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Evening star., 1947-05-21
THE EVENING STAR, washington, D. c. A

THAT wouldn't boil over than be abls
Ito fly from New Ycsk to Calif0rnis
lin three hours and seven minutes
lin q pressure cabin.
Again, the average American
would much rather be able to have
his children cross the streets II
safety than know that his country
has submarine capable Of cruising
SO. 900 miles and firing an even
dozen guided missiles.
Job for Great Brains.
It now may be too late to change
Iour national progress. Perhaps we
Iare committed for good. But IL II
isn't too late, would suggest that
Jour great brains change tack and
start working toward things which
will bring everyday happiness to
1.-THE millions.
Why can't some gray-beard turn
his test tubes and Bunsen burner
toward creating wonan,s dress
which will stay in style for two
years, or a lawn mower which is
easy to push, or a counterfeit SIC
bill guaranteed to defy detection?
As proof Of how strongly / feel
about what I'm writing about. this
may be the last column I'll ever
write ! plan to go to my laboratory
| In few minutes and continue my
work on bedside fyswatter which
viii kill that one fly, that single
fly, which buzzes IN your face In
the morning when you are trying to
steal that little bit more sleep.
distributed by McNaueft Syndicate, Inc. !
Evening star., 1947-05-21
This Changing World
Loans of Six Billions to Europe and Asia
Fail to Produce Any Tangible Results

lteriorated since the end of.the war,
despite the burden on the taxpayer.
Former President Herbert Hoover
will be invited soon to testify be-
fore the Senate Appropriations COM
mittee regarding the amounts
necessary to help the starving
world in connection with the $780,
000,0 relief fund authorized by
Congress.
Mr.. Hoover now has become
America elder statesman and looks
at the world situation above politi-
cal party lines. He made an ex-
haustive Investigation of present
world conditions, and because of his
wide experience he was intrusted
by President Truman with several
| fact finding missions in Europe and
Asia.
Mr.. Hoover's last mission was
concerned principally with the con-
dition of Germany. His report was
so exhaustive that the second mis-
sion sent to Germany by the Presi-
dent, composed of business execu-
tives and economists, returned to
present the White House with only
| a two-page report, saying it had
nothing to add to what Mr.. Hoover
had said.
Matter Put Before U. N.
Mr.. Hoover has talked at length
with Mr.. Truman about the $780,
000, 600 relief fund. This matter
was brought up before the United
Nations and a committee Of repre-
Isentatives of about 20 nations dis
cussed ways and means of helping
starving European people. The Ca
madam delegate, representing the
only other nation which was on the
giving and not the receiving end,
walked out.
When Mr.. Hoover was called into
consultation by President Truman
he approved the idea of the relief
fund, but suggested number OF
amendments to control effectively
the expenditure and distribution of,
materials supplied almost exclusive
ly by the United States. His sug-
gestions were indorsed by the
President, but were passed over by
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, which adopted the State
Department plan-growing out of
the U. N. discussions-in its entirety.
Mr.. Hoover is expected to speak
out bluntly before the Appro-
priations Committee and urge its
members to surround our appro-
priations with such safeguards that
there can be no repetition of the
mishandling of American products,
as was the case with UNRRA.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

Q. How many persons in the
United States reach their 65th birth
day each year?-R. K
A. The Bureau of the Census says
that probably a million persons at
tain the age of IS each year AS of
July /, 1916, there were Alas, ,S06
persons. or 90 per cent of the popu-
lation, in this age group.
@. What noted actress was carried
to her christening in a theatrical
property-box?-T. w. S.
A. Eleonora Duse. She was born
on October 3. 1859. during her par
ents' tour in Lombardy and carried
to her christening at vigevano in a
gilt theatrical property-box The
noted Italian actress died in 1924.
@. From what sources does the
taxless town of Sweetwater, Fla,
derive its operating revenues?-J. S.
A. The only regular income comes
from building permits. occupational
license fees and automobile inspec-
tions.
@. Does a lobster shed its shell
frequently during growth?-M. A. G.
A. During the first year after
Matching lobster sheds from IA to
II times. Molting continues at in
tervals as long as there is growth.
Q. In what language was the first
Bible printed?-G. Mob.
A. In Latin. When printing was
invented in Europe in the 18th CEN
tury, the Latin Bible was the first
complete book printed.
@. How many cities now use
parking meters?-V. N.
A. The total is now 924, according
to the Public Administration Clear
ing House. Average yearly collec-
tons per meter amounted to ap-
proximately 500 last year.
@. Was musical entertainment
ever provided for customers in
3arbers' shops?-P. r. A.
A. Lutes, vfols or other instru-
ments we're kept on hand to provide
entertainment for customers in early
days. The BARRIERS shops were ia
vorite resorts of idle persons.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

