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Evening star., 1947-05-19

the beach as possible and survey it
by periscope in daylight. At $50
pm, when 1t was fully dark again,
1t. Jewell stopped the submarine for
a rehearsal of falboat embarkation
The sea was choppy
Col. Holmes and Commando Capt.
r. P. Livingstone launched their
boat first, after practicing stepping
into the frail and very tipsy craft
on the dry deck. They padded
noiselessly away and from dis
tance of several hundred yards they
tried out the infrared signal light.
This light cannot be seen by the
naked eye, but with proper sort
of glass it becomes usable signal
light. The light worked perfectly.
Holmes and Livingstone returned
to the submarine. with Gen. Lem
nitzer and 1t. j. P. Foote trying the
next trip. The general got pretty
wet, but they made it all right. Col
Hamblen and Capt. Wright made 1t
OK as well. Capt. Godfrey B. (Jum-
boz Courtney was my small boat
pilot and we tried it last. He was
the expert on these boats and was
in charge of instructing all of us.
! With small boat exercises COM
plete, the submarine was quickly
under way again. managed to get
some sleep this night. At $40 am
the dive klaxons sounded. We were
too close to the North African shore
to venture running on the surface
again in daylight.
There was still no word from
Gibraltar.
I fell back on another bridge game
to pass some pretty worrisome hours
moving along at slow speed under
the Mediterranean.
tCopyright, 1e47, by Marx wayne Clark
Distributed By North American Newspaper
.-.iiance.
Evening star., 1947-05-19
Operation Torch
CONTINUED Prom Page A-sD

! the Rock the better. I conferred
one with Gen. MacFarlane and his
avail associates.
I have hardly ever been less Ger
ain of the success of an operational
mission in my life; needed support,
ut got little encouragement from
the British. What I needed was
some one to say ''Okay, we'll get you
in there and get you out, tool" They
talked on until said, Gentlemen
We are going. 1t has been decided
by our governments and I don't
intend to call it off"
The most encouraging person ]
met at Gibraltar was 1t. Norman
Ambury Auchinleck Jewell 1--WE
called him Bill later), commander
of the submarine H. M. S. Seraph.
When I asked to see him, they
brought handsome young man with
plenty of self confidence. I asked
If he knew what this was all about
"All they told me was that I was Il
take some Americans some place
and land them at night on the
African coast" he said.
I explained some of the details
Jewell was pleasantly reassuring-
-I am sure we can get you in there
and get you off again" He buckeo
fSp my confidence considerably.
I had dispatched another message
tc- Washington, via 1t. Col. Eddy
Evening star., 1947-05-19
This Changing World
House Cleaning of OIC May Cut
Congress Opposition to Voting Funds

