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Evening star., 1947-10-04
This and That
BIZ Charles E.. TrdceDeH
ARLINGTON, Va.

"ARL1NGTON va.
Dear Sir:
vested quite bit of seed, which hoped to
give to the birds this winter.
But the seeds are wormy. Will the birds
eat them, anyway?
DO you think that If put them in the
oven for an hour or SO at moderate tempera-
ture, 1t would kill the worms?
IT suppose should have sprayed the SUM-
flowers as they were growing and producing
the head but it didn't occur to me that the
bugs would eat anything as common as sun
flowers
Hope you can help me out.
Yours truly, H. L. Y"
~ X X
FALLS CHURCH, Va.
Dear Sir:
eve are being visited by some birds new to us
here: Four or more black-throated blue warb-
lers.
I'VE did not see any of them last fall-or
at any time heretofore.
THE magnolia warblers came some weeks
ago. They came unusually late in the after
noon, to the bird bath built in the side OF
the hill.
"The black-throated blue warblers, like
the magnolia warblers. apparently came more
for the fresh, trickling water than for the
food, though they ate some OF the food scat
tered on the ground.
They do not seem to go to food on elevated
stations. sincerely, L. G. B.
ARLINGTON Va.
Dear Sir:
"I have seen two birds in my yard this week
which I would like to have some help in iden-
tifying. +
II only glimpsed the birds. so cannot describe
them well. First, small bird (sma1er tnan
an English sparrow, greenishyeloW body,
greener on the back and yellow tinge on SIDES
and stomach, wings with definite white bars
Could this be the yellow-throated vireo or a
female goldf1nch?
'The second bird was about the same as
above and was black with a red shoulder
patch. This was all I could see OF the second
bird. Could it be redstart?
yours truly w. P. L."
Our first correspondent need not worryl
Birds like the worms in seeds and grain mix
lures.
Put it all out, bugs and all, and the birds
will "go' for it.
In fact. if there is one thing bird likes
better than sunf1ower seed 1t is an hsect
of some sort.
There will be no waste and no need Tor trying
to kill the worms.
AS matter of fact all weevily food which
occurs if fours, ETC., are kept too long, may
be put out for the birds.
They may not eat all OF the "neaI, eoc.' uus
they will consume the weevis at rapid rate.
Meal worms and the like make excellent
winter bird food
The big Carolina wren appreciates this sort
of food, and may be lured with it when all
else fails
Our second correspondent is to be congratu-
lated on seeing the beautiful black-throated
blue warblers.
This is one of the loveliest Of all the warblers.
AS for our third correspondents two BIRDS,
they are the yellow -throated vireo and the
male redstart.> female goldfinch has dark
wings.
While the main flood of warblers returning
to the South is over, there still remain some
very interesting birds going through
There can be little doubt that the average
suburban home owner sees but per cent, or
less of these migrators.
The warblers are difficult to identify, and
shy so that one should be glad to see few Of
them, even II he doesn't know their names.
Evening star., 1947-10-04
Letters to The Star
DealinS With Soviet Ideology

Dealing With SoVlet ldeOlOey
To the Editor Of The Star:
In The STAR September %, Constantine
Brown, in an excellent article on Russia, states
that the greatest problem facing the Truman
administration, in order to deal properly with
Russia is that of educating our people on Red
theology and objectives, together with the
methods employed by the Krenlin to obtain
its ends. Mr. Brown then goes on to explain
this difficulty by reminding us that for the past
six years Russia has been painted lily-pure
to our people.
This raises several interesting questions. In
the first place, how is it that since termination
of the war Russia has found little, if any,
difficulty in obtaining the general support OF
her people in her cold war; on the United
States although lacking the power of "free"
press? In the second place, if it is argued
that Russia would not have elected to pursue
her present aggressive course had her press
been free" how is it that our free press let
the American public get into the dilemma
which Mr.. Brown now points out?
I do not believe that our press is stupid and
I certainly want to believe that it is free:
but sometimes when read of the indignation
and furor raised by certain colunnists over
trivial military or naval censorship compared
to the situation now facing the Nation as de-
scribed by Mr.. Brown, I'm beginning to have
some grave doubts on both of these points.
FRANCES M. STURGIS.
Evening star., 1947-10-04

The sheiks of Araby talk darkly OF can
ceiling all oil concessions, thus reverting to
the earlier or Valentino status, when a
sheik could give his full attention to ro-
mance
Evening star., 1947-10-04

The u N. is steered by committee a
maneuver sometimes tried by the home
coming beer-garden crowd with strange
consequences to the sedan and its occu-
pants,
Evening star., 1947-10-04

