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Evening star., 1947-06-16
Mr.. Wallace Returns

Henry Wallace comes back to Washing
ton today for his first public appearance
here since he broke with President Truman
and left the cabinet.
It Is a return which most people will
view with mixed emotions. For one thing,
there has been an unenlightened attempt,
through an appeal to the courts, to prevent
Mr.. Wallace from speaking at the Water
Gate. For another, the House Committee
on Un-American Activities has sought to
discredit the speech by attacking its
sponsor,
This attack was made in the form Of
q report on the Southern Conference for
Human Welfare, which is sponsoring the
Wallace appearance. The committee re-
mort charges that the Conference Is
OBVIOUSLY camoufaged Communist-front
organization but the document is one OF
those inconclusive affairs which really
proves nothing.
That the Human Welfare Conference Is
tainted with communism Is hardly open
to doubt. But it is equally evident that
it's membership comprises number OF
sincere liberals who cannot by any Stretch
of the Imagination be called Communists.
Perhaps the fairest evaluation OF this
organization Is to be found in the COM
ment of Henry H. Fowler, formerly It's
chairman for Virginia, who resigned last
April 27. At that time Mr.. Fowler said the
controlling factor In his decision was the
absence within the organization) OF any
clear and positive stand against COM
munism and the inclusion of Communists
in the working organization and the un-
willingness of my own State committee to
initiate steps which would require facing
of this issue"
This suggests that the Conference, as
is the case with good many other
organizations, Is engaged in an internal
struggle between Communists and nom
Communists, with neither faction being
strong enough to take effective control.
But whatever ones opinion OF the Confer
ence may be, dispute on this point should
not serve to obscure the real issue that Is
raised by Mr.. Wallace's speeches.
The important thing Is not the character
of his sponsor, but the character of his
remarks And the effort of all thinking
people should be, not to prevent Mr.. Wal
lace from speaking nor to diScredit his
speech by f1anking attack upon it, but to
balance what he says against the real
facts and to expose the fallacies inherent
in his contentious 1t is only in this way
that the grave danger in the course Mr.
Wallace Is pursuing can be made apparent
to the American people.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Demanding Further Action

AS President Truman has Just declared
In signing the peace treaties with Hungary,
Romania and Bulgaria, the governments
of those countries mot only have disre-
garded the will of the majority of the
people, but have resorted to measures OF
oppression against them" What the United
States can do about it, or will try to do
about it, can only be guessed at But on
the strength Of the State Departments
recent note on the Hungarian Communist
coup there seems good reason to assume
that the whole situation may become a
crucial issue in the United Nations.
The note, which was addressed to the
Russians in Hungary, described Moscow's
part in the coup as fragrant" and uni
lateral" violation of the Yalta Agreement
and the statutes setting up the Anglo
Americans Soviet Allied Control Commission
for the Hungarian occupation. 1t went on
to demand that special three-power body
be established to investigate the so-called
conspiracy" which the Kremlin-inspired
Communists In Budapest have cited as
Justification for their brazen custer of the
non-C Communist regime that had been
freely elected by the overwhelming ma
jority of Hungary's voters. Unless the
demand were met, the note said, the United
States would consider taking further
action
This further action" now appears to be
clearly necessary. The Russian commander
In Hungary, in language that seems to
verge on the insolent, has answered our
note with a fat refusal. He has dismissed
our coup accusation as a piece of "un-
founded fiction" He has declared that
Britain and the United States, though
members of the Allied Control Commission,
have no right to look at documents
acquired by Soviet authorities in their
alleged discovery of the alleged "con-
spiracy." He has as much as said that
we have acted in the situation under the
disguise" of defender of democracy for
the low purpose of supporting persons
involved in plot against the Hungarian
republic. Finally denying that Moscow
has had anything to do with what has
happened in the country, he has bluntly
rejected the idea of an Anglo American
Russian investigation as "a rude interfer-
ence" in Hungary's internal affairs.
In other words, the Soviet Union vehe-
mently insists that there has been no dirty
work, but it is completely unwilling to let
the matter be investigated in an impartial
manner. This does not look like the posi-
ton of an innocent party whose motives
and deeds are pure enough to pass inspec-
tion. The further action" promised by
the United States seems In order. II
Moscow will not accept an honest three
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Questions and Answers