And r think Henry McLemore.
that we of, the world would have to
admit that the verdict was sound
and accept our padded cell without
any appeal to a higher court. We
do everything backwards. We fight
wars to end wars that start wars,
In our world one can barely hear
the voice OF the statesmen drawing
up peace treaties for the clamor OF
the factories making instruments Of
death. We give arms. or the means
to make arms, to a country at the
same time we call that country a
menace and take steps to hedge
1t in.
First Things First.
How can one say country has
sanity when that country harnesses
the atom, controls the power OF the
sun, and still has to produce a bath
towel which will dry citizen with
out first being sent to the laundry?
That sounds simple, but it's basic.
First things must come first if a
civilization Is to get anywhere. We
are able to destroy city like Hiro-
shima before noon, and yet can't
cure the common cold. We create
planes which will fly 600 miles an
hour, but go on killing thousands
and thousands Of people with auto
mobiles which 60 so and 60 miles
an hour.
What we seem to have done Tor
ourselves is become extremely adept
at killing and sdarned clumsy at
living. The, average American
would much rather have coffe pot
Evening star., 1947-05-21

There has Constantine Brown.
been no noticeable economic or po-
litical improvement in other sections
| of Europe which have obtained
American loans and grants. This
explains Senator Vandenberg' s
statement last week that the $780,
900 900 foreign relief appropriation
lis the last American contribution
this year to carry on the work OF
the now-defunct UNRRA. He voiced
the sentiment of an overwhelming
number of Congress members of
both parties.
Mail Protest Is Heavy.
Republican Senators and Repre-
sentatives who voted in favor of
the s40O 900, 900 aid for Greece and
Turkey have received voluminous
mail response. -Four out of five of
the letters were critical of the meas
ure. The political angle of the grant
to those two countries was seldom
touched on.
Their constituents protested d
against continuation of spending
Americas substance and thought
that the time had come for their
Representatives in Congress to put
"a halt to 1t. Many expressed the
belief that the high cost of living
and some still-existent shortages
were due to the fact that two years
after the war the major part of
the world still looks on this country
as Santa Claus.
Some of the letter-writars, who
were well-posted on international
affairs, asked their representatives
whether political and economic con-
ditions in the world had not de-
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Man to Man
Nations in Europe Must Federate
Or Perish One by One, Observer Holds

| how much they stand to gain by the
elimination of the causes of war
and the fear of war on the Euro
pean continent. :"
Latch String Out to Russia.
If I understand Mr.. Churchill S
proposal it is that the nations OF
Europe that were our Allies In the
late war should begin to organize
United States of Europe" leaving
the latch-string out for other
nations, including Russia, which may
not be among the first converts to
the idea.
Mr.. Churchills eloquent plea is
the more impressive when one re-
fleets that Prime Minister Attlee,
who possesses widely different po-
litical views, has likewise expressed
himself in favor Of the proposal.
Many parliaments of Europe, run
ming wide gamut of politHal
lideologies, have been found to be
overwhelmingly in sympathy with
| the idea Of Federation"
we may be, II we press forward, !,
on the threshold of one of the
greatest political experiments of our
times. But it is an experiment that
must be made. AS. Mr.. Churchill
wisely observed, let there be
no mistake upon one point. With
out United Europe there is no
prospect of world government"
1t is my personal conviction that
the nations of Europe either must
federate, or perish, one by one.
Even if an attempt to unite Europe
should fail, the world would be no
worse off than it is today. And if
the undertaking should succeed, all
humankind would take heart. Eu-
rope and the world will have peace
if they are bold enough to take it.
Never has there been a Holy Grail
so worth the seeking.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

