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Evening star., 1947-01-11
National Guard Problems
By George FieIding Eliot

to his military avocation more than
. small portion Of his time.
Under the old system, the National
Guardsman had 48 evenings of armory
instruction per year, plus two weeks
field training each summer (Which, as
any one who has ever attended a
National Guard camp knows, means q
maximum Of 10 days of actual traininD.
Not even military magician can create
an M day force on this basis out Of COM
pletely green material.
To put it bluntly, we cannot have an
Immediately ready National Guard ex-
cept IN conjunction with system Of
universal training for all our young
men, so that all men entering the Guard
will have already received the basic
training of soldier plus certain
amount of weapon and team in
struction.
But how are the men to be obtained?
Never before, in peacetime, have We
tried to maintain a National Guard of
much over 100000 men. Now we shall
need $50 ,0O0-and that will be none too
many to provide every important center
in the Nation with nucleus Of trained
defenders. The men are paid at the
rate of one days pay ION Regular Army
scales for each armory drill, plus full
pay for the annual two weeks training
period. But this inducement is hardly
suficient by itself to draw great num-
bers into the Guard. Again the answer
is perhaps contained in the War De-
partments plan for universal training,
which calls for six months of basic
training followed by six months addi-
tional training under variety Of
choices Cat the option OF the trainee),
one of which Is enlistment in the
National Guard. Only experience can
show whether q sufficient number of
young men will elect National Guard
service as their choice among these
various options to keep the ranks Of the
Guard filed,
1t would seem. in this connection,
highly important to build up local pride
In the National Guard unit or units
of each community, SO that this con-
sideration may play part in drawing
men into the Guard and in keeping
them there. Much WILL of course, depend
on the qualities and training OF the ofii1
GERS of these local units. In any case, 1t Is
abundantly clear that without universal
training we can hardly hope to have 4
National Guard anything like adequate
to the responsibilities which the future
needs OF the national security may lay
upon 1t. :
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Evening star., 1947-01-11

churia within three months after
Japan's surrender.
Moscow has failed to live up to
these commitments, its sole justifi-
cation being an Interpretation that
the three months" should run only
after the signing of peace treaty
with Japan. This Interpretation,
however, is so at variance with both
the spirit of the Sino-R Russian treaty
and the letter of Stalin's pledge that
it can be regarded only as specious
subterfuge. That is why the State
Departments complaisance over the
Dairen incident was SO surprising
and disturbing
The present note gets back to the
realities of the situation and would
appear to be a reaffirmation of our
traditional policy Of the open door
a policy which seeks to maintain
China's sovereignty and integrity
against attempts of other powers to
exact special privileges and controls.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Old Former

Although his cheeks are runed By pass
ing years
And tointer,s snoto lies tohitely on bis
broD,
When earth Is rhyn,ed NTH spring his
heart stiu hears
The silper challenge OF the turning
plough.
He knops each trick formation Of the
field Is
And ,ohere the rocks betray the subtle
loan, ~
Recalling hon the Uiyeorass Hes COM
Beyond the crested hilltop's enaereld
dome.
Although another's hand holds taat the
rcins,
And though another poice clucks TO
the team,
He matches from the sideline ttu day
names
And turroa1s memory till the first
stars Olean::
Untouched By sun, Or pind and rain
together
So much Is he himself part Of heather.
RUBY ALTIzER ROBERTS.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
A-Weopons First

