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Evening star., 1947-01-14

as many as 800 cars are held up on
the bridge approaches when the
draw issopen. It takes only s min
utes to open and close the draw. he
said, but the effect on traffic lasts
As minutes.
Representatives of fuel and oil
companies certified also that the
present opening hours are not salts
factory to them. They acknowledged
the necessity for rush-hour closing
but said If there is an attendant at
the bridge on 24-hour basis their
objections would be met.
Others Testify.
Others who testified to this effect
were Ringgold Hart. attorney for the
L. p. Stuart Bros. Oil Storage Co
at the foot of Thirteenth street Sc.
Curtis S. Steuart, president of the
firm; F. r. Sweeton, spokesman for
the Petrol Corp, which leases fuel
storage facilities from the Steuart
company; T. D. Hooper, representa-
tive of the Interstate Oil Transport
Co., which does the bulk of the
barge transport of oil and other
fuels requiring the opening of the
bridge.
There is no way in which barge
tows from Norfolk, Baltimore and
Philadelphia can be sure of arriving
during the day to vagaries OF tides
and weather, they said.
A. j. Lipsky. third battalion chief
District of Columbia Fire Depart
ment, told Col. White that while the
Fire Department has the right to
pass under the bridge at any time
with its fireboat, there are serious
delays when the bridge attendant
Evening star., 1947-01-14
Butter Prices Reduced Here
a 10 6 Gents a Pound

Food retailers eyed the New York
and Chicago wholesale butter mar
kets today here as many stores post
ed the lowest butter prices in Wash
ington since the end of price con-
trolls last June.
Safeway Stores reduced two top
grades of butter prices another 9
cents a pound today, while the
A. & P. Stores reduced prices an
other 4 cents pound. Thus, in less
than a week, butter has been re-
duced as much as Is cents a pound.
Last week Safeway butter was SELL
ing for Sc cents.
Washington butter prices follow
closely the fluctuations in the New
York and Chicago markets, where
there have been several price drops
in the last few days.
Another large food group, District
Grocery Stores, reduced its top
grade t93-score) butter to rs cents
a pound, but an official said no
change was being made today.
Safeway reduced its 93-score butter
from 81 to rs cents a pound and Its
92-score butter from 10 to 70 cents
a pound A. & P posted a rs cents
a pound price for 93-score butter,
marking the second price decrease
since Saturday, for a total of II
cents.
OPA ceiling price of butter was
63 cents pound. Price control
went off butter with the lapse of
'OPA June 80 and it was never
restored.
Wholesale butter prices tended up
ward on the New York Mercantile
Exchange today after yesterdays
sharp decline to the lowest levels
since last July. ..-..
In nervous trading, quotations for
top-grade butter advanced 4 to "a
of a cent pound.
Boy Scouts of Langley. England,
have decided not to seek TO evict
squatters who have seized their hut,
because a Scout helps others
Evening star., 1947-01-14

tied up in this country. They are
the M. S. saimaa. the s. s. Aagot.
the S. S. Olivia, the S. s. Advance,
the S. S. Kuurtanes and the S, S.
Koura.
The Presidents order said the
Finnish government asked for the
immediate return of the ships and
added that "the United States no
longer has need" for the vessels.
Evening star., 1947-01-14
Gondhi Continues Tour
In NonyioIence Plea
.Bytt1e Associcted Press

NEW DELHI, Jan. 14.-Mohandas
K. Gandhi continued his march
through East Bengal today, carrying
his ahimsa (nonviolence) doctrine
into the Noakhali district, swept by
Hindu-Moslem conflict last October.
There is no rail communication
In the area where the 77-year-old
patriarch is travelling and the roads
are, poor. Messengers brought out
dispatches saying that on January
IL he was at Karpara.
Evening star., 1947-01-14
Bradley Asks Unity
For Production in
Receiving Clio Award