The world is currently short of dollars.
It was not thus in the gay era now
described in the Morgenthau memoirs,
when Hopkins and Hank Wallace could
get it for YOU wholesale.
Evening star., 1947-10-04

vote of the General Assembly. All this,
however, must remain purely speculative
until our own Government and the Krem-
lin define their views. The future of Pales-
tine will be profoundly affected by that.
Evening star., 1947-10-04

: Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
1uriter, although it is permissible for a
1Driter knopn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1947-10-04
Questions and Answers
Bv Gould Lincoln

A reader can get the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 316 street NE. Washirgton Q. D. C.
Evening star., 1947-10-04
Coop Activities in Greenbelt

Coop Activities in Greenbelt
To the Editor of The Star:
AS one of the first citizens to move into
Greenbelt Just 10 years ago, 1 always have
been interested in its development, although
I have not resided there during the past six
years.
When Greenbelt was opened, the Edward
Filene Foundation endowed the Greenbelt Con-
sumers Cooperative with $4,000 and COM
plete village was set up, including grocery
store, variety store, drugstore. movie. Since
the year 1887, these facilities have grown and
expanded 80 that today they have co-opera-
tive bus which serves the community, and
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
In Short

Asked: BY the U. S. State Depart
ment, that Russia fulfill its 1945 treaty
with China by turning over the Man
churian port of Dairen to the Chinese
Appointed: 1t. Gen. Lucius D. Clay
TO succeed Gen. Joseph T. McNarney
as U. S. European theater commander.
Swept: By storm tides, so islets in
the Palmyra atoll, 1000 miles south
west of Hawaii, endangering lO1
armed forces and civilian personnel.
PetitiOned: BY the parents and
brother of William Heirens, II, Chi
cago killer of six-year-old Suzanne
Degnan, the Illinois Circuit Court for
a change of name.
Introduced: A Congressional bill to
give Guam territorial status, with a
governor appointed by the President
and election of a unicameral legiSla-
ture with power to override the gu
bernatorial veto.
Stricken: With a lung infection,
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, &C.
year-old Vichy leader of FlHlce, in
exile off the coast of Brittany.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

officers hardly can be expected to
agree to plans for revamping their
departments. He contends that the
government military policy should be
determined by civilians elected by the
people.
Lessons of War
Robert p. Patterson, secretary of
War, is an articulate advocate of
merger. The prime lesson Of the war,
not merely of Pearl Harbor but of
every campaign, he says, is that there
must be single direction of ground
forces, sea forces and air forces.
Britain, Russia, France and China
have dropped their old systems of
separate departments and put the
three branches, ground, sea and air,
into single department.
I'VE Americans, who like to believe
we are foremost in profiting from eX-
perience," says Patterson, "are still
dragging our feet"
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

The Army and Navy chiefs are at
loggerheadS over the merger issue
just as they were a year ago, despite
a plan for unified area command for
American forces abroad. This pro-
Vides for seven overseas districts in
which forces will be at the operation
al command of single man-Army,
Navy or Air, as the situation dictates.
UniiicatiOn Abroad
Navy spOkeSmcn, however, support
this foreign setup while contending
that such unificatlon is unnecessary
and undesirable at home.
Josephus Daniels, secretary Of the
Navy in World War l, first proposed
merger to Calvin Coolidge in 1924.
He contends that separate services re-
Quirc costly duplication" and make
for jealousy which cost ''precious
time to secure unity of command"
when war breaks out.
Daniels points out that professional
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

Edward r. StettiniuS, Jr.
Austin resigned immediately al
though he could not accept the post
until this year because the ConStitu
ton forbids any member Of Congress
to fill an office created during that
term. He became the Presidents spe-
cial representative with the rank of
ambassador and served as adviser to
Herschel V. johnson, deputy us.
member Of the U.N. Council
An early internationaliSt, Austin
joined the late President Roosevelt in
denouncing non-interventioniSm and
urged repeal cf the neutrality act.
One of AuStin'S most important i'm
mediate jobs will be % pilot the
Baruch international atomic control
plan, involving waiver of the right of
veto, through the Security Council,
against Russian opposition. The task
will take all the skill of this Yankee
lawyer for the Soviet delegate has
an overriding veto with the power of
rejecting the whole plan.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

