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Evening star., 1947-08-03
PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL.

1ot i ~ =hlAEA1IIC, oIbhL1L.
WAS asked to write an arti-
Gle on any interesting
trends which have come up
- in Latin America as writ
ers now turn their atten-
tion to a world at peace. My first
impulse Is to state bluntly that
there is no such thing as Latin
America or world at peace.
For I don't think one should
write about Latin Americans in
terms of a group of psychology
cally or politically united nations.
We speak, for instance, of Gen.
trail America, and still Mexico in
so many respects is different
from either Costa Rica or Pana-
ma. Columbia and Venezuela
don't differ too much from the
other republics on the Pacific,
but they certainly have distinc-
tive characteristics of their own.
For the sake of simplification we
may group Ecuador, Peru, Chile,
Bolivia and even Paraguay inupne
block. But Argentinians, who
claim to be the only pure Euro
pean population in South Amer-
Evening star., 1947-08-03

nomic dependence on the United
States. They also have the same
Catholic background, semifeu-
dalistic society and last but not
least common source of spirit
ual and artistic influence: the
Iberian Peninsula and France. If
we accept all those facts as valid,
we will have reduced our field.
And if single out in this article
the Brazilian scene, using it as a
kind of demonstration, the whole
business will become still simpler.
AS some people may know,
Brazil was on the side of the
United Nations against Germany
in World War II. She even sent
Evening star., 1947-08-03
What Latin America Is Reading

Erico Verissinl0, one OF the
most popular Brasilian noD-
elists, has published many
books In hfs ot0n country, ttDO
OF Dhich. "Musica 40 Longo"
and "Cdmin1tos Crusados,"
1Don for him the Machado de
Assis and the Gr1cG ArdnhG
Prices. He has done much to
tamiliarise his countrymen
Nth American and English
letters, translating Steinbeck,
Hilton and Hurley into Portu-
guese and ,Driting a book OF
his oDn about the United
States. As a guest OF the
State Department he lectured
ON Brazilian literature at the
University OF California and
1Dds. on the staff OF the Casa
PdnanericdnG at Mills Col
lege. The folloiDing story 11as
1oritten exclusively for The
Star.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. b. G..

tier, and i shuuld hse my one Jump
advantage and Warrington should
|catch up with me2
Think u the things that would
Init me. Waxhingtons Monument,
Rock Greek Park, Senator Tobey,
Dupont Circle, the Supreme Court,
THE washington Senator'S baseball
team. the cherry trees, IN Of out
|of bloom. Sol Bloom, j. Edgar
Hoovers pearl-handled pistol, Tocts
|Shor. who Is always IN washington,
and Eli Whitney's recipe for making
gin out Of cotton.
ut IS impossible to 90 ahead Il
you can't see ahead" continues
Boyce. Don't ten me that, Boyce,
don't tell me that. You'll never
convince me. am too soon back
from Louisville and the Kentucky
Derby. On Derby eve and Derby
might more people than ever SUBJ
|scrtbed to the Kiplinger Letter were
going ahead when they couldn't see
ahead and were making fine prog
|ress, too. II you want to see for
yourself that your homemade adage
isn't true, Boyce, you might try go
ing to the next Democratic or Re-
publican convention.
But thanks for your letter, and
incloSed find 3 check for . lifetime
subscription.
Distributed by McNanght syndicate. Incl
Evening star., 1947-05-15
On the Other Hand
Says Republican Chairman Spoke
Views Of Democratic Politicians

tnoughG WILL convince any one That
no Democratic candidate for the
presidency in 1948 would have even
a remote chance for victory without
the whole hearted support Of the
groups which rallied around the
Political Action Committee stand
ard in former campaigns"
It could be that the Republican
chairman, anticipating q veto and
the consequent revival Of labor's ac-
tive interest In politics, is endeav-
oring to discount the effect In ad-
vance. Hence the use of the word
radical" BY campaign time, no
doubt, the word will have become
Communist" as in the 46 cam
paign. However unfair the labels,
the labor votes add up to millions
and Mr.. Reece has merely said out
loud what the politicians In both
parties are thinking.
And serving to keep them think
ing, there is that million-and-a-
half dollar advertising campaign Of
the AFL, which is believed to be
the beginning Of AFL participation
in politics after the manner Of the
CLOS PAC.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Politics in Kansas City
Pendergast Machine Is Reorganizing;
Presidents Friends Seen Behind Move

