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dividual taste. Others pointed out
that some brewers use wheat in
their beer while others don't.
Other developments on the food
front included:
/. Senator Brewster, Republican,
of Maine, proposed to Mr.. Luckman
that liquor manufacturing be halted
for 60 days. He added that he be-
lieved many patriotic distillers"
would agree to do SO if asked. He
estimated that the grain used for
quart Of whisky lis the equivalent
of three loaves of bread" He added
that "for every days delay in dis
cussing how to curtail the distil-
leries, we are losing the equivalent
of more than 100000 loaves Of
bread" The Maine Senator last
week suggested that distillers switch
from grain to potatoes, a major
product Of his State.
2. The American Meat Institute
said in Chicago that the current
food crisis could be. met without
meatless days, It said one way to
conserve grain 'is to extend the
corn supply and make the best pos
sible use of other feeds such as pas
ture grass, hay, forage crops and
by-product animal and vegetable
feeds" It said the problem must be
solved at "the farm level where
grains and livestock are produced
and added that ANY effort to cut
back, reduce or curtail livestock
numbers can cripple our entire fu-
ture economy in this country"
3. Figures released by the Com
merce Department showed that
seven Marshall plan counsries-Brit-
ain, France, Italy, Sweden, Belgium,
Luxembourg and the Netherlands
received nearly 250,000,000 of
United States exports in the first
five months of this year. Machinery
topped food in the total, $647 900 900
to $608, 100000 The largest food
were to Britain, with
France receiving almost three times
more machinery than any other of
the nations.
4. Secretary Anderson arranged to
appear before the House Agriculture
Committee Monday to give his ideas
on the long-term problem of avoid
ing depression in farm prices once
Europe is able to feed itself. Chair
man Hope said last night that I'VE
know now that if our people can
get all they want from the farms
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Many Factors Involved.

at 4 special session on or about
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Food
Continued From First ,Page)

gan last week with an appeal to the
consumer to waste less" in Presi-
dent Truman's words, and to buy
cheaper meat cuts, don't serve too
much, don't overlook meat, use left
overs and to save wheat by sparing
use OF poultry, eggs. butter and
cheese. Friday Mr.. Luckman won
pledges Of cuts of 2,500,000 bushels
Of grain month, chiefly corn, from
the Nations distillers.
Tonight he is expected to "go
after" the farmers, The Star was
told, in an effort to get them to feed
less wheat to livestock. The Harri-
man Committee week ago told the
President that steps must be taken
at once to prevent the loss of grain
as food for humans by its use as
food for livestock. The President
told the Luckman Committee that
"the greater part" Of the 100,000,000
bushels 1t is trying to save" must
come out of what we feed our live
stock"
Mr.. Luckman after hectic week
which left him looking tired though
unrufled, took his speech to the
White House at the conclusion of his
discussions with the brewers around
S pm.
Truman Has Sore Throat.
It was learned that he plans to
make the appeals to the public to-
night as specific as possible, con-
sidering the fact that the committee
has no legal authority to order any,
one to obey its suggestions. The
Administration has been wary of
appeals for reimposition of either
ALLEGATION powers to control use of
grains by distillers, brewers, millers
and other users, or of rationing and
price controls on the retail level.
The President worked on his talk
despite a little sore throat" which
the White House said was causing
"a sort of roughness" in his voice.
Television equipment has been in
stalled in the Oval Room at the
White House to send the Presidents S
image over a New York k-Philadel-
phia- Washington Schenectady tele-
vision hook-up.
Secretary Anderson said, after
talking to the brewers yesterday
morning, that a voluntary reduc-
ton in the use of grain by the ma
tion's $50 beer makers might ac-
complish a greater saving of wheat
than the agreement reached Fri
day with the whiskey distillers.
However, he pointed out, beer is
considered a "workingmans drink"
and has a nutritional value while
the by-prod,tcts are useful in live
stock feeding. The brewing indus
try uses approximately 6o,0oo;oe0
bushels of grain annually, 1t was es-
timated, of which, perhaps 10,0O0,-
900 are wheat.
Effects Hard to Determine.
Effect of the switch from wheat
to other grains on the taste of beer
are hard to determine. Several Of
the brewers representatives yester-
day said it's mostly matter of in
Evening star., 1947-10-05
Gum Executive Accused
OfThreut to Kill Wife

