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spends more Henry KcLemore
time each day thinking than I do
II the world is the loser because my
cerebellum and cerebrum have gone
into Information, the blame falls di-
rectly on the shoulders Of George
Gallup.
He has made thinking absolutely
unnecessary. A man doesn't have
to make up his mind anymore. How
a man feels about everything from
atom bombs to zebras Is carefully
catalogued and cross-indexed ir
Georges files down there in Prince
ton, N. j. He sends out more post
cards than honeymooning couple
and his bright young agents knock
on more doors than q three -armed
brush salesman. I'm not knocking
his business, mind you. He makes
millions out of it, understand. and
I only wish I had thought it ul
myself.
Just a Little Mad.
But am hopping mad at DR.. Gal
lup right now. I didn't mind giving
up thinking because, after all, 1t Is
more laborious than carrying q
trunk up narrow staircase. but
when he and his fine little institute
started interfering with my eating
habits, decided to write just what
I am writing right now.
Last week DR.. c., obviously hard
pressed for something to poll the
public about, took up the eating
habits of the country. He and his
agents found that the Average
American Il capitalize Average
American" because I am coming
back to that later) would choose
this for the perfect meal:
Fruit or shrimp cocktail; vege-
table soup or chicken broth; steak;
mashed or French-fried potatoes;
peas; vegetable salad; rolls and but
ter; apple pie a la mode; coffee.
Rather than admit that was not
an Average American" I ordered
Dr.. Gallup's last dinner last night.
It wasn't what T wanted at all, but
the Red scare Is so rampant in
Washington at the moment that !
didn't dare deviate frbm one single
item lest the FBI haul me out of
the Mayflower dining room and ac-
cuse me of being un-American.
Plans Slight Change. s.
Just to be on the safe side, had
DR.. Gallup's Average American meal
for breakfast, and I plan to have
1t again for lunch. Tonight I think
I'll take a chance on Leavenworth
and have subversive chicken sand
wich and glass of milk in my room.
II J. Edgar Hoover opens the door,
I'll go quietly.
DR.. Gallup, you OIL chef, you, let
me tell you what this American
would choose Tor his perfect meal.
I'd do away with fruit or shrimp
or any other kind of cocktail and
start In on about four Southern
quail which, about an hour before
they were served, were in the
pocket of my hunting jacket. With
them, I'd have a few slices Of crisp
Tennessee ham, with red-eyed gravy
to pour over my grits, all yellow
with butter. I'd have hot buttermilk
biscuits, and a big spoonful Of May
haw jelly, just to add the sweet
touch. Along with all this there
would be a baked corn pudding,
little green scallions, picked peaches,
and coffee.
As a finisher, I'd take cold am
brosia and a three-layer chocolate
cake all sprinkled with black wal
nuts.
After that, Just two hours in a
hammock under q big chinaberry
tree.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate. 1nc)
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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

ny AAC nASAAN SEnS1OE.
@. Is the new Secretary of State
q Mason?-J. e. H.
A. Secretary of State George c..
Marshall is a Mason.
@. What are the six largest cities
that have the city manager form Of
government?-I. M. G.
A. They are: Cincinnati, Ohio;
Monroe County, N. Y. (Rochester)
Oakland, Calf; Kansas City, Mo-;
Houston, Tex; Dallas, Tex.
@. Is a.furlough fare ticket pur-
chased before January 30 at the spe-
cial round-trip rate for military per-
sonnet still good?-J. r. B.
A. Furlough fare tickets pur-
chased prior to January 80 are coed
for passage at furlough rates be-
tween points and within the time
limit shown on the tickets.
Q. When was the Government Of
the United States last at war with
the Seminole Indians of Florida?--
E. B. s.
A. 1t has been said that they are
still technically at war with the
United States" There has been no
trouble whatever since the close Of
the Seminole Wars in 1842. The
Seminoles are descendants Of the
undefeated warriors who, rather
than surrender and face removal to
Oklahoma, retired into the Florida
Everglades and cypress swamps over
a century ago. They remain today
one of the most distinctly Indian
groups in the country.
Q. Can stainless steel be tenn
pered?-E. M. F.
A. The National Bureau Of Stand
ards says that stainless steels can
be hardened and tempered in the
same manner as structural Steels If
their compositions are such that
they will respond to heat treatment.
@. What battleships and destroy
ers were with the Sd Fleet Of the
Navy during World War II?-W. E. K.
A. According to the Navy Depart
ment, 1t is not generally understood
by the American public that the
various fleets which operated in the
Atlantic and Pacific during the war
consisted of a variable number of
units, depending upon which opera
ton was to be undertaken by the
assigned fleet. Ships were assigned
from one fleet to another at the
completion of a specific operation.
A list of the battleships and de-
stroyers serving at some time during
the war with the Sd Fleet would
possibly include nearly all the
vessels operating in the Pacific.
@. Is the vault In which gold is
stored at Fort Knox, KY, under
ground?-F. A.
A. The two-story- -basement-and-
attic building at Fort Knox, KY,
is constructed of granite, steel
and concrete, based on 10
foot foundation of concrete. Within
the building is two-level steel-and-
concrete vault, 40 by so feet, with
IA compartments in the subter-
ranean level and a like number
on the ground floor for the storage
Of gold. The vault door weighs more
than 20 tons. Roofs of the vault as
we'll as the depository are Of bomb
proof construction.
Evening star., 1947-04-01