A reader can obtain the answer 10 any question
Bureau. M 31s + Street Ne. Wsshinston Z: 5. 9.
Please inclose three (3) cents for return postage
O. What type of book Is most popular with
readers at present?-C. E. K.
A. The American Library Association reports
that as far as libraries are concerned there has
been a. general trend toward books Of informa-
ton. Travel child care, psychology. health and
housing are popular subjects. In science atomic
energy has created wide interest.
Q. Who first said, Mans extremity is Gods
opportunity"?-E. M.
A. The expression was used by Lord Belhaven
in the Scottish Parliament, November 2, 1905
protesting against the union of England and
Scotland It Is also found In John Flavels
Faithful and Ancient Account of Some Late
and Wonderful Sea Deliverances," published
before 1891.
@. What is the botanical name of the lucky
bean" that drifts ashore on the Florida keys?
Where does it come from?-K. j.
A. The seed most commonly picked up on
Florida beaches and designated as lucky bean"
or "seabean" Is the seed Of a legume known
botanically as Mucuna sloanei or Stizolobium
sloanei. The preferred common name for this
plant is sloan vevetbean, but the name seabean
is commonly used in Florida. 1t has become
established at one or two points near Palm
Beach but Is not common In Florida. 1t grows
naturally in the West Indies.
@. What event Is said to have led to the
establishment Of government weather bureaus?
S S.
A. The storm of November A. 1854 over the
Black Sea- which overwhelmed British feet.
Investigations of the storms path first at
ernments to the possibilities of weather obser
yatiOn,
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Rising Food Prices

The investigation of the recent spec
tacular rise in meat prices which is being
launched by Representative Andersen OF
Minnesota may resolve the dispute over
the reasons for this particular advance in
living costs. But there need be no ex-
pectation that it will bring more meat
into the butcher shops or that it will pull
prices down.
As matter of fact, although it has
attracted most attention, the rise in meat
prices is merely one aspect of general
price advance. During the ten months
between June IS, 1946, and April Is, 1947
the cost of all food went up 20 per cent,
while the overall rise in the consumers
advance would have been greater If rent
controls had been lifted.
There is, of course, an argument as to
the real significance Of these figures. One
group cites them as evidence that the price
control law should have been retained on
the books. The opposition contention is
that the present index Is not an accurate
measurement because, under OPA, many
people were paying black market rather
than posted prices, and secondly, that
recent economic developments would have
necessitated sharp price increases even
under OPA.
This is an argument, however, which
holds scant comfort for the harassed
housewife as she tries to fit the cost of
food, clothing and other items into the
family budget. Her concern is not with
debate over what might have been, but
with the question of what can be done
now. And, more and more, it looks as
though her only recourse Is to refuse to
buy more than the absolute minimum
until prices come down.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
CurIottu's S Garden

The ancient gods Were kind and swung
the door
. into the garden where Carlotta played
At empire, iphere the torfre danced no
more
Before her brain, ,ohere In the mango
shade ...
The older gods looked on and claimed
their daughter ..
The great gray stones Dorn doton By
little feet
Terrace the lake of ssoans, the ,Oillo,o-
mater:
Euen the offered golden dust Is s,Deet
And ample payment for toreath OF ltutng
Without their gates, rich and subtle
But they tDithdra,r, tnscrutably forgiUing,
Suing the door out to sunlight strong
and sUift,
They are tDice- kind, the gods of Merico,
Although they neuer let Carlotta 90.
YETZA GILLESPIE.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Fifth Column Propaganda

To the Editor OF The Star
A librarian was clearing her reading room
today and threw in the wastebasket periodi-
cal entitled Soviet Russia Today" April issue.
1t was admitted to second class mailing privi-
leges, and claims as contributors Joseph E.
Davies, Ilya Ehrenburg, Howard Fast, Claude
Pepper and similar gentry. In what purports
to be a reply to an inquiry, 1t lists the wave
lengths on which Moscow beams propaganda
to the United States. Another clue to its slant
on international relations is the type Of articles
carried, all glorifying the Communist state.
But one of the leading articles, "A Visit to
Evening star., 1947-06-16

