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Evening star., 1947-03-06
The Political Mill
BY Gould Lincoln

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The Republicans, during. the cam,
paign of 1916 and after they had won
control CT the House and Senate, made
three major promises. They promised
to reduce Federal expenditures, to re-
duce income taxes, and to pass remedial
labor legislation. Because none of these
things has yet been accomplished, Con-
gress having been in session two months,
an open season has been declared by
critics of the COP for ridicule, Of the
Republican leadership. II these critics
are to be believed, the Republicans on
Capitol Hill are shot to pieces with dis
sension in the ranks and none Of these
objectiyes will be attained.
That's not the way the Republican
leaders regard the situation, however.
And it is possible they may have q
better angle than their critics. The
Republicans say that they have had to
reorganize the entire machinery of
Congressto meet the terms Of the
legislative Reorganization act. They
point out that the pledges regarding
the Federal budget and taxation are
inter-related, and that until steps had
been taken regarding the budget, the
Ways and Means Committee could not
move on the matter OF tax reduction.
Notwithstanding the charges Of delay,
considerable has been accomplished.
The House voted to fix the legislative
budget at $31, 500 900 900, which is $6,-
600 100000 less than the Presidents
Evening star., 1947-03-06
Relic

Out OF the lonely emptiness of time
This relic from a prehistoric age
Endcts again its deathless p1f,ton,ime
Upon buried, long discarded stage;
And suddenly the past becomes aliue,
The present dins and crumbles into
clay,
The liDing fade, the ancient dead
reDiUe-
We are transported to pristine day.
They. carped their record deep in rock
and stone,
Long buried in the entrails of the
earth;
We reconstruct an epoch from bone,
DecipheTtng tale of death and birth,
And out of some small symbol, some
slight mark,
We drag their history from the layered
ddrki
MAE WnKIER GOODMAN.
Evening star., 1947-03-06
Tracing Polar Storms

The plan for establishment of
nine additional weather stations
north of the Arctic Circle will bene-
fit the United States as much as
Canada. 1t is only right, therefore,
that we should join with Canada as
a co-partner in the enterprise. The
investment Is likely to pay rich divi-
dends in the form of more accurate
and longer-range weather forecasts
beneficial to industrial and farming
interests. And as the north polar
regions become a more widely used
aerial pathway. chain of weather
outposts will be real necessity. y
The Arctic long has been recog-
nized by meteorologists as the birth
place of many of the storms which
sweep across the North American
continent. Long before WorldtWar
II Canada set up several valuable
observation posts in the Hudson Bay
area and elsewhere During the,
war the United States Joined with
Canada in expanding these stations,
with profitable results for ships and
planes engaged in the battle of the
Atlantic. Some of these wartime
stations have been retained.
The new stations would extend
the field Of observation to within
about six hundred miles OF the
North Pole. The "farthest north"
post would be established this sum-
mer on Eureka Sound, in Ellesmere
Land. A headquarters at Winter
Harbor would correlate data and
relay daily reports to Canada and
the United States. Thus, constant
check would be made on storms
from the time of their origin until
they were ready to strike populated
territory.
It another war should come to the
American continent, the availability
Of an effective Arctic weather serv-
ice would be of even greater advan-
tage than in the past. Military
Evening star., 1947-03-06
Those Peace Treaties

IN the exercise OF Its conStitu-
6onal prerogative, the Senate of the
United States is about to be faced
With what, to some of its members
And to many private citizens, will
beem an unpleasant task. This is
ratification Of the peace treaties
with the former enemy states, Italy,
Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.
Those treaties, the fruit of many
months of acrimonious negotiation,
nave been widely criticized as both
unjust and unsound in several re-
Lspects, and such criticisms appear
IAo have much theoretical validity,
especially as regards Italy. There
likewise school of thought,
voiced by competent students of
world affairs, which holds that the
entire approach was unwise; that
ehs key problem of European re-
construction, Germany, should have
been tackled first. rather than the
secondary problems of Italy and the
1OIucF AXIS SdC6llCeS.
= However, all these objections seem
70 be water over the dam; because,
with all their faults, there does not
seem to be any practical alterna-
dive to these pacts This was bluntly
stressed by Secretary of State
Marshall and his predecessor, James
=. Byrnes, who did the actual ne
Eotiating, before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. the group
which will make recommendations
On ratification to the Senate itself.
And in this they were strongly sup
ported by Senator'S Vandenberg and
connally, chairman and former
chairman OF the committee, respec-
lively, who participated in the
treaty negotiations and who there
fore have authoritative views on the
subject.
Secretary Marshall and Mr.. Byrnes
alike maintained that these treaties
are the best obtainable; that failure
10 ratify would prolong avariety of
existing evils, further delaying even
q beginning OF peace. They went on
10 point out the advantageous sides
OF the treaties, such as the require
ment for evacuation by Allied armies
within ninety days after the treaties
some into full effect, a drastic whit
ling down Of reparation claims, and
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Still the Backbone