public not to buy more sugar than
necessary at this time.
III everybody takes It normally
there viii be enough to 60 around !"
an oflcial Of . refining company
said. There is plenty more COM
ing
Stamp No. II is good until August
81. Rationing authorities warned
that the larger allotment Is not to
be regarded as q bonus. They an
nounced earlier that no special
home canning stamps viii be issued
this year.
Evening star., 1947-04-01

least. get the processes clearly under
way, we would never have to worry
about communism In America. The
Communists wouldn't be able to
make q dent In our democracy. no
matter how hard they plotted in
Moscow nor how active their adj
vocates In America. They couldn t
touch us. Not in a thousand years.
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view Of the rev
elations Of the
past 80 years. rs
not news 70
anybody VINO
from time 70
time has reao
reports Of WI WI
liam z. Foster $
visits to Moscow
and those Oh
Torl Browder
before him. =,
The question is
what to do about
1t. The commit
m tee hasn't yet de-
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sided although Lowell Mellett.
one member, Representative Mundt,
penublcan, of South Dakota, has
offered few proposals. He would
REQUIRE registration OF party men,
hers AS foreign agents, force publi-
cation of party membership lists
and finances, tighten up the sedi-
ton and treason laws, fingerprint
and register aliens and make pass
ports harder to get.
Advice to Committee.
These stern measures might serve
10 hold the line against the Com
munist Party and prevent it from
doing us any harm, while we take
measures that will make certain
that communism never gains a real
hold in this country. Without sug-
costing what these measures should
be, certain notions are here offered
that may be useful to the committee.
Communism doesn't thrive in
Wall Street or on Park Avenue. It
doesn't thrive on the Gold Coast Of
Chicago or in the suburbs of the
vell-to-do in any of our cities. It
doesn't take hold In the homes Of
prosperous professional people, doc
tors, lawyers, engineers, teachers
and such. 1t finds no favor among
satisfied wsge-earners. Businessmen
abhor it. Successful farmers have
no use for it at all.
Communism is to be found chiefly
in our plague spots, the city and
rural slums. Some real estate men,
with great influence in Congress,
seem to think 1t is.the Communists
that agitate for elimination of the
slums, but the real estate men must
be mistaken. Why should the Com
munists wish to abolish the places
where communism testers and
spreads? Senator Taft, with his
bill to wipe out the slums, is on the
right track.
How Communism Thrives.
Communism thrives on distress
and disease. That has been estab-
lished. It also thrives on injustice.
Some Southern politicians cling to
the idea that the ceaseless struggle
of the Negroes for their constitu-
tional rights is due to communism
Isn't 1t possible that the reverse is
true-that the communism among
the Negroes, II there Is any, is due
to the economic, social and political
injustice from which the Negroes
suffers
Communism thrives on misinfor-
nation and Misrepresentation. And
by that I don't mean the misin-
formation that appears in the little
Communist papers and pamphlets
or is voiced from sidewalk soap
boxes. Surely the vast volume of
information pouring through our
press, radio and schools is suffi-
cient to swamp the Communist prop
aganda. The Misrepresentation to
which 7 refer is that which puts the
Communist label on every effort that
Is made to improve the health, we'll
being and general living conditions
of the people. Doesn't this mis-
representation cause simple minded
folks to think that communism may
be something pretty nice?
AS a starter, the Un-American
Committee might warn all guilty
members Of Congress to cease such
Misrepresentation. Then with the
air cleared. Congress could set itself
seriously to the correction of condi-
tions that need to be corrected i'm
mediately. while mapping out a
long-range program for an even
greater achievement. This would be
the abolition of poverty. disease and
injustice.
II Congress should do this or, at
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fr m y a r q S
around to watch
me think and
hear W h a t ]
had to say on
topics Of the
day.
But no more.
My t h i in 6
days are over,
and my size 6
and 7sths think
In 6 cap h a s
been put away
in nnothballS. ]
d a r esay that
your house cat
Evening star., 1947-04-01
Nclen1ore
Offers Own Version
OF Perfect MeoI
Bp Henry McLem0re