In asking that the Security Coun-
Gil act at once on the whole of the
General Assembly'S disarmament res
olution, Andrei Gromyko seems to
have placed Russia in opposition to
the American idea of according top
priority to the atom. At any rate, he
has given that impression by de-
claring that the resolution does not
call for such priority and that our
proposal would tie up action on gen.
eral arms and armed power.
Heretofore the Russians themselves
have indicated that the atom should
receive first consideration, but now
they appear to favor the idea OF
Jumping it together with kindred
but less urgent problems. This all
in-one- package approach was first
advocated by the British at the Gen
eral Assembly meeting last month,
but they seem to have abandoned it
since then. If the Russians now
take to it, and stick to it, the effect
may we'll be to complicate matters
to such an extent that progress in
dealing with every kind of armed
power-atomic and otherwise-will
be indefinitely delayed.
The American viewpoint is simple
enough. AS just restated to the
Security Council by Herschel john
son, it is based on the common-senSe
assumption that if the world "can
devise an international system with
the necessary safeguards to protect"
itself from atomic weapons, the
problem of applying these same
principles to the lesser weapons
should not prove of insurmountable
difficulty" On the other hand, if
the Security Council attempts to
work out regula tions simultaneously
for armies. navies, air forces. artil-
lery and the atom, the chances are
that it will get begged down and find
itself achieving nothing as a result
of trying to achieve everything all
at once.
In advocating priority for the atom,
the United States is not trying
as Mr. Gromyko has intimated-to
delay action on regulating armed
power in general. On the contrary,
it is trying to speed up the whole
process. Certainly, If the nations
can establish effective atomic con-
troll, the rest should be relatively
easy. The alphabet of disarmament
begins with A-weapons, and until
there is a world system to deal with
them, efforts to control other weap-
ons will seem rather meaningless.
This is recognized by the General
ASsembly's arms resolution. The
resolution does not specifically de-
clare that the atom should be given
first consideration, but the text
despite Mr.. Gromyko's literal reading
of it-strongly implies as much by
stressing the urgent need for expedi-
tious action on nuclear energy.
The problem of atomic control, in
short, is the most crucial phase of
the overall problem of disarma-
ment. AS such it demands priority
attention. This does not mean that
other phases need be ignored. AS
the Australians and French have
suggested, it may be possible to set
up special commission to deal with
armed power in general without
delaying decisions on the atom. In
any case, it must be hoped that
Russia has not definitely made up its
mind in favor of the all-in-one-
package approach
Evening star., 1947-01-11

'Slasher' of Yesteryear Recalled
To the Editor OF The Star: -s
This man who has been cutting young
girls hair reminds me of man who
used to cut ladies gowns. I called
John Clagett Proctor, who is an au-
thority on dates relative to Washing
ton history and whose interesting
articles appear every Sunday in The
Star. He told me that the man who
about IS years ago cut ladies' dresses
was called Jack the Slasher
The Slasher would go to the en-
frances of the theaters here and when
he saw lady with pretty dress
ne would slash it. AS nearly as can
remember, lady was in the lobby of
the National Theater one night when
the Slasher cut her beautiful gown.
She screamed: That man cut my
dressi', but don't remember If her
escort caught the man or If a detec-
tive did. But am sure that Mr.. Par.
ham, who was a detective on our po--
lice force, told me that he was on
the case and that the Slasller was
deported to Germany. He then showed
me letter that he had received from
him. The young man wrote that he
went to church every Sunday AID was
leading good life. His composition
was good and his penmanship was
like engraving. Perhaps genial Maj.
Ernest Brown, who formerly was
chief of rsotice here would remember
this case: also possibly Dick Mans
field could tell about Jack the Slasher.
This man who has been cutting the
hair Of these young ladies may think
that he is very clever, but 1t is OILY
a matter of time until he will be ar
rested, because we have the finest
detective and police force in the
world.
TALBOT OGDEN puL1zzI.
Evening star., 1947-01-11
Hurdboiled BUDGET