sary II Mr.. Benton, or better, Gen.
Marshall, ordered an immediate and
thorough house cleaning. The spon-
sors of the bill then would have
Congress sympathetic ear.
There still is great deal Of doubt
irf the minds of the legislators in
spite of testimony by Secretary OF
State Marshall, Mr.. Benton, Walter
Beden Smith, American Ambassador
to Russia, and a host of other State
Department officials as to the actual
value Of the Voice of America"
behind the iron curtain.
On May 13, for instance, the
|Romanian government warned Its
people that sin compliance with ex-
isting regulations, clandestine radio
listeners are liable to heavy fines
and the confiscation Of their radio
sets. The radio control commissions
which daily are carrying out their
duties both in Bucharest and In
the provinces, already have con-
flscated a number of receivers.
Radios Are Adjusted.
This means that Romanian lis
teners, like those in every other
country behind the iron curtain, are
allowed to listen only to programs
approved by the government. Their
radios are adjusted so they can hear
only local stations. Amy tampering
with the sets, changing the govern
ment-established wave lengths, is
punished severely, sometimes by
penalties more drastic than mere
fines and conf1scation.
Commissars and other high OFF,
cials can listen, of course. to any
kind of broadcasts. The recent
blasts at the Voice Of America" by
the Soviet polemicist, Ilya Ehren-
burg, were based on hearing our
mild programs. This gave him a
new front on which to attack the
United States and its institutions.
But 1t is doubtful that Moscow Is
really concerned over the effect OF
our broadcasts.
Despite these inevitable hand1-
caps q large number Of Congress
members feel that the American
programs and the activities OF the
other branches of OIC could be
improved.
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mobile owner Henry MeLemore.
will dare take his car out of the
garage without a co-pilot seated on
his right to aid him in handling the
thousand and one gadgets and to
take over in case of trouble. A CO.
pilot for a car will be just as much
a necessity as he is for a transport
plane"
The operative then went on to
paint what he considered fairly
true picture of motoring in the fu-
ture.
Predrive Check Will Be Needed.
There will be no such thing as
a man getting in his car whenever
he pleases and driving off to work,
or to market, or to the golf course.
On Monday, if he plans to use the
car on Tuesday, he will have to tell
his ground crew SO that they have
ample time to check the automatic
window controls, the hydraulic
windshield wiper, the generator that
provides power for the slip-o-matic
visors, the heating plant that de-ices,
de-dews and de-moistures the arm
and foot rests; inspect the cables
which, by touch of button, con-
troll the air pressure in the tires,
seat cushions and ash trays; and ex-
anime the master control lever by
which everything on the car can
be made to go on the blink at once.
While this is going on, the co-pilot
will be busy checking pedestrian
conditions, visibility and the own
er's insurance.
"Hostesses will be required. too.
Even on the shortest spin to the
ten-cent store, one will be in the back
seat to see that all passengers are
strapped in and to offer assurance
if anything goes wrong. When the
windows start squirting water and
the windshield starts going up and
down like crazy, it will be nice to
have her there saying, Don't get
upset, folks. It's happened before.
We may have to circle the ten-cent
store three or four times, but We'll
come in safely. But if we do have
to make a forced stop on a parking
meter or in the park, please remem-
ber to wrap up your heads in the
lap robe and brace yourselves
Describes An Experience.
This picture does not seem to be
a bit overdrawn to me. happen to
own a car of today and while it lacks
dozens of devices that adorn cars of
my friends, it is sufficiently compli-
Gated to make driving a strain. I
wouldn't think of getting into it
unless I had had good nights
sleep and felt in tip-top condition.
One experience was enough for
me. In waving to a friend my elbow
touched the wrong button and be-
fore I could correct the error, the
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Man to Man
Only Man Equal to Task and Worthy
Of Bipartisan Support Is Urged for '40

would support for President at the
next election until the two great
parties had made their nominations.
But. if in the interest OF their
country, they can persuade them
selves to be patriotic enough to
unite on one man then there would
be nothing to wait for. The choice
could be made at once, enthusi-
astically.
And so this is an appeal to both
the Democratic and Republican
Leadership to get together behind
one man, so that we can cope with
communism or any other danger
that may threaten us from within
or without.
We Have Such Man.
Many do not seem to know 1t,
but we have such a man. But only
one! To me the strange thing is
that his name Is not already upon
the lips of every man and woman
and even every lisping child. I
am chagrined that my own percep-
tions have been SO dim that I have
not been able to see the light until
only now, But at last the darkness
has fallen from my eyes.
OF one thing I am certain, and
that is that once the name of this
incompatible leader is mentioned
every American will be torn between
two emotions-one, amazement at
his own lack of foresight and, the
other, unrestrained enthusiasm for
the American President who is to be
For a great many years, this
man has selflessly given of himself
He has saved our country from
communism on Mondays and Wed
nesdays, from Roosevelt and the
New Deal on Tuesdays and Thurs
days, and from the imperialistic
British on Fridays and Saturdays.
Enough has been said already,
although more will be said later,
to make it abundantly clear that
here is no ordinary man. He is
not Truman Democrat. Neither is
he member of the Republican
Party. Probably 1t would be more
accurate to say that he is the Re-
publican Party.
After the 1910 campaign, he 10y
ally read Mr.. Willkie out of the
party. After the 1914 campaign, he
cast Mr.. Dewey into the outer dark
ness. He urged Senator Vandenbere
to go on the ticket with ALT Landor
in 1886, but more lately he has dis
missed the gentleman from Michi-
gan, although he permits him for
little longer to stay on in the Senate
The revelation of him to me as
Americas greatest has filled me with
a joy not experienced even by Fran
els Scott Key on that glorious night
when rockets and bombs lighted up
the evening sky to reveal that the
flag was still there"
None can fail to have guessed the
name before I utter it: Col. Robert
r. Mccormick of the Chicago Tri-
bune, the natural! The indispen-
sable! Obviously the only man be-
hind whom national unity can be
achieved, for he is, the only man tt
whom the Chicago Tribune would
give its whole-hearted support.
| (Copvrieht 1a47N
Evening star., 1947-05-19
TheG Great GameOfPOlitiCs
Willingness to Be Vice President Seen
Hurting Stassen's White House Chances