In denying the Capital Transit
Company's request to substitute
buses for streetcar service to Ben
ming, the Public Utilities Commis-
sion has made it plain that 1t does
not consider that streetcars are on
their way out in Washington. The
commission is not alone in this view.
Consulting experts from outside the
District, who prepared for the Com
missioners the 1946 report on
Transportation Plans for Washing
ton," described the streetcar lines as
the backbone" of the city's mass
transportation system.
The transportation report recon-
mended that most OF the existing
rail lines making up this backbone
be retained because of the street.
ears economy of operation on heavy
traffic routes as well as for its eff
cheney in use of street space" Ger
tainly the Rosslyn- -Benning street.
car line. following an east-west
route through the heart Of the city,
Is major part Of the basic transit
system. If 1t is to suffer serious
amputation Of the type proposed by
the Capital Transit Company, the
backbone would be seriously af-
fected, too. If the arguments ad-
vanced in behalf OF abandonment
OF the Benning line are valid, they
would seem to apply with equal
force to other lines. But Washing
ton has not yet reached that day.
The PUG cites figures to show that
none of the existing buslines carries
anything like the number of pas
sengers transported by the street.
cars. The Rosslyn-Benning carline
carries 100000 passengers a year,
which is twice the yearly total of
Washington's busiest busline, oper-
ating over Connecticut avenue. It
is hard to see how Benning bus
line could transport so many pas
sengers without gravely congesting
Northeast streets and without i'm
posing intolerable terminal condi-
tions in the already overcrowded
downtown district.
The transit company's principal
objection to continuance of streetcar
service to Benning was that extern
sive repairs of costly nature would
be necessary in the near future.
But PUG officials differ with transit
authorities on the expense of repairs
needed for the present-and point
out that the rails already have been
delivered to the company. Perhaps
q special express bus service to sup
plement existing rail transportation
would meet the needs of patrons
seeking faster service in the morn
ing and afternoon rush hours. But
the decision to retain existing rail
transportation on so heavily Travelled
. line appears, on the basis of the
PUG findings, to be in the public
interest.
Evening star., 1947-03-06

that matter, although the Republican
margin of control in the Senate is slim.
Mr.. Martin looks for hearings to begin
before the Ways and Means COMMITTEES
within few days-perhaps even before
the conferees on the legislative budget
resolution make their report.
The other Republican pledge, to pass
legislation amending the Federal labor
laws, also is on its way to fulf1lmeut.
The Senate Committee on Labor is wind
ing up on Saturday its hearings On
the labor bills and will next week get
down to the job Of drafting a bill for
submission to the Senate.
The House Committee on Labor Is
expecting to conclude its hearings by
March IA, although no hard and fast
date has been set. This labor legislation
will not 60 as far as some wish 1t to
go, but the expectation is that 1t will,
when completed. contain many much
needed provisions.
The Republican record. therefore, in
the present Congress does not appear as
lame as it has been made out to be.
The Republican leadership had to deal
with the reorganization first. Legisla-
ton is written In committees in the
first instance, and hearings were neces-
sary. 4
Furthermore, when test votes have
been taken in the House and Senate,
the Republicans have shown remarkable
cohesion. This happened in the House
on the budget slash Of $4,000, 900, 900,
and in the Senate where only one H.
publican, Morse of Oregon, voted against
tho ~ 500 mo 0O0 c1It II hanpered In
the House when the bill attacking the
portal-to-portal pay suits was passed.
It happened, too, in the House onstlie
two-term presidential tenure Of once
constitutional amendment. The bill
dealing with the portal-to-portal pay
suits also was part Of the program
pledged by the Republicans. The time
is about ripe for the Republicans to 60
forward with their program. Speaker
Martin is confident they will carry 1t
through at least to the White House.
He believes Congress can and will ad-
journ about July 4 al
Evening star., 1947-03-06