The most depressing aspect of the
Federal budget which President
Truman has submitted to Congress
is that 1t contemplates only an
infinitesimal debt reduction in the
next fiscal year. And even this is
at best faint hope, for experience
has taught the hard lesson that
Federal budgeters tend to under
estimate expenditures and over
estimate receipts.
Mr.. Truman proposes expenditures
of $37.5 billion and estimates re-
ceipts at $377" billion. Thus, on
paper, the national debt, which now
stands at about $3.50 billion, may be
reduced by 5000 million--a reduction
which possibly would amount to $1.8
billion if Congress will retain war
excise tax rates and increase postal
rates to prevent deficit in that
department.
1t should be emphasized again that
this is putting the best face on the
matter. Any unbudgeted appropria-
tions, such as increased outlays for
veterans, or any reduction in antici-
pated revenues from a business
slump or a tax reduction would
almost certainly throw the budget
out of balance and result in deficit
for the 1918 fiscal year.
These proposals are described as
constituting "hardboiled" budget
budget from which all expenditures
not essential to a proper discharge
of the Governments responsibilities
have been eliminated. From. this
Judgment the Republicans in Con-
gress have registered an emphatic
though somewhat confused-dissent.
Representative Taber, who heads
the House Appropriations Commit
tee, says that the Presidents esti-
mate on expenditures can be cut
more than So billion, and that he
has the figures to prove it." Senator
Bridges, chairman of the corre-
spending committee in the Senate,
saws that the Presidents estimates
are cold shock" Senator Taft,
whose voice will be influential in
Z the final COP decision, thinks that
from three to four billion dollars can
be trimmed from Mr.. Truman'S
budget, and this without cutting into
the figures for national defense.
At this stage of the game the
picture is much too confused to
attempt to pass final judgment on
the difference of opinion between
the President and the Republicans.
And even if it be assumed that the
latter are right, it is too early to
say whether Senator Taft or Repre-
sentative Taber is closer to the
mark.
But this much can be said. The
Republicans have committed them
selves to a 20 per cent reduction in
personal income taxes. If this is to
be achieved at the price of crippled
national defense, or at the sacrifice
of other essential functions, then the
cost of tax reduction will be too
great. And even if it be found that
the budget can be reduced with
careful trimming, there is very
serious question whether the savings
should not be applied to debt reduc-
ton instead of tax reduction. For
If we do not make substantial start
on the task of reducing the debt in
the next fiscal year, then the chances
are that it will never be reduced.
Evening star., 1947-01-11

While on the subject. it Is safe to
say that there are probably many,
many Southern Democrats. not to
mention Republicans. who would
rather see Senator Claghorn seated
than Senator Bilbo.
Evening star., 1947-01-11

If prepublication extracts from
Mr.. Morgenthau's voluminous diary
are any indication. the public may
be excused for wondering If the
ex-Secretary included what he said
to himself while shaving or sang
while ShoWering.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Dy the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-One cham
pionship and two divisional titles
are down for decision tomorrow as
the All-America conference COM
pletes its second season and the
National Football League closes out
its regular schedule.
The Cleveland Browns and the
New York Yankees battle for the
conferences championship in the
Yankee Stadium and in the remote
event the game winds up in a tie,
the loops rules provide for the
elevens to be recognized as CO.
champions.
Cleveland defeated the Yanks for
the championship last year, 14-9.
The Yanks have yet to win over the
powerful Browns in the two years
Of the conferences operation.
Sanders Expected to Play.
The Yanks' star back, Spec San
ders, who was bedded Monday by
an ankle injury, is expected to be
ready to resume play against the
Browns, who lost only l of IA reg
ular season starts.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Bears and
the Chicago Cardinals clash in Chi
cago for the Nationals Western Di-
vision title and the Philadelphia
Eagles take on Green Bay at home
in an attempt to tie the idle Pitts
burgh Steelers for the Eastern Di-
vision crown.
The Cards and Bears are tied for
the Western half lead with identical
s-3 won-and-lost records.
Coach George Halas' Bears are the
defending champions and have ap-
peared in eight playof games since
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Titles to Be at Stake Tomorrow
In Both Pro Football Loops

1888, while the Cards never have
been involved in a championship
struggle.
The Bears lost their first two
starts and then ran up eight straight
wins before losing last week, while
the Cards, after an erratic season,
rebounded last week and trounced
the Eagles, 45-21.
The Eagles, badly crippled by in
/ juries, trail the Steelers by half
game Should the Eagles defeat the
Packers they will engage the Steel
erS in a playoff tilt December 81,
which will also push the champion
ship game back to December %.
Neither in Title Game Before.
| Like the Cards, neither the Eagles
nor the Steelers ever have appeared
in a championship game since the
league was broken into two divi-
sions in 1888.
| Club owners in the All-America
Conference began arriving in New
York yesterday for the Brown
squabble, ana began pondering their
Brooklyn and Chicago problems.
Both elevens had poor seasons on
the field and at the gate. The Chi
cago Rockets are undergoing COM
plete overhauling, and the owners
have said the franchise will remain
in Illinois. The Rockets 1947 coach,
Jim Crowley, resigned last Sunday.
Reports have persisted that Bill
Cox, Brooklyn president and one
time owner of the Philadelphia Ma
tional League baseball club, will pull
up stakes. The resignation Tuesday
of General Manager Fred Fitzsim-
mons, who bossed the Phils for Cox,
was evidence to some that Cox
would quit the Brooklyn picture.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Three Fights Added
10 Monday y'sShow

