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Evening star., 1947-03-14

Government to operate at a $685.
100000 deficit when there exists an
obvious way to substitute solvency
for insolvency. Considering these
things, the arguments in favor OF
the Post Office deficit which in
former years seemed plausible, If
not entirely convincing, now have
a dreadfully hollow sound.
Evening star., 1947-03-14

Mann, the director OF the zoo, does
not yet know the sex of the new
arrival, but when that has been
ascertained, the Congress can pass
Evening star., 1947-03-14

a bill naming 1t
after some pres
ent or past party
hero, or other
wise.
The fact is
that the Con-
gress is moving
so fast that the
p e opl e cannot
see it move at
all. Why, only
the other day
the House, after
the most prodi-
gious pondering,
passed a bill "to
Evening star., 1947-03-14

NY AdS6 pOot tAAds
this country is
doing its best to
WOO the Russian
people by piping
them q radio
program each
day.
John Quincy
Coolidge reports
and if he is
wrong, sue him
not me-that the
girls and boys OF
the Steppes and
the Volga are
given an hour OF
so Of "Open the
Evening star., 1947-03-14

ito go down the
drain" to ma
tional bankrupt
cy. Under these
circumstances it
does seem rea-
sonable to ex-
pect the above
mentioned re-
Sponsible leaders
dill G e n tly to
search, investi-
g a te, examine
and explore all
other roads, ave-
nues, methods,
ways and means
Evening star., 1947-03-14
|McLemore-
Offers His Own Plan
To Woo Russiuns
By Henry McLemore

don't have a radio In the house
so I can't check up on the man,
but my Washington informant, one
John Quincy Coolidge, informs me
L>x, f< 81 r>oc+ fhof
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Evening
NE, Washington ., D. c. Please in
close cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
| Harold L. Ickes
Man to Man
Hiram Johnson's Name Suggested
If Boulder Dam Is Redesignated

impatient with fellow Americans who impatient
with the seeming lack OF by the republican
Congress that took than months Apparently
carpng critics do not know that 9pound pigy
hppopotamus March the Washington This
tn he RenlhicanS
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Frank r. Kent
TheGreatG GameOfPOlitiCS
Post Office Departments Deficit
Can Be Solved by Raising Rates

great effort to Federal financial equilibrium
where they attempt to cut appropriations the espon
sibe congressional with the anguised cry You
can't that u.s. And invariably the anguished cries are sup
anghed arguments that often are not only plausible
Evening star., 1947-03-14

It is a terribly tough Job. Yet
somehow 1t has got to be done if,
as Senator Harry F. Byrd has
pointed out, we are not as a Nation
Evening star., 1947-05-18

r. Reward Duekett. Co. of Hyatts-
vile and has been president of that
institution for 10 years. He is also
chairman OF the board of the Su-
hurban National Bank of Silver
Spring. past president of the
Maryland Bar Association and for
mer chairman of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission.
Other officers elected by the Mary
land bankers are: Norman B. Boyle
Of Westminster, vice president; Wal
ter M. Cole of Laurel, treasurer, and
a Matthias F. Reese of Baltimore,
who will serve as secretary for his
1lth term. c"s
Building Associations Grow.
The n savings and loan associa-
tions who are members of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Building and Loan
League reported combined assets of
s298, ,791, 1865 on April 30, compared
with $265 ,089 90 q year ago, a gain
Of 3,702, 900.
An analysis by the league secre-
tary, r. Wilson Camp, revealed that
investing members improved their
balances by SIS, 900, 900 during the
year and now have $253, ,700, 900 to
their credit. Loans on real estate
scared more than $45, 600, 900 to a
new high of $255, $4,000.
Mortgage loans handled in April
were slightly higher than 1916, with
the dollar volume of closed trans
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Cotton Textile Buyers
Show Increased Interest
By the Asseeiaied Press

NEW YORK, May IT. - Selling
houses noted increased interest
among buyers in the cotton textile
market during the past week follow
ing lull in sales for more than six
weeks.
Activity was limited to scattered
sales of print cloths and sheetings
for nearby delivery, but prices on
orders for prompt shipment were
slightly firmer. Opinion In the trade
was that inventories have been re-
duced sufficiently to warrant ex-
pectations OF a pickup in sales soon.
Spot goods offerings were limited.
Some mills were reported slowing
down operations and selling some
surplus raw cotton stocks in the
open market with the idea Of limit
ing inventory markdowns.
Offerings of worsteds were taken
up quickly in the wool goods market.
Woolens attracted little interest
Rayon goods mill made routine
deliveries Of goods to converters
against previous ALLEGATIONS. Buyers
in the finished goods field were eau
tious, hoping for lower prices.
Evening star., 1947-05-18

