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Man to Man
Rockefeller's Gift of Site for u. n.
Might Represent Gain for Family

of itself, generous gift from an
individual, it might be said that
Mr.. Rockefeller has been even more
generous, in reverse, with the tax
payers money. Thus it will be seen
that the State of New York and
the United States will, hypotheti-
cally at least, have made a contri-
button of $6,380,00O for the site for
which Mr.. Rockefeller receives full
credit for paying $a,50o,o0o.
Loss to City in Taxes.
Nor is this all. I do not know
the money value Of the property
and rights contributed by the City
of New York. But, in any event,
since the site and the buildings
upon 1t will be tax free, the loss to
the city in taxes of more than
100000 year will be a serious one.
1t will also be continuing one so
long as the property belongs to
the United Nations. And even this
is not all. The United Nations
skyscrapers and the land upon
which they will stand, located as
they are in a part of Manhattan
that has badly deteriorated, will
be shot in the arm to real estate
values generally in large area.
In this connection it should be
remembered that Mr.. Rockefeller,
and probably members Of his family,
as well as close associates, have
extensive real estate interests in
New York City, the value OF which
will be increased by this gift" for
which Mr.. Rockefeller has been
acclaimed by people who have not
analyzed it or even thought about it.
1t might not be wide Of the mark
to venture the guess that this gen.
erous gift of Nation, State and
municipality (and Mr.. Rockefeller)
on the basis of the actual financial
records of Mr.. Rockefeller, might
represent a gain to him and his
family rather than a loss, present
or presumptive. y
Thus, like many Of our wealthy
philanthropists, Mr.. Rockefeller is
receiving the whole credit for gifts,
a substantial part of which are, in
reality, contributions from the State
or Federal Government.
Copyright, 1s47.)
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happy as if you had bought theil
entire stock. As you walk alons
the streets you get q smile and s
gracious bow from everyone. Ever
the burros seem to have a grir
on their little gray faces.
Speaking of burros, I must re.
member to write to my insurance
company and ask If my policy pro-
tects me against being run over by
a burro. It's a cinch I am going
to be. Not that the burros are
mean, or anything like that. They
are just so loaded down that they
can't see where they are going, and
travel on instruments. The burros
are ridden by women, never by men.
And it is the women who bring all
the produce down from the hills to
market.
Men Know the Answer.
The men never engage in this
task. This, I am told, dates back
TO the time when, years ago, it was
dangerous for men to come down
from the hills. They would either
be seized and jailed or forced into
slavery. So the modern Haitian
man, being no dummy, has kept this
Of roosters in the yard is a rarity.
These ROSTERS crow all the time,
custom alive. thus avoiding the work
of marketing.
If you like to hear roosters crow
and dogs bark, then Port-au- Prince
Is the place for you. Cock fighting
comes close TO being the national
sport, and a house without a passel
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give American Dorothy Thompson.
aid to European states who would
get together, compute their assets
and needs, and themselves produce
a mutual reconstruction plan, struck
a disarming blow at Western Euro
pean Communists. This was because
it was not an American plan which
Europe had to take for dollars, but
an invitation to Europeans to re-
vive their own initiatives and ca
pacitieS.
The Communists, therefore. looked
frantically for a hook on which to
hang the Marshall Plan.
AS usual, we obliged them.
Play on French Fears.
Without consultation with the
French government or waiting to see
what European planners themselves
would bring forth, American and
British military authorities in Ber-
lin announced their intention to
raise the German industrial level.
Immediately, the French Commu-
nists went to town to play on French
fears, recalling the past when Amer
ican and British capital helped re-
store to a defeated Germany the
power to enable her to defeat France
again. The Communists thereby
threw the French people into panic
and postulated themselves as the
patriotic front.
If we had set out with the utmost
guile to defeat ourselves we couldn'
nave acted more. astutely.
While there may be American
private interests who wish to re-
build Germany for their own profit
and political calculators who want
to rebuild her as a spear against
the Soviets, these are not the con-
siderations behind the decision to
raise the Germans industry level
What is drained from this country
to support idle Germans cannot be
used to restore France or the rest
of Europe A subcontinent suffer-
ing a famine Of capital goods can
not have, as whole, too high
industry level. Moreover, the
French-if they are ever again to
become a great people-must aban-
don the idea that strength is
achieved by preventing others from
using their talents.
But before any decision regarding
industry level was made, the pri-
mary political question should have
been asked: How can the produc-
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So far the Russians and their
puppets have contended that the
guerrilla warfare being waged in
Northern Greece is merely a domes-
tic matter between "reactionary
forces" supported by the United
States and the "liberty-l loving
Communists, who, according to the
Moscow government, are receiving
only moral support from their
brethren in the north.
GriswoId Causes Sensation.
Concurrently with these disturb
ing reports the American admins
traitor of aid to Greece, Dwight
Griswold, is attempting to change
the Athens setup. Mr.. Griswold left
Washington fully convinced that
his mission could not succeed with
out a reshuffiing of the members
of the present Greek government
Mr.. Griswold went to Athens with
the firm idea of persuading Arch
bishop Damaskinos - whom the
British made head of the tempo
rary Greek government after they
sent three divisions into Greece to
prevent the Communists from seiz-
ing power-to become Premier.
In spite of discreet advice given
Mr.. Griswold by the State Depart
ment to keep out of Greek domestic
politics, he paid his respects to the
archbishop as soon as he arrived
in the Greek capital and before he
had performed the same courtesy
to the King and members of the
present government.
While this gesture by Mr.. Girls
void has little significance as far
as the American people are con-
cerned, his open demonstration OF
regard for the archbishop created
quite a sensation in Athens, where
such matters of protocol are of great
importance.
Would Broaden Rule.
In Washington the State Depart
ment Is also anxious-but less open
ly SOTO have the Greek govern
ment broadened and, according to
reliable sources, this was clearly in
timated to Foreign Minister Con-
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On the Record
Communists Appeal to French Fears
In Move to Break Down Marshall Plan