Until DR.. George Gallup and hisI
American Institute of Public
Opinion came along, was q pretty
good little OF thinker. People came
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LoweNMellea
On the Other Hand
Now That Worst Is Known, What
Should y. S. Do About Communism >
.o committee on I'm

e House Committees on UnAmerlcan Activities offers after
% wears OF se-excitation, exhaustive history Of the
Party this country and announces this concluson
20 m the unanimous opinion Of this committee that the Com
Party the United States in agent of foreign
muarnment II the Communist Party is to be nronerv
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Answers to
Questions

A reader can ret the answer to any
guestion Of fact By writing The Evening
NE, Washington 2. b. C. Please in
close cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1947-04-01

govei,ri.hit We ,,i.h it is essential that the
dealt il1.tion s,r, Of co,Nress and the
leglSLaie,ooo stire Of the people be predicated
tn.,,httS ,.1,a,, this fundamental fact"
upon '. . yerv startling conclusion, In
Evening star., 1947-04-08
N. K. Hodges Named
President al Election
|0f Bethesda Chamber

william <. Hodges, manager Of;
the Bethesda Chevy Chase ONCE Of:
the Chesapeake 81 Potomac Tele-
phone Co, was elected president OF
the Bethesda Chamber Of Commerce
at the annual dinner meeting last,
night In the Dinner Bell.
Other ofncers elected are Alfred
Rinadout, first vice president; VIII
liam Wohlfarth. second vice prest-
dent; Mrs. j. Reed Bradley, secre-
tary, and j. Milton Baker, treas
urer.
Ten members of the Board OF Di-
rectors were elected as follows
4 E. e. Bass, Robert w. Beall, Sam-
uel E. Bogley, Willard D. Egolf.
John H. Hiser, w. L. Lebling. sr..s
County Commissioner Wesley I.
Sauter. Marvin w. Simmons, Sam
uel E. Stonebraker, and Roger Wing.
The chamber passed an emer-
gency resolution asking for repeal
OF the State sales tax and authorize
ing the president to name q COM
mittee to work actively toward this
goal.
Mr.. Sauter announced that work
will begin IN the near future on the
widening Of Wisconsin avenue north
OF East-West highway.
Evening star., 1947-04-08
Stock Market Drops
Fractions 10 81 in
Late Selling Burst
BY Victor Eubonk
Associated Press Finoneiul Wriser


NEW YORK, April 8.-An early
attempt to bolster todays stock
market failed to attract many adj
herents and subsequent burst OF
selling, based partly on labor pessi-
mism, tumbled most leaders frac-
tions to or more points. Heavy
offerings put the ticker tape behind
In the final hour,
Modest advances we're fairly well
distributed in the forepart OF the
session. Motors and steels led the
late decline. !
Dealings. sluggish the greater part
of the proceedings. quickened suf-
ficiently to put the recording ma
chinery 4 minutes late toward the
last.
Transfers for the five hours ran
to around 100000 shares for the
first time since March n.
In front OF the retreat were Gen.
eral Motors, Chrysler, Bethlehem,
United States Steel. youngstown
Sheet, United States Rubber, Good
year, Goodrich, American Tele-
phone, Santa Fe, International Har-
vester, Eastman Kodak, Allied
Chemical, Du Pont, American Wool
en-. Kennecott, Union Pacific. Nor
folk dk Western and Texas Co. Lows
for the year were recorded for
Schenley, American Tobacco "B'
and many others.
Evening star., 1947-04-08
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, April 9 GP tUSDA.--salable
lower, compared With i MONDAYS average;
26.0o; top. $500. on choice hogs under
240 pounds; 100000 pounds. "a. .50-25. So:
clearance as yet far from complete; COM
paratively little done on weights above 900
pounds; bulk good and choice sows, 81 90
81 so.
Salable cattle. 1000: tota. 11,ooo;
salable calves, 1900: total. 1000; medium
to averaEe good steers and heifers. $3.50
5o,75 cents down; instances 90 lower,
pounds topped at $3.50; bulk medium to
averase-good steers, 21.25-24 so; limited
supply choice offerings, 25 .00-27 90; best
heifers' 24.9o; bulb. bulk. sl;oo-es.o0; cows
higher; vealers steady at $500 down;
heavy SAUSAGE bulls to 1925; cutter cows
sals6ie sheep. 5000: total, 5000: not
established: good ana choice wooied lambs
scarce; bidding weak to 25 cents lower
on few loads best fed wooled lambs, 22.5O
bid on two or three loads wooled lambs.
load mostly good grade around l15-pound
clipped lambs with No. and pelts
priced around 20.00 other classes scarce;
small lots fat native ewes held around
Evening star., 1947-04-08
Washington Produce