Hungary" by one Emil Lengyel. described as
an American OF Hungarian descent, is entitled
to comment because of the editors quaint
sounding introduction: "The writer finds no
iron curtain-and instead Of Russian control,
he observes that the police services, the press,
pulpit and the government are all run by
Hungarians alone"
Shall we say to Conrade Lengyel, History
mocks you"? And why shouldn't we say to the
Postmaster General, "Wil1 you please spare us
from this unacceptable propaganda by the
fifth column?" RICHARD L. FELDMAN.
Evening star., 1947-06-16

preceded t n e
old woman in
to the bus. He
and I trans
ferred at Har-
ward street to
t h c streetcar
on M o u n t
Pleasant street.
The boy. a
young woman,
an old man,
Evening star., 1947-06-16

trance into the
United States
Of 100000 dis
placed persons
for each Of
four ears.
And the for
tune is here in
the form Of our
becoming, for
the while at
1aort tho nNr
Evening star., 1947-06-16

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
iDriter, although it is permissible for
toriter knotUn to The Star to use a
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
Letters to The Star
Juvenile Manners, Plight of DPS and Rising Prices
Stimulate Discussion by Readers
To tn. Editor of The Star:

To th. Editor Of The Star:
Thursday morning at $40. an elderly woman.
boy of about IS. and ]. were waiting to board
a bus at Kalmia road and Alaska avenue. There
were IL passengers on the bus. The boy
Evening star., 1947-06-16

This never will be perfect universe
until somebody figures out how to store the
heat of summer for use in winter.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
More on Beverly Beach

To the Editor of The Star:
We notice that some people are very much
perturbed over sign at Beverly Beach which
reads, For Gentiles Only" This is much ado
about nothing" Groups and organizations have
the right to place signs such as, For Presby-
terians Only" For Jews Only" "For Irishmen
Only" For Negroes Only" For Democrats
Only" "For Women Only" etc. Just think OF
the multitude of clubs and organizations that
admit their own and bar all others.
Those who are trying to deprive people Of
the right of having their own groups and
organizations are enemies OF both majority and
minority groups.
Any broadminded person would not feel
sighted or hurt if he were denied admission
to clubs, organizations or groups when he did
not belong to that particular class or group;
and bathing beaches are no exception. My
friends and have been denied admission to
gentle gatherings, Jewish gatherings, Negro
gatherings, Catholic gatherings and many
others, and we did not feel sighted in the least
M r. FURBEE.
To the Editor OF The STAR
I want to add my praise for the letters
written by Mr. Williamson and Miss Kathi
Urbach concerning Fascistic Beverly Beach.
OF course, the reason We have such restricted
areas for Aryans only is plain. 1t simply means
that people in general do not give hoot about
democracy Too many Of us take democracy
for granted think it works by itself. But it
doesn't 1t takes the people who live in it to
make 1t work. And those who strive to keep
democracy worthy of it's name must work twice
as hard to help counteract the Indifferent
SNUG lazy thinking citizens who can't be
bothered.
Those who loll in the sun on Beverly Beach
and contaminate the waters of the Chesapeake
with the germs of fascism are called American
citizens under the Stars and Stripes. But
they are staining the American flag with the
poison of their prejudice and hatred and
stupidity They are a direct insult to the
Americans who struggle to keep democracy
clean with equality for ALL
I would dare someone to pull down the signs
and replace them with one reading Enter,
All Americans!" MARION PERLOV.
To the Editor of The Star
I recently have learned few interesting
facts" about this democracy of ours. They
are as follows:
l. If a person chooses to conine the beach
or resort which is legally his to the better
class of people, he may be called Fascist"
2. II he chooses to exclude from his beach
a certain race for whose patronage he has no
desire, the beach may be called Hitler
Haven"
These two "facts" don't seem to coincide
with my idea of free country in which
man may do as he wishes with what belongs
to him. LAWRENCE F. HUDSON.
Evening star., 1947-06-16
A Plea for the DPS