Three supporting matches have
been added to Monday nights boz
ing show at Turner's Arena. raising
to five the number of supporting
bouts on the Ken Stribling Frank
Lacey 10-round feature card which
will close out the 1947 boxing sea-
son here.
Added to the card were a pair Of
fours between George Maverick,
Georgetown U.- student, and Joe
Moesley Of Washington and Jackie
Ford and Nose Herald, both also
Of Washington. The five will see
Melvin Wade Of Baltimore facing
Johnny Hansbury of the District.
Already announced were bouts be-
tween Johnny Arduini, former anna
teur champ, and Myron Dickerson,
Philadelphia, in a five and a six
round added attraction between
Jimmy Cooper and Lucky johnson.
On the basis of his 43 victories in
A bouts, Frank Lacey Of Baltimore
figures to rule about an 8-to-5 choice.
Stribling has been defeated only
once in 1947 while scoring nine VIC
tories.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Coast Pro Grid Champs Face
Court Today in Betting Case

Detective Capt. Eugene Kennedy,
who began an investigation Tues
day, signed the charges alleging the
players pooled $6,7o0 Of their own
money to bet on last Sundays title
deciding game with the Los Angeles
Bulldogs.
Kennedy said they bet they would
lead the Bulldogs by Z points at
the half and would win the game by
IA points. They won the first part
OF the bet, he added, but the bulk
OF their money was lost when the
final score was to g.
Coach Keith Molesworth said he
had remarked that members of his
team after their victory "wefe the
umhappiest looking bunch Of cham
pions I ever saw"
A reliable source VINO declined to
be quoted by name said the betting
incident came to light because one
OF the bettor-players became angry
and talked. 1
Evening star., 1947-12-13
NBA Poll on Graziano
Defended by Miller

The Illinois State Athletic Com
mission may term the NBA's poll on
Rocky Gragiano's return to the ring
q farce" but according to NBA
Secretary Heinie Miller it was an
expansive and legitimate poll which
included favorable comment from a
number of prominent persons, who
did not wish their signatures used.
1--WE have wires here now from
States that want him for bouts, -
Miller said, hundreds of sports col
umns In Rocky's favor and one
from a former commanding officer
Their opinion is as good as that OF
the Illinois Commission"
Quotes from the Illinois report in
cluded TN our opinion no poll could
have been more partial from it's in
ception," and "the youth of the
country can no longer look to the
NBA for upholding American prin-
ciples of patriotism"
Graziano's manager, Irving Cohen
will be here tomorrow to discuss op-
ponents for a prospective February
bout. The District voted for Gra-
ziano in the recent poll.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
By the Associafed Press

HONOLULU, Dec. 13.-The star
halfback of the Pacific Coast League
professional football champion Ha-
waiian Warriors, 13 teammates and
an ex-teammate will appear in Dis
trict Court today to answer a charge
Of betting on themselves in game
that brought them the title.
Halfback Melvin Abreu. Honolulu,
the leagues leading ground gamer,
who was named his teams most
valuable player, and the others are
charged with betting on an ath-
letic contest" conviction of which
carries maximum penalty Of 81 600
fine and year in Jail.
The Is appeared at police head
quarters nervous and subdued yes
terday and made bonds ranging
from $50 to 500 each.
Among those accused was Center
Jack keenan,, Is, formerly Of the
University Of South Carolina and
the Washington Redskins.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
.Co|Iegians in Regatta
Crown Queen Toniqht

Intercollegiate dinghy sailors will
crown their frostbite regatta queen
in ceremonies tonight at George
town University as a climax to the
first days competition among nine
colleges battling for a special tro-
ply.
Sailors were competing today of
Corinthian Yacht Club in the first
intercollegiate invitation frostbite re-
gatta and will resume racing to-
morrow morning
The queen will be picked from
among goods Of George Washington
University, the University OF Mary
land and Trinity College.
These schools are represented BY
sailing teams: Maryland, GWU.
Georgetown, Princeton, Yale, Har-
ward, Brown, NIT and Boston Col
lege.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Bowie Gets a Break
In '48 Racing Dates