vice Endlfman. - -
Others members OF the committee
are. Warren r. Forster. Hamilton
National: David s. Hendrick. w. B.
Hibbs d Co.; Leonard Marbury,
washington Loan & Trust; j. G.
pyles. IT.; City Bank; William B.
willard, National Savings d Trust;
Nelson B. o'Neal, Riggs National.
The Publicity Committee will be
headed by Hans w. Ireland, vice
president and treasurer OF the
American Security ds Trust Co, as
chairman, and George A. Didden.
r., president of the National Capital
BANK. as vice chairman. Other
members are: Ralph Endicott, Wash
ington Loan k Trust; Linwood p.
Harell, Union Trust; w. Ledru
Koontz, Anacostia Bank, and 9. y.
Ratcliffe, Munsey Trust.
The Ladies' Committee includes:
Mrs. s. William Miller, chairman;
Mrs Richard A. Norris, vice chair
man; Mrs. Robert H. Lacey, MRS.
George M. Fisher, Mrs. Bruce Baird,
Mrs. Daniel j. Callahan, jr.; Mrs.
Francis E. Robey, Mrs. G. Elmer
Flsther, Mrs. Walton L. Sanderson
and Mrs. Albert 8. Galley.
Heads Maryland Bankers.
z. Howard Duckett, prominent
banker and lawyer of Hyattsville
and washington, was elected presl-
dent of the Maryland Bankers As
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, May II lP.-Grains moved
ahead in a strong and active market on
the Board Of Trade today. aided by un-
unconfirmed rumors that corn may be
shipped abroad for. livestock feeding and
reports that drought in southeast
Only delivery to show some hesitancy
was the May wheat contract. which Jagged
most of the session on belief some grain
may be shipped here from the Northwest
for delivery on these contracts In con-
trast, July wheat was up nearly 4 cents
at one time.
Corn led the market upturn. Shipping
sales Of cash grain from here totalled
llo,OQ0 bushels while purchases on A
Oats were strong in sympathy with the
advance in corn. Lard deliveries were
lower most of the session
Wheat closed "a lower to 3A higher
May 2891a-2.70; corn was ga to 4
cents higher, May 1.77a-lf1. and oats
were 1s-1Ts higher. May 96ss.
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Deaths Reported


Marian n. Bailey, 81, Arlington, Va.
Mary 8 HAYES, SS, I0z tth &. ne.
NORTH q Bianks. sa. 2l07 Rhoda Island
Jennie HOUSE. Ne. 1900 Lamont ii
nsyths riley. q. 1al1 2lst d. -
wi!nyr q. Nnsssie SO Lslly Church ya.
1las Jenkins. 47. 1I7s MORSE ii. ne.
Grace 2: DeAgro, AZ Takosna rsrk.s Nd
Infant Murray, 4b2a Hue Plains dr.. s.w.
MArxaret j. Lacey. 20, 1905 e st.
Amz pohson, 70. 1921 2nd 81.
Dora Butler, 62, 1920 st. tss M
Angus Blakey. IS, u 83I belmont rd.
Louise a. Payne, b1s el1 DIX ct. s.w.
Soporc Graves, 4s, IFS O S.
Robert Hscketa 80, Is q St ssw.
Lonnie !ss Burton, AZ IL St.
RRsnI,stte R.rths ,h aicos; 20; sssa sal Lanont q
Evening star., 1947-05-18

SOCldt1Oll nv AVS
51st annual con-
yention W h i C h
closed in Allan
tic City last
night.
Mr.. Duckett
succeeded F. w.
Wrighton of Bal
t l m ore after
serving as vice
president of the
Association. He
was one of the
founders of the
Prince Georges
Bank & Trust
Evening star., 1947-05-18

Dauer, FDIC economist; DR.. Carl
E. Perry, Federal Reserve System
and Arthur j. Frentz, assistant
commissioner OF the FILA.
American Airlines has reduced
rates on international express
shipments Of more than 100 pounds,
in some cases slashing as much as
IS per cent. Typical reductions,
per pound. from Washington are
to London, from $1.22 to 80 cents;
to Amsterdam, from $1.33 to "a
cents; to Berlin, $1.48 to 96 cents;
to Stockholm, $151 to "a cents.
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Rail Bonds Pounded
10 New Low Since
|5epfember, 1o44
BY he Assoeiuisd Press

