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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-02-21

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Evening star., 1947-12-05

1918. In terms of consumer purchasing
power, according to expert estimates, 1t is
not much better off than Czarist Russia In
1918. It suffers a desperate shortage OF
essential civilian goods. AS of last summer,
its food costs had risen at least 1865 per
cent since VI day, with wages up only
about Is per cent. In sum, its standard of
living is one Of the lowest In the world,
our own being probably ten times higher.
Accordingly, If the Russian people now are
inclined to stage bank runs" or 60 on
panicky buying spree, or otherwise display
unrest and a lack of faith in the Utopia
of their Communist dictatorship, they have
ample reason for it.
The Soviet Union has very great eco
nomic potentialities. 1t ranks second to
us right now, and some day it may con-
ceivably be our equal. We ought not to
underestimate it in that sense. Neverthe-
less, as of the moment, there seems to be
good ground for the suspicion that it may
be having more than little internal
trouble. At any rate, the Kremlin's propa-
ganda to the Russian people is not the
kind one would expect from government
. that felt sure of itself or did not have to
worry about the mood and conduct of the
masses.
Evening star., 1947-12-05
Note on Civilization
To the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor OF The Star;
I am an American Indian. My people do
not understand what you other Americans
mean by civilization" Why do you call your
selves "civilized'? How do you show it? With
us feather from bright -plumed bird or q
simple unpublished piece Of brilliant stone were
things Of radiant beauty. Our chiefs wore
them with dignity and pride and every one
was greatly impressed.
We looked at the sparkling streams and
heard the music Of the waterfalls and it made
us reverential to our Mother Earth Many
were the songs we made to her and we sang
them with veneration, each in his tribal
tongue to the rhythmic beat Of the drum.
Music was part Of our religion.
Now I am very unhappy that have found
out how music affects you for have learned
that some Of your best cultured" people in
your largest and richest city have made beasts
Of themselves at the annual opening Of your
music festival the Metropolitan Opera.
They made 1t a scene Of derision and mock
cry. 1t serves them right that they have become
the laughing stock of the whole country.
My old Mohawk grandmother would have
been shocked. 1 am glad many Of my people
could not read>and do not know about this.
They would have been ashamed to find out
that their country had become so civilized.
TEKARIHOKEN.
Evening star., 1947-12-05

half-repaired, stli.ie-bound French potts.
How Is the terrific new deficit due to the
strikes going to be met?
OF course, coal is merely one Of a whole
series of problems for Frances staggering
economy It is presumably these economic
difficulties which Mr.. Dulles Is discussing
with the French government, fully as much
as strictly political matters. Communist
strategy has at least two strings to It's bow.
If it cannot overthrow the government by
force, it could at least bring about con-
dtion of economic chaos, with variety OF
evil consequences. The repercussions of
such a French collapse upon the London
Conference, the Marshall plan, and even
the maintenance of peace, must be seri-
ously considered. The outlook is not a
cheering one.
Evening star., 1947-12-05
Home Repair Permits

TO the Editor OF Inc Stal:
would like to know why it is necessary to
secure a work permit in order to repair ones
own home. Our front porch was in such poor
condition that it required considerable repair
ing These repairs consisted of replacing sew
eral ioists that had rotted away where thev
entered the stonework. Some flooring also had
to be replaced The house was given general
overhauling after the war, and the flrm that
put on the asbestos shingllng should nave
repaired the porch. At that time, however, IL
was impossible to obtain the needed materials.
Present prices demanded for such repairs are
80 high that we could not afford to hire a
carpenter to do the job; therefore tackled 1t
myself. After had torn out the rotted timoers
and rebuilt half Of the porch, police ohcer
appeared and asked to see my permit to repair
the porch!
do not think such repair job required
building permit. It is not new construction or
addition but merely bringing the property BACK
to the state it was in originally If the law
REQUIRES permit for such work, then contend
the law is unjust and should be changed.
After fighting war to preserve the rights OF
the ordinary man, am justifiably angry when
told that I have no right to repair my own
property without the permission Of the District
government.
g. Surely statistics show there is enough serious
crime in this city to keep police officers busy
without nsddhng Ia the a0aarS Of private
Evening star., 1947-12-05
Old Athlete

He had kno1Dn glory: he, too, IN hts ,Day
Had been a king, a hero TOR q day.
And he, like heroes pith the euil do,Der,
The Ill luck to outliue their shining hour,
Had kno1on the tnconstant hunaor OF the
Whose tavor might be won, but not for
long.
At that he was fortunate, for some we're
jeered,
Some had been stoned by crovds that once
had cheered;;
His course had been less perilously run:
One year a crotDn, the nert, obltUion.
Sometimes the piu Das strong to tell his
boy
That ute was something more than Just
the Joy
OF strdtntng to11ard some dream, tor tt
could be
The goal and its aftermath come suddenly
Sometimes he Dtshed to tel him not to
soar:
Be as the Others, nothing less or more
Rather than qatn q dream, then find 1t
gone
And have its memory to brood upon.
But he had no right to speak; he could
not say
Hts boy might not find some undreamed-of
For miracles vere commonplace to some,
And after all, IN spite OF 1ohat had conae'
He could not deny that memory stu sang
And In his ears the old acclaim stu rang
ETHEL BARNETT DE VIIO'
Evening star., 1947-12-05
Trouble in Russia?