Gen. Omar NJ Bradley, veterans
administrator, last night urged labor
and management to learn how to
arbitrate the differences that halt
production to assure success of the
Veterans Administra tion's work
with World War II veterans
Speaking at the Hotel Statler,
after a former GI presented him
with the Philip Murray Award of
the CIO Community Services Com
n1ittee honoring him as the man
who did the most for veterans dur
ing the past year, Gen. Bradley
said he believed veterans have re-
jected the doctrine that, they can
gain "long term benefit in the guise
of special privilege"
IT do not believe for one moment
that American veterans will ever
consciously betray the country to
which they have given their 10y
atty" Gen. Bradley declared.
Lauds Labor's Efforts.
But we must remember that
empty stomsehs, cold-water flats
and joblessness can so agonize the
minds of men that liberty becomes
cheap by contrast to the security
for which they hunger"
He lauded organized labor for its
part in winning the war, but re-
minded CIO leaders that sit is only
in a democracy that business can
profit and that labor can also bar
gain" . ~ -.e=
A business recession would render
"precarious' the position of veter-
ans who have exhausted their en-
titlements and would excite re-
treat of veterans from jobs to
schools, aggravating already crowd
ed conditions, Gen. Bradley warned.
Full production. on the other hand,
would enable thousands of veterans
to purchase homes of their own.
The administrator declared the
Nation must demonstrate that the
unity which forced unconditional
surrender on the enemy can pro-
vide unconditional opportunity for
Americans in peace. 49, ....
Receives Silver Plaque.
The ability of organized labor
and management to get together, to
work together" Gen. Bradley said,
will provide the barometer of our
success"
The award, a silver plaque, was
presented to Gen. Bradley by former
CT Robert Smilpanich, thrice
wounded Aliquippa CPa) CIO men,
ber. p So
James B. Carey, secretary treas
urer of the CIO, delivered an ad-
dress for Mr.. Murray, the CTO pres
ident. who was delayed in Pitts
hurgh by labor negotiations there
Present for the first presentation
of the annual award were: Secre-
tary of Commerce Hartman, Repre-
sentative ICeller, Democrat, of New
York; 1t. Gen. Lawton j. Collins,
Maj. Gen. Paul B. Hawley, Maj.
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Undersecre-
tary of Labor Johnson, Representa-
tive Kefauver, Democrat, of Tennes-
see; Senator Kilgore, Democrat, of
West Virginia; Representative Mad
den, Democrat, of Indiana; Repre-
sentative Miller, Democrat, of Cali
fornia; Brig. Gen. J. A. Mollison,
Senator Murray, Democrat, of Mon
tana; Representative Sadowski,
Democrat, of Michigan; Represent
atiVe Woodhouse, Democrat, of Con-
necticut, and British Filed Marshal
Lord Wilson.
Earlier yesterday Gen. Bradley
accepted $4,000 check from repre-
sentatives of the CIO Community
Services Committee to buy radios
for some of ethe $4,000 hospitalized
veterans of World War II.
Evening star., 1947-01-14
Truman Directs Return
|0f Six Finnish Vessels
BY the Associated Press

President Truman today directed
the Maritime Commission to ar.
range for the immediate return ol
six vessels taken from Finland dur
ing the war.
The order leaves for later deter
mination the question of any COM
pensation to the Finnish owners.
These merchant. vessels are now
Evening star., 1947-01-14

must be reached at home during OH
hours to open the span.
G. r. Whyte. District Engineer
Of Bridges, estimated it would cost
District tax payers 5000 more to
keep an attendant at the bridge
during the entire 24-hour period.
Evening star., 1947-01-14
PAIN SIMPLE sp PILES
GOES FAST

. Think of it! A single soothing
ointment that speeds relief from
those tortures of simple piles. It's
amazing Pazo Ointment-acts in.
stantly to relieve pain and itching
-soothes infiamed tissues-lubri.
Gates dry, hardened parts-helps
prevent cracking and soreness
acts to reduce swelling and check
minor bleeding. It's wonderful |!
So, to speed this relief from itch
ing and pain of simple piles, get
Pazo Ointment. Your doctor can
tell you about it. AT all druggists
IN tubes complete with perforated
pile pipe-also tins and handy
aappositories. ---------s------z
Evening star., 1947-01-14

Boy Scouts of Langley, England,
have decided not to seek to evict
squatters who have seized their hut,
because a Scout helps others
Evening star., 1947-07-07
Editorials Commended

LQltOIldlS NOluIuSLlOSu
the Editor Of The Star:
Permit me to compliment The Star on the
one Of its two editorials of June &c. the one on
No Witch Hunt" and the other on Soviet
-abor Draft" It has become the custom among
certain left-wing publications and certain col
umnists and commentators to cater to the hys-
tsrical fringe by continual disparagement OF
cur Government. While I would be the last
to ,deplore healthy criticism, nevertheless there
is q point at which healthy criticism ends and
mere sensation mongering begins
At this critical period in our history, there are
influences abroad which are quick to seize upon
all slanders against the United States. to mag
Nifty them and circulate them throughout the
world in order to bring our country into disre-
pute. The sensaton-mongering press, colum-
nists and commentators, Willingly or unwittingly,
play into the hands of these influences hostile to
the United States. Hence, it is refreshing anc
wholesome to read two editorials like yours
which give Americans some justifable pride
in their country, which still is an oasis OF free
dom in a tyranny-stricken world.
HARRY FALKENSON.
Evening star., 1947-07-07
The Root Issue

