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Evening star., 1947-05-03
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

If there ever were any real doubts that
the Senate-as well as the House-was
serious in its Intentions of putting
through a bill amending the Federal
labor laws materially that doubt has
been dispelled.
First, the Senate by substantial vote
turned down the plan to split Its labor
bill into four parts. This plan, II 1t had
been accepted, would have made 1t pos
sibie for President Truman to veto the
proposals to which labor objected most
strenuously Qabor leaders have opposed
all legislation) and to sign those to
which the objection has been on mild
er note. The President will have to
take the whole bill or disapprove it.
Second, by vote of go to %. the
Senate wrote into its bill an amendment
which would make it an unfair labor
practice for unions to coerce or restrain
employees in their choice of bargaining
representatives. AS the National Labor
Relations Act now stands, 1t is an
unfair labor practice for employers to
coerce or restrain employees in the use
of their self organization rights. The
purpose OF the amendment is to place
the same restrictions on labor unions.
Might Override Veto
The amendment Is one of those
turned down in the Senate Labor Com
mite by coalition of Democratic and
Republican Senators, who are anxious to
soft pedal labor legislation, which will
make the Senate bill more nearly like
the House proposal. Fifteen Democrats
Joined with As Republicans in approving
the amendment The vote was more
than two-thirds in the affirmative. II
the same ratio persisted the Senate
could override veto. There Is some
doubt, however, that all of these Demo-
Gratis would go to the length of voting
to override
The labor bill is due to pass the Sem
ate sometime next week. Then will
come the conference between represent
atives of the House and Senate to ad-
just differences in the bills. The House
bill. denounced far and wide by labor
leaders, by SO called liberals and by
New Deal Democrats, is more far-reach-
ing than the Senate measure. The prob
abilities are that when the bill Is finally
on its way 70 the White House, It win
Evening star., 1947-05-03
The Swings Are Down

There is no snrer tony to note the spring
Than wlten family Iosoers dopn tt
string
That, iDinter-long, its chains draion sS
the ceiling,
Gdue one a lost, lonely. empty feeling.
But noD the s,cings are dotDn,. herI
children meet,
Their laughter riding on the rhythmic
beat,
While, ipith rusty singing, to and fro
Going notchere, Dith noichere to 90,
IN endless motion fnaotton that is restJ
It rocks. oh, of all things, a suing 10
best
TO turn the heart to spring. The ssCings
are doaen.
And their sueet music echoes through
the totcH.
MAE WINKLER GOODMAN.
Evening star., 1947-05-03

"Slave Ships" and Palestine
To the Edito. Of The Star:
In reporting the House Of Lords de-
bate on Palestine, the newspapers Of
April "A quoted Lord Altrincham as
deeply concerned over the conditions
under which unauthorized Jewish i'm
migration into Palestine is taking place.
He described these conditions as sin
human, disgusting and disgraceful," and
the ships carrying Jewish refugees as
''far worse than those used to carry
slaves to America"
The purpose underlying the "human-
ttarian" utterances was two weeks ago
laid bare In all its cynieism by American
newspaper correspondents. To quote
one significant dispatch--that of the
New York Herald Tribunes Homer
Bigart. writing from Jerusalem on April
IL: "The British will launch propa-
ganda campaign against conditions on
slave ships and suggest that sinister
motives are behind the flood of rem
nants OF European JeWry to Palestine.
The wave of illegal immigration be-
heved impending will be denounced
as q phony invasion, although great
sympathy will be eyinced for the un-
fortunate people herded on board slave
ships" HAROLD p. MANSON,
Director Of Information, American
Zionist Emergency Council,
New York.
Evening star., 1947-05-03
Curbinq City Blight