the Observation-Disclosures of Trieste
under the United Nations.
The cumulative impact of these
arguments would seem to be so de-
cisive that a favorable recommen-
dation by the committee and even
tual Senate ratification by the re-
quired two-thirds majority may be
regarded as reasonably assured.
Evening star., 1947-03-06
Location of Freer Gallery

Location of Freer Gallery
10 the Editor Of The STAR
1t has come to my attention that in
the Sunday Star of yesterday under
the heading Current Exhibitions, !"
you have listed the Freer Gallery of Art
as being at Twelfth and G streets S.W.
In the interests of accuracy and for the
sake of the public who make use Of
this column in your paper, I thought
you might be glad to have this called
to your attention even though it is
undoubtedly no more than a slip. As
you know, the gallery is on Twelfth
street between Independence avenue
and Jefferson drive S.W., and inasmuch
as the entrance is on the north side of
the building it might be useful to have
it listed as Twelfth street and Jefferson
drive SW.
Trusting that you will accept this
minor correction in the spirit in which
1t is sent. remain, very truly yours,
JOHN A. POPE,
Assistant Director
Evening star., 1947-03-06
FBI Retirement

A retirement bill just introduced
in the Senate is designed to aid in
solving problem that is seriously
threatening the efficiency of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The problem is how to halt the con-
tinuing exodus of experienced agents
attracted by the lure of more lucra-
tive jobs in private industry. Since
the close of the war the number of
designations of older Investigators
has reached alarming proportions,
according to FBI officials. The
agents are frequently offered posi-
tions paying salaries several times
those which they received from the
Government.
When an agent of five or ten years
service leaves the bureau, he carries
with him specialized knowledge that
cannot be replaced by the appoint
ment of new and younger men.
This is especially true in the field
of espionage, where only carefully
trained agents can hope to operate
with success. Many of the highly
qualified Investigators who worked
on major espionage cases during
World War II have left the bureau,
or have indicated their intention of
leaving before long. These special
lists are urgently needed in connec-
ton with postwar responsibilities Of
the FRI, including investigation of
prospective employees of the Atomic
Energy Commission.
To make the service more attrac-
tive the proposed legislation would
lower the retirement age for inves-
tigators from sixty to fifty years.
Two objectives would be achieved If
this were done. First, the FB1 in
vestigation staff would be kept on
a younger and more active level,
and, second, agents in their late
thirties and forties. vitality needed
by reason Of experience for current
and future investigations, would be
more inclined to remain with the
bureau until eligible for retirement.
If Congress agrees that it is i'm
portant to keep the F'BI staff sta
bilized and eff1cient-to keep its
agents at peak proficiency both as
to age and experience-it will look
with favor on the proposal to lower
retirement age of the investigators.
Evening star., 1947-03-06

strategists predict that invasions of
the future will take place by air
across the top Of the world. The
vagaries Of weather in the Arctic
may determine the success or fail
ure Of planned attack or defensive
operation. An extensive peacetime
weather-observation system is bound
to strengthen the security of the
continent against any threat from
the far north.
Evening star., 1947-03-06

A man arrested for larceny the
other day told the magistrate he
wanted the money for a private bar
in his home. p. S.: He has several
private bars now-in his cell window.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