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4-Charging
that he threatened to kill her and
that she "apprehends great danger
from him." Doris Sewell Emmett, "a,
former Chattanooga, Tenn, socialite.
today filed a seperate maintenance
suit against Daniel A. Emmett, 43,
chewing gum executive.
She asked that Mr.. Emmett be re-
strained from molesting her and
disposing of their community assets
she valued at $4,000. She estimated
his income at $500 a month.
Evening star., 1947-10-05

the White House last night on the
part the bre,0ers expect to play IL,
CONSERVING grain needed for Europe:
At the request of Charles Luck
man, chairman Of the Presidents
Citizens Food Committee, and Sec
retary of Agriculture Anderson, rep
resentatiyes of the United States
Brewers Foundation and Of the
Small Brewers Committee met today
with Mr.. Luckman.
At the conclusion of the meeting,
the representatives of the brewers
agreed to recommend to their men,
bers that they Immediately release
for food purposes all stocks Of wheat
owned by the brewers or which they
have under contract. These stocks
are estimated by the brewers rep
resentatives at over zoe, 900 bushels.
The representatives Of the brew
ers also agreed to recommend i'm
mediate elimination of the use of any
wheat or table grades of rice in the
brewing of beer. They agreed that
steps should be taken to eliminate
losses and increase recovery Of the
high protein and yeast by-products
of brewing which are used exten-
sively for dairy herd milk produc-
ton and in the feeding of poultry
Program is Pledged.
The brewers representatives pre-
sent at the meeting unanimously
pledged their respective companies
to this. program and both associa-
tions agreed to call full meetings Of
their boards of directors next week
to study further conservation mea-
sures.
All brewers are being advised at
once of the steps recommended by
the meeting and these steps well
be put into effect Immediately by
all cooperating brewers.
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Polish Alliance Head Named

CHICAGO, Oct. @.-Mrs.
Adele Lagodzinska Of Chicago has
been elected president Of the Polish
Women's Alliance of America, sue
ceeding Mrs. Honorata Woloska Of
Pittsburgh, the alliance announced
today.
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at q special session on or about
December /.
Many Factors Involved.
That probably would require IA
vorable action by four key congress
sional committees prior to that date
Involved is testimony by administra-
ton leaders and a dent in the con-
slant drive of the Republican ma
jority to cut Government costs.
But preliminary discussion cuts
well across usual party lines IN
much the same fashion as did the
$3,750, 900 900 British loan in 1916
and the Greek Turkish $40O, ,0O0, 600
fund to halt communism earlier this
year.
Complicating all these difficulties
in fast legislative action is the ira
ditional unlimited debate in the
Senate. This means that a few
vigorous opponents can stall any
action for weeks if they believe
public opinion or home State voters
are D6lLIlQ LIleIl.
Here are views of several Sena-
tors, obtained in separate inter-
views, that may indicate the pattern
of later debate and action:
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat, of
Arkansas says that the United
States picked a program of anti
communism when it voted $400, ,000,-
900 for aid of Greece and Turkey
and I'VE cannot retreat from the di-
rection we've started"
Congress May Cut Funds.
He also said that Congress will
trim sharply the SIS, ,ooo, ,O00, 900 four
year aid program asked of the
United States by Is western Euro
pean countries, if it ever allows any
of it. He said European aid efforts
to date have been halfway meas
ures and wasteful."
Senator Dworshak, Republican, of
Idaho, says he is willing to help
relieve hunger and starvation" but
is confident he voted right in op-
posing both the British loan and
Greek Turkish aid.
If the British miners won't pro-
duce coal why should we send them
our coal7," Senator Dworshak asks.
IF the Italian farm workers strike
why should we feed them?"
Senator Dworshak added that he
"is unwilling to penalize the people
Of the United States to aid nations
unless they show will to help
themselves"
Peace Trend Urged.
Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of
Wyoming, says the people of the
United States better start thinking
and acting about going to peace in
stead of going to war"
Senator O'Mahoney said the pres
ent governments in France and
italy have excluded Communists
and done the precise thing we sent
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there will be no surpluses. The
problem is to see to it that the peo-
pie get the benefits Of abundant
production on the farms"
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hour speed at low altitude is most haz-
ardous maneuver. A large amount of luck
as well as skill is demanded to forestan an
accident in such circumstances. As it was,
at least one pilot temporarily "blacked
out" in one of the turns.
Apparently because of misgivings arising
from experiences of pilots in close forma-
ton turns, the AAF withheld authority to
enter this years race until just few days
before the meet. The AAF next year
should limit its jet flyers to straight-away
courses in public contests. There is no
sense in risking the lives of flyers or spec
tators just to give somebody thrill.
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Voluntary Enlistment Crisis