BY The Axsoeiufed tgess
NEW YORK, May II. Rail issue.
capped two-week decline with /
|neW drop IN today's bond market Il
the lowest average level since Sep.
tember 1914.
In the fastest dealings IN more
than three months, trading favor.
ties among the carriers were ham
mered down fractions to more thar
8 points.
Volume Of 1880 900 compared
with only $887, 900 week ago.
The utility section. which unit
today held up In the face of per
sistent losses among railway liens
dropped abruptly for the sharpes,
sell-of since last October.
Investors Pessimistic.
Bond traders again took ti1eil
cue from the stock market where
losses ranged to 2 points or more
Brokers explained the decline to
persistent pessimism among inves-
tcrs over fall business prospects
rather than any immediate news
development.
The market plowed consistently
lower throughout the week Prices
generally were sensitive to only
small offerings. Volume, though
picking up at times, remained COM
paratiyely low.
For the week business amounted
to s21. .677, 500 compared with $l6,-
331 900 in the preceding week and
$18,671 500 year ago.
Some OF the hardest hit during
the week, losing as much as points,
were Baltimore e. Ohio convertibles
at 81, Central of New Jersey Is at
Is, st. Paul incomes at u, Rock
Island refunding 4s at 4014, Denver
81 Rio Grande Western 3s-4s at 8211aa,
Erie AIS at 597s, International
Great Northern 1st IS at Al, Katy
adjusted SIS at So toff 10 points,
Missouri Pacific general IS at 1917,
New York Central "A' 41as at 651a,
New Haven IS of 40 at 81, Northern
Pacific collateral 41ss at 991s, Frisco
As at Biz and Cottonbelt refunding
SIS at 90A.
A. T.. h T. Issue Filed.
The new capital market remained
in the simmering stage although
prospects developed for a consider
able pickup in activity.
On Friday American Telephone &
Telegraph Co. launched its second
big financing program of the year
with registration of 5000 O0O, 900 Of
40-year debentures with the Secu-
rites and Exchange. Commission.
The big communications concern
sold similar amount of bonds in
March. Proceeds will be used in
part for the company's huge con-
struction plans.
Consolidated Edison Co. of New
York went ahead with plans to sell
$50, ,000, 900 in refunding bonds, pro-
ceeds to be used toward a complete
revamping of the company's funded
debts.
In the field of international
finance, signs multiplied that the
World Bank would come to market
for the first time this summer with
between 100000 and s25O, 600 900
in bonds.
Edward Hopkinson, president of
the Investment Bankers Association
declared that sale of these bonds is
"the most important job ahead" for
investment bankers and security
dealers. @ ~ stS9
Evening star., 1947-05-18

aCJ10lS well over SS,uUU,tVUs 4utci
reserves improved $1,000, 600 to a
record breaking peak of s25,859. .0o0.
The associations also reported a
net increase of 1853 in new invest
ing and borrowing customers and
now have the largest number OF pa
irons in their history.
The Executive Council Of the
league will meet at the Mayfiower
Hotel at 1890 pm. Tuesday for a
luncheon and business session.
Store Sales Improve.
washington department store
sales in the week ended May 10 rose
To above the preceding week and
were above a year ago by the same
margin, the Federal Reserve Bank
of Richmond announced Sales in
four weeks ended May 10 were only
80 above year ago.
Sales In the entire fifth Reserve
district were 90 above the previous
week and go above year ago, and
in the four weeks were up Sc. For
the Nation the weeks sales were
1875 above year ago, while four
weeks sales were go higher.
vepco Plans Purchase.
! Virginia Electric & Power Co.,
which serves Virginia sections OF
the washington Metropolitan Area,
hopes to round out its system
through acquisition Of control and
merger OF East Coast Electric Co.,
subsidiary Of East Coast Public
Service Co.
This was disclosed by the Secur-
tiles and Exchange Commission in
authorizing Vepco to bid on 81, ,300,-
900 of first mortgage bonds and Co.
900 shares of $40 par common stock
of East Coast Electric, to which it
already supplies power.
East Coast Electric has around
11,O00 customers on the two Vir-
ginia peninsulas formed by the
Potomac, Rappahannock and York
Rivers.
Accountants to Elect.
Washington Chapter, National As
sociation of Cost Accountants, will
elect officers and directors for the
coming year at a meeting in the
Hamilton Hotel next Wednesday. D.
M. Mayor, controller of York Corp
will be the principal speaker.
The Auditors Section of the Dis
trict Bankers Association will hold
its annual meeting at the Wash
ingten Hotel Thursday evening,
June 12 "A business session start
ing at 6. pm. will be followed by
social period at $50 and dinner at
7::30.s Vernon r. Dorman, American
Security & Trust Co., is chairman.
National Mortgage g. Investment
Corp. has declared a 20-cent divi-
dend on account Of accumulated
dividends on its preferred stock,
payable June IA to holders of rec
ord June 8. Books will be closed
for transfer Of stock from June 3
to Is. 81
Marsh Agency Honored. 8.
The John D. Marsh Agency Of
the Lincoln National Life Insurance
Co. here was named second among
company agencies in total paid busi-
ness for April. It produced more
business than any agency, winning
the same placement in the last five
years. General Agent Marsh led
all agents of the company in the
month. r. H, Woodside and C. B.
Ray, both members of the Marsh
agency, were sixth and seventh,
respectively.
Five Government officials from
here will address the 18th annual
Institute of Industrial Banking
sponsored by the American Indus
trial Bankers Association at Den
yer June 9-12.
Listed among the speakers are:
Maple T.. Harl, chairman of the
FDIC: Morris M. Townsend, director
Of Banking and Investments, Treas
ury Department; DR.. Ernst A.
Evening star., 1947-05-18