New Mexico, Rhode Island anc
Colorado. An unfortunate intra
party night" he added, cost tn.
Democrats victory in Montana vher,
Senator Murray, q Democrat Is ex.
pected to seek reelection.
Another Democratic source said
the party would concentrate on at;
tempts to unseat Republican Sens-
tors in Oklahoma, Idaho, Kentucky
and West Virginia and also had high
hopes of gaining Republican seats
in Illinois. Wyoming and Delaware
In addition to these seven, Re-
publican Senate seats will be at
stake in Minnesota, New Hampshire
South Dakota. Kansas, Oregon, Mi
chigan. New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Nebraska, Maine and Iowa.
Senator Millikin. chairman of the
conference OF all Republican Sena-
tors, said his party leaders expect
to capture the presidency and re-
tain majorities in both Houses.
He declined to list the two Demo-
cratic Senate places he expects the
Republicans to win.
Senator Sparkman said the Demo-
Gratis have good chance to carry
the Nation because the Republican,
controlled Congress has BUNDLED
so badly. But we've got to DO some
scrapping to get the four extras we
need to control the Senate"
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T. CourtIandt Parker
To Head Chest Unit

E. Courtlandt Parker, Washington
attorney who has assisted in IA
Community Chest campaigns, has
been appointed chairman Of the spe-
cial gifts unit for-the 1913 Commu-
nifty Chest Federation campaign, 1t
was announced yesterday.
The two-week drive for $4,000, 900
opens November II.
Mr.. Parker was appointed by Cen
eral Campaign Chairman Edward
H. Foley, jr., assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury. The special gifts unit,
one of 10 groups of volunteer solicit
tors who will raise funds in the
drive, is to solicit contributions from
selected business and Government
executives and a small number of
private citizens.
After interrupting his private law
practice to serve during the war
with the Fleet Marine Force in the
Pacific, Mr. Parker resumed practice
in November, 1945. He Is member
of the District Bar Association and
the Barristers. His brother, Chaun-
cey G. Parker. headed the special
gifts unit, in 1916.
The campaign will raise funds for
125 Red Feather Service agencies To-
Gated in Washington, Alexandria
and Arlington, and in Fairfax,
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties.
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'48 Control Of Senate
Disputed in Claims OIL
Spark Man, Mi|Iikin

Rival Democratic and Republican
claims pushed the COPS narrow
margin Of Senate control into the
forefront yesterday as the subject
of strenuous drives by both parties
in 1913.
The opposing views were voiced
by Senators Sparkman, Democrat,
Of Alabama, and Millikan, Repub-
lican, of Colorado, both high In
their respective party councils, in
separate interviews.
Their predictions:
Senator Millikin-Republicans will
retain the 10 COP seats at stake
next year and pick up a couple
more"
Senator Sparkman - Democrats
Will hold their IA seats and win
four extra we need to control the
Senate"
COP Margin Was 6.
The Republican congressional
landslide in the last election boosted
the party Senate total to 81. COM
pared with IS Senate places held ,bv
Democrats. Because the late Sem
ator Bllbo, Democrat, of Mississipni
never was allowed to take his seat
or vote. the actual party lineup
last session was 5l-44.
1t Is known that Republican Sen
ate leaders are anxious to widen
thai margin. AS things are now a
shit OF three or four Republican
senators ON any major issue can
Jeopardize party-backed measures
This happened on occasion during
the recent session although Offset
ting Democratic. reflections USUALLY
aided the Republicans.
Senator Sparkman, who served as
chairman OF the National Speakers
Bureau for Democrats in the last
election, claimed his party has a
distant advantage for retaining the
IA seats they now hold.
Sparkman Cites Strength.
Ten of the Democratic seats are
IN the Solid South" Sparkman said,
While four others are In States
in which the Democrats showed
strength even during the 1916 Re-
publican swing"
He counted as sure Democratic
victories the Senate races in Ala
bama. Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
He said Democrats elected Senators
or Governors In the last election Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
By the A,seeioted Press

MAIDEN, Mass, Aug. 23.-Glen-
wood Brann, jr., II, whose legs were
amputated because of burns suffered
in q game of cowboys and In
dians," came home from q Ave
month hospital stay today.
Amid the cheers and tears of 100
neighborhood pals who nailed a
Welcome Home" sign on his house,
Glenny shouted a CHEEKY hi"
Then he said Jaw gee happily
as he fell back into a homemade
cart his father had fashioned out Of
an old Wheelchair.
Glenny's dog, Skip, bounded out
the front door, and the pale lad
whose trousers were pinned back
over the stumps, threw his arms
around his pet and kept repeating
Jaw, Skip, you know me-"
His biggest thrill, however, was
when Mrs. Brann handed him his
baby sister Arlene. who was born
the day Glennys legs were ampu-
tated.
After his 18th birthday, Septem-
Der 20, Glenny will go to the Spring
field Hospital There he will be
equipped with artificial legs and
taught to use them.
When his neither told Gienny on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
I Area Reserve Officers
Finish Refresher Course