resolution of this character has re-
ceived such widespread support.
Few ever have been offered that
held out such hope for world peace
and a higher civilization. 1t may
be that the newspaper readers have
not read much about 1t in their
local papers. Until last week the
press services had carried no &C
counts about it. The radio networks
had not yet told the story. The rea-
son for this is that the movement
did not originate in any one par
ticular place. 1t has been in the
nature of a spontaneous ground
swell.
The proposal for United States
of Europe did not come from con-
ference such as the Moscow meet
ing of foreign ministers. 1t was not
the result of a convention in Geneva,
or Luxembourg Palace or London.
The suggestion was not made at a
press conference at the White
House. And so there had been no
real news" story. But that the
movement for United States of
Europe is in reality truly great
news story is evidenced by the spon-
taneous support that the proposal
received throughout this country.
| Press in Agreement.
Even partial list of newspapers
that have supported the proposal
editorially is noteworthy. So far
as I know, the first paper to take
up the idea was the New Orleans
Item. Within matter of days,
favorable editorials appeared in the
New York Times, the st. Louis Post
Dispatch, the Chicago Daily News,
the Portland Oregonian, the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal. all of
the Scripps Howard newspapers
throughout the country and Time
magazine. Here in Washington,
three newspapers have advanced the
proposal editorially, the Washington
Post, the Washington Daily News,
and the Times-Herald.
| I cannot but wonder if there has
ever been an issue on which so many
newspapers of such different colora-
tions have been in agreement. That
! the Patterson n-controlled Washing
ton Times Herald and Henry Luce's
Time magazine should be found in
| the same rendezvous with the Wash
| ington Post and the st. Louis Post
Dispatch is almost unbelievable.
Finally, on May IA, the proposed
United States of Europe" became
front page news when Winston
Churchill spoke in Royal Albert
Hall, London, before more than 5000
representatives of every shade of
political opinion to be found in Eng
land. Among other things, he said:
eff the peoples of Europe resolve
to come together and work together
for mutual advantage, to exchange
blessings instead of curses, they still
have it in their power to sweep
away the horrors and miseries which
surround them and to allow the
streams of abundance to begin again
their feeling flow. 1t is. of course.
alleged that all advocacy of the ideal
of United Europe is nothing but
maneuver in the game of power
politics and that it is sinister plot
against Soviet Russia There is nc
truth in this. The whole purpose OF
a united democratic Europe is to
give decisive guarantees against ag-
gression. Looking out from the ruins
of some of their most famous cities
and from amid the cruel devasta-
ton of their fairest lands, the Rus
sian people should surely realize
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Frank r. Kent
The Great Game Politics
Republicans Appear to Be Stymied
In Efectins Large Cuts in Budget

i tax-refund estimate. This, of course,
| is a contract and will have to be put
back. The Republican leadership
is baff1ed by the enormous resis-
tance it has encountered. It is dis
tressed by its inability even to ap-
proach that $4,000, 100000 cut an
nounced by the House or even the
81, SOC, 600 900 announced by the Sen
ate.
We may as well look facts in the
face. AS things are today there is
practically no prospect of reaching
even the $4,5o0,0 900 reduction.
They will be lucky to save-net-
even half of that. Those proposed
Az and 6 billion cuts appear now
to be extremely futile resolutions.
It Is a dismaying state of affairs to
those who recognize the vital neces-
sity of recovering control of our
Federal finances
Evening star., 1947-05-21

not be repaid, or
outright gifts.
No tangible re-
suits have ap-
peared from this
expenditure OF
Americas ra W
a n d manufac-
factured mate
rials. Brit a | n
obtained a loan
of $3.50, ,000,-
600, but her in
ternal condition
Is worse now
than it was two
wears ago.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

III QeauQg WIN
the grave prob
lens now press
ing upon him,
his first desire
is to get all the
facts and then
do W h a t h e
thinks rig h t /.
r e G a r d less OF
politics.
G e r t a l n ! y
nothing could be
finer than that.
Moreover, there
Is no question
of the sincerity
cnH nHu,,.aan,r
Evening star., 1947-05-21

uOuSeWnc AUlH
Mars, a trolley
conductor from
Jupiter, q man
on the street
from Orion, a
hairdreSser from
the moon, a dem
tai technician
from the sun
and a landscape.
gardener fro m
the Milky Way.
/ am sure the
jury would conn
NIT us without
hesitation.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Arlington Chest Meeting

The Board of Trustees of the Arl-
| Iington Community Chest will meet
lat 8 pm. Monday at the home Of
j. Harold Stehman, board president,
at 3159 Wilson boulevard, to discuss
the 1948 budget.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

greSS a few weeks
ago by Senator
Fulbright, DEM
ocrat, of Arkan-
sas and Repre-
sentative Boggs,
D e m o cr at, OF
Louisiana, pro-
posing support
for a United
States of Europe
W i t hin t h e
framework of the
United Nations. "
I do not be-
lieve that I can
remember an oc-
Evening star., 1947-05-21
to
Questions

A reader can obtain the answer to
any question of fact by writing The
Evening Star Information Bureau. 316
Eye street NE. Washington .. D. c.
Please enclose three t3) cents for re-
turn postage.
Evening star., 1947-05-21
Frank r. Kent

One of the closest men In Wash
ington to the President says of Mr..
Truman that a comforting and in
spring" thing abouts him is that
Evening star., 1947-05-21
BY HaroId L. Ickes