announced yes.
terday by Presi-
dent s. William
Miller.
g.. Elm eI
Fla h er, vice
president and
treasurer Of the
Union Trust Co.,
" as ma m e d
chairman OF the
important Sports
Committee, with
Robert G. Baker ,
vice president,
American Secur-
ity Trust Co., as
s5
Evening star., 1947-05-18

Chicago Cash Market.
No wheat Corn-No. / yellow. .s3a1
No g 1881 .83h: No. 9. l.79s4-1. .s3
sample grade. 1.0oA-1.27A. Oats--No
mixed, 1.01 S-l .02; No. ! heavy, white
.04: No. l white, 1.01L-1 04A; No. 2
03s4: sample grade. 9714. Barley
Mating, 10000, nominal; feed, 1.20.
40, nominal
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Final Committees
Appointed ior D. G.
Bank Convention
By Donald B. Hodley

Final committee appointments
for the annual convention Of the
District Bankers Association at Bed
ford Springs. Pa, June 4-8, were
Evening star., 1947-05-18
THE SUNDAY STAR, washington, d q.
: kIur,vli to Hear Dr B DentIey

The washington Club Of tho
American University Alumni viii
hold ! luncheon meeting at noon
Thursday Ia the schools downtown
Icenter, 1911 II street NV. Dr JOHN
= Bentley. dean of the College Of
Arts and Science viii speak.
Evening star., 1947-05-18

NEW YORK, MAY. 1.-THE Associated
Press Weigtted Wholesale price index OF
IS commodities today declined to III g4
Previous day. III .9s; week ago. I'll Is;
month asn, 1880. rear ago, 1857,
Evening star., 1947-05-18
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CopitoI Securities
Over the Counter,

The following bid and asked quotations
on Washington securities traded over the
counter represent prices at which one or
more dealers, members of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
would trade with the general public at the
time the quotations were assembled for
The Star as of Friday noon. Origin OF
any quotation furnished on request
Evening star., 1947-05-18

Rates Of Dividends In the forsgotng tabls
are annual dihurSemenfs taSed on the Iast
quarterly or semiaunua1 declaration. un-a
less Otherwise noted. spectal Or sxtra dtyi-1
extras. Plus st0ck diyidend. Cash on
stock PAid last year PAysble in
yesr. d Parable IN Canadian funds.
( Accumulated dividends petd Or declared
this yesr. New Issue ~ With wsr.
rants. ~ without UAry1ntA
Evening star., 1947-05-18

. Plus extra or extras. I P
Evening star., 1947-05-18

Eges-Market about steady demand
light; receipts liberal wholesale selling
prices: Grade A. extra large. 52-53 cents;
sraGe A, large, 1851: mediums, 45-46;
graoe B, larse, 1914; current receipts,
unxraded. 4n-43 mostly 4l-42
Evening star., 1947-05-18
Market Ayeroqes
STOCK
Commodity Prices

New 1a47 low.
fCompiied ~ the Associated Press
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
Would Save Lives Too

Radio telephone service is to be Of
fered passengers on the Pennsylvania
CONGRESSIONAL Limited" and the B. &
o. Royal Blue" trains on next Friday.
Within a few months it is expected that
four railroads-the C. & O. and the
New York Central, in addition to the
two mentioned-will offer this con-
venience Cor annoyance) to travellers
aboard their limiteds. Presumably, if
this quartette finds the experiment
satisfactory other major lines will not
be slow to follow their example.
The announcement that radio
phones may become standard equip
ment on American railways has deeper
significance, however, than service to
passengers. It will mean that wrecks
may be prevented when one train is
stalled and another is speeding toward
it without ample notice to stop in time.
When one conductor can phone an
other and tell him to stop or slow down,
as the need may be, tragic loss of human
life and needless destruction Of rolling
stock, may be eliminated. The flicker
ing fusee and the uncertain flagman
may be done away with.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
Star Program.