In its latest statement on American
foreign policy, the Federal Council OF
Churches has gone to the heart of our
troubled times in declaring that "the
critical and supreme political issue of today
is that of the free society versus the police
state" The statement-drawn up by a
special commission headed by John Foster
Dulles-does not offer any easy solutions,
but it has the virtue Of reminding us that
much more than naked material power is
involved in current world tensions. At the
root OF everything is the theological or
spiritual clash between two entirely differ
ent ways of life.
If Russia had the same political system
as the United States and the other Western
democracies, if its people had liberty, If
they could think, speak, write, assemble
and vote freely the international situation
today would certainly be far brighter than
it is There would be disputes, of course,
and rivalries of one kind or another, but
fundamentally there would be agreement
on the thesis that the state exists for the
individual and not the individual for the
state-a thesis whose acceptance would
enable all nations to move forward to-
gether in building a just and enduring
peace What poisons the atmosphere with
fear and suspicion Is that the Soviet Union,
far from being democratic, is totalitarian
dictatorship run by handful OF men who
brook no opposition, rigidly control all
avenues Of information, Systematically
employ distorting propaganda and main
tain themselves in power with the con-
slant help of ruthless and omnipresent
secret police. Worse STILL 1t is a dictator
ship that makes the most OF conspiracy,
infiltration and direct and indirect aggres-
sion to undermine the independence Of
other countries and extend its sway
wherever it can throughout the world.
The Soviet system thus differs from our
own as night from day, and unless and
until it makes room for liberty we shall be
hard put to get along with it. The Federal
Council OF Churches, however, is one with
those who completely reject the idea OF
an inevitable war and who oppose national
policies based on that idea. 1t holds that
the United States can do much to- meet
the situation by launching a moral" drive
to impress upon peoples everywhere that
we stand on the principle OF free society
as against police state" and that we are
ready to back that principle by word and
deed at home and abroad, particularly
with aid to nations "intelligently striving
to help themselves and to help others"
Freedom attracts men generally. If we
uphold it vigorously we can succeed in
rallying so many friends of it in Europe
and Asia that the Russians, as matter of
expediency, may feel impelled to stop try
ing to extend it's opposite. All this may be
more easily said than done, but the Fed
eral Council of Churches has offered timely
counsel in advocating it,
Evening star., 1947-07-07
Jupiter

One of the most Interesting objects in
the evening sky is Jupiter, and visitors
to the Naval Observatory who have viewed
this largest of the planets through
telescope there are not likely to forget
the experience Nothing else in the
heavens has a greater attraction for pro-
fessional astronomers, and it is natural
for amateurs to respond to the same
magnetism in their own especial way. The
size OF the body named for the principal
deity of the Roman pantheon is rela-
lively minor feature. 1t indubitably is
giant, ten times the earth's diameter, three
hundred and seventeen times the earth's
mass; yet it would be an intriguing prob
lem if it were no bigger than its smallest
neighbor.
The shape of Jupiter is remarkable. 1t
Is not circular or spherical. The top and
the bottom of the planet are hattened
noticeably, but nobody knows exactly why
or how. Neither do scientists agree con-
corning the dark streaks or "belts" which
cross the face in parallels. Those markings
were discovered by Nicholas Zucchi and
Daniel BartoI in 1880 and have been
studied by hundreds of observers since
that date-in vain. Some astronomers
believe that "there' is nothing stable or
fixed" about Jupiter as seen from the
earth and that what appear to be bands
of different colors are merely a shell of
clouds or vapors " = in greatly disturbed
condition" 1t has been suggested that the
'belts" vary from brown to neutral gray
as the axis OF the planet is tilted" to or
from the sun.
But this seasonal theory, limiting at
vegetation, is contradicted by the alterna
tive proposition that Jupiter is not "a
solid body" at all. DR.. Theodore Durham,
Junior, of Mount Wilson, has found that
the atmosphere of the planet lis strongly
charged with ammonia and methane
gases" 1t is conceivable that most Of
the whole tremendous mass" is liquid as
distinct from material. A 'red spot re-
ported by w. r. Dawes in 1857 and much
debated thereafter and south tropical
disturbance" detected by Major P. B.
Molesworth in 1901 and similarly discussed
by many other sky gazers subsequently
ere riddles which, were they read accurate
ly. might contribute toward the solution
OF the all-inclusive mystery.
A,anwhile, possibly it is just as well
Evening star., 1947-07-07

population is an item in the present unrest.
One last factor in the situation should be
mentioned, although it is not specifically
covered by the partition arrangement.
That is the private armies Of the native
princes. Although most of those estab-
lishments are individually small and lin
tied in armament by treaty regulations,
they are collectively considerable and
might be augmented by the princes, since
there appears to be no legal restraint
upon them with the cessation OF British
authority.
Evening star., 1947-07-07
Summer Visitunt