Ine washington Board OF Trade
has rendered an important public
service by calling attention, through
its City Planning Committees re-
port, Washington Trends, 1947,"
to the blighting effects which con-
tinued decentralization of the city's
business and residential resources
can have on the Nations Capital
This is problem which is not con-
fined to Washington and which by
no means is new development
here or elsewhere. The movement
of industries and residents away
from the congestion of cities and
into adjoining open spaces has been
under way for years. City planners
have talked and written about the
problem, it's implications and possi-
BILE remedies for more than decade.
In Washington, however, the prob
lem has been accentuated by war
expansion. The city, by sheer neces-
sity, was forced to spill over into
nearby Maryland and Virginia to
find space for the rapidly develop
ing business of government. And
the Suburbs doomed with Federal
sponsored residential projects, each
with it's convenient shopping center.
Not all of this trend away from
the heart of the city is traceable
directly to the war, however. Much
of it would have occurred anyway.
For experience in many cities has
shown that deterioration of down.
town congested districts is bound
to take place unless the cities take
drastic steps to remove conditions
leading to blight. A Nationwide
survey before the war. showed that
at least sixteen major factors were
to blame for this creeping paralysis"
of once-thriving urban districts.
Principal among these were out
moded transportation facilities,
zoning and housing. These three
factors were singled out by the COM
mittee as bearing directly on Wash
ingtons development in the in1me-
diate future. -.......z..
The committee, in short, feels that
If the disturbing outlook for Wash
ington's central business district is
to be improved, steps must be taken
at once to expedite the movement
of traffic to and from the business
center, to overcome Objectionable
types of land use and to provide
better housing within the city limits.
These Improvements cannot be
wrought overnight, of course, which
makes it more than ever essential
that a determined start be made
now. Construction shortages and
costs have impeded postwar high
way and residential work, although
progress is being made on grade
separations, street widening, fringe
parking lots, and other projects de-
signed to relieve traffic congestion.
Meanwhile, the committees sug-
gestion for further restriction of
downtown parking is we'll worth con-
sidering. The public streets were
never intended to be public parking
lots. Unless the streets are to con-
tinue to impede transportation
needed to maintain healthy busi-
ness center, some way eventually
must be found to move parked cars
and buses into adequate off-street
parking areas, as New York City is
Saf,,r
Evening star., 1947-05-03

civil ScIfdltS. OIlG OF tGESe laLGef was
assistant to divisional superintendent:
all three, of course, were in responsible
posts yielding secrets worth betraying.
OF the eleven, only two could be said
to be Of proletarian origin. All II were
employed. Ten were above the aver
age in income, one was eminently sue
cessful In his chosen field. Did pow
erty lead them to communism? On
the contrary, had they been poor and
obscure, their Russian masters would
have had no use for them.
Among nations that have become
Communist, we think first of Latvia,
Lithuania, and Esthonia. Will it be
pretended that in 1910 the standard of
living in these states was SO far below
that Of their Soviet neighbor that they
therefore embraced communism to i'm
prove their lot? On the contrary, like
their Scandinavian neighbors, these
Baltic states were above the European
average in income and prosperity. A
very large section Of Poland has been
taken by the Soviet Union. The oues-
tion Of relative well-being has not en-
tered into that dismal transaction: the
local inhabitants were not burdened
with consultations on their preferences.
What is left of Poland seems on the
way to becoming one Of the Soviet Re-
publics. We do not know what the
Polish people think of this: their new
masters prefer to avoid the CLANCY un-
certainties of free elections. One would
think that II the Soviet system, as DEM
onstrated in Polands great neighbor,
were preferable. 1t could be 50 proved
to an electorate, but those In posi-
ton to know best seem to think other
wise. So it has been throughout the
Balkans. Ironically, o1Iy In Czecfo-
slovakia, which by contrast to her neigh
bors is fairly stable and prosperous.
have the Communists risked and won
elections. Thus since the Commu-
nists will risk free elections in prosper
Gus Czechoslovakia that they dare not
face in poor Poland, they themselves do
not think poverty breeds commu-
nisn."
Hungary is the current demonstra-
tion OF how and why nations 60 Com
munist. She is poor and hungry, yes;
but that has not disposed the Hun
garians to communism. In the one
chance they had to give their opinion
they returned the conservative Small
holders Party by a landslide. Never
theless, step by step the Communists
take power in Hungary. They hold
the key ministries; they outlaw and
strangle their opponents: they gag the
press; they terrorize the people. In
IL months Hungary will be theirs Why?
Because behind them is the crushing
weight Of the Red Army. The Soviet
bayonet is what makes Communists
in Europe. Neither in Europe nor in
America does poverty make Com
munists. BY force and force alone can
the Communists of 1947, like the Fas-
cists Of 1910, subdue the free peoples
Of Europe, and that Mr.. Truman has
wisely determined to prevent
RILEY SUNDERLAND.
Evening star., 1947-05-03
Federal School Aid