The committee met last night and
should furnish an illuminating prog
ress report on the projected Morris
housecleaning. The general opinion
is that he will get the designations
he seeks. Mr.. Morris has vigorously
asserted that he does not propose
to window-dress a corrupt organi-
zation. He has also attacked its
factionalism. If his renovation fails,
it is reported, he will step out en-
tirely.
History shows that city political
machines, like cats, have nine lives
and bounce back better than ever
or worse-after periodic houseclean-
ing. What encourages people to
think that Mr.. Morris may succeed
is the financial support that has
quietly shifted to his side.
!. Machine Has Kept Edge.
Like most of thenl-The Chicago
Kelly steamroller, Tammany Hall
and the Frank Hague outfit in Jer-
sey City-the Pendergast machine
these days is not up to the old
standard, but it has kept the edge
in jackson County.
President Truman has shown
signs of personal favor to young
Pendergast, who has often been one
of the privileged passengers on the
Sacred Cow in its frequent flights
between Washington and Kansas
City. Also, a Pendergast relative got
an important post in the State De-
partment for which his qualif1ca-
tions were somewhat nebulous.
The verdict on Jim Pendergast
here as a political boss is that he
is not a success because he actually
doesn't care for the job. He COM
plains it is "a terrible burden" and
he is hard to get hold of by his own
people and by the press. Old Tom
saw hundreds Of people every day
and visibly enjoyed his power and
the exercise of it, as any successful
boss must.
Mr.. Truman's friends hope that
the Morris maneuvers will inject new
spirit into the party in Missouri and
improve his '48 chances of carrying
it. The prospects now are reported
to be not good, verging on terrible.
{Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1947-05-15

Government is Constantine Brown.
following the troubled situation with
greater interest than Is displayed
when Frances Premier Paul
Ramadier decided to reshuffle his
cabinet and rule without the sup
port Of the Communists.
Both Houses OF Congress have
approved the $400, ,00o, 900 loan to
Greece and Turkey and the bill is
now In conference before being sent
to President Truman. This loan
was dictated more by strategic than
economic considerations.
United States Strategy Affected.
A major crisis In Italy, which
would bring about civil strife sooner
or later and permit Palmiro
Togliatti's Communists to take over
the government, might jeopardize
plans for improving our strategic
position in the Eastern Mediter-
ranean.
Italy Is situated In the center OF
that sea and so long Is she main
tains a liberal form of government
the danger of war as the result Of
Slavic expansion to the West will
be small. But If the italian Com
munists are able to establish them
selves In the italian government,
the situation will become precari-
GUS.
The italian people will rally
around strong man. Unfortunate
ly, only elder statesmen, important
figures in the period of World War
I, are being mentioned as possible
heads of the government. Ivanoe
Bonomi and Francesca Nitti were
able men in an entirely different
world from that of today.
The political methods Of these
Evening star., 1947-05-15