Until there is more detailed information
to support it, the report OF bank runs"
and buying panic" in Russia ought to
be read with some caution, particularly
because American correspondents In Mos
cow have yet to deal with the subject in
their news dispatches-a fact that may or
may not be due to Soviet censorship.
This reservation to one side, however,
the story has plausible ring to it, Assum-
ing that our official "Voice OF America
program has broadcast 1t in good faith and
on the basis of reliable information, as
indicated by Undersecretary of State
Lovett, it fits In with past hints of poten-
TALLY serious economic strains within the
Soviet Union. If true, 1t helps to explain
in part why the Krenlin's home-consump-
ton propaganda has verged on the hyster-
i(al for months past in praising the Stain
government, vilifying the United States as
"warmonger" bent on world conquest,
and predicting the imminent downfall of
our capitaliStic system.
AS broadcast by the Voice of America"
the story is that the Russian people in
Moscow and other Soviet cities have been
greatly agitated by widespread rimors of
impending price increases and a drastic
change in the value of the ruble. AS a
result, they are described as having rushed
to the banks to withdraw their money in
order to spend it as fast as possible on
durable goods. According to the report,
"a wave of panic buying" has struck the
stores so hard that some of them have
been emptied and forced to close their
doors. Since ordinary consumer commodi-
ties like shoes are in extremely short sup
ply, the buyers are said to have snapped up
anything of tangible value, including items
like Chinese vases-anything at all in ex-
change for what they fear may become
worthless rubles.
1t may be, of course, that the Stain
government does not intend to increase
prices or change the currency. But if there
really have been wild rumors to that
effect, and If the Russian people have in
fact reacted as the ''Voice of America" has
reported, then we have something signif-
cantly symptomatic of two things: Cd A
weak and jittery mass morale, and (2) poor
public confidence in the Soviet economy
Nor would it be especially surprising if
both of these conditions actually existed
AS far as the economy is concerned, the
tremendous wreckage of the war undoubt-
edly has left Russia with grave wounds
that still are far from healed. As for the
temper of the masses, the Kremlin has
been promising Utopia for the past thirty
years, but the promise remains woefully
unfulhlled.
The truth Is that the Soviet Union has
bssn placing guns before butter svsr since
Evening star., 1947-12-05
Dulles Goes to Puris

John Foster Dulles sudden trip to Paris
on orders of Secretary Marshall empha-
sizes the at least temporary eclipse OF the
London Conference of Foreign Ministers
by the acute crisis in France. 1t is no
exaggeration to say that what is going on
across the Channel has ground to an
abrupt halt the wheels of diplomacy at
London. Those wheels had been turning
slowly at best, owing to Soviet obstruction
ism, but at least they had been turning.
Now, discussion at London has scant rele-
vance until the French turmoil begins to
clarity.
It is obvious that France is today in
what the Communists call "a revolutionary
situation" The concerted wave of strikes
engineered by the French Communist high
command, undoubtedly on orders from
Moscow, may or may not have reached its
crest, so far as the numerical total OF
strikers is concerned. But what is most
serious is the fact that the Communists
are resorting to sabotage and violence on
a truly insurrectionary scale. Against this
open defiance. the Schuman government,
with the decisive backing of Parliament, is
assembling its armed forces, including a
partial army mobilization The indications
are that the staunch morale of police and
troops, plus the support of a majority of
public opinion, will eventually overcome
Communist violence and restore SEM
blance of order.
That, however, is by no means the whole
story The question now arising is whether
such success may be Pyrrhic victory on
the economic front. The eventual damage
to Frances already shaky economic life on
the verge of winter could precipitate an
economic breakdown which no feasible
amount of aid from America on a short
term basis could more than palliate.
Take the coal factor alone. Even before
the strikes, France was acutely dependent
on coal imports, America furnishing 40 per
cent of its normal output. But for the past
fortnight virtually no coal has been mined
in France, and American coal deliveries at
present volume are straining under whole
series Of bottlenecks from railroad cars
here to shipping and unloading facilities ut
Evening star., 1947-12-05
Striking q Balance