The advocacy by Winston Church
i'll of a United States of Europe"
again brings into sharp focus the
resolution introduced into the Con-
Evening star., 1947-05-21
By Constantine Broom

OV OUWStUHEfHe DEUt"
Since We day the United States
has advanced to Europe and Asia
about $4,000, o,oOo, 900, in the form
either Of loans. which may or may
Evening star., 1947-05-21
McL-ennore
Keeps His Balance
lii d Cruzy World
Bv Henry Nc L.e,u ore

19--11.7 q y n EHF y IA NE1xEHVUJ6 80
The world is crazy.
OF that Tn convinced. VI
II we could be judged. say. by q
jury Of our peers made up Of d
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-22
NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPLI-
 CATION TO SELL PROPERTY
No. 5693-A

NO. 5b93-A
 In the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Division Number One, at Juneau.
 BANK or WRANGELL, corpora tion, Plaintiff, vs. ALASKA ASH ATIC LUMBER MILLS, Inc, a corpoarticn, Defendant.
 Application having been made by the Receiver for the Alaska Asiatic Lumber Nils, Inc, to sell the saw mill of said corporation at Wrangell, Alaska, together with all other prop erty rights, assets and credits thereof situate or having a situs in the Territory;
 NOTICE is hereby given that a hearing will be had upon said ap- plication before the above-entitled Court at Juneau, Alaska. on the l2th day of January, 1948, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all persons interest ed in said property, rights, assets and credits may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the praye,. of said application for the sale of the aforesaid property, free from all liens, should not be granted
 O. F. OHLSON,
 Receiver. First publication, Dec. 8, 1947 Last publication, Dec. 29, 1947.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-22
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Tn the United States Commissioners Court for Precinct of Sitka, Di- vision Number One, Territory of Alaska. In Probate.
 Tn the Matter of the Estate of FRANK D. PRICE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the undersigned JESSIE w. PRICE, administrator of the estate of FRANK D. PRICE, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against decedent, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within six months after the first publication of this notice, to the administrator at 831 Etolin Street at the town of Sitka, Alaska, the same being the place of the transaction of business of said es- tate.
 JESSIE w. PRICE,
 Administrator. First publication, Dec. l, l947. Last publication, Dec. g, 1947.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-22
x IsSOTIUE

The members of Juneau Post No. 4, The American Legion, Depart ment of Alaska, at it's regular meet ing on January 26, 1948, will vote on a proposal to authorize the Le- zion Building Association to grant
 easement over a portion of Lot
 2. 3 in Block No. 4, approximately three feet by one hundred feet in dimension.
 First publication, Dec. 12. 1S47. Last publication, Jan. 16, 1948.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-22
RADIO LOG RINY t1460 KC) JUNEAU "The Voice of Alaska"

lne NOlCt oi AfaSkd
 MONDAY EVENING 5:o0-Story Lady. 5:15-G I. live. 5.30-Totem Talk-Forecasts. 5:45-Music Box. 6:00-PAA News. 6:15-Amos and Andy. 6:45-Alaskan Adventure. 7,00-Here's to Veterans. 7.l5- Standard News-Forecasts. :30-National Guard Assembly. 8:00-Myrtery House. 8:30-Vocal Parade. goo Family Theatre. 9;30-Supper Club. 9:45-Alaska Line News. 10 :00-Words with Music. 10:15-Forecasts All programs are subject to change
 without notice. Daytime forecasts on weekdays at 800. 9:30 A. M., and 12 Noon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-22

It will pay you to shop Home Beautiful. 755 u
Evening star., 1947-03-02
Baltimore Markets