General E1SenhOWerS concern over the
serious lag in Army recruiting is shared by
all who have hoped that it would be
possible to dispense permanently with
selective service in peacetime. Army
officials would much prefer to have an all
volunteer organization, for experience has
shown that the efficiency and morale of
such an army are considerably higher than
report on the failing manpower situation
given by the chief of staff at press con-
ference indicates that the voluntary sys-
tenn is approaching real crisis.
The fact is that the Army today is more
than a hundred thousand below it's au-
thorized goal of 100000 officers and men
"a strength regarded by the War Depart
ment as the absolute minimum" necessary
to fulfill our worldwide commitments and
to maintain reasonable degree of security.
Despite intensive recruiting efforts, in
Guiding an unprecedented national ad-
vertising campaign to "sell' Army life to
civilian youth, enlstments are averaging
about ten thousand men short of the
thirty thousand month needed to offset
attrition and build up to authorized
strength.
The Navy has been meeting with more
success, although that service faces the
ominous fact that more than two hundred
thousand enlistments are scheduled to ex-
pire by June of next year. More than half
of these will be twoyear enlistees enrolled
under a special postwar program. Navy
recruiting began to drop off alarmingly in
July The recruiting showdown has been
felt also by the Army and Navy Reserve
components and by the National Guard.
There has been no dearth of officer ma
terial for these auxiliary organizations but
there Is definite shortage of applicants
for the enlisted ranks.
Universal military training as proposed
by the War Department., would help to
solve the recruiting problem of the reserve
forces and the Guard, but it offers no aid
in the dilemma facing the regular armed
forces. That dilemma is to find enough
qualified young men right now and in the
immediate future to bring our military and
naval forces to safe strength. General
Eisenhower and other defense authorities
warned Congress that reliance on volun-
tary methods of recruiting, rather than on
selective service, involved gamble with
national security" The risks of this gamble
are becoming greater with each passing
week. Unless the trend has been reversed
by the time Congress meets, it seems
inevitable that return to selective service
will be the only way to restore our military
strength to the absolute minimum" fixed
by the experts.
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Dupont Circle Progress