The Maryland Racing Commis-
sion, explaining that Bowie opens
the season early in the spring and
closes late In the fall, awarded
three Saturdays to Bowie and two
to Pimlico to settle a minor dispute
connected with the announcement
Of Maryland's 150-day race season
for 1948.
The Southern Maryland Associa-
ton was denied It's request for
switching the Marlboro meet from
late September to August. The
dates:
Bowie, March 31-Aprii IL and Novsm-
Der 1927; H1vre de Grace, April 14-May
October ss1NovsHgber sci! IL; Laurel. septem-
PEI AZ: July al.sl; H.esrssoxp: Aug
August 1921 and August 24-28; Timon-
ium, September Ill; Marlboro, September
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Alumni Raise Fund
To BuyOHCouch
BY the Associated Press

DALLAS. Tex, Dec. ia
Embarrassing campaign to buy
up the contract OF Head Football
Coach Homer Norton Of Texas
A. and M. College gained force
today. More than 10000 re-
portedly had been raised by
alumni groups and q total Of
$4,000 was sought.
Norton has been under fire
from the ex-students for two
football. seasons In which his
teams had poor records.
Reportedly, Norton has been
sounded out on the proposition
Of terminating his connections
with A. and M. August 81, 1913,
and being paid for the remaining
two years Of his contract. He
makes around SO, 900 a year. The
State attorney general has ruled
that State funds could not be
used to pay of the remainder of
Norton's contract.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Demaret's 132 PAGES
Fast Miami Field;
.Worsham Has 139
By the Assoeioted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 13.-Jimmy De-
maret. the grooming Texan, who is
ending his best year Of golf, led the
field in the $4,000 Miami Open golf
tournament by two strokes at the
halfway point today.
With the fastest competition in
the 24-year history of the event mar
rowed to the top 66 pros and 10 am
ateurs, Demaret with 1872 for SO holes
had his closest company in persist
ent Ed Furgol of Detroit at 1874.
Still a stroke away were Walt
Burkemo and Sammy Byrd, both Of
Detroit, and Dave Douglas, Will
mington, Del, who won the recent
Orlando Open.
Fred Haas, 1r., who led the open
ing day parade with 65, fired a two
over par 70 yesterday for a 1877 total
to tie with five others including Ben
Hogan of Hershey, Pa, and two am
ateurs, Gene Dahlbender Of Atlanta
and Frank Stranahan of Toledo,
Ohio. Others at the 1877 mark were
Ted Kroll of Philmont, Pa, and
Glenn Teal of Jacksonville, Fla.
Five were punched at 1873. They
were Bob Hamilton, Evansville
Ind; Jim Milward, Three Lakes
Wis; Gary Middleton, Memphis
Tenn; Claude Harmon, Palm Beach
Fla, and Skip Alexander, Lexing-
ton, N. c.
Twelve were grouped at 139, in
cluding National Open Champion
Lew Worsham of Oakmont, Pa
Defending Champion Sammy Snead
was back at al.
Demaret, currently booked out OF
Ojai, Calf, missed 2O-foot putt
on the 18th hole in his second day
round for 81, one stroke under
the record for the par 10, 6,310-yard
Miami Springs course.
OF golfers in the Washington area
aside from Worsham, Otto Greiner
Of the Woodholme Club in Balti-
more posted a II for 141; Buck
Worsham, a second 73 for 146; Al
Houghton of Prince Georges, 73 for
lat, and Bob Barnett of Chevy
Chase and Miami, II for 154. ANA
teur Charles Price of Kenwood failed
to qualify the first day.
Evening star., 1947-12-13
Marines Win 9th in Row
Top Western MARYLAND

The Quantico Marines, beaten
only by George Washington, won
their ninth straight and fifth
against college competition in last
nights 1884 triumph over Western
Maryland on the Marines court.
After Cy Waldrop, last years
Navy star, and his first stringers,
ran up a 29-18 halftime lead, the
second team took over. Waldrop
scored 16 points for the Marines
and AL Jacobson 13 for the Terrors.