N Market ds. ABOUT steady; auot.tionSss un
.xiIo iPoss,toes-Ms.kst ~ g.. .bout steady: Penn
y, Sweet potatoes-.!MArket about steady
No. Is s75.soo; fev fD S.s., SEE: 3ssss:sj J.rseys g
U. 8. No. Is, 40; rest unchanSed.
,rP PPouitry.-Market about steady; receipt
ducks, turkeys, not enough TO quote: fry
ored. few, mostly 3s:" LeshoTns, sS-Ss. ~
Cattle. none. comSsfsd Ssa''SRi .ish week aso
tions hsmpersd incoming reseipts most O.
Steers sesk so ssss iaS riS sy sSs to .as
instances so cents hishsr: stocfers ane
weishing 1880. pounds. $500. weeks top
two heads strictly choice around 1.O9C
pounds, $500; top good and choice. 100.
dium to aver.se e % sood abort feds, fs bS g.
killers. 1901 500: single choice led heif.
pSs eSm oaa S tyersss oe sced fESe
rivals. 21.50-22. 90: sprinklin9 good youn,
heifer he nn type beef cows. l7,O0;1s.50: outside
MEDIUM Pss ,o5 81 asr5 afaa Rk
top medium kinds to 1880; canners ant
cutters. 9.5o-11 So, shelby Gamers. 9.Ol
down.; down; sood beef bulls largely l7,oo-1s 90
ana m.ssa& fts v.shts
lI.5o-14.50: medium and Good. native ane
Mss..Fn ew tsee.f sF' tm goo
Calves, none. Compared with week
lots good and choice, 0.220 pounds. large.
Iy Hon "a .nS oSSsn sG oG strictly sholcs as9S com
to 1000: underwsights as low as 500.
a0s pees Sa Sest e.
week ago on barrows. giits and sows; lat
nsnas as o0d 4oso ens enSss nsssas 2S4
l6o;-1so pounds. 1888; 1920 pounds
sas$so ygsSSasdso fsas soa5d. atSs
sS1 ss up esSy sSa' .oWs ssod es shSf
Slaughter lambs scarce, active. steady
ssGso .gs sSSoss ssdn so .ns nspps %.Sa sSSHsa ;s
1886: eSils down to 1850; si.usitsi
Choice. soos oo aesi Common ' and 'nSs msdium uns
eoussssepss ssf aoTn Tsno6s g ioSpound iSS sack.
Wheat-Receipts, none; shipments, 10,
os3 bushels; stocks, 2s7,2l2 bushels
Priees. ? No; RED ssrlieky. spot domestic
Gs; ccrnMKecsipts. asees 0: :s4e,711 bushels; ship
ments, 74,275 bushels; stocks, 2,6e0,3st
osts-Reeeipts; 3,s17 bushels; ship
Priess: No. white stSss' oats. 1851 90. 'Ae''
ments, none: stocks. Ss7.4sS bushels ~
.sds{s asEsssIRss aa.S. nSns shipments none
1,esSy y!s' ss.hsl,; ssssIs, 1.ssa ss iushsls. '''
Evening star., 1947-03-02

1
share. Dividends on the common
stock paid during the year amounted
to 1.50 share, the report said.
During 1916 the company re-estab-
lished the 40-hour week, increased
wages and the size Of the payroll.
The company secured an $4,000, 900
credit with group Of banks to meet
extra expenditures.
Conversion Of part Of the service
to natural gas and charting a
course for future growth made 1916
momentous, Mr.. Sperry asserts.
Pepco January Net Lower.
Net income of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power CO. in January amounted
to 1881 ,013 as compared with SAT-
572 in January 1946, a decrease of
$116,556 or 26 per cent, company
oficials reported to the Public Utili-
ties Commission yesterday.
Growing expenses caused q de-
crease Of $l22,909 in net operating
revenues. Operating revenue de-
ductions were $l55, ,307 higher than a
year ago. Taxes were down $91 900,
the report revealed. Depreciation
was up slightly.
Weather Hurts Retail Sales.
Department store sales in the
Capital for the week ending Satur-
day. February "a, were "a per cent
below the corresonding week last
year, due to very bad weather, the
Richmond Reserve Bank reported
yesterday. Sales were 10 per cent
under the preceding week this year.
Cumulative sales were down 5 per
cent in four weeks ending on the
same date.
Sales in the Fifth District for the
week were OF 81 per cent from last
year, 81 from the previous week and
2 per cent in the four weeks. In the
first nine weeks Of this year sales in
the Fifth District were 3 per cent
better than year ago.
Bank Clearings Up Sharply.
Bank clearings in the Capital In
the first two months Of 1947 reached
$522, ,o2o,138.71 against $472 ,27S, 1888 .95
Evening star., 1947-03-02
AVG Forum on Germany
To Be Held Wednesdov

The Washington Council Of the
American Veterans Committee wfll
hold q forum ON 1.-THE German Di-
lemma" at 8 pm. Wednesday In the
Interior Department Auditorium.
Speakers will include Russell
Nixon, formerly with American NIL
itary Government forces; John q
DeWid, Of the State Departments
division Of German and Austrian
economic affairs, and Martin Agron-
sky, radio news commentator,
Evening star., 1947-03-02
K. of c. Dinner to Honor
Lotin American Groups

The seventh annual Pan Amesi.
can reception and banquet in honor
Of the diplomatic delegations from
South and Central American coun-
tries, sponsored by the Washington
General Assembly, Fourth Degree,
Knights Of Columbus, win be held
at $50 pm. on March 20 In the
Mayhower Hotel.
John A. Reilly is general chair
man Of the committee arranging tho
affair.