s+,t. mort. with Wilmington favored
n nroportion with it. ~resources' TO IN
crude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses;, ship repair facilities near.
by sites for heavy industry and so-'oo'
Cape Fear river channel.
CITY auditorium large enough to meet
needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and Industrial re.
sources through better markets ana 1000
processing, pulp wood production ana
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages ana improvement OF resort
accommodations.
proven Of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the isy's In
dustrial Agency to attract more In
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
mort for expanding air service.
Development Of Southeastern Nortn
Cardinals health facilities, especially IN
counties lacking hospitals. and neluo-
ing a Negro Health center.
ENCOURAGEMENT Of the growth OF COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation OF City and County gov
ernments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
Even Puppets Are Human
BY JOSEPH AND STEWART ALSOP

WASHINGTON. - A vitality sig
%nificant new problem is beginning
to be earnestly debated among the
makers of American foreign poll
cy. 1t can be expressed in a simple
question: What will be the result
OF repeated conflicts of national in
~terest between the Soviet Union
and its satellite states?
This may sound pretty AGA
demic. Yet the problem has been
brought to the fore by. completely
concrete and frequently highly
dramatic reports from behind the
iron curtain. The reports concern
the events leading up to Soviet
puppets unanimous refusal to par
ticipate in the Marshall plan for
European reconstruction. The pub
lie humiliation of Czechoslovakia.
which is now called at Prague
1.-The Munich in reverse" is known
to the whole world. But row that
the returns are in from all over
eastern Europe, they disclose that
the pattern was approximately the
same everywhere.
In Budapest, COR example. the
communist : dominated Hungarian
government was as anxious TO be.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
By PETER EDISON

WASHINGTON There are now
about 100 jobs in the government;
which are worth having ii you
exclude the Presidency, member.
ship in Congress. the Federal
judges, the generals. the admirals
ard the ambassadors. Some PEG.
pie may even feel that these jobs
aren't worth having.
Anyway, these 100 top positions
are the $40, 0O0-a-year-and : better
spots held by the heads of depart
ments, commissions and admins
trative agencies. Sixty : five OF
these are cabinet or little cabinet
offices - secretaries, UNDER and
MISUNDERSTANDING.
The secretaries now get SIS, 000
a year. The chairman of the Ex-
port-Import Bank, William Nice.
Martin, Jr., gets SIS, 600. Only one
official gets e, Chairman
David E. Lilienthal of the Atomic
Energy Commission, who gets
SIT, 500. The four members o. his
Commission get $15, 1000. OF the
non-cabinet rank jobs, less than 20
pay SIP, 900. The majority get $l0,-
900. That used to be a lot of mon
ey, though today it will buy about
what $500 did before the war.
Still, if it takes only 100 $40. 00O-
a-year men to run the vast FEEDER
al machinery at the top, you
might think there would be no par
ticular problem in filling that
many jobs. But the turnover in
these jobs is terrific. Day after
day, a large part of the Presi-
dents time must be spent in try
ing to find good men for his Of
ficial family.
In the last Congress, freshman
Republican Senators R a p h =.
Flanders of Vermont and Ray
mond E. Baldwin of Connecticut
teamed up on a bill to raise the
pay of these top administrators To
| salaries that would attract and
keep the best grade OF executives
t Flanders is a businessman him
self. Baldwin is a good governor
from a big business state. Both
know that it takes brains to run
anything. They therefore proposed
raising Cabinet salaries from SD
600 to $40, 900. The under : secre-
t%aries, the Solicitor General, the
assistant to the Attorney General,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13

come eligible for the benefits Of
the Marsnali Plan as was the COM
munist-led government at Prague.
1t was never publicly announced,
yet the Hungarian cabinet is now
known to have actually appointed
a delegation to attend the Paris
conference on the Marshall plan.
The chief delegate was TO have
been the minister of comnunica-
tons, M. Zero, himself a commu-
mist, and even the lesser members
Of his staff had been selected.
Then General Sviridov, Soviet
commander in Hungary, request
ed an interview with Hungary's
new puppet premier, Dinnyes. In
talking to Dinnyes. Sviridov
minced no words. According to re-
liable reports, he pointed cut that
the Soviets could strip Hungary
bare through their control of Ger
man and Italian assets; that there
were still unnumbered Hungarian
prisoners of war in Russia: and
finally that a Soviet refusal to rati-
fly the Hungarian peace treaty
would have disagreeable conse-
quences - such as the permanent
retention of the Soviet garrison in