hoped the new Republican Congress
would cooperate with a Democratic
President to achieve a "state of we'll
being for our people without prece-
dent in history
In his legislative program, the PreSl-
dent called for new labor laws He
asked the Goth Congress to outlaw
jurisdictional strikes and require ar
bitration of disputed labor contract
terms but he warned against "punl-
tive and vindictive' legislation which
would penaliZe the rank and file OF
labor.
Key Strikes a Problem
The whole industrial future of the
United States, Mr. Truman said, may
depend on finding the proper solution
for the problem of nationwide strikes
in key industries.
He recommended creation of a 20
man commission-the White House to
appoint eight members and Congress
12-With instructions to report rec
commended solution by March IS, two
weeks before the soft coal deadine
set by John l.. Lewis.
Ills t,OOO-WOlh lilCoS1SC NoNNlNN q
wide range of domestic and interna-
tional problems and he renewed the
request he made unsuccessfully to the
last Congress for higher minimum
wages, national health and welfare
programs, broad housing legislation
and a single department of national
defense.
Treaties Are Compromises
The President said he was diSsatiS-
fled with peace treaties for Italy, Bull
garia, Romania and Hungary but con-
ceded they were the best obtainable
as compromises with our wartime
allies and recommended their ratifica-
ton by the Senate after the pacts are
signed in Paris next month.
lie promised that the United States
would not "retreat 10 lSOlaliOnlSm"
nor sacrifice vital principals TO gain
peace treaty settlements.
A Balanced Budget
In his economic program, the Presl-
dent wanted lower prices, higher pro-
ductiOn and employment held to 1916
levels He requested no cut in taxes,
increased rates to wipe out the postal
deficit and another year of wartime
excise taxes on furs, liquor, and lug
gage, which are due TO expire June 80.
He asked Congress TO strengthen
antitrust laws against restrictive bus
iness practices which had grown dur
ing the war. he said, until they now
constituted a grave threat to national
stability. New enterprises and small
businesses should be aided by re-
search and credit programs and other
aids.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

The Afmy-NaVy MUNITIONS BOafd IaSt
winter began preparing plans for un
dcrground sites and Spotting storage
facilities in caves and mines. A Civil
Defense Board was created last month
TO take precautions against chaotic
conditions among the people, in in
dustry and in transportation in the
event Of another war.
Last week new voice was added
Robert Wood Johnson, wartime vice
chairman of the War Production
Board and former brigadier general,
urged that industry start now, with
government aid, to design new fac
tories
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
War Trials
CoIIows Cheoters


Karl Westphal is the fourth high
ranking Nazi to commit suicide in
Nuremberg Jail and the second from
Hitler's Justice Ministry to take his
life rather than stand trial. He was
found hanging from cell bar with
strip from a Woolen scarf knotte0
about his neck.
Several weeks ago, Otto Georg THE
rack, former minister of Reich Justice,
committed suicide in an internment
camp,
Hermann Gocring, sentenced to
hang by the International Military
Tribunal, swallowed poison in the
Nuremberg Jail. Others who took their
lives there were Dr. Leonardo Cont,
head of Nazi medical experiments on
concentration camp inmates, and Rob-
ert Ley, Nazi labor boss.
Last month, 1t. Col. Frederick
I.cchler, witness in the Forthcoming
trial of IS Justice ministers, dove off
IL 35-foot catWalk in the Jail. He suf-
fered broken neck and skull frac-
ture.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
Migration
Westward Ho!

A working force of 62,000,000 by
1850 is predicted by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. This would be i Is
percent increase from the 55,000,000
of 1910, but 4,0O0000 below the war
time peak.
In general, the wartime migration
was from farm to industrial areas.
Horace Greeley's advice TO Go
west, young man." still is being wide
ly followed. The Pacific coast will
have the> biggest gain i'll workers.
about 35 percent more than 1910, the
Bureau predicts
The greatest loss will be in the
great plains area from North Dakota
to Oklahoma Only depression will
halt the steady movement away from
the farm, the Bureau says
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

"1undredS of new factories are be-
ing erected" he said "ThousandS
more are on the drafting boards The
modern factory is vulnerable. The
whole story should be laid on the
table
Johnson said many of these new
plants should be dispersed and some
should go underground
''ro what extent" he asked, should
the armed services contribute to the
increased costs of such installations?
What new laws are necessary? Where
is the authority to be centered?"
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