they now hold in the Senate and
in all probability can continue to
hold.
Actually, insist unfriendy Stassen
critics, Mr.. Stassen has weakened
his chance for first place Cat no time
very good and must now be con-
sidered a vice presidential candidate
He is not unlikely to be the vice
presidential nominee no matter who
is named for the presidency, but
as a presidential candidate he nc
longer seems q serious contender
In addition, they not unreasonably
inquire how candid will Mr.. Stasser
be If he is now asked whether, in
the event of losing out on both first
and second place, he would accept
the attorney generalship in the
cabinet of a Republican President:
To continue his avowed policy OF
complete candor, the claim is his
answer to that must be In the
affirmative, too, which would put
him in the position of being will
ing to take practically anything ir
the shape of a high public office
lying around loose. Mr.. Stassen's
supporters dismiss these suggestions
as malicious, which some of them
undoubtedly are. They hold that his
candor is one of Mr.. Stassen's most
attractive qualities and that it has
paid rich political dividends-so fa1
&C he is concerned
Also, they say. the question OF
whether he is a. serious candidate
for the presidential nomination
will be settled next month in the
Wisconsin presidential primaries
when he will run against Gov
Dewey, and with the support OF
the Tom Coleman machine, is ex-
pected to beat him.
These were the primaries in which
four years ago Mr.. Dewey beat
Wendell Willkie, who then with
drew. No matter what the result
there this time, neither Gov. Dewey
nor Mr.. Stassen will follow the Will
kie example. But. one way or the
other, it will have considerable effect
on their convention prospects.
Evening star., 1947-05-19

but at the personnel employed to
put it into effect. The majority OF
Congress members agree that Amer
lea should have an organization to
counteract the vigorous propaganda
of Russia and her satellites. But
they believe the present setup under
Assistant Secretary of State VIII
liam Benton Is not adequate.
The blunt truth Is that Congress
feels the top men of OIC in Wash
Iington and many of their repre-
sentatives abroad are imbued with
ideologies which do not correspond
to the needs of the organization
for which Congress has been asked
to appropriate $31 100000.
House Cleaning Would Help.
Mr.. Benton is putting up a valiant
fight and has been very active in
mobilizing public opinion in favor
of his organization. He personally
is contracting many members Of both
houses. Last week a New York ad-
vertising agency attempted to en-
list the support of a number OF
prominent newspaper writer's by
asking authority to put their names
to a petition favoring OIC.
There is powerful lobbying IN
favor of this appropriation. But
many members of Congress have
remarked that it would not be neces-
Evening star., 1947-05-19