tive power of Germany, specifically
the Ruhr, be so revived as to serve
Europe and promote its free unifi-
cation with no menace to those who
want to live and let live?"
Ruhr Is Central Issue.
The reconstruction of Europe de-
pends on the Ruhr, no matter what
the French wish to think. But the
safety of Europe depends on the
Ruhr not again becoming an arsenal
OF German imperialism, possibly ris-
ing in alliance with another anti
European imperialism.
French fears are justified. Fail
ing to reach-during the war-any
inter-Allied agreement in reason or
principle concerning Germany, we
have been putting her in a position
to play both ends against middle.
Germany has been using the west
to get rid of reparations to Russia,
to restore her economy, and to
achieve the means of extracting a
high price from the Soviets for a
future alliance. There are plenty
of Germans speculating that with
something to barter with, they
could enter the Soviet orbit on terms
that eventually might make Berlin
not Moscow-the center of the world
Communist empire.
French Communists want the
"internationalizing" of the Ruhr,
with the Soviets in the combine,
counting thereby on the elimination
of Germany as a dominant factor
in Communfzed Europe. But 1t
would be greater menace to France
than the revival of a German Ruhr
The counter to this is not to hand
the Ruhr over to the German So
cialists-as the British desire-nor
leave the issue undecided under a
wait-see policy, as we do. Peripheral
questions cannot be solved while the
central issue hangs fire. The cen
tral issue is the Ruhr. and, the an
swer is to make its ownership and
control a European consortium of
the states that live by it, with the
Russians-and ourselves-excluded.
If anyone has another answer as
reasonable or just, 1t has not yet
been presented.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. 1nc.)
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This Changing World
Tito Expected to Break Off Relations
Between Yugoslavia and Greece Soon