10, II GQey were ~"ch @Aoaots'
President. In the case of Repubn-
can supporters of the bill, the ex-
pectation OF veto results simply
from hearing so many Democrats
say that, q veto will be forthcoming.
That was all that Speaker Martin
had to go on when he warned the
other day that a veto would mean no
labor legislation this session.
Senate Minority Leader Barkley
charged the Speaker with attempt
ing to "intimidate" the President,
but 1t is possible to accept Mr.. Mar
tins denial at it's face value. 1t is
probably the literal fact that an
other labor bill could not be passed
in the remaining weeks of the ses-
sion. A veto therefore, unless over
ridden by both Houses, would mean
no new labor legislation.
Hope for Full Labor Vote.
Naturally most Of the speculation
in Washington is concerned with
the possible political consequences
of a veto. A good many Demo-
cratic politicians, particularly those
from Northern industrial communl-
ties, are hoping for a veto in the be-
lief that 1t will bring organized
labor back into the fray full of
fight In 1948. They give credit to
PAC-CIO for the victory Of Roose-
welt in, 1914 and blame labor,s lack
OF enthusiasm for the party's mis-
cradle showing in 1916.
They admit, of course, that a
veto may mean the end of the
present era of good feeling toward
President Truman in conservative
circles. But, they say, even If Mr..
Truman could keep the pleasant
of the conservatives clear up
to election day, 1t would profit him
little politically. The conservative
vote, they say, would go to the Re-
publican candidate just the same.
And the labor vote, without which
Mr.. Truman would be lost, would
simply stay home.
Republican Chairman Reece
voiced the thinking of these Demo-
cratic politicians Monday evening
in Providence, r. l., although not
in just the language they would
have used. The President, he said,
sis a good enough politician to
realize that his only chance for
election next year, even though a
remote chance, rests on a thorough
going mobilization of radical votes
on his behalf"
Agree With Reece Theme.
Take out the word radical" and
substitute the word labor" and you
will have what practical politicians
in the Presidents own party are
saying. And they agree with this
elaboration of the theme by Mr..
Reece: "a few seconds of clear
Evening star., 1947-05-15
This Changin World
Italian Cabinet Crisis May Jeopardize
American Strategy in Mediterranean

two former leaders are those Of
lother generations, when the world
was not confronted with the COM
Iplicated problems of today. They
withdrew into their shells when
Benito Mussolini came to power on
| the strength of a brand Of totali-
tarianism which was mild compared
to that which has developed IN
Europe since the end Of World
War II.
Mr., Nitti, the most likely successor
Ito former Premier de Gasperi, is
lsaid to have indicated two weeks ago
that he would be willing to head q
coalition goYernment Of nationalist
union, composed Of the monarchists,
socialists, fiissidents OF the Uomo
Qualunque Party, which broke away
from the main group because Of to-
|talitarian1t 1tendencies, and the Chris
tian Socialists. Lately, however, he
stated to American observers in
Rome that he thought he could in
|clude the Communists In this
heterogeneous and loosely organized
group.
Togiiatti Aware Of Strength.
Mr.. Togliatti is reported by the
same sources to be considering join
ing cabinet led by Mr.. Nitti, pro-
vided not all the above mentioned
groups are represented. The italian
Communists are not yet prepared to
take over the reins Of government,
and their activities will be handi-
capped by the continued presence
of Allied forces in Italy.
The Communist leader Is said to be
relying on his former Comintern
colleague, Marshal Tito, to make
Italy Moscow's No. / satellite in
Western Europe. And so long as the
Allied forces are stationed on the
eastern borders of Italy no effective
contact with Yugoslavia can be
made.
The policy Of Mr.. Togliatti is to
be as active as possible and swell
the ranks Of his party. He aims to
prevent Italy,s economic and Enan-
cial rehabilitation, either by his par
ticipation in the government or
through the action Of the Com
munist members Of the National
Assembly. He intends, however, to
wait until after the Americans leave
Italy to achieve his avowed aim Of
rising to power.
MIR. Togliatti is aware that this
strength will prevent any italian
politician, and particularly those
aged leaders now mentioned for the
premiership, from correcting Italy's
economic chaos.
Evening star., 1947-05-15