by any of the ordinary political
vardsticks. In the first place, so far
as is known, he is the only man
who ever seriously aspired to frst
place on the ticket of either national
party who, prior to the filling OF
that place, permitted himself to ad-
nit or gave any reason for sus-
pecting that he would accept Sec
ond place.
On the contrary, the wen-recog-
nized and long-established formula
of other presidential candidates for
answering the question asked OF
Mr.. Stassen has been-"I am not
interested in the vice presidency. l
am a candidate for the presidential
nomination and nothing else."
| Very often this has been neither
true nor convincing, but that is
what they said. To disregard this
formula is to break precedent
and open wide the doors for COM
ment of various kinds. For exam
pie, some of Mr.. Stassen's friends
insist that his indicated willingness
| to take second place will not dam
age his prospects for landing the
first prize-rather the reverse.
Stassen Seen as Candid Candidate.
Their argument is both interest
ing and ingenious. Its basis Is that
Mr.. Stassen Is the candid candi-
date'-the one man in the field
wholly free from hypocrisy and
cant, who always says what he
thinks and does not camouf1age his
desires by any kind of pretense OF
coyness.
It Is again pointed out that he Is
the one man among many known
presidential aspirants who has
come out fat-footed with the dec
laration that he is after the presi-
dency. If now he states that should
he be unable to make first place he
would, under certain conditions
take second place, he is merely
being candid about matter all the
other presidential candidates are
uncandid about-that this complete
honesty is characteristic of the mar
and will be appreciated by people
generally, in and out of the Repub.
lican Party. That is the way his
friends defend his unprecedented
and surprising statement. Those
who are not allied with him. how.
ever, take a very different view.
They concede that Mr.. Stassen''
public revelation of his willingness:
to be a vice presidential candidate
was honest. But, they also say, 4
was politically dumb. They asser
that this public exhibition of hon.
esty was entirely unnecessary al
Mr.. Stassen's willingness to TAKE
second place was already widely
known, had been generally discussed
and, considering his age and po'
sition, is entirely logical.
Also, it is declared, the Statement
OF his friends that other conspicu.
GUS candidates lack his straightfor.
wardness on this matter and the
assumption that they would accept
second place, too, is just not true
If he should not be nominated fol
President, certainly Gov. Thomas E
Dewey would rather run again fol
Governor of New York than bt
Vice President, much less impor.
tant place.
Chances Held Weakened.
! Nor does any one seriously thinl
that either Senator Taft or Senator
Vandenberg would prefer the vic'
presidency to the sort of position
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top had gone down, the drivers seat
had leapt forward until my face was
pushed against the speedometer, the
hood had flown open and the emery
ency brake had set.
There isn't much pleasure In driv-
ing such q car. Gone are the days
Of driving with one hand and turn
ing around to talk to those in the
back seat. One has to keep ones
eyes glued on the frightening dials
of the dashboard.
Oh, for car built by q company
which believes that the major essen
tials Of an automobile are an ability
to start, to get you there and to stop.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc }
Evening star., 1947-05-19
'By THE HAsKIN SERVICE,

@. How far from the shore have
oil wells been dug?-M. j.
A. There Is an oil well 10 miles
from the shore in the Gulf of Mex
leo, off the coast Of Louisiana. Sev-
eral others, at much greater dis
tances, are planned or under con-
struction.
Q. Who suggested the motto of the
United States, "E pluribus unum"?
*. r. H.
A. The motto was selected by
Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson, and
is said to have been suggested by
Jefferson. It contains 13 letters,
symbolic of the original 13 States.
Q. How many rooms are there in
the mansion at Mount Vernon?
r. r. F.
A. There are 10 rooms in the
mansion.
@. What makes a carrot yellow?
H. 7. B.
A. The color Is due to the
presence of carotene, a valuable
substance from which the body
makes vitamin A. Most green plants
retain carotene in their leaves
where its yellow pigment is hidden
by the green of chlorophyll. Some
plants, like the carrot, transfer
part of their earotene to their roots,
and so become yellow vegetables.
@. What is the yearly circulation
Of daily newspapers in the United
States?-T. E. F.
A. The circulation for 1946 was
SC, ,927 sos, gain Of So per cent
over the previous year.
@. Please give the correct order
of classification of an animal in
phylum, family, species, etc.-G. B.
A. The full classification Is as
follows, taking the opposum as an
example: Kingdom Animalia;
Phylum Vertebrate; Glass Mann
malta: Order Marsupialia; Family
Didelphidae; Genus Didelphis;
Species Virginiana.
@. What Presidents had no mid
die names?-G. S.
A. George Washington, John
Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James
Madison, James Monroe, Andrew
Jackson, Martin Van Buren, John
Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fill
more, Franklin Pierce, James Bu-
chanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew
Johnson, Benjamin Harrison, Will
liam Mckinley, Theodore Roosevelt
President Truman's middle initial
rs" does not represent g. name.
Evening star., 1947-05-19

