on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Hershman and
son, John, were visiting Mrs. Frank
Murphy, near Deer Park, Sunday.
Mrs. H. J. Edwards, Sr., Loeb Lynn
gave surprise dinner on Sunday,
April 13, in honor of the 65th birth
day anniversary Of her husband. Rela-
tives from four states included Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Edwards, Jr, and two
sons, Pleasant Valley; Charles S.
Miner and daughter, Shirley, New
burg, w. Va; Mr.. and Mrs. James
Edwards and daughter, Kitzmiller;
Leonard Edwards, Mrs. Jennie Rem
nick and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
Keith Gay and daughter, Trout Run,
Pa; Edward Bickel, Camden, N. j.;
Grace and Dorothy Edwards, at home
The Republican., 1947-04-17

on cups OccIDENr Family Flour
cups lukewarm (870 F.) water
/3 cup sugar
cakes compressed yeast
2eggs
tablespoon salt
9 cup shortening
OCcIDENT for finer flavor, longer lasting
freshness lSPEEDIE baking successhrst time,
every timei Recommended by Virginia
Roberts of the Occident Home Baking
Institute for all your good home baking.
The Republican., 1947-04-17

true that Nh Truman himself not
very long ago, when confronted With
a railroad strike that threatened
national DISASTER, asked drastic
Legislation by Congressman was re-
fused
1t is true that in the coal strike he
had to go to the Supreme Court to
shake loose the throttling hand of
Mr.. John Lewis, which tightly
clutched the national throat and
seems prepared to do it again. 1t is
true that he has been personally
cursed and damned by the chief labor
bosses of the CIO, denounced in their
propaganda sheets as an enemy of
labor and betrayer of the Roosevelt
policies" Above all, it is true that
Mr.. Truman knows in his heart that
the American people are entitled to
protection against strikes that en-
danger their lives, health, comfort
and security.
He wants that just as every other
decent public man wants it. He does
not, of course, believe in strikes
against the Federal, state or mu-
nicipal governments. He is not at
heart in favor of laws which place
it in the power of few men to
strangle the national economy. In
brief, Mr.. Truman, personally Is
sound on this subject-neither CIO
tool nor a political demagogue. Never
theless, there is widespread conviction
that he will veto practically any bill
the Republicans pass not wholly en-
effectual and inane. 1t is to be hopeG
this does Mr. Truman an injustice.
but CIO propagandists and liberal
spokesmen already are beginning,
gloatingly, to predict that there will
be no labor legislation this session.
Actually, bets are being made that
the presidential veto is all primed to
The Republican., 1947-04-17

ference. There is nothing to lose and
much to gain by that Not only is it
the patriotic thing to do but it is en-
lightened selfishness. On this subject
nolitics should be "out."
The Republican., 1947-04-17
LEGEER

Lucinda Hutzel is out again after
an attack of pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Resh, Cora En-
ma Green and Joanna Resh visited Mr..
and Mrs. Brison Reeh
Those who visited Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Bethel recently were Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Rassier and daughter,
The Republican., 1947-04-17

kill and that the veto VIII be sus-
tanned.
Clearly, this is a bad situation.
Mr. Truman and the Republican
leaders are, at bottom, not far apart.
Actually, both want to give the
people protection and uphold the
dignity of the Federal Government.
Partisanship and politics are the
things that force them into hostile
attitudes. Clearly, this country ought
not to be exposed to another wave Of
paralyzing strikes. No one wants to
be unjust to union labor-but no one
ought to want to give union labor
bosses unrestricted power after the
demonstrations we have had as to
how they use it. Certainly, NJ.
Truman's reputation for independence
is not helped by the kind of speech
! Assistant Secretary of Lobor Philip
Hanna recently made to labor union
at Carbondale, Pa. He spoke wholly
from the CIO point of view. His
speech might have been written by
Mr.. Lee Pressman, chief CIO propa-
gandist. In effect, he branded all
pending labor proposals as bad, pre-
dicted spell of unparalleled in
dustrial chaos if some of them be-
came law and, so far as ne could,
put the Administration back of the
CIO bosses, who want no restraint
at all.
If this represents Mr.. Truman's
views it would be we'll to know it
now. 1t does not sound like Mr.
Truman, but it is possible his po-
litical advisers have swung him
around. In any event, the President
and the Republican leaders ought
to get together. Each ought to know
the others position. If Mr.. Truman
will not take the initiative, the
Republicans should ask for a con-
The Republican., 1947-04-17