1t is time for the men planning our ma
.tional defense to get together and decide
what is important, what is relatively i'm
portant and what is relatively unimportant
on the list of items intended to insure the
security of the Nation. What is needed
is carefully prepared priority list, for it is
perfectly evident that funds are not going
to be forthcoming for all of the things now
being advocated with measure of urgency
which suggests that the life of the Nation
hangs on each Of them.
One hears dire warnings that we have
been reduced to "one-shot' Navy Some
body wants to spend billions of dollars to
make the Panama Canal secure against
atom bombs. More billions are called for
to explore and exploit the possibilities of
new and better atomic weapons. The Air
Force Is falling into disrepair, and lack
of funds is said to be choking off the
sources of requirements upon which we
would be Immediately dependent in event
of war. More millions and billions are
urged for universal military training, for
the ground forces, for bases and for test
ing grounds.
It would be rash layman who would
undertake to classify these needs in the
order of their Importance, to say which of
them are truly essential and which are not.
But the experts in charge of our military
establishment ought to know, and they
ought to be busying themselves with the
task of putting first things first. II they
do not do this, If they do not get together
on list of really urgent needs to be put
before the Congress, they will be guilty of
contributing to state of public confusion
which will operate to deprive them of the
public support they will need in obtaining
essential appropriations.
Secretary of Defense Forrestal, in his
statement to the Presidents Air Policy
Commission, has indicated that he Is fully
aware Of this danger. 1T was true In the
war and it is true in the peace" Mr..
Forrestal said, that each armed service
wants the works and is prone to ask for
it in budget estimates. Somebody has to
strike a proper balance"
That proper balance ought to be struck
at the earliest possible date. For events
are moving swiftly, and the strengthening
of our military establishment is not keep
liz pdCE. N1I. POIIcSGdl IcltlIlluS Us IlldI
in the present state of the world the surest
way for the United States to avoid war is
to remain strong, as any other course
merely invites attack. Those who can re-
member the state Of our military pre-
paredness in the 193Os, and the fatal result
which our weakness had in deciding the
question OF world war or world peace, will
not need to be reminded of this. Unfortu-
nately, however, memories are short. We
are drifting back into our old state of
weakness and unreadiness. It will be hard,
at best, to check and reverse this tendency.
It will never be done until our needs-our
real needs-are set out clearly where the
people can see them.
Evening star., 1947-12-05
The Murphy Case

The Star believes the Commissioners
have only one motive in bringing Fire
Chief Clement Murphy to trial.
That motive is to leave to an independ-
ent board of three respected citizens the
determination of his guilt or innocence on
charges growing out of complaints brought
against him by Fire Captain Joseph w.
Conroy and the Firemens Association.
That being the Commissioners motive,
they are wise, in The Stars opinion, in
giving their special prosecutor, Daniel B.
Maher and the board which will sit in
Judgment, wider latitude than originally
contemplated. There should be no arbl-
trary line drawn, for example, as between
Mr. Murphy's conduct before he was pro-
noted and since he became fire chief and
the Commissioners are right in erasing 1t.
The only question in this connection
should be the nature of the evidence and
whether such evidence has relevant bear
ing on Mr. Murphys fitness to hold the
top Job in the Fire Department. Had the
Commissioners stuck to an earlier decision
to limit such testimony to charges arising
subsequent to Mr.. Murphy's promotion,
The Star believes that they would be in
viting criticism and creating doubt which
in the public interest and their own should
be avoided.
The question has come up whether or
not the report of the Corporation Counsel,
based on investigation and afldavits COL
lected by his assistants, should be made
public OF course, it should not be made
public The findings of the assistant cor
hoS
hearsay, rumor and improved accusations.
They are the results of an ex parte pro-
ceeding and, in the opinion of the cor
poration counsel, they constitute prlma
facie case 1t has been the sound policy
at the District Building for some years to
order trial of any policeman or fireman
against whom such case is made.
Such material, of course, does not estab
lish guilt or innocence. To make 1t public
would be contrary to elemental principles
of justice. Chief Murphy Is entitled to
fair trial on evidence which the prosecutor
believes will stand up and which will be
accepted by the judges as evidence. To
bring In any other kind of evidence might
smear the accused but not try him.
Nor does The Star believe that either
Captain Conroy or his counsel has any
valid claim to look over what the cor
poration counsel's office has compiled in
running down the complaints. Should
Captain Conroy become involved later on
in any disciplinary action resulting from
his activities as president of the Firemen's
Association, he should have access to the
material. But it is Chief Murphy, not
Captain Conroy, who is now facing trial
AS the trial itself, a, public proceeding,
will offer opportunity to judge the nature
of the case against Mr.. Murphy, the thor
oughness and the skill with which 1t is
presented, reasonable people will reserve
their own Judgment and wise members
Of Congress will refrain from any inter-
vention which would prejudice the conduct
of proceedings not yet completed.
Evening star., 1947-12-05
1t Is Everybody's Responsibility