knows and he
isn't telling. A
good m any
m e m b ers of
Congress h av e
assumed all a.
long that he will,
but they don't
really know. In
the case of some
Democratic op-
ponents of the
bill, the a.ssump-
ton is based on
what they would
do, or what they
think they would
Evening star., 1947-05-15

nom &c and
financial situa-
ton. 1t Is the
beginning OF -
struggle which
may lead to vio-
lence between
the So called
N ation n alist
forces-rightistS
and n1oderates-
and the Com
munists, sup
ported by the
left wing radi-
Gals.
The American
Evening star., 1947-05-15

manded his 10y
alty-to his own
detrinaent is
facing reorgan-
/ z a. tion. The
move has the
Pre- s | d e n t. S
blessing and is
being covertly
financed, 1t is
understood, b y
his friends.
The galvaniz-
ing force is a
World War II
veteran, Harry
A. Morris, an
Evening star., 1947-05-15

dDl6 young law Dofls Fieeson.
yer, who had been a captain of
intelligence In Gen. Patton's Sd
Army. Mr.. Morris was drafted to
head the county committee as some
much-needed window dressing after
the malodorous primary last August
In which the President interfered
to block the denomination of con-
servative Representative Roger
Slaughter. Mr.. Slaughter had been
helping to block the Truman pro-
gram from his post on the powerful
Rules Committee and the smarting
President had had enough.
Mr.. Morris took no exception to
the fight on Mr.. Slaughter. He was
campaign manager for Mr.. Slaugh-
ter's opponent, but he took an ex-
tremely dim view OF the vote steal
ing tactics employed. These frag-
rant maneuvers, reminiscent of the
late boss Toms heyday, were ex-
posed by the Kansas City Star,
which is now viewing with satisfac-
ton some IS indictments-handed
up by State Circuit Court grand
jury.
Clark Disinterested.
The Justice Department and At
torney General Tom Clark are not
participating and have shown fair
ly conspicuous disinterest in the
whole matter.
Mr.. Morris gave notice some time
ago that he would consider in order
various designations from the Jack
son County Democratic Committee
which is the formal handle for the
old machine whose real head Is
James Pendergast, lawyer nephew
of old Tom. Jim Pendergast holds
no title in the organization.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
RuGonsfanfine Rrofpt

The italian cabinet crisis deeply
concerns not only the Italian peo-
pie, but the whole Western World.
The problem goes deeper than the
apparent cause.-The desperate eco-.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Truman Sure 10 Veto
Conference Labor Bill,
Lawrence Predicts
Rv Dap;d Laurence

President Truman unquestionably
will veto any bill on labor that
comes out Of the House-Senate
conference. This prediction Is being
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Mel emo
Keeps Jump Aheod
OF Business Letter
IN Henrp McLl enor1

q 81 l7gN3V lNCLEH1Qf1
Had . letter from Boyce Morgan
today. Never been more surprised
in my life. Haven't seen Boyce for
years. Matter OF fact, / never have
Evening star., 1947-05-15
BY LoueU MeLeff

Whether the President will veto
the labor -curbing bill when it finally
emerges from the House and SEN
ate conference only the President
Evening star., 1947-05-15

SeeQ nlI1l. 11lS
more ! read his II1I
letter, the more
I'm convinced M
he has never q
seen me. II he y
has, why IN the s.
world would he
be trying to get B g
| me to subscribe M
| to the Kiplinger " l
washington Let l
ter, Of which he e.
is managing di-
rector.
Boyce m q kes
no bones about
lit that the Kip Henry MeL
Ilinger Letter Is circulated p
to businessmen, and that y
opinion I we're q man whit
snap judgments, he Wouldn
fool with me. or go to the
Of having his signature
|graphed instead Of signing
pen and ink. I can scar
classified as a businessman
only business I ever owned 8
Grated was a lemonade stan,
IL was seven or eight. tn,
ness failed the first day bee
"a steady leakage from the
of the galvanized washtub.
Snap Judgment Tycoon
As for me not making snal
|ments, Boyce, jumping Jupite
the snap Judgment tycoon.
dents of snap Judgment com
all over the world to study
feet. # you could just hi
walking around you'd know. ]
like q kid playing with a
band. Let me name you q
my better known snaps. I S
at Norman Thomas over Ro
Goldman Sachs over Cove
bonds, Flat Top over Dick
and Finland over Russia.
with our information an
Judgment" !" Boyce tips me In
ter, you can keep q jump al
Washington"
Count me out. This I dor
to do. Already I have pie
things which I am trying t
one jump ahead Of without
q whole city. After all, ] hay
dignity. What an idiot r
like, chasing about the coul
running pants with the
Washington at my heels. Blu
than that, what If something
go wrong with the mails OF
and I didn't get the Kipling'
Evening star., 1947-05-15
f
Bv Doris Heeson

