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Evening star., 1947-06-20
Southern Conference Defended


To the Editor OF The Star:
I read The Sunday Star with considerable
pleasure, for prominently displayed on the
front page was the heading, sponsors OF
Wallace Speech Called Pro-Red' by House
Group"
Since I am member of the executive board
of the Washington Committee Of the Southern
Conference for Human Welfare, assume that
I also must be "Red" This is very gratifying
for, it seems to me that it is a blot upon the
escutcheon of any decent citizen not to be
called Red by the House Committee on Un-
American Activities.
I think 1t only fair to give my fellow citizens
q set of directions so that they, too, may hasten
to qualify themselves for the honor OF being
called @Red" by those professional Americans"
Rankin and Thomas First, If possible, have
Russian name like mine: then attend sub
versive institutions like the Peddie School or
Amherst College; later, become an executive OF
firms pledged to the ending OF the profit system
such as R. H. Macy or the American Pencil Co.;
next become a registered member of that
Socialist front the Republican Party, and, above
all manage to acquire fair amount of prop
erty 50 that any one will know your tongue is
hanging out to share it. After fulfilling those
requirements, all that viii then be necessary
is to join any organization furthering progress
sive aims, and one viii nnd oneself, ipso facto,
q fuIl-nedged commie. BYRON ALLEN.
Evening star., 1947-06-20

better future for Southeastern Europe
has all the earmarks OF being q Moscow
directed effort to consolidate the satellite
countries into a great bloc making the
iron curtain" more iron than ever and
serving Soviet designs in q vast area lined
up against the west.
OF course, the formation OF such fed
Grafton could have the effect of promoting
an offsetting federation in Western Europe,
and historians hundred years from now
conceivably might point to it as a whole
some project that speeded up the develop
ment of an overall continental union. As
of today, however, because OF international
fears and suspicious and because of the
evidence of Russia's expansionist aims, we
must look upon it with grave misgivings
as thing likely to accelerate the present
trend toward two bitterly divided worlds.
Evening star., 1947-06-20
Clear Case for d Veto

There can be no doubt that the President
should veto the bill which opens the door
to higher tariff on wool imports.
It is true that this bill is not an out
and-out tariff boosting measure. But in
addition to providing for Government
support OF the price of domestic wool, 1t
authorizes the President, in order to make
the. price support program effective, to
restrict wool imports by imposing quotas
or by levying an import fee which could
increase the present tariff by so per cent.
So the intent of the measure is plain.
First, the taxpayers would be called upon
to subsidize our domestic wool producers.
Then, to perfect this subsidy, the American
market would be at least partially closed
to foreign wool.
Wool is minor item on the list of
American agricultural products, though
important in the States In which it is
produced on a large scale But as an
import it is highly important ranking
second only to coffee in value in 1916.
This serves to illustrate the significance
Of the new bill to such wool producing
countries as Australia and New Zealand
To them 1t means that the United States
Is returning to the old days of prohibitive
tariffs. And to the people OF this country
1t means another boost in prices.
If we really want world in which we
can trade, in which the nations that want
our goods can buy them by selling to us,
this backward step Should not be taken
And If it is not to be taken, the President
must veto this bill.
Evening star., 1947-06-20
Safeguards for Greek Aid

The notes between the United States and
Greece-to be followed soon by detaheo
agreement-ofTer good assurances OF SAFE
guards to promote efficient use OF our aid.
Such safeguards-particula economic
ones-are undeniably necessary. The
Athens government has been operating
woefuliy inadequate taxing system, ana IL
has done little to control imitation, staolllze
the currency, regulate exports and imports.
ration commodities fairly, and IN generaI
organize the country's economy on SOUND
basis. Without measures to that END, as
well as military steps to cope with the
Communicated guerrillas and restore
public order, the $500 100000 we have ear
marked to help the Greeks would be
largely money thrown down the drain.
This is a fact fully recognized by ootn
our own and the Greek government. In ltS
note, the latter has been at pains TO en-
phasize it's desire to undertake 1ar-
reaching economic reorganization with our
advice and assistance. When it first asked
us for help it made clear that 1t dld not
want blank check, and now 1t has freely
committed itself to working closely with
lis in meeting conditions that must be met
if our aid is to be effective and serve
the interests of Greece as whole In
addition to cooperating with the over
all American administrative commission
headed by Dwight Griswold, it wants some
of our sentatives-engineerlng tecn-
nicians, fiscal experts and the like-to serve
as employees directly within the Athens
government Their job would be TO give
counsel, observe, supervise or otherwise be
intimately associated with the planning
and execution of reforms in such fields as
rationing and taxation, and with the
operation of programs to speed up agrl-
cultural and industrial recovery.
All this is to be spelled out specifically
in the agreement now scheduled TO De
negotiated by our two countries the
general terms of the Greek note, however,
are concrete enough to be altogether re-
assuring. In view of the many complex
political and economic factors involved, the
aid program will be difficult undertaking
and we cannot expect perfect results from
it, but we can be confident OF an earnest
effort to run it as efficiently as possible.
In terms of the future, of course, the
stability of Greece will be up to Greece
itself, but this historic project-if carried
out in the manner asked for by the Athens
government-can play vital role in help
ing the Greeks to surmount their immedi-
ate crisis and get back on sound footing.
Without such help-which serves our own
interests as well-Greece'S economy would
collapse and its independence would be at
the mercy of totalitarian pressures directed
from Moscow This fact makes our aid
imperative 1t also makes imperative the
proposed safeguards against its waste or
misuse
Evening star., 1947-06-20