This moment marks the high point OF my
summers toll, -.
As if the fragrant, glo10iho colors from
out the muted soil
Were not reUard enough for all the
shining hours
Spent in coaring forth these dear, familiar
foa1erS;
Comes noap, an iridescent bit OF beauty,
poised on magice1oings,
Bright as much sought aTeom-hoD my
heart sings
tn see him kiss the golden throat of euery
louely bloom
Dro,rsino. childlike, In breathIess heat OF
summer noon;
sbu transient that ! ,0atch soith quiet
ecstdcy,
This hun,naingbird Nth ruby throat, my
garden guest, today!
HARRIETTE HILL.
Evening star., 1947-07-07
Frame of Mind

Tt is discouraging-almost depressing
to read that the members OF the House
Appropriations Committee are in q frame
of mind" to cut in half the proposed total
of s1,5ooooo,0o0 for foreign expenditures
in the coming year.
Included in this total are the recon-
mended $400, 900 900 for Greece and Turkey,
$3.50, ,000, 900 for relief in the liberated
countries and s725. .000, 900 to finance Army
occupation costs. This latter item cannot
possibly be cut to any appreciable extent.
So the announcement as to the temper of
the committee, if it can be taken at face
value, means that sentiment is opposed
to providing more than chicken feed for
the Greek-Turkish and foreign relief pro-
grams.
This disclosure would be discouraging
enough If the state OF the world could still
be appraised in terms OF conditions exist
ing when these two programs were pro-
posed. But that is not the case. Since
then the Marshall plan has been put for
ward and the seeming final break between
East and West has come. Unless we are
to lose the coming battle with communism
by default, we have to think now, not in
terms of hundreds of millions of dollars,
but in terms OF outlays running into bill
lions And yet the frame OF mind" on
Capitol Hill is at the level Of possibly $780,
100000 for Greece and Turkey, and moth
ing, apparently, for use in the liberated
countries. 1t is this that Is depressing.
It is not necessarily fact, of course,
that the thinking of the whole Congress
will be dominated by the state of mind OF
the House Appropriations Committee. In
deed, there are heartening indications to
the contrary. One Is the decisive margin
by which the House and the Senate voted
to authorize the Geek-Turkish program.
Another is the demand from a. House
Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, composed
OF influential congressman, that we "call
the bluff" of the Soviet Union and throw
our resources into the coming struggle
for world recovery and human freedom.
This is the enlightened outlook, If for
no other reason than that world recovery is
essential to our own well being. It is
the point Of view which ought to prevail
and which, in the end, probably will pre-
vail There is need, however, for recog-
milton that the frame OF mind" now said
to be dominant in the House Appropria-
tions Committee is something to be
reckoned with. It is frame Of mind,
which, it it should prevail, could lead us
only to disaster. Yet it will not be easy
to change the minds of these men, or to
line up enough votes in Congress to over
ride them. The best approach lies in con-
vincing the people that the showdown is
at hand; that to preserve our own free
doms we must win this clash with COM
munism, and that, measured against the
alternative, the cost OF success, whatever
it may be, will not be too great.
Evening star., 1947-07-07
To Retuin Truined Men