ton has become so apparent that
legislation providing for 1t ought
certainly to be enacted as promptly
as possible. The minds Of our young
folk constitute by far our greatest
national asset. To neglect them, to
school them inadequately, is to fol-
low course of self impoverishment.
Yet there is abundant evidence that
we have been doing that very thing.
In some respects, this problem
is not unlike the problem of soil
conservation. The Federal Govern
ment is actively engaged with the
States in a program aimed at pre-
venting the erosion OF the natural
wealth in the good American earth.
Not less necessary Is a program
designed to check the erosion OF
potential talent or the loss OF con-
structive citizenship that takes place
wherever primary and secondary
education is deficient. It is seriously
deficient in many of our cities and
towns because funds are not avail
able to improve it. Certain of the
less prosperous States are incapable,
by themselves, of financing the kind
of minimum job that needs to be
done. They may spend as great a
percentage of their income on
schools as do the bigger or richer
States, but still the children Of the
former do not enjoy anything like
the educational opportunity offered
by the latter.
Thus, there are States whose
schooling expenditures are less than
$40 per year per child, as against
other States where the per capita
outlay runs up to SITS and more.
This great disparity does violence
to the democratic concept of equal
opportunities for all. It means that
in many areas great number OF
children have not been getting
chance to develop their potentialities
-potentialities which might be of
enormous future value to the Nation
if nourished at the start with ade-
quate primary and secondary educa-
ton. 1t is not easy to measure such
erosion in terms of dollars and cents,
but we can be sure that 1t Is serious
enough to justify Federal aid Of the
type now being studied in Congress.
OF the several proposals intro
duced SO far, Senator Taft's seems
to have won the widest support.
Under it, the Government would
/ apportion $3.50, ,00o. 600 among eligible
States in the next fiscal year. In the
following year, the sum would be
raised to $2O0,0o0,O00 and 1t would
be fixed at $3.50 ,0o0, 600 for every year
after that. The allocations would
be used only for current expenses
largely teachers salaries-in public
primary and secondary schools, and
also in private or parochial schools
in those States which ordinarily help
such institutions. The objective of
the Taft bill-which would guar
antee against Federal interference
in the teaching system of any State
would be to establish minimum
expenditure of $40 year on the
education of every American child.
This program involves consid-
erably smaller outlay than others
under consideration. Whether or
not it sets it's sights too low, how
ever, 1t is altogether sound in prin-
ciple. Congress would be we'll advised
to adopt something like it. The need
is real. We can ignore it only at the
risk of squandering a resource that
we ought to husband with the great
est care.
Tho r,,oct r,or,11or e,1rb Crrorocr
Evening star., 1947-05-03

were set aside as being possibly false
or misleading-a remarkable record.
8. Do commercials take up too much
time on the air? BY actual check, COM
mercials occupy only to IL per cent OF
total radio time.
I submit this neither as white
washing maneuyer intended to prevent
criticism, nor as a a,rose-colored assump-
ton that commercials are perfect. It
Is simply . statement Of certain facts
uncovered In my own work.
CHARLES. HULL WOLFE.
New York City.
Evening star., 1947-05-03

Wants Federal Business Control
To the Editor Of The Star:
Our most urgent need today is to find
some method of guaranteeing security
and providing protection for the Amer
ican people against the economic and
social chaos OF depression Elisha
Friedman in his interesting letter to
The Star presents one possible means
of achieving this end. Whether or not
flexible wages would do very much to
smooth out the boom -and-bust cycle is
debatable. But Mr.. Friedman is right
when he says that some steps must be
taken, II our democratic society is to
survive. ~
The one thing that seems obvious to
most economists is that some sort of
control over both labor and management
is essential II our free" enterprise sys-
tenn Is to function at all in the future.
The word control" like the word "free-
DOM" is word that readily is miscon-
strued. Control is not necessarily bad.
Some control and regulation of the in
vidual is necessary to insure the free
dom of the group. The question always
is one of how much control
Labor unionism is the product of a
vastly unequal strife between an indi-
vidual worker and his more influential
and powerful employer When the in
dividual worker found that the only way
to combat ruthless exploitation and
slaye-like working conditions was to or
ganize, labor unions were formed. The
fundamental purpose of labor union
is to improve the working conditions and
increase the standard Of living of Its
members. Labor unions therefore are
necessary component of our economic
system as long as management, due to
abuse of the profit incentive, or to un-
just wage distribution, or to restrictive
and monopolistic trade practices drains
OF the fruits of the labor Of the workers.
This conflict then is fundamental
Evening star., 1947-05-03