Prom the Department OF Agriculture
EGGS-Market about steady; demand
only fair Prices paid fob. Washington
for Federal-State .graded eggs received
Whites, browns, mixed colors, o. 8. grade
4, large. 44-45. average A mediums, 40;
2; 8. Grade 3, large. 40; o. 8. grade E.
large. As: curren. reeeipts, 81. AZ.
LIVE POULTRY--Market about steady
under fair rs demand nd prices mostly un.
fowl, heavy type, "a: light type, 22: broil-
ers. fryers and roasters, SO.
DRESSED POULTRY decd and some
western box packed)-Market irregular at
prices i to 9 cents lower on all classes;
supplies ample to fair demand; prices paid
fob. Washington; fowl. heavy. A: broil-
ers, 37-3s; fryers. 1894 roasters. 4
pounds. 34-35; 4A pounds, 90; 5 pounds.
few at 45
Evening star., 1947-04-08
Montgomery County |!
Warned Of Possible
Really Tax Increase

&. Montgomery County's tax rate on
real estate may have to be In
creased from $50 per 500 valu-
alton to as much as $3.50 II tax
legislation passed by the General
Assembly Is not approved by Gov.
Lane, I. q. McNayr. county super
visor, warned yesterday.
Mr.. McNayr told a press confer
ence, called TO review financial
problems facing the Board OF
County Commissioners, that at least
SO cents Of the possible increase
would have to be allotted for school
needs.
Legislation now awaiting the Gov
ernor,s signature includes q bill to
authorize the Montgomery commits
sioners TO impose . tax up to 5 per
cent on rent, to be paid by tenants.
Another bill would give the COM
n1issioners the same taxing powers
as the State
In referring to the county's bond
ed indebtedness OF $13.500,000 Mr.
McNayr said that the county may
have to authorize . bond issue Of
$1,000, 900 to meet payments on
bonds maturing In 1947 and 1s48.
Hits Foreign Element
Brooke Johns, chairman OF the
commissioners, lashed out at what
he described as the 'foreign ele-
ment" In county schools during a
discussion Of school needs.
He said he would not amplify his
remarks but offered to take news
paper reporters on tour OF the
schools to meet certain teachers
who. he said, speak broken Eng
lish.'
There are "lot OF incompetents
teaching in the school, he con-
tinued, who he said should be re-
moved, along with principals with
no executive ability"
He said his only regret was that
the commissioners do not have more
authority over school matters so that
he could institute reforms.
willing to Raise Pay.
The commissioners. he asserted.
would be glad to offer substantial
raises for teachers salaries If they
could be assured Of really good
teachers"
Mr.. McNayr criticized hiring by
the Maryland, National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission OF discharged county
employees whose services were not
necessary to the functioning OF the
county's business. .
He accused the two commissions
of providing for" such discharged
employees.
He cited the cases of Daniel T..
Doherty, formerly with the commits
sion created by the last Board Of
Commissioners to purchase parking
lots in Silver Spring, and now with
the park and planning body in a
similar capacity; David Clothier,
now with the sanitary group, who
was formerly a county road main
tenance supervisor; o. w. Robey,
former register of wills, now in the
Office of the supervisor of elections,
and Mrs. Ella Griffth, formerly in
the register Of Wills Office, now with
the clerk of the Circuit Court.
Evening star., 1947-04-08