To the Editor of The Star:
There is a tide in the affairs of men which
taken at its food leads on to fortune" The
flood-tide is present in the shape OF the STRAIT
ton Bill now before Congress to permit the en-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08

wife and child were trapped.
Luckily they escaped.
Fire inspectors who checked
the building several weeks ago
found nine violations of the
fire code, but the landlord, Tho.
mas Gallagher. got off with
warning = which went un-
needed. -
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08
Mrs. DiIling
still at il

Chicago's oaon Mrs. EIiso-
beth Dil1ing, darling of the
Nasis, is back at the old
stand peddling fasciSm.
Finding the U. S. Dept.
of Justice an easy mark,
she and her feHol0 sedition-
lists haze returned to the
business of dishing ont HIT
lerite propaganda.
The story of the sedition-
lists is on Page 2.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08
DrQff state
rent freeze . e.:
4 more die as HOUSING
crisis toll mounts

Tragedy stalked the city in
the wake of the housing
crisis this week as death claim
ed four new victims i'm a fire
trap at 1926 Washington.
Photo shows Raymond Bemis
frantically pleading with fire
men who stopped him from en-
tering the blazing rOoming
house where ne believed his
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Mrs. Helen I. Davis Sues
10 Divorce Husband Asl

Mrs. Helen r. Davis. 1880 Rhode
Island avenue NE, yesterday asked
District Court for q limited divorce
from John w. Davis, 625 M street
S.W., whom her suit said she had
remarked after a previous divorce
According to the suit. the Dayiscs
were married in November, 1890, di-
vorced Ia November, 1914, and re-
married in June, 1945. It asserted
the husband later became abusive
in his attitude and on April 26, l946,
struck his wife and ordered her out
Of their home.
Mrs. Davis asked custody Of three
children, girls ranging in age from
13 to is years, who. she said, are
living with her husband. The suit
was filed through Attorney Dorsey
K. Offutt.
Evening star., 1947-03-12
Board Plans 10 Extend
Ice Skating Facilities
In D. {. Next Winter

Proper provision for ice skating
in the District next winter will be
made If the District Recreation
Board has its way.
It was disclosed at the boards
monthly meeting yesterday that a
special committee Of recreation and
park technicians, headed by Milo
F. Christensen, recreation superin-
tendent and Thomas c. Jeffers,
recreation expert for the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, is making a study of the
skating situation.
The group was formed after
Chairman Harry S. Wender of the
Recreation Board and James E
Schwab, vice chairman, complained
Washington's freezing weather
caught public agencies unprepared
and that skating was on q hit-or-
miss basis.
Mr. Jeders told the board several
plans are under consideration. One
is to put a reinforced concrete floor
In the Rejecting Pool, along with
a device for draining the pool for
easy freezing.
A. refinement of this plan would
be to install freezing pipes.
Another idea Is to put rims around
all tennis courts and to hard-sur-
face play areas so they can be
flooded.
The board announced it would
hold its annual citizens forum or,
playground improvements for the
1948-49 fiscal year at pm, March
"a. Representatives of citizen groups
are invited to such a meeting each
year to plead the cause of their pet
projects before budget estimates are
sent to the Commissioners.
The board also said it would give
the Washington Highlands Citizens
Association hearing April 8 on its
plea to use 199 Chesapeake street
S.W. for a community center. The
house was bought last year by the
War Department under special leg
islation because it was in direct
line with one Of the Boiling Field
runways and planes flew over it at
low level.
The board also said It would
draw a sketch for Brightwood citi-
zens of the kind of building 1t feels
Evening star., 1947-03-12

Secretary Of State Epruille Braden.
former Ambassador to Buenos Aires,
as the instigator Of the AL charge.
The CGT is the parent organization
Of the General Confederation Of
Commercial Employees, which issued
b similar statement yesterday.
Today's statement said the organi-
zation was mot in favor Of any
kind Of Imperialism, and urged
Latin American workers to break
the chains Of despotism and Wall
Street which controls governments,
press and labor leaders so that, in
the southern part of America, there
can shine the sun Of democracy,
liberty and sovereignty"
Evening star., 1947-03-12
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Evening star., 1947-03-12
Charge
Betrayal! 10 ALL
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 12.-The
Argentine General Confederation Of
Labor accused leaders OF the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor today of
being Gin the service Of Yankee
imperialism and the State Depart
ment, betraying their own brothers" I"
The accusation was made in q
statement denying an AFL declara-
ton that collaboration with the
Argentine group was impossible be-
cause it was "an instrument" Of the
Government Of President Juan D.
Peron.
The CGT also attacked Assistant
Evening star., 1947-03-12