stantin Tsaldaris, who Is now in the
United States on official business
That the Greek government is
weak is a fact which was known
to the State Department and the
White House even before President
Truman offered Americas support tc
that country. In fairness to the
Greek administration. however. il
must, be said that not even super
men could do a good job in coun-
try which has been in the throes OF
civil war ever since its liberation
from a destructive German occupa-
ton.
The Greek government, bad as it
is, does represent some 10 per cent
of the people-the number that went
to the polls to pick 800 representa-
tives in an election which was sup
ervised by American, British and
French observers. The election may
not have been pure in every respect,
but it certainly was far more repre-
sentative than those held in Rus
sia's satellites.
The present Greek government
represents all the political factions
in Greece except for the group led
by former Premier Sophoulis, who
refused to let his 20-odd deputies
enter Parliament and continues to
sulk because of the poor showing
he made at the election, which he
claims was fixed. The Communists
boycotted the elections on instruc-
tions from Moscow.
Question of Timing.
That the Greek government must
be changed is a foregone conclu-
sion. The whole question is timing
Impartial observers maintain that
the situation in Northern Greece,
the Peloponnesus and Crete is much
too explosive to permit any kind of
political. play which would only
make bad situation worse.
The immediate problem of Greece,
as seen by these observers, is to
survive and repel the attacks from
Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
which threaten the very existence of
the country. Any attempt to inject
domestic matter into the already
dangerous Greek situation will only
increase further the country's
troubles and will help disruptive
elements to take advantage of the
already desperate conditions.
No one would hesitate to press
the present administration to re-
sign in favor of completely re-
vamped regime if the Russians had
not vetoed the American proposal
for a permanent border commission
in Greece and if the Balkan bloc,
led by the USSR, had agreed to
cooperate with the U. N. in an ef-
fort to bring peace and order in that
part of Europe. But the Soviet
government decided on a different
course.
If the State Departments strong
hints for wide broadening of the
Greek government are followed, it is
probable that we shall have in
Greece a small-scale reproduction
of the situation which exists in
China.
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ship a fiasco to hell" He is fur
ther quoted as saying "the East
River site was no choice, it was a
subsidy"
On an earlier occasion I ques-
toned both the propriety of Mr..
Rockefeller's gift of this site and
| its acceptance by the United Nations.
No citizen of the United States
should patronize his own country,
let alone the United Nations.
AS a matter of fact, the people Of
the United States, although they do
not realize it, are paying a sub
stantial part of Mr.. Rockefeller's
supposed gift Of $8,500,000." Mr.
Rockefeller imposed as a condition
that the Congress should pass a bill
exempting this sum from payment
of the Federal gift tax, while the
city of New York was let off with
granting rights and titles to certain
streets, docks and other appurte-
nances to the site.
Taxpayers Contribution.
While no one but himself and
those in his close confidence know
the size of Mr.. Rockefeller's fortune,
he is one of the richest men in
the world, even though. presumably,
he has distributed many millions of
dollars among the members of his
family. A conservative estimate is
that the tax on his gift of $500, 900
would have been $3,709, ,440. This
then is the sum contributed indi-
rectly, and unconsciously, by the
taxpayers of the Nation.
But there is another angle from
which it is fair to view this gift
of $8,500,0OO." Mr.. Rockefeller,
although apparently in good health,
is nearing his 18th birthday. If
this sum were to be part of his
estate on his DEATH it would pay
inheritance taxes, both to the
United States and to the State of
Newly ork. Assuming that his estate,
at his death, should be valued at
100000 and certainly that is
very conservative estimate, the
Federal and State inheritance taxes
on the $S,5OO,O0O under considera-
ton, assuming that the tax rate
at the time of Mr.. Rockefeller S
death is what it is now, would be
at the rate of about rs per cent,
or a total of nearly $6,38o,000.
In such an event, which is a
thoroughly reasonable one, the
Rockefeller gift would have shrunk
from $8,50O,0O0 to $2,120,0o0 While
this much lesser sum of money is,
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not even pausing for station identi-
hcation. There is a dog for every
rooster, and the Growing Of the
roosters causes the dogs to bark.
This makes for much music.
This will be all for today because
must go out and sample the
national drink-some odd thing
spelled RUM.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, 1nc)
Evening star., 1947-08-01