Bittinger, Beulah Resh were visiting
at the home of Henry Bethel Tuesday.
Henry A Wallace, speaking in Lon
don, said President Truman was en-
barking on d doctrine of "uncOndition-
al aid to anti-Soviet governments"
The Republican., 1947-04-17
Politics Should Be Out

There is need for cooperation IN
a bipartisan policy on domestic labor
legislation only a little less urgent
than the need for cooperation in
bipartisan foreign policy. And it is
not to the credit of either President
Truman or the Republican leaders in
Congress that they are making no
real effort to achieve such thing.
1t Just makes no sense for Mr..
Truman and the Republican leaders
not to find some common basis in
this vital business. Instead, they are
divided on political lines and a de-
gree of unreasoning hostility has
arisen between them. The intelligence
on both sides is clouded by the reach
for political advantage Both are
thinking in terms Of votes and credit.
Neither is exclusively, or even pri-
marily, considering the national inter-
ests, which certainly are deeply in
volved.
The Republican., 1947-04-17
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS
BY FRANK r. KENT.

Copyright by The Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by per
mission.
The Republican., 1947-04-17

For example, here are the Repub-
licans preparing to pass bills pre-
sumably in the public interests but
which they privately believe Nv.
Truman will veto Inability to over
ride his veto, the reason, will make
him responsible for failure to give
the nation a sound labor policy. Up
on him then will rest the blame Of
frustrating the will Of the people as
clearly expresse IN the election last
November. Thus, the Republicans,
with organized labor irrevocably a
gainst them anyhow, will have an
issue to which the great bulk of the
morganized workers are sure to
respond,
The Republican., 1947-04-17

On the other hand, here is Mr..
Truman, strongly advised by politi-
cal strategists Of the Hannegan
Sullivan breed and urged by the
radical groups Of the Roosevelt
reg,me-in particular the CIO-that
it is important for him to veto any
drastic" or punitive" bill. Their
idea of drastic" or "punitive'
BIZ, of course, is any bill which
really curbs the power of the labor
bosses by modifying their great ad-
vantages under Eisting laws It is
The Republican., 1947-04-17
Mix Like This. Nc Knecdine!

]. EASY Place lukeWarm water, sugar
and yeast in mixing bowl. Add salt and
cups sifted flour. Beat with electric mixer
or rotary egg beater minutes.
2. FAST Add eggs and melted and cooled
shortening. Beat minute.
3. NO KNEADINGi Gradually add 42
cups flour, stirring until dough is formed.
a. READY IN A JIFFYl Allow dough to
rest" in bowl for 20 minutes for case in
handling. Dough is now ready for shaping
into rolls.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
ON THESE / STAND
By Countee Cullen. (Harber
s. Bros: $780,.

yet do naarUel at this
Curious thing,
To make a poet black
And bid him stng!"
A collection of anthems, hymns
and love songs which are truly word
music from the thoughts of the late
! Negro poet. -G.B.
Evening star., 1947-02-09