Please be brief. Short letters
are preferred, al are subject to
editing for condensation. Only
letters accompanied by name
and address OF 1priter 1Dtu be
used, although pseudonym is
In some cases permissible.
Evening star., 1947-05-03
Radio Vice Presidents

To the Editor OF The Star:
In answer to Robert Z. Hatch's letter
OF April 20, in which he shows SO much
concern for our freedom of speech be-
cause the NBC cut Fred Allen of the
air. may I say that II any one has been
abusing this freedom, it is some of our
so-called comedians. For some time MIR.
Allen has been kidding the vice pres
idents Of the NBC. Once. twice or three
times 1t may sound funny but when the
so-called kidding Is turned into ridi-
Evening star., 1947-05-03
Ashburton House

To the Editor Of The Star:
Cannot something be done to save the
historic Ashburton House at 1925 H
street NV. from destruction2 1t should
be acquired by the Government as a
symbol of United States Canadian
friendship which, like the old mansion,
has remained solid and unbroken
through the years.
STAR READER.
Evening star., 1947-05-03

tinct little Carolina parakeet. These
great pink cranes were saved by the
Audubon Society. Now they seem des-
tined to fascinate nature studying
Hddies, as well as grownups, for gener-
ations to come. This, provided an
Everglades National Park is finally ere
ated.
Roseate Spoonbills make q beautiful
picture as they nestle in their native
habitat. A flock Of their rose-pink
against blue Florida sky reminds one
OF painted back-drop curtain.
H. g. STEEL.
Evening star., 1947-05-03
"T Ween for Themo

II Weep for Them"
To the Editor Of The Star:
see that the poor fathers and car
penters are getting ready to strike for
a slight raise in pay from $500 per
hour to s2.25 per hour. weep for
them. They probably will starve if
they don't get the Increase. They will
also be unable to give their chauffeurs
q raise. L. F. JOHNSON.
Evening star., 1947-05-03
In Winter, Too?

To the Editor OF The Star:
Once again those of too many OF our
cities and States are called upon to
suffer that gross Theological lie, termed
by its votaries daylight saving"
II 1t is necessary to save precious day.
light hours during the summer months
why is it not logical and wise to save
sleep during those drear winter months
when it is task and torture to get up
before times at predawn hour?
Above all things let us be consistent
In our jousts with our clocks, now again
on. Let us complete the Job we started.
SAMUEL SOLOMAN.
Evening star., 1947-05-03
On Greco T urkish Aid

To the Editor of The star:
For the life of me cannot see the
point in the argument that aid to
Greece and Turkey will strengthen the
United Nations To me the military
clause of the measure is nothing more
or less than declaration of war, with
out the true support of the American
people.
Questions fraught with such implica-
tions should be thrown into the lap of
the United Nations to begin with.
If after the question has been fought
out on the floor of the United Nations
and every motive aired, it Is found that
military aid is still needed, why could not
the countries forming the council raise
the funds and their quota of military
personnel. Is America the only Nation
threatened by communism?
I support Henry Wallace's stand on
the issue. The United Nations was set
up for the purpose Of settling such ques-
tions. MRS. E. WILLIS.
Evening star., 1947-05-03
Letters to The Star From It's Readers
Origins Of Communism Good Word for Commercials
Speaking Of oonbills-Palestine Slave Ships

! economic one and Is not primarily
caused by either management Or labor
alone. Therefore. it seems essential
that q third party. representing the
American people, step IN and oversee
the operation Of the free enterprise sys-
tenn so that the wishes and interests OF
the majority Of the people always are
served.
A free and unrestricted economy Was
given the Nations business interests
after World War I. Under Republican
leadership. the hands OF policy main
tanned by the Government gave both
management and labor full responsible
ity for the Nations economy. The re-
suit was boom and bust. Even the New
Deal could not pull the Nation out OF
the vast depths into which it had sunk.
II this cycle is to be repeated, we can
look forward only to World War III to
rescue the Nation from the throes of
depression. # this Is the price Of free
and unrestricted economy, the price is
much too high. A STUDENT.
The Roseate Spoonbill
To this Editor Of The Star.
The Roseate Spoonbills almost went
the way OF the handsome but now ex-
Evening star., 1947-05-03