Through yesterday afternoon about 271,-
600 men, women and children in the
Metropolitan Area had made contributions
or pledges to the Community Chest
campaign.
There are at least 100000 potential
contributors in this area. So, if the cam
paign is to reach It's goal, it is necessary
that the hard-working solicitation groups
make every effort to reach about $4,000
people who thus far have not been heard
from.
They will make the effort. But the
responsibility is one that should be shared
by all the people Complaints are heard
frequently, by those in charge of the cam
paign, from people who say they have
never been asked to give.
That is a complaint easily remedied.
Reach for telephone and call Metro
politan 1884 and solicitor will be sent
for the contribution. Or write a check
or inclose the cash and bring it or send
it to 1101 M street northwest, Community
Chest headquarters. The gift will be
acknowledged Immediately.
In this community, made up of people
a thorough canvass that reaches every
body is the only assurance of success. The
Government departments have done well,
though most of them are still below quota.
That is because Of the relatively simple
task of reaching all contributors in the
departments. But in residential areas and
in many of the offices in Washington there
are thousands Of possible givers who have
not been solicited.
The people who have not yet been ap-
preached should share the burden carried
by the volunteer men and women who are
ringing doorbells and tramping through
office buildings.
Failure of the Chest campaign this year
would be deplorable and the results Of
that failure would make themselves felt
for long time to come. There would be
no such failure If every citizen did his part.
Evening star., 1947-12-05

citizen who is trying to do something worth
while and constructive. A mans home should
be his castle, and as long as he is not infringing
on the rights Of others. he should be left alone
ROBERT w. ZENS.
Editors Note: According to the Building
Inspectors Once, permits must be obtained
by those repairing their own homes, in
order to insure that the buildings, as re-
paired, are structurally sound Permits do
not specify how the work is to be done, but
a field inspector follows through on each
case to see that 1t is done properly. The
ofice says that while MI. zens may have
the right to risk his own neck on the
soundness Of the porch as he would repair
1t, he does not have the right to risk the
neck Of Z possible future owner of the
property, in case 1t is sold.
Evening star., 1947-12-05
Stars, Men and Atoms
Navy Begins Experiments
In SupercoId Laboratory
Molecular Motion Stops, Liquid Runs
Uphill at Lowest Known Temperature
By Thomas r. Henry

Uphill at Lowest Known Temperature
By Thomas r. Henry
The Navy has just set up a laboratory In
Washington to study the strange properties Of
matter at close to absolute zero-minus 46o
degrees Fahrenheit, the coldest possible.
Here all molecular motion stops and there
can be no heat. 1t is region Of marvellous
paradoxes Here at least one liquid, form
OF helium defies the law Of gravity and flows
uphill. Other substances become supercon-
ductors OF electricity, so there is no resistance
to the flow of an electric current through
them. The magnetic properties of matter also
show far-reachlng changes which are difficult
to interpret by ordinary laws of nature
The new laboratory established at the Naval
Research Laboratory Is equipped with appara-
tus to conduct experiments within one or two
degrees Of absolute zero. The cold is created by
liquefying the inert gas helium, which in turn
can be used to cool other materials.
May Have Practical Value.
The Navys particular interest is in the
electrical phenomena at such low temperatures
which may have several practical applications
to equipment when the basic laws are estab-
lished. The Navy laboratory Is one of several
now being established over the country which
will explore the possibilities Of low-temperature
phenomena. Russian scientists are reported
to be devoting extensive research to the effects
of supercold.
Another setup with the same objective was
announced this week at the Georgia Institute
Of Technology, where a new method for lque-
flying hydrogen at point even closer to abso-
lutte zero than liquid helium has been per-
fected. The new apparatus will produce about
quart of this liquid hydrogen, probably the
coolest material in existence, in an hour.
Other research projects dealing with the
phenomena of the region Of supercold are
being carried out at Yale University and at
the Bureau of Standards, where helium was
first liquefled about is years ago.
Tantalum Is Under Study.
Among the new investigations just started
at the Naval Research Laboratory is study
Of the properties of the mysterious and ex-
tremely rare metal tantalum, first discovered
In Sweden more than century ago.
It has q very limited use in electric lamps
but its other properties are essentially un-
known It is reported to have tensile strength
Of 100000 pounds a square inch, to have
density about half that of iron, and to be
extremely resistant to rust.
Tantalum a coal-black substance with
metallic luster, is almost always found assoc1-
ated with another rare metal, columbium.
Recent ow-temperature experiments have
shown that columbium when supercooled be-
comes a super radio receiver. The same may
prove true OF tantalum.
Evening star., 1947-12-05

The new Postmaster Generals unusual
past, as letter carrier, is matter OF
public record. It will be unnecessary for
him to roll up his trousers and show the
dog bites.
Evening star., 1947-12-05
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