Ger operation. Post-operative treat
ment may delay his return to Wash
ington two months or more.
Blbo, who likes TO call himself
"The Man" has spent SO years in pub
lie office He was reelected to his
third Senate term last fall.
When the new Congress opened,
Republicans challenged his right to
sit, but southern Democratic senators
defended Bilbo so lengthily Sen. Rob-
ert A. Taft (R-Ohio) called it fill
buster. A compromise was engineered
in which Blbo agreed to stay out
pending a hearing, provided that his
own pay and that Of his staff were
authorized
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
MERGER: One Force or More

nNE dispute that seems certain
~ to cross party lines in the
new Goth Congress just as it did
in the old 10Th is the proposal to
merge the armed forces.
The President tried repeatedly
last session to get Democratic ma
jorties to approve his plan for abol-
iShing the traditional War and Navy
departments and setting up a new De-
partment of National Defense under
a single cabinet secretary, giving the
land, sea and air forces equal status.
Last year the Senate Military Com
mittee approved the plan but the Sen
ate Naval Committee blocked action
after parade of admirals and Navy
boosters who testified it would sink
the Navy"
Mr.. Truman renewed his urging for
the Army-Navy merger on the grounds
of efficiency and economy in his
State of the Union" message but OPP
position in the Republican dominated
Congress appears stronger than even
in the old.
Two Flatly Opposed
In the new Senate Armed Forces
Committee, two of the seven Republi-
can members are fatty opposed to the
merger, one faVorS it, and four say
they are "open-minded." OF these
four, however, Sen. Leverctt Salton-
stall (Mass) and Sen. Wayne H. Morse
(Ore) were on the naval committee
which blocked the legislation last
year. Sen. Raymond +. Baldwin
Conn served in the Navy in World
War | and had two sons in the Navy
in World War II.
Sen. Edward V. Robertson (Wyo)
one of the mergers chief critics, says
it is absolutely essential to have
both a Secretary of War and a Secre-
tary of the Navy in the cabinet" He
faVors streamlining the armed forces
through consolidation of procure
mcnt, intelligence and research.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

as his successor.
The evolution of Gen. Marshall
from soldier to Americas top diplo-
mat is not as sudden or startling as
might appear from the dramatic an
nouncement. Capitol circles say he
has peculiar qualifications for the
post, developed early in his career
and recognized by superior officers
and more than one President.
AS soldier, MarshalPs ability as an
administrator and tactical planner
kept him chained to staff desk when
he would have preferred to comman1
troops in the field. A 26-year-old first
lieutenant, he was instructing at the
Command and General Staff College,
outranked by every student in his
class.
Greatest Since Jackson
In 1913, Gen. j. Franklin Bell, COM
mander in the Philippines, hailed Mar
shall as "the greatest American mil
itary genius since Stonewall Jackson"
Bell tried to jump Marshall to brig
adler general, as John J. Persh:ng had
been elevated from captain to briga-
dier, but his recommendation was not
adopted.
In World War |, Marshall was a
staff officer and operations chief of the
First Army, emerging with the rank
of colonel He planned and set up the
MeuSe- Argonne offensive, catching the
Germans completely off guard in what
one British authority said was the
greatest staff operation of the war.
Gen. Pershing later called Marshall
'the finest soldier of the first world
war"
In 1899, at the urging of Pershing
and Gen. Malin Craig, the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt appointed him Chief
of staff over the heads of move than
so senior officers During the war he
became FD.R'S trusted military ad
wiser and Winston Churchil's as we'll.
The combined chiefs of staff coor-
dinating Anglo-American efforts was
not a Marshall suggestion but it was
Marshall - by British and American
teStimony--Who made it tick. Since
politics affects military strategy at top
level, he participated in most of the
Big Three meetings during the war.
Both for Roosevelt and Mr.. Truman
the general proved skilled advocate
for executive policies in Congress.
Thirteen months ago, President Tru.
man named him special envoy to
China in an attempt to stave off civil
war. His personal prestige brought
about an uneasy truce but Marshal
last week reported extremists in botf
Nationalist and Chinese Communis
camps repeatedly had sabotaged hi
peace efforts.
A Political Figure Now
AS a professional soldier, Marshal
scrupulously kept out Of politics.
Now, however, his appointment
Secretary of State makes him the mex
Chief Executive if a White Hous
vacancy should occur within the mex
two years.
And whether he likes 1t or not, tn
generals record as this country's ke.
Cabinet officer may make him nom
inee for the Presidency in 1948.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
Dates
Monday, January 13

Monday, January IL
London conference on Burmese
independence scheduled to start.
Tuesday, January IA
Soft coal hearings open before
Supreme Court.
Wednesday, January Is
Steel negotiations to open.
Deadline, last quarterly pay
ment, 1916 federal personal in
come tax.
Thursday, January l6
French National Assembly and
Council to elect first president of
the Fourth Republic.
Friday, January II
Birthday (24lsD, Benjamin
Franklin.
Sunday, January 10
Polish elections.
Brazilian state elections.
Birthday O40th), Robert F..
Lee.
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
BiiIbo