help, too, by authorizing project under
which 1t would be possible for talented
Office holders to get additional schooling
on the job.
If program along these lines could be
worked out In detail and on systematic
basis, our public service would almost GER
tainly be improved. Whether we like 1t
or not, big government seems definitely
here to stay. The more brains we have IN
1t, the more vision, the more administrative
talent, the better all of us will be In
world where ,above-average mentalities are
yitally needed to direct the enormously
complex affairs of the Nation.
Evening star., 1947-06-20
To Improve Public Service

The problem of improving public service,
as outlined by the President in his Prince
ton address, needs to be met with more
than talk Words alone will not solve 1t;
it requires carefully planned, long-range
program aimed at getting as much brains
and administrative skill as possible for the
running of our local, State and Federal
affairs.
Viewing it from the national angle, Mr..
Truman has rightly described the problem
as being more important today than ever
before in our history. In his words, mat
tiers of unprecedented magnitude and COM
plexity" daily confront our Government
and make mandatory what President
Cleveland once called constant stream
of thoughtful, educated men, into public
service Within recent years, outstanding
universities like Princeton have established
special schools to that end, and there has
been a growing trend toward making such
service lifetime career. The old pork
barrel concept of official job-holding hap
PLY has been losing ground.
Even so, despite this improvement. the
situation still is not good. According to
the President. our Government service
continues critically short of men who
possess the canacity to deal with great
affairs of state" Specialists are available
and are doing exceptional and essential
work, but our Federal establishment is
sorely in need of people with broad under
standing and an aptitude for management"
--top-level. public servants capable of CO.
ordinating the projects of the specialists
with the kind of imagination and executive
drive required for sound final decisions
on programs designed to promote the ma
tional welfare. There are Lilienthals in
Office, but not enough of them, or there
are Dean Achesons who serve for long
time, but who do SO at a personal financial
sacrifice that forces them eventually to
return to private life.
To cope with this problem, President
Truman has suggested that private insti-
tutions and the Government act together.
The universities can contribute by studying
Federal needs and by training and en-
couraging students with exceptional
interests and aptitudes" to enter public
service At the same time Congress can
help by narrowing the gap between the
salaries offered by private industry and
those offered for important executive posts
In the national administration. It can
Evening star., 1947-06-20
A Dunubiun Federation?

If this were a world in which trust and
good will abounded between east and west
there would be reason to be encouraged by
the mounting evidence of a movement
among the governments of Southeastern
Europe toward closer cultural, political and
economic ties
The movement suggests that something
like federation is in the making. Yugo-
slavia and Romania have already drawn
up yet-to-be published pact to that end
and reports strongly indicate that it may
be followed by similar pacts embracing
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria in
a kind of f1ve-power Danubian union. If
the Russians did not loom large in the
background, all this could be welcomed as
healthy trend toward the ancient ideal
of eventually establishing a United States
of Europe.
Certainly, if most of the Danubian states
were not Russian satellites and If they
freely worked out a system designed for
their mutual enrichment, they would be
doing a decidedly constructive thing. 1t
has been one of the curses of Southeastern
Europe that it has been fragmented into
separate sovereignties historically disin-
clined to cooperate for their common
good. The trade barriers among them, the
cultural walls, the political divisions, the
jealousies and hates-these things have
long made their part of the world place
of depression and recurrent military ex-
plosions. If they could get together now
on their own, wholly independent of the
Kremlin-they might well be able to build
future far brighter than their past, and
in the process the outlook for an all
European union might be enhanced.
- Unfortunately, however, it is grimly obvi-
Gus that Yugoslavia and Romania-as
satellites of Russia-are not acting on their
own. If there is a movement toward a
Danubian federation made up of these two
countries, plus Hungary, Bulgaria and
Czechoslovakia, we can be certain that the
Kremlin is behind 1t as the prime insti-
gator. Accordingly, its implications are
much more disturbing than they might
otherwise be. The chief of these implica
tions Is that the trend-far from promising
Evening star., 1947-06-20
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Old Womun