oeen shot by rocket to another
planet.
The hand of progress has brushed
but lightly here. Henri Christophe
could come back to the land hi
liberated centuries ago, and fine
but little change. Time has al
but stood still. ir Haiti. The same
somber throb of the voodoo drum.
comes down from the hills, Just a.
1t did when Napoleon's legions at.
tempted to conquer this land. Ths
flowers bloom in such mad pro.
fusion that you feel no one ha.
picked SO much as one blossom TO,
centuries.
A Page in History. .,
You seldom hear an automobile
and there is no clatter of trolleys
just the clippety- -ciop of thousands
OF little moth-eaten burros, mincine
over streets whose stones are worn
and broken by ages of travel. Tc
turn a corner in Port t-au-Prince is
to turn a page in history. Actually
1 wouldn't be astonished to 60 into
shop and find Christopher Co.
lumbus buying himself a new tooth
brush.
If Haiti has missed civilization's
blessings, it has also missed many OF
its headaches ana cares. Nowhere
in my travels have I seen such happy
people. If the laugh and the grin
were not originated here, then
surely they were brought to per-
lection here. A citizen may not
have any seat in his trousers, but
he'll have smile on his face. You
first discover this when the Clipper
lands, you pass through customs
and are besieged by vendors selling
almost everything under the sun
incidentally, the prices are such as
to make you want to buy averything
they have. If you tell them no, ano
refuse to purchase, they are just as
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day W h e n I
boarded a Pan
American World
Airways Clipper
and flew over
t h e dazzling
waters of the
Caribbean.
This is being
typed on the
yerandah of the
Hotel Splendid,
and the sights
that fill my eyes
and the sounds
that fill my ears
are as different
from the sights
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something char
acteristic to say
about the United
Nations site in
stufy and over
crowded N e W
York City and
t h e buildings
that are to be
built upon it. He
is quoted in
Script" maga-
zine as saying Of
the blueprint of
the secretariat
building, "It re-
Sembles a super
crate in which to
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cover that noth-
ing in the ma
chinery Of the
u. N. can stop a
series of OBJ
structive vetoes
or pres e r v e
peace when the
W orld' IS two
strongest gov
ernmentS are
not really at
peace with one
another.
Whatever hap
pens at the U.
N. is merely a
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the last "a hours
from Athens
an d Belgrade
by authoritative
q u a r t ers in
Washington.
Such action
on the part of
Russia's puppet
dictator, Mar
shall Tito, will
further increase
tension in the
Balkans q "A d
may be followed
by some direct"
military action
in that section
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restoration Of
t h e German
economy.
The crisis Is
the result of our
usual failure to
assess and fore
S e e political
forces and reac-
tions.
The Commu-
mist Party is
SCrOng In france.
Its function is to
support Soviet
policy. The Mar
shall proposal to
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McLemore-
Samples Hoiti's
National Drink
By Henry McLemore

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti. -
Breakfast in Miami and lunch in
another world.
That's what happened to me to-
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By Constantine Brown

Diplomatic relations between
Yugoslavia and Greece are ex-
pected to be broken off soon, ac-
cording to information received in
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u. n. Moves Reflect
Behavior Of Russian
u. 5. Governments
By David Laurence

Sooner. or later the mask covering
the United Nations maneuvers of
Russia and the United States will
be removed and the world will dis
Evening star., 1947-08-01
By Dorothy Thomson

At this moment the most critical
spot in the Western World is France,
where the Marshall proposals are
threatened with breakdown over the
Evening star., 1947-08-01
By Harold L. Ickes

Frank Lloyd Wright, the distin-
guished architect who has developed
type of American architecture that
has both grace and dignity, has had
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