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 15.-The
notorious Pendergast political ma
chine which put President Truman
into public life and has since COM
Evening star., 1947-05-15

freely made on
Capitol Hill
and has been
strengthened by
the fact that
Mr.. Trum . n
signed the por-
tai : to = portal
bill.
There Is no
connection be-
tween the two
measures except
politically. Mr..
Trilnan's ad-
visers think It
would be. bad
H. LA
Evening star., 1947-05-15

Henry MeLemore.
circulated privately
and that Il in his
q man who made
he wouldn't even
go to the expense
signature n1ineo-
Of signing 1t with
I can scarcely be
businessman. The
YER owned and op-
.onade stand when
eight. The husi-
rst day because Of
from the bottom
washtub.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-10
Motors, Steels Marker
Pack On Advance Trend

persisted. Volume of 700. O0C
shares compared with 1.13O.0 0C
the day before and was the
smallest for a full stretch since
Sept. 20.
The Associated Press 6O-Stock
composite was up 4 of a point
at bo.4, wiping out yesterdays
decline. The market narrowed
to 953 issues against 1,012 in the
previous session. OF these, 1872
rose and 293 fell.
Peaks for 1947 were recover
ed by Virginia-C Carolina Chemi-
cal common and preferred which
finished up IA at 10 1-8 and 3
at lob IL, respectively, on fur
Their talk of a plan to eliminate
stable back dividends on the
senior issue; j. P. Stevens, So
at IS 1-8, on a special disburse-
ment; Hayes Mfg. So at 8 ga,
u. S. Leather 7-8 at 8 ga and
International Paper l "a at 56
IL, in reflection of good earn
lngs; Continental Oil | IA at 48
IA and Warren Petroleum l
IL at Al IL.
Allied Chemical Up
Allied Chemical added 3 IL
at 100 IL, Mission Corp. 2 3-8
at 48 7-8 and Chrysler 2 1-8 at
81. Ahead a point or so were u.
S. Steel at 70 ga, Youngstown
Sheet IA 1-2, International Har-
vester 80 ga, Caterpillar Tractor
81 So, American Smelling "a
and U. S. Gypsum 1O3.
Lesser gamers included Beth
lehem Steel, General Motors,
Hudson Motors, Goodyear, Boe-
ing, United Aircraft, CONSOLIDATE
ed Vultee, Lockheed, American
Telephone, General Electric,
Johns Manville, Santa Fe, South
ern Pacific, Union Pacific, Texas
Co., Schenley, Hiram Walker,
Publicker, St. Regis Paper and
National Distillers.
On the offside were Wool
worth, Sears Roebuck, Goodrich,
North American, Deere, Philip
Morris, Union Carbide, Anacon-
da Wire & Cable, Southern Rail
way, Great Northern Railway
and Baltimore & Ohio.
Bonds and commodities were
uneven. At Chicago wheat was
up l IA to 3 IA cents a bushel,
corn unchanged to off l 1-2 and
oats down 3-8 to UP 5-8. Cotton
retreated 60 cents to $1.30 a
bale.
Better curb movers were Unit
ed Shoe, American Metal Pro-
Cities Service, American
Writing Paper, Nachman Corp,
and Raytheon. Electric Bond &
Share emerged with a slight loss
Notwithstanding the first divi-
dend on this stock in IA years.
The aggregate here was. 210, 900
shares versus 1907 900 Wednesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-10
Professionals Take Charge
Of Buying From Initial
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK. Oct. 9-(P-

MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK, Oct. 9-(P)-
stocks Higher; steels
motors lead recovery.
Bonds 49, Narrow; some rails
ZIP
Cotton - Irregular; mill buy
tag. hedging.
CHICAGO
Wheat - Steady; cash houses
having December.
Corn Eased slightly; i'm
rrovement in crop.
Oats - Mixed; trade continued
hght.
Uogs Steady to rs cents
higher; top S29.75.
Cattle - Steady to SO cents
lower; top $500.
NEW YORK, Oct. g lP) -
Motors. steels and a wide as
,ortment of special issues got the
,tock market back on its feet to-
6av after Wednesdays first
stumble IN nine sessions.
BUYING. brokers reported, was
mostly in the hands of profess
,ionals who felt that the bust
sess outlook was sufficiently
bright to warrant an extension
n the recent upsWing. Com
mission house clients, on the
other hand, maintained an aloof
attitude pending more light on
the international picture and
home front economy.
LIQUORS held their own despite
ME probable two-months' holi-
dav in this field to preserve
grains. Most distillers were ex-
pected TO bene it through stable
Supplies of potatoes on hand and
profits from grain holdings trans
ferred to the government. Rails
still were more or less indifferent
70 the interim freight rate hoist
md a jump in car loadings to
3 17-year high.
Dealings Dull
Dull dealings and mild III
regularity ruled in the forenoon.
There was a furry of activity
In the fourth hour as prices
hardened. Gains of fractions to
I Or more points were widely
distributed at the close al
though many pivotals finished
under the best and minus signs
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-10
CASH GRAIN

CHICAGO, Oct. 9. () -
Wheat: No. 2 hard 2.96 1-2. Corn
No. l yellow 2.42-2.44 IA; No.
2, 2.43; No. g., 2.41 IA; No. 4,
2.34-2.35 "a; No. 5, 2.33 IA;
sample grade 2.05 1-2-2.15. Oats:
No. l white 1.19 IA 1.20; No. 2
extra heavy white 1.24 Ia; No.
4 white LIS; sample grade
heavy white 1.13 IL.
Field seed per hundredweight:
Timothy 4.40-4.65; Red Top
14.50-15.50; barley: mailing
1.o5-2.40; feed 1.70-1 IS. Rye:
No. 2 grade 2.70-2,75 nominal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-10

The greatest enemy of song, in
sectivorous, and game birds is the
large number of cats in the Unit
States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-10
GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Oct. 9-(P-Small
gains were registered by wheat
and oats on the Board of Trade
today, but corn tended to lag.
Higher margins continued to re-
strict trading volume, particular
ly that of commission houses,
Wheat closed 1A-3A higher,
December 80, corn was
unchanged to 1R lower, Deem
Der $2.26-$2.26R, and oats were
rs lower to rs higher, December
$1.15B-A.
Open High Low Close
WHEAT
Dec 1884 1927 2.88 2.92
May 2.7642 2.79a4 2.76 2.78A
Jly 2.46A ESQ 2.46A 2.48k
CORN
Dec 2.25h 2.275s 2.24A 2.2eM
May 2.19R 2.21A 2.18A 2.20
Jly 2.1lA 2.13 2.osA 2.1o1z
OATS
Dec LAS 1.17A 1.14k 1.15B
May 1.06k 1.08A LOS 1.N
Jly 92@ "a 91A 92%
SOYBEANS
Nov 1882 1856 1872 1886
Mar $50 1861 $50 1861