Hoap quietly she sttsi Her thin gnarled
hands
Must ,oonder at their hours OF tdIeness
After the years demanding tasks. The
sands
OF life left on her sDeet strong mouth
the press
OF tender joy, but grief has used grauer
Cutting Nth deeper thrust nnerringIy
Then lope 1oorked tireIessly, NTH brighter,
br1Uer
Stroke, to etch her spirits galIdntry-
NoU joy is ended, sorrotU has groton still:
Unquestioning, nnfearing gears or days.
Her mind Is placid as snnlit hill,
As quiet as ,ohtte craos In antumn's haze.
TRANQUILITY, she aDnits for one thing more,
Death, to open pide gracious door.
ROSE DARROUGH.
Evening star., 1947-06-20

A New York Judge, speaking his mind to
a prisoner at the bar, called him "a holdup
man, gunman, thief, an associate of
every big-shot gangster that operates in
the Nation, a leader of ring smuggling
dope from Mexico and a gambler" in
other words, everything except politician.
Evening star., 1947-06-20

So here are the average maximum tempera-
lures, daily temperatures and humidity per-
centages for Washington and the eight other
cities:
CThe FIRST column to the right OF the cities gives
maximum average daily tsIaperatures in degrees The
the right of the cities gives average
humidity in per cent at the time OF maximum
temperature0 -
Evening star., 1947-06-20

A soldier is supposed to be able to endure
any kind OF punishment This is the
thought, undoubtedly, that sustains Gen.
Marshall as he submits to all the honorary
degrees showered upon him.
Evening star., 1947-06-20
By Rudolph Kaafnann II.

the relaOe position Wasa.neton august
oertica and humidity percentages horizon @
humid than the others Top right means not
bottom right cool
dnmD
Evening star., 1947-06-20

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,priter, although it is permissible TOR
,Driter kno1pn to The Star to use a
nom de plume Please be brief.
Evening star., 1947-06-20

during the fiscal year 1916 the number of
letters of domestic origin that had to be sent
to the dead leteter Office was 18,134,900 In
addition to this number there were 54l ,952
letters received in the United States from
foreign countries that had to 60 to the dead
letter Office.
@. Was life mask ever made of George
Washington?-V A.
ADr John c. Fitzpatrick in George Wash
ington Himself" says that although this is i'm
piled in biography of Houdon, it is extremely
unlikely that the sculptor actually made a life
mask of Washington in plaster.
@. Have meteorites falling to the earth added
an apprecable amount of extra weight
L. McC.
A. 1t has been estimated according to the
Smithsonian Institution, that the total weight
of all known falls and finds up to 1912 add up
to 737,O0O pounds. Although this estimate is
underweight it represents negligible amount
compared with the weight of the earth.
@ Did Great Britain ever coin dollars?-
L.S.K.
A. British dollars have been issued for trading
purposes in the Far East by the British govern
mentI the denominations being in three Ian
guages. The dollars were distributed through
the banks of Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang
and Shanghai. They were first made in 1895.
O. Where did the Amazons, the legendary
tribe of warlike women hve?-B. CT.
A. They lived in Scythia, the Caucasus
region of Southern Russia in an Independent
kingdom ruled by queen. An Amazon was
not considered adult until she had killed
man in battle
@ What is the source of the saying, THE
man with the ak to grind"?-D. I. r.
A. Charles Miner, in his Essays From the
Desk of Poor Robert, the Scribe; Who'll Turn
Grindstones?" 1815), remarks: When see
merchant overpolite to his customers begging
them to taste little brandy and throwing half
his goods on the counter-thinks I, that man
has an ak to grind"
O. How did the untouchables or outcasts Of
India originate?-V. P.
A. Stanley Rice says that it is probable that
the outcastes were the survivors Of the con-
uuered peoples, who, as caste tended to CO.
ineide with occupation, became the drum-beat-
ing leather working and farm-laboring classes
to which as serfs they had been relegated from
early times
Evening star., 1947-06-20
Questions and Answers

A reader can obtain the answer to any auestio
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Information
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Please inciose ttree t3) cents for return postage
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25