1t is hard to credit reports that President
Truman may veto the bill to iberalize re-
tirement benefits for special agents Of the
Federal Bureau OF Investigation. This bill
passed the House and Senate unanimously
after its merits had been fully explored by
appropriate committees. Attorney General
Clark and FBI Director Hoover consider
the measure urgently necessary to stem the
exodus of expefienced investigators into
more lucrative fields Of endeavor.
One OF the serious problems OF the FBI
since the war has been the continuing loss
of veteran agents to private employers. A
number Of these agents, upon being inter
viewed prior to leaving, have indicated they
would have remained with the bureau had
they been assured of better security for
themselves and their families in later
years. The life Of a special agent Is a hard
one and the pace often is too much for the
older men. The result has been that some
OF the most valuable men, still in their
prime as investigators, have resigned to
accept Jobs which will enable them to save
for the future. The FBI so far has had no
difficulty in securing requirements, but the
new men must be trained at great length
and they lack the fund Of information
which the departing men carry with them.
Enactment of the FBI retirement bill
would have marked stabilizing effect,
officials believe. BY making special agents
eligible for retirement at fifty an induce
ment is offered veteran investigators to
remain in the service until retirement
benefits are realized. All OF this was ex-
planned to Congress, with persuasive effect.
Yet there have been published rumors OF
an impending veto, presumably on the
ground that no provision is contained in
the measure for similar benefits for other
Federal Investigators including the Secret
Service. While there is some merit to the
contention that certain other Government
agents should be similarly favored, it is too
late now to amend the bill. It is to be
hoped that the President will sign the FBI
bill. He might well, at the same time,
suggest that consideration be given to new
legislation covering any other Federal
agency faced by situation like that
hampering the operations Of the FBI.
Evening star., 1947-07-07
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

ny IRE dAShlN SEhFICE
@. Which Army unit was the first to ente
Tokyo after the japanese surrender2-A. K.
A. According to the War Department., the
first Army unit to enter Tokyo after the
japanese surrender was the lst Cavalry Diyi
sion.
O. What keeps the sun and the planets in
their places?-G. L.
A, The sun, earth and other planets and
their satellites are held in their positions by
the fine adjustment of speed and gravitational
attraction.
@. Does the word unmarried" always mean
that a person never has been married.
r. Mem.
A. It refers only to persons present status.
A widow or widower is spoken of as unmar-
ried.
@. Are there any independent Negro coun-
tries?-H. G. M.
A. There are two-Haiti and Liberia. Haiti
occupies the western third of the Island OF
Hispaniola Cor HaitD in the West indies.
Liberia lies the southwest coast OF AFRICA.
Both countries are republics.
O. In what war did American soldiers wear
large copper buttons on their un1forms?-E. L..
A. Copper buttons were issued on Army
units during the War OF 1872. The largest
ones were for ln1antrymen, ano were SlleHtiy
less than one inch in diameter. Pewter but
tons were also utilized for. uniforms in that
war.
@. How long has the Philadelphia Orchestra
been in existence?-J b. l..
A. The first concert of the Philadelphia
Orchestra was given on November 16, 1900,
under the direction of Fritz Sheel Its genesis,
however, goes back to 1893 when the Phila-
delphia Symphonic Society was formed with
william Wallace &iilchrist as its leader.
O. Do locust trees attract lightning?-R.
Mel. g..
A. There is no scientific basis for the belief
that locust trees attract lightning. Authorities
who have studied the vagarles OF lgntning be-
lieye that it is most likely to strike the highest
object in the landscape. This may be house,
a barn, tree, or the Like, especially when the
object is isolated
Evening star., 1947-07-07

that there is such lot still to be learned
about the universe. Human life never will
be an altogether intolerable bore so long
as there are quests to be pursued, work to
be done, fun to be had.
Evening star., 1947-07-07
Letters to The Star

belt. Many hundreds of people living out
there have to see it every day. + could not
help remarking the contrast of extremes
A STAR READER
Evening star., 1947-07-07
LAUREL, MD.

"Dear Sir:
here in Laurel there is one place where
there are two houses for purple martins ana
this year there are 10 pairs. These stations
are on the Washington Baltimore boulevard
so evidently martins are Indifferent to noise
and confusion.
"There are several residents here who have
an occasional pair Of martins but this Is the
largest colony, believe, In the neighborhood.
VERY truly yours, r. 8. M"
Houses for purple martins are popular at
golf courses. They look well and do best with
plenty of room around them.
The commonest mistake Is to place the pole
and its house to close to buildings, trees or
shrubbery.
The birds like to be right out in the open.
y
FORT TOTTEN DRIVE.
"Dear Sir:
Does a Carolina wren resemble house
wren, only larger? We have them here, and
can they sing, for small brown bird! Not
many notes, but the sound carries so ana they
are not bit afraid.
DO you know of some good remedy to
obliterate poison ivy? Am very susceptible to
it. Can't even 60 near the fence as the lot
adjoining is wooded and must harbor the
deadly vine, as get infected without even
seeing it. yours truiy. "a. o.
Our correspondent has the Carolina wren
correctly lined up. As for poison Ivy, 1t may
be acquired merely from smoke containing the
oil. Eradication is very difhcult.