Seven Army Reserve officers from
Washington and vicinity have COM
pleted a "refresher and orientation''
course at the Ground General
School Center, Fort Riley, Kans., it
was announced yesterday.
The officers are: Maj. Cyrus Bern
stein, 1922 Quincy street NE; Maj
John E, Cavenaugh, 3759 Minnesota
avenue NE; Capt. Basil c. Balsker
200 F street NV; 1t. Col. Stephen
j. Grille, Vienna, Va; Maj. Wood
row w. German, Bon Air, Va; Maj
Frank H. Cronin, 1905 Fordham
road, College Park, and Maj. Robert
E. Miller, Bon Air.
Called to active duty In line with
the national preparedness program
the officers studied atomic warfare
guided missiles, new weapons, and
air-ground operations. Upon COM
pletiqn of the course they reverted
to inactive status, it was announced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
States Tax Increase
Boosts Liquor Price
by the Asseeiofed Press

The Distilled Spirits Institute re-
ported yesterday that the average
tax on whisky. gin. rum and other
distilled spirits has increased from
s10.22 to 1902 a gallon in the
last seven months.
The institute, national organiza-
ton of the distillers, said Minnesota
had raised the distillers spirits tax
from 81 to $3.50 a gallon. Other
States which increased the levy, in
varying amounts, are Arkansas,
Wisconsin, Tennessee, Massachu-
sets, New Jersey, Nebraska and
Nevada.
Reduced demands from abroad
have caused some Mexican cotton
mills to cut production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
200 Guurdsmen to End
Flight Training Today

Approximately 200 officers and
men of the District of Columbia Air
National Guard will complete a two
weeks training course today at An
drews Field.
Using more than 80 planes, the
Guardsmen were given refresher
training in bomber and fighter
maneuvers and variety of SUBJ
jects concerned with military avn
alton. The officers and men will re-
turn to their civilian jobs after being
paid TODAY,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

Members of the Potomac Area
Chapter, Gold Star Wives of World
War II, will say goodbye to their
president, Mrs. Helen K. Gooden,
GIT Eighteenth street NV, at a
card party at $50 pm. tomorrow
at the Raleigh Hotel. Mrs. Gordon
will 90 to Wyoming to teach school,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
Potion Post to Elect

The George s. Patton. jr,. Tank
Corps Post, American Legion, will
elect new officers at monthly
meeting at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
Legion Club, 2437 Fifteenth street
NV.
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Neiohbors Welcome Home Boy
Whose Legs Were Amputoted

the way home 1t was big decision
Daddy had to make when they told
him it was your legs or your life, "
the boy replied:
"Phooey about my legs. I'd rather
be alive"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
Cheap Power

Why should Chicago not own and operate its own
electric power plant? If did it could give cheaper
electric rates to the people and add tens of millions
of dollars to its revenues yearly.
If this sounds radical, let note that number
of other cities such Los Angeles Cleveland Seat
tle Kansas City and Tacoma, do exactly that.
In Chicago we pay $3.65 for every 100 kilowatt
hours of electricity. but in Los Angeles. the rate
$2.8 while in Tacoma, Washington, it is only $l70
The Communist Party is therefore opposed to re-
newng the franchise of the Commonwealth Edison
Company. We favor city owned and operated cleo
trio power plant. Remember: Only Progressive
Chicago be greater Chicagoi
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-15
Real Estate

AS for real estate taxes, the Communist Party
makes distinction between the small homeowners
and the big industrialists and powerful real estate
trusts. We for removing the tax burden from the
small property owner, but for the strictest
forecement of taxes the property holdings of the
packing, railroad steel and other monopoles and of
the banks and large department stores. If
money be needed still other avenues are open.
For example, the city franchise under which the
Commonwealth Edison Company has operated for the
past fifty years expires September 18TH 1947 This
giant utility corporation harvested the huge of
1900 600 from the people of Chicago in the year
1916 alone The city of Chicago received only So
372 600 in retura