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Am T&T2As 81 1lAt
AmT&T GAS so 1o14t
Am T&T ossss6 SeM
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Clev On TT 5s73 1o6
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FirestnT&R3s6i1o5zt
Fla 3 est IS "a 50
GM&o inc2o15 go
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Hud&M IF IS 81 5eia
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Evening star., 1947-04-08
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. April QFi.-Cotton fu-
.uIes were irregular in active dealings
Early gains of more than 81 a bale
were registered on mill and New Orleans
buying, but the market turned weak On
be held tomorrow to discuss the price
situation.
Recurrent nurries Of liquidation de-
pressed prices mere than S1.5Q .. bale
before moderate recovery developed
Late afternoon prices were IS cents to
S125 bale lower than tie previous
close May. 39.e4; July, 1910. and octo-
Evening star., 1947-04-08
Business Briefs

Freight Loadings in the first l3
weeks Of 1947 totaled 10,51S,015 cars,
largest total for the period since
1880, when 11,269,1s4 cars were
loaded-Association Of American
Railroads. The 1947 loading figure
was achieved with 500, 900 fewer cars
than In 1880.
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co.
stockholders approved 2-for-1
split in common stock and an in
crease in voting power of the SO
preferred from one vote to two votes
per share.
Franklin Stores Corp. declared a
quarterly dividend of Is cents a
common share. payable April rs
Previous payments were Is cents.
S. s. Kresge sales for March
totaled s20,370,725, a gain OF 11.7%
from a year ago: for three months
of 1e47, s52,477,7o1, an increase OF
s.3Gc.
s, Fl. Kress Co. sales in March
totaled sl2,636667, rise of 12.l%
from year ago; In three months
s3S,e73, ,802, gain Of 9.69o.
Western Auto Supply Co. OF Mis-
souri, sales In March totaled ST.
634, 900, a drop of 8.2%o from a year
ago: in three month, $22,0l0,000, a
decrease of go,
Edison Bros. Stores. Inc, sales
for March totaled s6,2s9 1928, a jump
of 242qs; for three months, s14,-
445,59l, a gain of 15.1ea.
interstate Department stores
sales In March totaled s4,7s5,196, a
gain of 164To: in two months ended
March 81, s7s53,s2s, an increase
of 1897.
W. T. Grant Co. sales for March
totaled $16,339.54l, drop of 4.4%
from a year ago: for three months
Of le47. $50, ,025 ,348, decline of 3.8To
Paramount Pictures, Inc, earned
$4,000 90 0or IS 90 in So weeks ended
January I VS.. $l7,952,43 or $3.50 on
half the number of shares in the
preceding 50 weeks.
New York Telephone Co. profit for
two months ended February % was
se,s63, ,44S VS.. $7.355,764 in the same
l946 period.
Central 4 South West Utilities Co
net income for 1916 was ss.o73,03i OF
sl.22 VS.. s4,270,573 or IS cents in
1s4s.
Sperry Corp. earned s7,4lS,s81 ol
s3.65 in 1s46 after a sl0,5o00
carry-back tax credit, VS.. s7,s54,43i
or S34 In the previous year,
Union Bag 4 Paper Co. estimated
profit for the first 1947 quarter wa.
equal to $2.1o to SAILS a share. Ne
for all of 1916 was s5,254,953 or SAL;
q share.
Anaconda Wire d Gable Co
earned $3,o94.161 or $7.3a In 1916 VS.
se4e,324 or $1.53 in the previous year
Strawbridge 4 Clcthier, Inc.
profit for IL months ended Januar,
81 was $4,6l5,8e1 or $72i VS.. 1882
100 or S228 in the preceding fsca
period.
Lone Star Cement Corp. earnee
s5,2s3.2l4 or $5.5s in 1916 VS.. $2,.
774,13s or $292 In the previous year
Botany Worsted Mills net for 1874,
was $500 SAT VS.. $8l7 ,S9i In 1945.
Stone B. Webster, Inc, and sub
salaries earned $2,slo.5sl or~$1 SO II
1e46 VS.. s2.546,s7 or $1.2l in the
previous year.
B. T. Babbitt, inc, profit for 194t
was $2,5o1, ,671 or $2.62 VS.. $685.. .75s
or 81 in 1915.
Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad
earned $1.7l5.447 In 1916 VS.. $3,867,'
500 in the previous year.
Pharis Tire & Rubber Co. profit
for IL months ended October 81 was
s15e2,7l4 or $368 VS.. s145.1 1913 or 81
cents in the preceding fiscal period
Natomas Co. earned &1.164, ,73S or
Sl.26 In 1916 VS.. $67.115 or 7 cents
in the previous year.