The Saturday Evening Post is not inter-
ested in the truth as to Labor's viewpoint re-
specting the Taft-Hartley act. In fact, the
Post doesn't care what Union people think.
1t doesn't give a hang for Unions of any kind.
And it never did.
A few weeks ago an article appeared in
the Post under the title, 1.-The Truth About
the Taft-Hartley act" but it was anything
but the truth. 1t was written by J. Max
Swigert, law partner of Ohio's millionaire
Senator Taft.
President William Green, of the AFL, saw
the article and wrote the Post a courteous
letter suggesting that perhaps that publica-
ton might also be interested in publishing
Labor's side of the story. But, the Posts
editor, Ben Hibbs, wrote sarcastically and
brusquely that the Post is not a forum" and
that 1--WE frankly take Sides. He refused
bluntly to present the side of the working
people. "Labor's argument against the law
are by this time an old story" he wrote.
There's nothing strange about all this.
The Saturday Evening Post has always hated
Labor Unions, though it has been delighted
to take the nickels out of the workers pock-
cts. There is nothing at all to prevent work
ing people, especially good Union men and
women, from deciding to stop reading the
Post. In fact, many have already stopped.
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25

by restraint in buying both food and non-food
items; labor. by abstaining from inordinate
wage demands: management, by not trying
to get all the traffic will bear in prices"
Sounds all right, doesn't it. The trouble
is that the consumer, no matter how frugal
in his buying. knows he is being gouged un-
mercifully. Labor knows that profits are out
of all reason and that prices have far outrun
wages. The wage-earner's living standard
has been sharply reduced since the death of
OPA because selfish management has de-
manded, and taken, unconscionable profits.
Until there is some way to prevent unfair
profits, until there is some other method of
balancing wages against prices, so that the
men and women who produce the goods and
services will receive their rightful share of
the good things of life. the t~oilers, through
their Unions, must go right on asking for, and
getting increased wages.
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25

No other day is like December 25. No
holiday can rival Christmas. No date on the
whole calendar strikes such chords of happy
memories and cherished traditions.
From the great event it celebrates, from
the spirit of good will and generosity it
evokes, Christmas glows with it's own light
and has a warmth peculiarly its own. The
lights, the gay colors, the wreaths and the
decorations we affect on this day, are only
human responses to the atmosphere this sea-
son creates around itself.
In these restless times, when nearly every
thing else is worn out while still new, when
nothing seems to last but the desire for
change, it is a perfect tribute to Christmas
that its customs endure.
The world shows how much Christmas
means to it when the world, that so soon tires
Of everything else, will not tolerate the slight
est change in the customs of this season. And
people. who forget too many other things they
should remember, at least need never be re-
minded about Christmas traditions. The
world will not change Christmas because it
loves these customs too deeply. And the
people do not forget because each individual
has so many happy memories associated with
this day.
These are not necessarily, nor often, mem
cries of tangible things, of gifts received or
given. They are memories of the ways hu-
man nature-in the Christmas season-bursts
the bonds of everyday attitudes and pours
forth the ordinarily subdued feelings Of
brotherly love, kindliness and sympathy that
live within every man and every woman.
1t is in the hope that Christmas, 1947,
will abound with the satisfactions from which
we all store up happy memories of this season
that we send this greeting to you.
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTIcE 70 CREDITORS

Estate of CONSOLIDATED CENTRAL
BUTTE COPPER COMPANY, a dis
solved corporation.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, trustees of the estate of Con
solidated Central Butte Copper Com
pany, a dissolved corporation, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said dissolved cor
poration, to exhibit them. with the nee
esSary vouchers, within four months
after the first publication Of this no.
tee to the said trustees at the office
of their attorney. Rex f.. Henningsen
20l O'Rourke Estate Building. BUTTE
Montana, the same being the place for
the transaction Of the business of said
estate, in the County of Silver Bow.
State of Montana.
j. II. DAVENPORT,
NERN JOHNSON.
Trustees of the Estate Of
Consolidated Central Butte
Copper Company,
a dissolved corporation
Dated Butte, Montana, this 18th day OF
December, 1917.
FIRST publication Dec. 25. 1947-4t
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

EStatt OF J.
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrato OF the estate OF
James j. Connolly. deceased. to the
creditors Of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them, with the necessary vouch-
ers. within four months after the first
publication Of this notice to tho said
administrator at the office OF All G.
Kremer, 20l O'Rourke Estate Building,
Butte. Montana, the same being the
place for the transaction Of the bust
ness OF said estate in the County OF
Silver Bow, State Of Montana.
EMMETT j. RILEY. Administrator
OF the Estate Of James J. Connolly,
Deceased.
Dated Butte. Montana, this 18th day Of
December, l947.
First publication Dec. IS. 1947-4t
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25

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