Decision Postponed
Sen. Theodore G.. Bilbo, 60, expo
nent of white Supremacy was back
home in Mississippi while the 80th
Congress went on without him.
In few days, Bllbo will head for
New Orleans to undergo second cam
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

control shoes vacat-
ed by Elder States
man Bernard M.
Baruch, is one of
the early bi par
tisan appointments
made by President
Truman in the field
of foreign policy.
Austin, 50, a life
long Vermont Re-
publican, was serv-
ing his third term
in the Senate last
June when he was
named to succeed
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
A Political Figure Now
Quotes

Bernard nj. Baruch, in his let
ter to the President resigning as
American delegate to the United
Nations Atomic Energy Commits
sion: Il see no reason why this
country should not continue the
making of (atomic) bombs, at
least until the ratification of the
treaty"
Field Marshal Montgomery,
chief of the British general staff
on a visit to Moscow: 81 want to
establish friendly contact with
the Soviet Army"
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
SCIENCE: Underground Plants

E possibility of another however preserva-
tiOn of industry
civilian population will be prime targets The attack may the
form of atomic bombs archaeological weapons
weapons Its purpose will be destruction.
Two government agencies already conducting defense
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
Marshall Has Record
AS Soldier Diplomat

(>EN GEORGE CATErT MARSHALL Americas No soldier
" against the Axis ending his mission special envoy
China He about board plane Marking when the President
announced Washington that Secretary of State James Byrnes
had resigned because i'll health and that he had chosen Marshall
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
Truman Seeks La1Us
To Curb Labor ILLS

TT WAS busy week for the President Monday Mr. Truman
peared before the House and Senate
liver the Union address Wednesday he rendered
general report Friday he sent Congress his budget
asking the fiscal year beginning July L.
constituted gigantic blueprint by which he
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17
People
Yankee LoWyer

Yankee Lawyer
Warren r. Austin, the American
delegate to the United Nations Secur-
ity Council who steps into the atomic
Milford chronicle., 1947-01-17

(Au Rights ReSerued AP Ne,oStedtures)
Evening star., 1947-01-14

THE HECHT co.
F St. at Sepenfb - M. 800
W4sbington 4, D. c.
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03

at Dunbar High School. TIE pres
entation of the Carver Cover Girl
Club of l94f and the winners of
the Carver Cover Girl Contest
was the main feature of the show.
Beautifully gowned, the Twelve
lovelies were: Misses Verbena Nc
kinley. LIST Place Winner OF 50.
90. frankie l.. Snodgrass, Il &
Place Winner of $500, Clea4e
tyne Halliburton, Bird Place VII
ner of $500, Clothilde Cotton, III
Place Winner, Elizabeth Brown,
5th Place Winner, Imogene Works,
Maletus Martin, Vera Williams,
Alice Love, Mary Louise Miller,
Willie Mae Souder, Laura Jean
Jones.
The Boys Work Secretary, d.
p. Tyler was the director of the
show.
Arkansas State press., 1947-10-03
Carver Rocket
Revue A Success

The fourth annual presentation
by the Hi-Y Boys, Carver Y M C..
A. of the Rocket Revue, color
full, fast moving, hilarious varia-
ton of skits, stunts, songs and
novelties, was labeled as a huge
success. Packed with laughs.
thrills. and pleasant entertain
ment, the show was considered
the best yet presented. Of special
note was the Blue Mood Blues
musical presentations by Misses
frankie Lee Snodgrass and Vera
Williams, the South American
Dance, by John c. Early, Roll
erdrome" featuring Freda Lee
and Max Greene. and the finale,
the Fire Dance. featuring Will
liam Jackson. The most beautiful
and unique scene presented was
"Orientus", a Chinese dance by
the Carver Cover Girls, featuring
Miss Laura Jean Jones. And spicy
and sweet were the croonings of
John LeMay, Alfred l.. Tennyson,
Jerore Muldrew, Drum Solo OF
Edward Waller, "Portee's Boogie',
by Turner Portee, The Jitterbugs,
featuring Marilyn Miller John
Early, Rose Burnett, Charles Bur-
nett. Dolly Gray BERTHE Bennett
Dorothy Har@'n, Max Greene,
THE Three Bears, Lemmie Nap
ier, Earl Moore, Theodore King
and Jack Gilbert, and side crack
ing antics of James Parker and