our military representative in the
international zone of Tangier,
urgently requesting that the re-
ception party wait for us from 8
pm. until dawn on the night of
the 21St and, that in the event we
did not show up that night, we would
attempt a landing on the night of
the 22d.
I had never been aboard a sub
marine before. I realized very
quickly that they were not made
/ for a lanky 6'2" man. All the while
I was in the P-219 I had to bend
over and watch my head. When ]
went to the head" had to literally
crawl on all fours.
| The submarine crew. almost all
youngsters, welcomed us cheerfully
aboard. All they knew was that
We're going on screwy mission
with some Americans" While we
were running on the surface that
night, We passengers spent lot OF
time on deck. A British destroyer
led us the first so miles.
Decided to Stay on Surface.
| 1t. Jewell and I, poring over the
charts, agreed we couldn't possibly
make the rendezvous if we had to
run the entire trip under water. We
decided to try, as much as possible,
to stay on the surface where we
could make 10 or IL knots, compared
to only two or three submerged. We
would be ready for a crash dive at
any time if spotted by an enemy
ship or plane.
/ During our first afternoon We had
a detailed conference with our COM
mando officers on embarkation and
landing procedures. General plans
concerning signals and possible &c
j ton ashore were closely gone ovsf
1 The submarine would So as close te
Evening star., 1947-05-19

vice NeSlocIieiah
nomination in
1948 If he fails
to get the presi-
dental nonina-
ton. And there
are at least two
views Of the ef-
feet of tn a t
S t a t ernent on
the S t ass e n
chances.
Ger tainly it
m a k e S of Mr.
StaSsen a some
W h a t battling
character, n o t
easily measured
Evening star., 1947-05-19

says IIldt pup"
licity helped to
prevent q Sue
cessful negotia-
ton of peace
treaties at Mos
cow. He is hark-
ing back to the
alternative Sc
cret diplomacy
which brings
on wars.
w h en- M r.
Beyin says he
b e elieves the
United S t a t e s
G o v e r n m e n |
rcrc1frc uri : n
Evening star., 1947-05-19

In a Crisis re-
quiring greater
leadership thar,
is the case to-
day.
The w orl d
War of 80 years
ago was a war tc
"end all wars
Instead, it pro-
duced an even
m ore frightful
and devastating
war waged on a
greater sc a / e
During the Sec
ond World War
Evening star., 1947-05-19
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I / * e S, o II
n erve, SO b e r
h a b its and
pleasing person.
alitieS.
He made his
report after a
sneak look at
the draft, boards
and blueprints
of the automo-
biles Of tomor-
row.
1.-THE time will
soon be here, :"
he repor t e d,
when no auto
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the ONCE of In
formation a n d
Cultural Rela-
tions of the
S t at e Depart
nent seem to
have made little
/ m p ression on
most members
of Congr ess,
who do not be-
lieve the present
org a n i z a t ion
a n S W ers the
purpose.
Criti / cism is
leyeled not at
L. sl11 i%nalf
Evening star., 1947-05-19
Bevin Is.Seen Inviting
Secret Diplomacy in
Criticism Of Press
Bv David Laurence

British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin may be connected with a
liberal government, but he talks
more like a reactionary when he
Evening star., 1947-05-19

(Which appar- Harold L. Ickes
emily we are still waging), we were
solennly assured over and over
again that a permanent and dur
able peace would be organized i'm
mediately after the war There was
to be peace and security and eco
nomic welfare in all parts of the
world. Russia and Great Britain
and the United States, to say moth
ling of China, would never engage
in any rougher game than that OF
blind mans bluff.
Where do we find ourselves to-
day? The world is in a ferment
with armed camps cycling each
other suspiciously. Instead o1
economic security there are cold and
hunger and insufficient housing
The Allies were able to annihilate
the Nazis and the japanese after
Mussolini had first been sent
scampering over the back fence
Germany and Japan lie PROSTATE
while Italy is hungry and suffering
from political jitters. Great Britain
can barely raise its head after the
worst winter in its history, and
China is torn with civil strife
Russia and the United States are
scowling at each other and wonder
ing when the worst will happen.
| Unity Is Needed.
Within our own land politics has
a double "a" priority. Statesmen
ship has gone to the sanitarium
And there are politics within poll
tics. We do not have merely the
traditional division between the Re-
publican and the Democratic Par.
ties. Those parties themselves art
split between ambitious men, some
claimant and some crafty, striving
for peace and power.
We need closely knit unity-unity
of a higher order than We have
ever had during the past, but unity
can be achieved only by uniting be-
hind the one leader whose courage
ability and resourcefulness are az
much beyond doubt as they are
beyond praise. Happy would We
be if we could elect the indispensable
man by acclamation in 1948, a mar
whom we would be as willing tc
follow as he would be to serve
patriotically and high-nindedly.
| 7 had thought that I would moi
make up my mind as to whom