After ten years devoted to discussion and
planning, there is real news In the an
nouncement that the Dupont Circle under-
pass project at last has reached the plo
stage. During this decade of virtual in
action the traffic congestion at the notorl-
GUS whirligg has been growing apace. And
in the meantime grade separations at ocoII
and Thomas Circles have smoothed the
flow of traffic along Massachusetts, avenue
so that when it hits the Dupont bottleneck
the need for relief has become more ap-
parent than ever.
AS a result of numerous traffic studies
over the years, the decision has been
reached to tunnel beneath the circle along
the line of Connecticut avenue. This plan
will eliminate the long-endured and highly
dangerous clash between streetcar ana
automobile traffic. No longer Will be-
wildered motorists need to Jockey their
cars out of the way of streetcars coming
at them the wrong way around the circle,
or to cross two sets of tracks in traverslng
Massachusetts, avenue. Streetcars as well
as bus and automobile traffic will dip under
the Massachusetts avenue traffic, without
interference.
The project is certain to be the most
costly of it's kind ever undertaken here.
This is not only because of the expense in
volved in sending the streetcars under
ground, but because of the prevailing high
cost of materials and labor. Estimates OF
two million dollars made some years ago
long since have become obsolete. An estl-
mate of 100000 was given to congress
sional committee at the last session. How
much higher than this the estimates might
20 must await the opening OF bids. the
effect of the decision of the Commissioners
to ask for bids will be to provide the city
with the first authoritative figures as to
cost of the project. If the bids prove to
be Enthusiastically high, the Commissioners
would be wise to defer the important
undertaking until costs come down to
more reasonable level. But the harassed
motorists and pedestrians who must face
the perils of the circle will hope that the
bids are low enough to warrant an early
start on the long-delayed Improvement.
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campaien, that of the concealed weapons law,
end now in it's effort to make strlcter sex
peryersion law. Why not an antinoise cam
paign?
I live on a street that carries quite volume
of traffic The street is not more than nall
as wide as lower 18th street. 1t Is entirely
residential Very few of the property-ownlng
residents of this street park their cars at
the curb because most of them have side drive
ways to their homes The net result IS that
the traffic using this street has clean sweep
of six city blocks of unobstructed speedway.
The buses that travel this highway are not to
be outdone by the passenger cars, trucks and
motorcycles.
I have complained to the precinct and they
have co-operated to the best of their ability
but they do not have the motorized officers
to keep a sufficient vigil on this street and
perform all of their other duties. And, too,
the police are handicapped by legal techn1-
calities if they stop a speeding bus-load OF
passengers 1t seems that the police are not
allowed to stop any bus carrying passengers
long enough to write out ticket and hand
it to the driver The chief thing is the way
these vehicles are handled, especially the
Buses few of the bus drivers go by occa-
sionally sosquiet that you do not hear them,
but this is very rarely done.
To be able to sit quietly and read without
having the radio turned on to blot out these
traffic noises would be real treat.
R. B. T.
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Good Niqht

1mplacably the old clocks siluerv bell
would toll our bedtime hour. upon the
air;
No honeyed argument, no trenzted
prayer,
Could stay our journey to nights narro,o
cell;
With tagging feet, as under bitches spell,
And backward gaze 1Oe ,oent;; and from
the stair
Could nee our parents by the woodfres
glare,
And called to then, once more dggrieUed
tare,oeH.
And sometimes now, Uhen the blue
heGuens af1r
Seen, to draD closer NTH the jail OF
night,
I look upon some brightly burning star
and think that there, perhaps, beyond
its light,
In quiet happiness my parents are;
Good night, dear ones, again; good night,
good night. HELEN CONNOLLY.
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AnoIo-Americon Ruhr Program

For more than month an international
conference has been going on right mere
In washington that has attracted relatively
little attention. This lack of publicity
was due not merely to the negotlators'
desire to avoid it but likewise to the fact
that it was conference of experts dealing
with technical problems rather than dip
lomats negotiating matters OF policy.
The conference referred to is, OF course.
that between American and British rep
resentatives concerning the Ruhr coal
mines. The aim was to raise output from
its present chronically low level to one
consonant with plans for the economic
recovery of both Germany and western
Europe.
This particular conference was not dl-
rectly concerned with how the coal pro-
duced should be apportioned. That Is an
essentially political matter, already con-
sidered in the recent Anglo-Franco-
American talks in London and continuing
in the current discussion between the
same powers in Berlin. What the Wash
ington conference did was to survey all the
factors involved in the production itself.
However, those factors included many
matters seemingly far afield from technlcal
mining considerations, such as improved
methods of extraction, mechanlzatlon, re-
pairs, pit props and transport facllltles.
Such technical questions have, OF course,
been dealt with and form important parts
of the twelve-point program drawn up by
the conference at the close OF Its delloera-
tons. Yet of equal Importance were COL
lateral matters like the character OF man
aeement for the mines and, above all,
ADEQUATE food, housing and other living
conditions for the miners and their fam
lilies. Sad experience has abundantly
demonstrated the vital connection between
living standards and coal output. Devital-
lied and hope -bereft miners simply Will
not do much work. On the other hand,
the recent incentive plan" is considered
chiefly responsible for production In
creases bringing output up to about 24O,ooo
tons daily, albeit that postwar high Is very
far from the prewar average OF 100000 tons
and the objective of 100000 tons by the
end of 1948.
That is the objective which the
twelve-point program is designed to I'M
plemenL. beSIoeS It's IcSiilAAeoA oS'oA4' WV
important recommendations should be
noted which verge on the field OF policy.
The first is a transference Of immediate
responsibility for coal production from the
present British to German management.
The second is the creation of an overall
control agency which would cease to be
wholly British and would become jointly
Anglo American That latter innovation
corresponds to the logical evolution OF
merged United States and British zone,
wherein America will have to bear an in
creasing degree of responsibility and ex-
pense.
One other important matter not specif-
cally dealt with but inferentially treated
was the issue of Specialization of the mines
versus deferment of the question to later
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Needless Air-Ruce Risks