and trains running on time" Thus,
speaking of his last glimpse of
France before the deluge," he notes
that it was a France which knew
the Importance of both sauces and
symphonies; that life is to be lived
joyfully if possible; ="
Crude Germans.
And he wondered at the time
what significance, if any, there is
in the fact that Germany alone
among great nations has made al
most no contributions to elegance.
She has created neither fashions in
dress for men or women, nor per-
fumes, nor sports. Her cuisine is as
heavy as her furniture; **. Is 1t
a realization OF this that gives the
Germans feeling of gaucherie and
inferiorty in the presence of
the French and the English, and
drives them to berserk fury?"
More profound than it may sound
at first, perhaps. .-..
Mr.. Cohn makes pungent obser-
vations about all the places and
people he saw. But there usually is
nothing startling in what he de-
scribes. It's shrewd reporting, but
much of it already has been told in
the vast accumulation of stories
which war correspondents sent back
The book. moreover, seems over
long. It's discursiveness sometimes
is wearing. But the reader who
takes time to push through its 56a
pages will find much in the way OF
sharp asides and sagacious sum-
maries to reward his patience.
| &C, B. j.
Evening star., 1947-02-09
Just Looking
The Whole
World Over
THIS is THE STORY
By David L. Cohn. (Hoaeh-
ton, MiMir; $3.50.

Mr.. Cohn, who Jeff a promising
business career to become a writer
for his own reasons, no doubt-trav-
eled over a large part of the world
during the latter part Of the war as
guest of the Army Service Forces.
He visited England, France, Bel
gium, Corsica, Egypt, Palestine,
Iraq, India, Burma and China.
This book, as he explains, is his
impressions Of things heard, seen
and felt; of persons and places; of
the American soldier dispersed
around the world fighting, dying,
playing, working, talking" While he
has touched on the activities of Gen.
Brehon B. Somervell's titantic or
ganization, he points out that he
has left the detailed account of that
for later.
Mr.. Cohn comes from Mississippi
via the University of Virginia and
Yale. His Love in America" found
a lot of interested readers. He has
published other books about race re-
lations in the deep South, and about
other social and economic phases
of his Nation His writing is reflec-
tive, lightened with a sly sense Of
humor, sobered with an informed
tolerance.
Informal Writing.
@This Is the Story" might be a
series of letters from the various
places he inspected, so informal and
conversational is his method of mar
rative. There are many parenthet-
ical reflections as he goes on his
leisurely way, many of these more
interesting than the main account.
Sometimes a person or an experience
carry him back to childhood episodes
or to later adventures.
Early in the book there is a brief
fashback to a visit he made to Eu-
rope in 1886, when he was con-
vinced by his relatively casual
readings of history and economics u
that war was brewing.
Sometimes he forms what might
seem Supernc1al Judgments from
contacts and impressions, though. as
you ponder what he has said, you
wonder whether, after all, these con-
clusions were so shallow.
Knowing How to Die.
"The Poles" he writes, "are a
brave people. They know how to
die. 1t is doubtful, however,
whether they have acquired the
higher wisdom of knowing how to
survive"
He says of the Viennese, as he OBJ
served them just before Hitler
moved in and obliterated their en-
viable way of living: They had, for
example, that respect for the artist
which we generally reserve for the
very rich"
Civilization, he feels, "is more
than the statistics of trade and
bank clearings; more than air-con-
ditioning and electric refrigerators
Evening star., 1947-02-09
THE WAR REPORTS OF
GENERAL MARSHALL,
GENERAL ARNOLD,
ADMIRAL KING
q. b. LippincoH Co; $3.50

~ Dt LtPPtBGUSt ~ Us3 Sf.oOI
These previously published reports
cover the Nations military effort
from 1888 to the victorious conclu-
sion of the war. Tue 760-page vol
urne Is an authentic reference work.
illustrated and with a foreword by
Walter Mills, an editorial authority
on military matters. -J. C. H.
Evening star., 1947-02-09

The Strange Story
OF q Soul Without
Time or Place.
THERE WERE NO
WINDOWS
By Norah Hoult (Didier;
s2z5.)
There are, in the phrase which
has come out of the war, displaced
persons in the universe of the mind
as well as in the external world
This unusual novel tells the story
of a woman who is displaced spir-
itually. She belongs in another
sphere which has long vanished
There is no time or place for her
in the present. And her mind
lacking any contact with the reality
of today, begins to slip away from
her, seeking a past which cannot
return, wandering between worlds
Claire Temple is old. She lives