Service Merger Hearing Set
The House Expenditures Commit
tee voted unanimously today to start
public hearings March IS on PreM-
dent Truman.s request for regisla-
ton unifying the armed services.
Chairman Hoffman announced the
Evening star., 1947-03-12

first witnesses will be the Secretaries
Of War and Navy.
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ought to be put on the Emery
estate. which has been given to
the city for q play area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
HAND IN HAND WITH SCIENCE

The U. S. Navy Intends to lose no time
in preparing scientifically for any future
national emergency.
That's our feeling upon learning efforts
TO a%ctivafe a Naval Electronics Warfare
company here are under way.
Separate from the Naval Oruanized
Surface Division 6-29, it will be composed
Of five officers and 40 enlisted men. II
will train exclusively in radio, radar and
sonar, related fields Of electronics which
fulfilled a tremendously important place
in achieving victory in the late war. The
unit, according TO present plans, would
be one Of 30 companies and IFS platoons
10 be formed in the Sixth Naval district.
Aside from the general preparedness
feature, the program shows the Navy is
today working closer than ever will
science in the national defense program
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
If any belief that ii is reacfionarY toward

If any belief that ii is reacfionarY toward
new ideas and developments remains.
this should help eradicate it. When maj
.fiohts aqain-and he will unless perma-
nent machinery for peace is set up-he's
qoinq 10 let science, from radar TO giant
guided missiles, be responsible tor a big
part Of the awful burden. Because Of this
definite trend, lis fine TO see the Navy
extending the opportunities tor acquainf-
ance with these new weapons and de-
lenses into all qualifying communities.
If the spirit that has accelerated other
Naval Reserve organizational efforts here
continues into this new endeavor. II
should be but a matter Of weeks before
the unit is engaged on its valuable 1raln-
ing program.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
THE MEANEST YET

To say that thief would steal from
q blind mar" is placing him in one OF the
lowest classifications Of larceny.
But recently we have learned win
considerable regret, that there are some
in our midst who are ever lower than
that.
Thew are those who, in the past, have
nilfered the boxes placed in restaurants
and other public places TO receive confrl-
buttons TO the annual March OF Dimes
These mean individuals are stealing from
crippled children, helpless victims OF IN
fantile paralysis whose principal means
of assistance is from this money.
Pointing out that seven OF these re-
ceptacles were taken here last year win
considerable loss, William K. Rhodes, IT,.
chairman Of the campaign, has called on
civ and county police TO keep an especial
" close watch against such mean and low
individuals. Such a thief is not easy 10
apurehend but you can cooperate by re-
porting any suspicious circumstance 10
the proper authorities.
The theft Of the seven boxes last year
meant thai some child failed TO receive
the extra treatment their money repre-
sented. Because the fight is hard enough
without having these vandals retard it,
All efforts should be taken 10 end This
nefarious practice during the current
March Of Dimes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-26
Girl Offers To Disclose
Slayer of BLACK Dahlia

in the envelope with the letter
They believed the letter eventually
Would break the case and give
away and brazen murder vino
mailed it
This contains the effects of the
Black Dahlia," the note said.
another letter will follow"
The note was pieced together
from whole words and single let
tiers clipped from newspaper &C.
counts of the torture murder OF
the pretty former movie extra,
whose hacked body was found in
a west side lovers lane Jan. Is. 1
The Marshall girl was arrested
with a diminutive male companion
on suspicion of auto theft in Bar
stow. after they tried to sell a 1912
Chevrolet for $500.
Police turned to questioning her
about the BLACK Dahlia" case af-
ter four persons reported over
hearing her in a bar saying:
Il know who killed Beth Short
but I'm afraid to tell"