The suggestion by an official observer at
the recent closed-course jet plane races at
Cleveland that the Army Air Forces stay
out of such contests in the future is sound
advice. Events at Cleveland showed that
pilots and public are subjected to unneces-
sary risks when the speedy jet-powered
planes are required to make tight turns at
the pylops.
The mixup in announcement of the
winner of the AAF jet race resulted from
the swerving of the leading plane inside
a pylon to avoid collision with another
ship. Had not the pilot seen the immi-
nence of danger in time to act fatal col
lision would have been almost inevitable.
And any sudden change In course by
plane travelling at fve-hundred-mile- an
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other issues could be moved closer to solution
If this could be done, think we would be
safer from atomic destruction and closer to
the world we all want, even If no specific agree
ments were reached.
The Stain Stassen talks provide an inter-
esting lead in this direction. However we must
keep strong if we are to be listened to.
r. A. OWENS.
Taxing the Products of Labor
To the Editor OF The Star:
There are two, and only two general methods
by which to secure prosperity. One of these is
the artificial method Of collectivism as exem-.
plified by the compulsory savings of social
security, minimum wage laws, governmental
regulation of wages, prices, rentals and hours
of labor tariff taxes upon imports, and gov
ernmental subsidies of every kind. But the
most important of all artificial methods for
securing prosperity has been the successful
wage scales. But higher wages bring higher
living costs, for it is the public, not the en-
ployer, that is penalized by strikes.
The natural method of securing prosperity
is that OF individualism as opposed to state
socialism and best expressed by the philosophy
of Henry George This plan is in harmony
of Thomas Jefferson. 1t would greatly reduce
the functions and consequent cost of Govern
ment. Its foundation principle is recognition
of the great natural law discovered by Henry
George compliance with which provides ample
revenue for the ordinary expenses of Govern
ment by taxing the full value of economic, or
ground, rent, exclusive of Improvements. 1t
emphasizes the harmful effect of every tax
upon the products of labor and aims to elim-
nate such taxes as rapidly as possible. 1t
would eliminate the monopoly value of land,
thus making the use of land more easily avail
able to ALL This plan has justified the claims
made for it wherever put into force the world
over, even in a limited way, while the bad
results Of state socialism have been equally
positive as made use of In Russia, Germany
Italy and in considerable degree in Washington.
HENRY WARE ALLEN.
-
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Wants New Mission to Moscow

To the Editor Of The Star:
One of the most pressing problems in the
world today is the split between this country
and Russia. If this tension could be eased,
many other problems would seem easier to
handle.
AS means of relieving tensions. I suggest
a special mission to Moscow to talk directly
with Stain, and see If a better understanding
can be reached. Perhaps agreement on vetoless
atomic control could be achieved. To reasstre
Russia, we could agree to turn over our atomic
secrets and facilities to the U. N. at definite
time after the agreement. Perhaps Korea
Darien, Greece, France, the Dardaneiles and