The most popular curb Congress
could devise would be one with
enough room beside it to park just
one more automobile.
Evening star., 1947-03-23
Mabel VAIN Here
For Visit With
Miss Grady

Miss Jane Powell Grady has as
her guest at the st. Regis, Mrs
Frederick Smith, who arrived Thurs
day from Philadelphia and will re-
main through the spring and sum-
mer.
Mrs. Smith, who Is well known In
literary circles as Mabel Vain, Is
writing q book about her personal
experiences in a Japanese incarcera-
ton camp. Here sister, Mrs. George
Edward Osland- Hill, who also Is an
author of renown, has written "An
Exile In China" Reaching for the
Stars" and numerous other articles
and stories.
Miss Grady has planned series
Of informal parties, the first OF
which was given recently when she
entertained in honor of Rear Ad-
miral and Mrs. Ellis Mr.. Zacharias.
Admiral Zacharias was a naval in
telligence officer In Japan for seven
years before the war, and his newly
published book, Secret Missions, .
written around his experiences then
and during the war, is having a phe-
r1or11enal SUCCESS,
Evening star., 1947-03-23
Herndon

Mr.. and Mrs. Casey J. Wilken
who spent several months in Cedar
burg, Wis, have returned to theil
home here for an indefinite stay.
Miss Ruth Hutchinson is spending
two weeks in Fort Myers, Fla, where
she Is the guest of her uncle, Mr.
II. L. Nickel.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. K. Linkins have
had as their guests this week Mrs
Hempstone Van Sickler and Mr.. anc
Mrs. Lake Van Sickler OF Purcell.
vile, Va.
Evening star., 1947-03-23

Bethesda and her father escorted
her to the altar and gave her in
marriage. She wore white satin with
a full length veil of heirloom
princess lace made in a coronet and
she carried gardenias and freesia.
Mrs. Robert Whitmore of New
Holland, Pa, sister of the bride
groom, was the matron of honor
and Miss Elise Groos of San An
tonic was the maid of honor. They
Evening star., 1947-03-23
Miss Margaret Hunt
Ides of March Bride

Miss Margaret Hunt was re-
cent bride, her marriage to Mr.. Earl
Harrison Hudson taking place March
Is in the Bethesda Presbyterian
Church.
Mrs. Hudson is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Drummond Hunt OF
Evening star., 1947-03-23
Harris & EDing Photo.

wore pink chiffon and carried pink
gladioluses.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr..
]. Banks Hudson Of Baltimore and
the late Mrs. Hudson, and his
brother, Mr.. j. Banks Hudson, jr.,
served as his best man. The ushers
were Mr.. Peter Gretz of Washing
ton and Mr.. Whitmore.
The Rev. James S. Albertson Of
ficiated at the ceremony.
Evening star., 1947-03-23

MRS. HOLMES.
The former Miss 10 Loyce
Senrles recently became the
bride of Mr.. Amos A. Holmes.
The Wedding took place in the
home OF the bridegroon1's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Holmes, the Req. James w.
Roberts, jr., Officiating at the
ceremony. Capitol Photo.
Evening star., 1947-03-23

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on the piano. Miss Paul sang, Let My Song Fill Your Heart" Land of the Sky Blue Waters" Softly, AS in the Morning Sunrise and "Alaska's Flag"
 By special request, Mrs. Lillian Uggen presented two of her own inimitable song stylings, "Whoopee" and T Don't Want to Get Thin. ' So the visitors could get glimpse of Alaskan culture. Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann led the group in singing "Humpback Salmon"
 Wives and daughters of the Sen- ators who were honored at today's luncheon were: Mrs. Frank Butler. Mrs. Zales Ecton. Mrs. Ernest Mo Farland and daughter Jewell, and Mrs. Hugh Brown and daughter Patty Mae.
 Sponsoring the luncheon were the Soroptimist Club, the Business and Womens Club, Beta Sigma Phi, Garden Club, Juneau Woman's Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, American Legion and Douglas Woman's Club.